Looks like Alanna is about ready to lose her first tooth. She was thrilled this morning to show me her "wiggly" front bottom tooth. The new tooth has already started to erupt behind it (called shark's teeth) and I'm guessing from the amount Alanna was fiddling with the tooth this morning that the Tooth Fairy will be visiting perhaps before her birthday.
There's a tooth chart in her classroom and she can hardly wait to see her name on the chart not to mention the "big girl" factor involved in losing her first tooth. I think she was standing about a foot taller this morning from all the pride and excitement.
The tooth fairy had to make a visit to the bank today over lunch to pick up some of the new Presidential Dollar coins which is what daddy would like the fairy to leave for the teeth going forward. Mommy's going to make sure the fairy also leaves a crisp dollar bill too since I'm sure she'll actually want to spend it and then she can start collecting the dollar coins as she loses teeth. For the first tooth since it is extra special, the fairy is giving her a little pair of butterfly earrings.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Photo Site
I've created a new photo site with shutterfly which I update weekly with new Kindergarten artwork and pictures. Some I'll continue to place here as well.
If you're a faithful reader (and I know you) feel free to comment and I'll send you the link and password to the site.
If you're a faithful reader (and I know you) feel free to comment and I'll send you the link and password to the site.
Frogs
Alanna likes to relate stories about her cousins at random moments. This morning while getting ready, she declared that her cousin B likes to catch frogs and throw them on the road.
I responded that we don't do that because it's not nice to animals.
Her reply?
"And because we don't have frogs."
Good point.
I responded that we don't do that because it's not nice to animals.
Her reply?
"And because we don't have frogs."
Good point.
Wisdom from a 5 Year Old
Yesterday morning Alanna overheard me talking to Jeb about an incident at work and she asked what we were talking about. I told her that Mommy works with someone who sometimes isn't very nice.
This is how the conversation continued:
A: I think you should just say nice things to her during the day like, "How are you feeling today?" and then she'll start to be nicer.
M: Honey, that's a very good idea. Mommy does try to be nice and will continue to keep that in mind.
A: And you should tell her we're all a part of a community and need to work together. (They're learning about communities at school.)
M: That's true.
A: (carrying "The Giving Tree" by Shel Silverstein) And you can loan her my book for her to read.
Oh if only things were that easy. I'm pleased she's a kind, caring little girl and in a perfect world her strategy would work well. In my world at work though, I'm pretty sure the woman would rip me to shreads if I tried it ;)
This is how the conversation continued:
A: I think you should just say nice things to her during the day like, "How are you feeling today?" and then she'll start to be nicer.
M: Honey, that's a very good idea. Mommy does try to be nice and will continue to keep that in mind.
A: And you should tell her we're all a part of a community and need to work together. (They're learning about communities at school.)
M: That's true.
A: (carrying "The Giving Tree" by Shel Silverstein) And you can loan her my book for her to read.
Oh if only things were that easy. I'm pleased she's a kind, caring little girl and in a perfect world her strategy would work well. In my world at work though, I'm pretty sure the woman would rip me to shreads if I tried it ;)
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Littlest Pet Shop Party
Here are sample templates from the party. I don't have the original files any longer as it's been quite awhile (updating this post in 2012 and noticed several have asked for it in recent months).
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Littlest Pet Shop Birthday Party Ideas
Alanna decided she'd like a Littlest Pet Shop birthday party this year for her 6th birthday. I scoured the web and racked my brain and I think we've come up with a pretty good plan. I thought I'd post it here so that others could use it if they'd like as well.
The activities below are meant to fill a total of 2 hours time. For this age, the party has to keep moving and I'm anticipating no more than 10 minutes doing any one thing other than maybe eating cake and opening gifts which will take 11 minutes ;)
Arrival Activities-
Temporary Tattoos - These can be purchased on ebay inexpensively. The seller I found also sold the large LPS stickers which we're going to give out as part of the goodie bags.
Make a name badge neclace - This actually is important for the goodie bag portion of the party. We purchased a 10 pack of LPS critters from Amazon.com for $20. I then scanned the picture from the back into the computer and cut them apart to make little name badge circles. The children will pick a name badge at the beginning of the party and as a surprise at the end the name badge they chose will determine the LPS critter they "adopt". I bought brightly colored lanyards at Michaels as well as the clips to put the little circles on the lanyard with (just punched a hole in the little picture circles to attach them). We also have assorted color pony beads to decorate their name badge necklaces with.
Sign Alanna’s poster to hang up - I made a large posterboard card for all of the guests to sign and decorated it with a large number 6, Alanna's name and various Littlest Pets that I drew.
Color if waiting for other children and have finished own activities - I printed off LPS mini coloring books by doing a search for free coloring pages and then formatting them to fit four pictures to a page, stapled and folded.
