Parties Parties everywhere!

The last week has been filled with parties! After visiting Santa's Grotto on Friday we headed to the first party of the season. The kids' friend, Lucy, had her 7th birthday party. The party was filled with fun games like pass the parcel and freeze dance. Our friend Laura was also at this party to do the girls hair. The girls were so excited to have their hair done....what better way to celebrate than with a braid or ponytail with red and sparkles sprayed in the hair! The following Wednesday we went to Lucy's brother's party. Clark is in Ali's class and this was his 5th birthday party. This was definitely a boy party with a star wars theme. The kids made light sabers and had sword fights followed by some pin the light saber on Yoda. (Sofia didn't go to Clark's party since it was all "younger" kids and she would rather have a playdate with her friends!) On friday we had the class parties. No longer will I have combined class parties for the girls. Instead I had to head to Ali's building for her class party in the morning and then Sofia's class party in the afternoon. Ali had a lot of fun at her party. The teachers played games with the kids while the moms set up the classroom for the party. Once the room was set up the kids came back in and one of the techers put on a puppet show about a dragon who only ate meat and was convinced to eat fruits and vegetables. I'm not sure how much of the story really made it to the kids since the first thing they reached for were sweets once we let them sit down to eat! In the afternoon I went to Sofia's class party. Sofia did seem a little pale when I saw her so I asked her if she was ok. She said she was fine but after watching her for a little bit I asked her again and she started crying. She told me her head hurt so much. I thought that it may have been caused my the loud dance music that had been on for the kids to dance to in the Jidelna (cafeteria) while the parents set up the room so I gave her some tylenol. Luckily my friend Natalie brought Ali over from the early years school so I just packed Sofia and Ali into the car and headed home. It was a busy week with a lot of parties and happenings. It was time for some quiet time at home.