Katie's 5th Birthday

Friday was Katie's 5th Birthday. Like so many of you, I can't quite believe that we are there already (as with a whole lot of other things). Yesterday we had an ice cream social for her party. We also had beautiful weather for it as well, high 20's. This was great since we were able to take things outside. I did cringe a little though when I came outside and there are all the little girls in their fancy dresses, playing in the dirt under our upper deck! Ahhh... at least it was dry. Looking back I realize that almost all the outdoor pictures have the lovely dirt backdrop to them. Oh, well. Thanks to everyone for all the great gifts, every gift she recieved was met with, "this is my favourite, it is just what I wanted!" and she meant it.

To give due credit where deserved, I got all my ideas from other blogs. If you ever want to do an Ice Cream Social, I got the free downloads for the printable invites, food labels and other printables from karaspartyideas.blogspot.com and the mini banana splits from livinglocurto.com. My only warning with an ice cream social is that you really can't leave a lot out to snack on. It is a bring the food out and eat...now! event.

Sam

Pouf... There it is.

So, once again, I am goofing off doing things that don't need to be done rather than the things that I should be doing first. But, this was so much more fun! And yes, I know you should never start a sentance with the word but. I have wanted a pouf since I first saw them over a year ago, but I am too cheap to go and buy one. Recently I saw that Better Homes and Gardens had a link for a free pattern you could download to make one yourself. I used some outdoor fabric that I had leftover from another project, and then filled it with the help of my Mom's closet cleanout, and assorted fabric scraps. I will warn you if you decide to make one, it takes a lot of material to fill it, and it is incredibly heavy. This is good though since it can be used as a spare seat, footstool or side table. In the end it only took 2 evenings to make and I love the finished project. I really enjoyed doing this, and I don't regret doing it before the other list of to do's.

The First Day of Kindergarten

As the heading states, today was the first official day of kindergarten. Yesterday we had an hour orientation to drop off school supplies, meet the teacher, tour the school, and get the whole rundown on what to do today. Katie was soooo excited.... and so was Luke. Much to Luke's dismay, he wasn't going to kindergarten. He had his backpack on and was all ready, and while kids were crying in the hall that they didn't want to go to kindergarten (not Katie by the way), Luke was crying in the hall because he didn't get to go. Her teacher this year is Madame Dahl (or as Katie called her "my dam doll")! Ooops. At the end of the day, Luke got to play in the pool at Grandma and Grandpa's and Katie had a great time at school, although extremely tired and grouchy by the end. I guess it will take some time getting used to everything. Oh, and I tried to get one normal picture, but she was only doing poses today.