Games-
Simon Says with an animal theme (“Bark like a dog”, “Flap your wings like a chicken”, etc)
Pin the Tail on the Cat - I drew the little LPS tabby cat onto posterboard for this
Animal Charades - I printed LPS animals onto cardstock and cut apart ot use as cards since our guests are mostly non-readers
Musical Lily Pads - I cut out large lily pads from green cardstock and made an animal music cd to play for this game
Bean Bag Toss - We picked out animal fabrics and made little bean bags. We'll have the children try to toss them into dog bowls.
Animal Relay Races (Gallop like a Horse, Walk like a Monkey, Dog, Duck, Crab, Bunny, etc)
Dance Freeze Game using the animal music cd
Cat Cat Dog (Duck Duck Goose)
Cake and Presents
Departure Activities
Adopt Littlest Pet Shop Animals (each child gets an animal based on the nametag picture they chose)
Pick Sticker “Prizes” to take home - at this age we decided that everyone is a winner and all will get stickers and LPS rings (also available on ebay--search for cupcake rings)
Decorate a house for their pet (foamies, markers/crayons, and colorful Chinese To Go containers)
Visit the Pet Buffet (Various different pet “foods” they can pick to put in a to go container to take home. These include Scooby bone-shaped graham crackers for dogs, Bug shaped graham crackers for lizards, Gummy worms for fish, Rainbow goldfish crackers for the cats, Gummy spiders for the birds, Gummy strawberries for the hamsters, Yogos for the rabbits, Banana chips for the monkeys, Apple chips for the horses. All of the bowls the snacks will be served out of into the to go "doggie bags" have little labels I printed with the appropriate animal on them.
Take home a balloon animal - I used to make these years and years ago and figured out that apparently you don't forget how to do this so I'll be making balloon animals for the children as well as they leave.
*Whew!* Should be fun and I'll post pictures when it's all said and done.
The activities below are meant to fill a total of 2 hours time. For this age, the party has to keep moving and I'm anticipating no more than 10 minutes doing any one thing other than maybe eating cake and opening gifts which will take 11 minutes ;)
Arrival Activities-
Temporary Tattoos - These can be purchased on ebay inexpensively. The seller I found also sold the large LPS stickers which we're going to give out as part of the goodie bags.
Make a name badge neclace - This actually is important for the goodie bag portion of the party. We purchased a 10 pack of LPS critters from Amazon.com for $20. I then scanned the picture from the back into the computer and cut them apart to make little name badge circles. The children will pick a name badge at the beginning of the party and as a surprise at the end the name badge they chose will determine the LPS critter they "adopt". I bought brightly colored lanyards at Michaels as well as the clips to put the little circles on the lanyard with (just punched a hole in the little picture circles to attach them). We also have assorted color pony beads to decorate their name badge necklaces with.
Sign Alanna’s poster to hang up - I made a large posterboard card for all of the guests to sign and decorated it with a large number 6, Alanna's name and various Littlest Pets that I drew.
Color if waiting for other children and have finished own activities - I printed off LPS mini coloring books by doing a search for free coloring pages and then formatting them to fit four pictures to a page, stapled and folded.
Games-
Simon Says with an animal theme (“Bark like a dog”, “Flap your wings like a chicken”, etc)
Pin the Tail on the Cat - I drew the little LPS tabby cat onto posterboard for this
Animal Charades - I printed LPS animals onto cardstock and cut apart ot use as cards since our guests are mostly non-readers
Musical Lily Pads - I cut out large lily pads from green cardstock and made an animal music cd to play for this game
Bean Bag Toss - We picked out animal fabrics and made little bean bags. We'll have the children try to toss them into dog bowls.
Animal Relay Races (Gallop like a Horse, Walk like a Monkey, Dog, Duck, Crab, Bunny, etc)
Dance Freeze Game using the animal music cd
Cat Cat Dog (Duck Duck Goose)
Cake and Presents
Departure Activities
Adopt Littlest Pet Shop Animals (each child gets an animal based on the nametag picture they chose)
Pick Sticker “Prizes” to take home - at this age we decided that everyone is a winner and all will get stickers and LPS rings (also available on ebay--search for cupcake rings)
Decorate a house for their pet (foamies, markers/crayons, and colorful Chinese To Go containers)
Visit the Pet Buffet (Various different pet “foods” they can pick to put in a to go container to take home. These include Scooby bone-shaped graham crackers for dogs, Bug shaped graham crackers for lizards, Gummy worms for fish, Rainbow goldfish crackers for the cats, Gummy spiders for the birds, Gummy strawberries for the hamsters, Yogos for the rabbits, Banana chips for the monkeys, Apple chips for the horses. All of the bowls the snacks will be served out of into the to go "doggie bags" have little labels I printed with the appropriate animal on them.
Take home a balloon animal - I used to make these years and years ago and figured out that apparently you don't forget how to do this so I'll be making balloon animals for the children as well as they leave.
*Whew!* Should be fun and I'll post pictures when it's all said and done.
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