Girls Sleepover

Last night/this morning was the Mpact girls sleepover at our church.  Being a teacher I was asked to help out with it.  Hannah also went to it as it was for K-6th grades.  We showed up at 6:45 last night and we didn't stop until about 2:00 am this morning.  Then I was up again at 6:30 to help get breakfast ready and the room cleaned up.  Hannah got to "sleep in" until 8:00.  While it was a lot of fun, it was also a long night. 
The theme was Hawaiian Beach Day so the girls got to do lots of crafts and games related to that.

There was flip flop decorating which just happened to be my station

followed by Mani-Pedi's

Frisbee Golf since you can't really play golf at the beach.

The girls were a little confused about how to play the game.

And lots of games with the parachute - always a favorite

They also got to decorate a frame with paint and seashells

Build sandcastles out of cups

This was Hannah's teams sandcastle.  They won the competition for best sandcastle

Then there were pictures with a Hawaiian background

Dinner consisted of hot dogs and chips. Not really a beachy dinner but it was easy

And the most anticipated event of the night.  A trip to the boys bathroom. 

Finally it was time to settle in with popcorn and ice cream to watch a movie. There were more games and crafts such as jewelry making, a limbo competition, book readings, and beach volleyball but being busy with the craft table I didn't always get a chance to snap a picture.

Meanwhile, at home, Robbie spent a quiet evening with the girls and dogs.  He missed all the fun but for some reason he didn't mind.

Backyard Adventures

Yesterday was sunny and warm enough to be outside.  One of the first warm weekend days we've had this year.  Mostly it's been rainy or windy/cold.  Last Saturday it was 42 degrees with 50 mph wind gusts.  So we took advantage of the weather to get outside and do stuff in our backyard.

 We started by clearing a spot for a small garden

This spot here in the middle is where a big tree stump used to be

We had a physics lesson

We went and took softball pictures

Notice the dirt on Hannah's knees.  She can't not get dirty

Cerah had to give this toad a talking to.  She had told him once before about coming too close to the house but he wouldn't listen

Apparently he didn't like what she had to say - look at that frown

We even had a campfire

While the kids put up tents for a sleep-out

Notice how Cerah, Anthony, and Kodi are working hard trying to figure out how the tents go up

While these two have already figured it out.  The trick is to let somebody else do it

And then reap the benefits of their hard work