Sometimes I Wonder....

how the playground has any
sand left
because Grant keeps bringing

it home!

Wordless Wednesday: Just Ducky

{This was taken about 10 seconds before the poor little 4 day old duck waddled its way out of Henry's hand and onto the floor. BTW, the duck was fine! This probably wasn't the first or last time the little guy had been dropped considering he sees at least 100 kiddos everyday on field trips!}

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I am posting a SUPER fun project over at Tatertots & Jello today! Go check it out and leave the awesome Jen some comment love:)

A Camp Out Birthday!

I have to say, that I LOVE to plan parties!

Thinking of a great theme and then running with it is so much fun. I love to plan my boys' birthday parties, and luckily they have been fine with all the themes that I have suggested for them {so far}. We have had a farm party, a dinosaur party, a cowboy party, a construction party, a cupcake party, and now a CAMP OUT party!

The invitations:

We had a family party the morning of Henry's birthday with a SUPER yummy cake,a little bit of opening presents, and a whole lot of playing with his cousins.

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Then that afternoon four of Henry's friends came over to have a real CAMP OUT birthday party!

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The boys found walking sticks and went on a hike {Jason supervised all the outside activites}.

Then they had a ton of fun on a scavenger hunt!

 After the scavenger hunt, they used their walking sticks and a hankerchief to make a hobo bag. This was part of their party favor that they got to take home:)

Jason got out our old tent, and showed the boys how to put it up....and they played in the tent for a while.

Then it was time to sing Happy Birthday to Henry and eat some yummy Campfire Cupcakes. These were SUPER easy to make and they turned out really cute! I made cupcakes from a mix and then iced them with a can of frosting, making sure to mound the icing up on top. Then Jason broke the pretzel sticks to just the right size and I placed them on top of the cupcakes. The flame is a fruit roll up stuck to the top of the cupcake with a little bit of icing!
After cupcakes, Jason taught the boys how to build a campfire.

Then they each found a roasting stick and got busy roasting hot dogs over the fire. Dinner was a hot dog {that they each roasted}, pretzels sticks {I called them tent poles}, and trail mix. Finally, it was time for S'MORES!

The boys had a great time roasting marshallows and making yummy s'mores!
The sun started to set, and the boys' parents started arriving to pick up their tired kiddos. Each kid got to take home a s'more as a party favor! YUM!
And that is how you have an awesome {and exhausting} Camp Out Birthday Party!