Field Day!

Despite the chilly days we've had (even into June) Field day was appropriately warm for such an event!

The twins and I bounced around between Alice and Emily and William to cheer them on. 

I was so impressed by the teachers too.  They are always so cheerful, but on this particular day they each took a turn in the dunking booth.  While it was pretty warm, we're talking 85F max, so that water had to be cold.

My big kids had a great time, and came home tuckered out!

After a trip to the car for water and a blanket, and wandering from event to event, the twins were begging to go.  So, we only stayed for the first hour, hopefully next year I can be out there for the duration.

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Zoo Field Trips

In the last two weeks, I've chaperoned 3 of my children on field trips to the local zoo!  Grace and Juliet each were allowed to bring a "special guest."  They picked me and Avia. = )   

We didn't have to stay with the group, so the four of us set off to look at anything we thought might be of interest.  The twins thought a black squirrel climbing the tree was interesting.

And the monkeys.

And the loved giraffe statues.

Obligatory cut out photo:

Looking at all the fun places we went right before they left.

We had lovely warm sunny weather.  The trip only lasted a few hours, which was just right for these two. = )

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Emily's field trip was the following Tuesday.  We also split off into small groups*, and I was assigned one of her classmates too.  3 is a fun number to explore the zoo though, and we had a good time.

At almost every exhibit, Emily paused to pretend to be one of the animals. = )

We ran into some of the other groups a few times.

The petting zoo was open this time.  Emily was excited to pet the chickens.  They were not as excited.

We met up with Abby's group as we were leaving.

It was a much chillier day for Emily's trip.  The inside exhibits were a welcome relief from the cold wind.  We still had a nice visit, despite the cold.

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*I was chatting with her teacher, and she had lots of parents sign up to chaperone, but almost all of them were for the girls in the class.  So, there were lots of boy girl pairs for this trip. = )

Emily's 8th Birthday Party

At the tail end of the last school year, Emily attended a birthday party at District 5.  She had so much fun that she wanted to have her party there this year. = )

The invitations were a PDF file, which is an unusual style for us.  She passed out the invitations during her valentine's party (which I had intended to do, then ended up celebrating with the twins. = ))

Her cupcakes were chocolate with purple vanilla icing and cute little fairy toppers.

She handmade the tags for the lollipops she gave as parting favors*.  I love the caption on this one.  She varied what the message was.

They were expecting us, but it took a while to check in, since I had to redo the waivers that I had filled out (over a month ago) and even had a confirmation email with barcode that did not redirect appropriately in their system.

Aside from that one hang up, everything was ideal.   The room was ready to go and the kids were out to bounce from the word go!

Some of my shots could best be described as 'artistic' and worst described as 'awful' but I managed shots of all the party guests. = )

 

Big Emily & Alice about to battle!

Juliet threw a ball at me!

William had a hard blow at the party.  One of the trampolines was for 7 and up.  This translated to almost all of the party guests (except the twins and Aubrey) getting to do something he wasn't allowed to do.  He managed to find fun elsewhere though.

Emily's birthday tiara lit up!

Emily had opened the card backward and thought it was particularly funny.

Tyler was the only one who got a hug.  Maybe it's because he gave her Robux?

It was a good time.  I think everyone enjoyed bouncing around.  The only thing I would have changed would have been more time to play.  = )

Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate our favorite almost 8 year old!

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*I don't like giving people "stuff." I want it to be intentional or utilizable.  In this case consumable was acceptable, especially since my little Emily was so excited to personalize them. = )