She didn't want her fish to get lonely...

This is what I found in Emma's playroom.

When I asked her about it, she said that she didn't want her fish to be lonely or forget what she looks like:

Family Night #3: Rainbow Night

Family Night #3 – Rainbow Night

Menu:
Rainbow salad:
Strawberries
Cantaloupe
Pineapples
Kiwi
Grapes

Roasted Veggie Kebabs
Chicken Kebabs

Rainbow Salad:
Tomatoes
Carrots
Squash
Avocado
Purple Onion

Rainbow Cake

Décor:
Rainbow streamers
Cloud Poster with Cotton Balls
Rainbow Balloons
Sprinkle table with Skittles

Costumes:
Rainbow hats from paper plates (use Cotton Balls for clouds)
Wear rainbow colors to dinner

Games:
Rainbow scavenger hunt
Color Rainbow Pictures
Rainbow Bubbles
Pot of Gold Hunt
This is a fun and creative game for the Rainbow first birthday idea. Get an empty egg carton and twelve small rocks that fit in the eggcups. Paint the rocks and corresponding sections of the egg carton with various colors. When the rocks have dried, hide them around the party area. Write down clues on colored papers (corresponding to the rock that's to be found) and have the kids hunt for the rocks and match them to the correct sections of the egg carton. At the end the kids'll find a pot full of gold chocolate coins that everyone can share

Music:
Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Movie:
Barbie Rainbow Princess Movie



Working hard on her rainbow hat~

Smiley Rainbow-heads

Emma checking out her hat~

Quite possibly the worlds ugliest centerpiece with quite possibly the worlds cutest kid behind it~

Sand Art in the garage~

Emma thought this was the ABSOLUTE coolest cake ever~

Always a taster~

Yummy~

Family Night #2: Cowboy Night

Family Night #2: Cowboy Night

Menu:

Roasted hot dogs

Baked Beans from Pot

Smores

Décor:

Cactus

Wanted Posters

Costumes:

Cowboy Hats

Bandanas

Painted mustaches

Games:

Finding the Gold Treasure

Pin the Tail on the Horse

Hula Hoop Lasso (Emma called it 'blasto')

Cowboy/Girl/Horse cutouts

Music: Garth Brooks Dixie Chicks

Family Night #1: Beach Night

Family Night #1 – Beach Night

Menu:

Octopus dogs over shells and cheese
Beachy pudding with sand, teddy graham, umbrella, and beach ball

Décor:

Sand centerpiece
Mermaid drawing with face glue-ons

Costumes:

Swimsuits
Leis

Games:

Beach Ball Dodge Ball
Seashell Creatures
Sand Art

Music:

Damien Marly

Emma...The Musical

Ha! We came home from school the other day and Emma belted out this song. Enjoy~


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahAXcwB2Vuc

What's in a name?

emma got a beta fish this weekend. what's the fish's name you might ask? rainbow, hannah montana, raindrops, rainbow-sunshine, stamley, teacup, and that's only since saturday~ = D

~but I want a BOY to dance with me~

This week at school, Emma's class is having spring break, and dressing up with a daily 'theme'.

Monday - Backwards Day
Tuesday - Western Day
Wednesday - Prince/Princess Day
Thursday - PJ Day
Friday - Character Day

So on Wednesday, Emma dressed as Cinderella. Her class had a Princess Ball. All of the boys and girls were meant to 'dance' with each other, but the boys stayed with the boys and the girls with the girls, in typical fashion. When I picked Emma up today, her teachers said that she had a melt-down because she 'wanted a boy to dance with her'. She was the only girl in the class who even cared about these silly boys. They brought over an older (Preppie 2) boy named Jackson, and Emma cried even harder (I think because he's so cute and she was embarrassed) haha. Anyway, I tried to console her by telling her that even grown-up boys are hard to figure out sometimes. I also told her that one day, they will all want to dance with her. = ) And that's the truth~

Also, I can't get that song, Cinderella by Stephen Curtis Chapman out of my head.

and I will dance with Cinderella, while she is here in my arms,
cuz I know something the prince never knew
oh i will dance with Cinderella, I don't want to miss even one song,
cuz all too soon the clock will strike midnight
and she'll be gone

Here is a photo of the pouty, yet ever so beautiful, Cinderella~