On Monday we went to Olivia's preschool party. She was talking about it all weekend long and couldn't wait to wear her bunny ears we bought at the dollar store. She was also excited to bring the bunny bag that Nana and Papa sent to her. (Thanks Mom, she loved it!) She looked adorable and so angelic. Ah, how I wish that were the case.
We made some chocolate cupcakes and headed to the preschool. It was packed with all of the kids who come on various days of the week. She jumped in the jumping castle, sang songs, hunted for chocolate eggs, painted pictures of bunnies, and ate all manner of junk food, etc. What a great time. I am so glad that she has her 'stuff' like preschool (and swimming and gymnastics). She just loves it and every day asks me, "Mom, what do I have today?" I think if she were one of those overscheduled kids who has something every day of the week- Japanese one day, violin the next, dance, art, whatever... she would be over the moon. She just can't get enough of it all! Today is Wednesday and I had to tell her that she didn't have anything today. Thank goodness I was able to take her to Austin's class party. That was sufficient.
Austin made me an invitation to his Easter party aka "Healthy Me" day a couple weeks ago. He was so proud of all the work they've done on this unit at school; learning about healthy food and exercise. All the parents were told to bring ONLY healthy foods. It was a gorgeous smorgasboard of mangoes, kiwis, grapes, melon, etc. along with sushi (very popular here- so weird to see kids eat it), tomato/cheese sandwiches, hummus dips with Turkish bread, pesto dip with Lebanese bread (pitas), etc. The best school party I have ever been to!
Here is Austin with the self portrait he painted. I didn't have the heart to tell him it looked like a chicken in a Superman suit to me! On it was taped a bunch of pictures of healthy foods he likes to eat and things he likes to do, like basketball, etc. I snapped a few photos of him with his buddies between chatting with the other moms. They were so funny and kept saying something about underwear then laughing. Ah, to be six.
We don't have any big plans for our week off- it's fall here so it's getting a bit chilly for the beach. Austin has a soccer game on Saturday morning and we have General Conference over the Sat/Sun. We'll be going down to Katherine's (J's sister) for Easter dinner on Sunday, so that should be good. I am assigned dessert. Any suggestions?
9 comments:
wow, tons of good stuff here. love the bunny ears!
love the healthy party idea. such a great idea. my girls love pita and feta spread.
your olivia is too cute! ellie was happy to see a pic of her postcard pal.
Kids and holidays are the best combination. THe self portrait is very cute and i love the shcool party with only healthy foods. Why do people assume kids only want junk?
dessert? hmmm. something with strawberries sounds good to me.
The bunny ears are adorable! I like outings to get out of the house but then it seems they are more bored when we don't do anything. Is there ever a balance?
So weird that it is fall down there already.
Can olivia be any cuter. Man I miss her little voice.
What a great idea to have a party with healthy snacks. I applaud whose ever idea that was.
I love Austin self portrait. Man I miss you guys.
Cute pictures Robyn, it's fun to see the kids. I can totally imagine Olivia wanting to be on the go, go, go.
How bizarre to have a healthy party at school. It makes sense, it's just surprising. Of course, here we can't actually make anything to bring, it has to be purchased and individually wrapped.
Austin looks so happy with his pals, and his self-portrait is very chicken in a superman costume. Hilarious.
I love the holiday parties. Sushi is very poplar here also. My kids devour it. You will see kids bring it to school for lunch also in olace of a sandwich.
I heard that there is an Easter marsupial campaign in Australia... a push for the Easter Trilby? Is that true? I thought was that was pretty fantastic.
Your kids are so cute.
Oh, that is the BILBY. It's a small marsupial, like a cross between a possum and a rabbit. I think it's kind of a joke???
I love that the kids will even eat all of that stuff. My kids wouldn't go near it. Well, maybe Max... but not all of it. Kudos.
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