Our Un-birthday party

 

We followed a friends suggestion and held an un-birthday party in July.  It was awesome!




Here were the guidelines:

1- It is a party for no one, and for everyone at the same time
2- Each girl got to invite 2 friends
3- Each girl was in charge of preparing some part of the party (balloons, invites, cupcakes, etc.)
4- Each kid brought an old toy for a white elephant exchange
5- We tried to include a bit from each holiday: we hung our birthday banner, had an indoor Easter egg hunt, did a 4th of July pin the star on the flag activity, ate Halloween/Christmas frosted cupcakes, and a dance party to summer songs.
6- It was a fun, easy, and inexpensive way to turn a normal playdate into something special.

This is definitely a summer tradition from now on!

And the month is only half way done

Garage Ceiling redone, garage painted

Haircuts!

Dental extraction

Snow cones

Trip with the YW to the Dino museum

Girlie Nails...still finding them stuck all over the house!

Painted pottery

Children's museum visit

Freezer paper method

I found my new favorite way to screen print on shirts- the freezer paper method.

1) Choose your design and print out

2) Trace the design on freezer paper (sold by the tin foil in the grocery store)



3) Iron the freezer paper onto the shirt (bag, pants, hat, etc.)

4) Paint with fabric paint



5) Allow to dry, remove freezer paper, and enjoy your new creation!

Thanks to Chi*k-fil-A

we had a "snow" in AZ day!

Keeping the tooth fairy busy

The mouth of my sweet girl went from this

to this



after one dental visit.

She has a crowded mouth and teeth that insist on coming in.

In one night she got $4 from the fairy for losing her two lower canines and two upper side teeth.

It has been painful for her, and I hope that she'll have a break from this tooth-losing-and-growing-in-experience so her mouth can recuperate for a bit.

With 10 baby teeth out and only 10 more to go she's at least half way there.

Flagstaff

We had an awesomely amazing weekend in Flagstaff. J's work hosts a yearly weekend trip there and we made the most of it.
 

Of our 14 waking hours on Saturday, we spent 12 of them outside in cooler weather.
We stay at the Little America hotel and it is a perfect mountain oasis.



They have hiking trails behind the buildings, a new playground, a huge pool and hot tub, and a wonderful restaurant. We basically parked it in the hotel and took advantage of all their amenities. 














We also like to try out one new Flagstaff event each year, and this time we rode the ski lift at Snowbowl. It was amazing! The girls loved riding up the mountain and were scared enough of the height to stay pretty still. We had to split up, so Ellie was my traveling companion up the mountain, and Ada joined us on the ride down. I loved talking with her about anything and everything and seeing the beauties of nature all around us.

The view from the top was amazing and we loved having this adventure together.

This morning as we got up to go the girls were begging us to stay at the hotel for a whole week. I wish ladies, I wish. I am grateful for even small chances to get away as a family and have new experiences together. I love this family of mine and look forward to Flagstaff 2013.

I'll always love the 4th of July

Hope you had a great one too!