We celebrated Owen’s 4 year birthday on Saturday with a Mickey Mouse Magic party at our house. He picked the Mickey theme and then I suggested a magician. I had no idea that I was looking at $275-350 for a magician to attend our party. Thank goodness for Uncle Scotty. He is 
cheap and entertained the kids great. They especially liked the finale with the floating $1 bill - impressive even for the adults. We also had a Mickey-Mouse cake, pin-the-nose-on-Mickey game and the kids all colored their own Mickey ears to wear as party hats. This was the first time hosting and indoor birthday party at our house. January makes the weather a little unpredictable though, it turned out well and before it was over all the kids were outside on the trampoline. It was cool but not cold and sunny. O was a little d
isappointed that none of his friends from preschool came, but he still had fun with all his cousins, 1 neighbor and the Welch girls. He got some great gifts too: a digital camera made for kids, remote control truck, game, action figures, money and a GT bean-bag chair. He told me later, “I like my chair Mommy, but I don’t like that team!” Looks like both my boys will be Bulldogs. Oh well. Riley is at least willing to pull for Tech when they’re not playing UGA.
After the party we headed to a movie with Scotty and family. Owen opted to go home with Nana and Kaylee and skip the movie. The movie was really good – National Treasure – but not one that would have kept his attention especially for 2.5 hours. Riley loved it. There was even a character in the movie named Riley so that made it even better.
Friday, in preparation for the party, Lance sanded and painted all the dry-wall patches that the contractor had done in our house back in the Fall. I’m so glad it is done but it made such a mess – dry wall dust everywhere. Lance dusted and mopped, I dusted and mopped and we did it all again Saturday morning and by 1pm when the party started, more dust was still settling.
Sunday was a good family day too. Church in the morning and then we pulled out the fishing poles in the afternoon. It was such a nice day. We hiked some through the woods on our property. Lance went back to get his chainsaw and chop down some dead trees while the boys and I ducked under the fence bordering the back of our property and the school behind us. We were heading to the playground at the elementary school to play for a while. But, Escher followed us - unleashed. After I saw that there were several other kids at the
playground we decided to walk back home with Escher. I was afraid he’d wander too far off or bark like a crazy dog at all the kids. He followed us home. I offered to drive the boys back over to the park but Riley said, “That’s OK Mom. I didn’t want to play anyway; I just wanted to go for a walk.” So grown up! I played some Guitar Hero on the x-box (I’m officially addicted, it’s so fun!) and then we all headed to Alice’s church to hear a guest speaker. Don Piper, author of 90 Minutes in Heaven. His testimony is awesome and he is an excellent speaker. I can’t wait to read the book. We picked up dinner on the way home and then watched American Gladiator on TV. The boys loved it and I have to admit it was pretty entertaining. School starts back tomorrow so I told Riley it was his last night to stay up late for both he and O. I bet he won’t like hitting the sack at 8:30 tonight. Back to the daily grind. 2008 here we come.
cheap and entertained the kids great. They especially liked the finale with the floating $1 bill - impressive even for the adults. We also had a Mickey-Mouse cake, pin-the-nose-on-Mickey game and the kids all colored their own Mickey ears to wear as party hats. This was the first time hosting and indoor birthday party at our house. January makes the weather a little unpredictable though, it turned out well and before it was over all the kids were outside on the trampoline. It was cool but not cold and sunny. O was a little d
isappointed that none of his friends from preschool came, but he still had fun with all his cousins, 1 neighbor and the Welch girls. He got some great gifts too: a digital camera made for kids, remote control truck, game, action figures, money and a GT bean-bag chair. He told me later, “I like my chair Mommy, but I don’t like that team!” Looks like both my boys will be Bulldogs. Oh well. Riley is at least willing to pull for Tech when they’re not playing UGA.After the party we headed to a movie with Scotty and family. Owen opted to go home with Nana and Kaylee and skip the movie. The movie was really good – National Treasure – but not one that would have kept his attention especially for 2.5 hours. Riley loved it. There was even a character in the movie named Riley so that made it even better.
Friday, in preparation for the party, Lance sanded and painted all the dry-wall patches that the contractor had done in our house back in the Fall. I’m so glad it is done but it made such a mess – dry wall dust everywhere. Lance dusted and mopped, I dusted and mopped and we did it all again Saturday morning and by 1pm when the party started, more dust was still settling.Sunday was a good family day too. Church in the morning and then we pulled out the fishing poles in the afternoon. It was such a nice day. We hiked some through the woods on our property. Lance went back to get his chainsaw and chop down some dead trees while the boys and I ducked under the fence bordering the back of our property and the school behind us. We were heading to the playground at the elementary school to play for a while. But, Escher followed us - unleashed. After I saw that there were several other kids at the
playground we decided to walk back home with Escher. I was afraid he’d wander too far off or bark like a crazy dog at all the kids. He followed us home. I offered to drive the boys back over to the park but Riley said, “That’s OK Mom. I didn’t want to play anyway; I just wanted to go for a walk.” So grown up! I played some Guitar Hero on the x-box (I’m officially addicted, it’s so fun!) and then we all headed to Alice’s church to hear a guest speaker. Don Piper, author of 90 Minutes in Heaven. His testimony is awesome and he is an excellent speaker. I can’t wait to read the book. We picked up dinner on the way home and then watched American Gladiator on TV. The boys loved it and I have to admit it was pretty entertaining. School starts back tomorrow so I told Riley it was his last night to stay up late for both he and O. I bet he won’t like hitting the sack at 8:30 tonight. Back to the daily grind. 2008 here we come.
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