Mr. Pig's Birthday Party

 Mr. Pig has been an important part of our lives for almost as long as Ridge has.  His tail isn't curly anymore, and he is bare in a few spots.  The stuffing in his neck is all but gone and despite repeated washings he is definitely more gray than pink.  He has been a very loyal and faithful comforter for all kinds of things.  Along the way we got a Mrs. Pig.  She was meant to be a new Mr. Pig but Ridge quickly declared her to be Mr. Pig's Grandma (given to him by his Grandma, of course).  And she is loved on occasion, but Mr. Pig is a staple.  A must have at night or while reading books or anytime the need arises.

One day Ridge asked why Mr. Pig had never had a birthday party.  I answered that I didn't really know when Mr. Pig's birthday was.  Ridge promptly told me that it happened to be that very day. Well, in that case, I replied, we better have a party.  So that is what we did.  It turned out that Mr. Pig wanted Hawaiian haystacks for his birthday dinner.  How funny, that is also Ridge's favorite.  We also made pig cupcakes for dessert in honor of the birthday pig.  It was a fun night.  Happy Birthday Mr. Pig!

March Comes in Like a Lion

Who doesn't want pancakes that look like a lion on March first?  (morning pics are never the best)

Presidents Day 2015

Nothing says President's Day like random food selections made to fit the Holiday with a really big stretch of the imagination.  Complete with flags in fruit and George Washington cupcakes.  We had Mike and Holly and the Fish family over to join us for the fun.  Happy Presidents Day!

Nothing says fun like...

G-Pa on the plasma car!

Capital High Dance Camp 2015

Kyleigh came home from school very excited about a paper she was bringing home.  It was a sign up for a dance camp at Capital High School put on by the dance team.  When she signed up Katelyn wanted to sign up also so they both went.  It was after school for a week with a performance at a Capital boys basketball game.  There was a bit of a dilemma with the music choice for Kyleigh's dance and she almost didn't get to perform but it worked out in the end.  They were pretty cute.  Katelyn spent most of her performance trying to get the girls next to her to whisper with her.  Especially during the "freestyle" portion of the dance.  I got to see one of my friends, Terra, that I went to college with and worked with at St. Lukes.  Her daughter was doing the camp also.  We also got the bonus of watching Colby play basketball at the game.  All around good time.

Valentine's Day 2015

 Who wouldn't want to start Valentines Day with a heart made of bacon?  We finished the day with a scavenger hunt.  The first clue was in an envelope.  We played a Valentines version of the left/right game where we passed the envelope from left to right as Rusty read the left/right story.  It was so fun to watch the excitement grow and it wasn't just Ridge who was excited!  The scavenger hunt led through the house and ended up with a marble racer game for the kids.  Happy Valentines Day!

 Ridge was all about the superhero party so we went with it.  Russ made the invitations with Ridge starring as Captain America.  Ridge is a funny little guy and all about the details.  He wanted to draw a spider on every can of "web shooters" for the ninja fight (pictures below).  Everyone came dressed as a superhero.  We had superhero cupcakes, a superhero puzzle for everyone to take home (Ridge also loves puzzles), and all kinds of games.  We played karate chop a brick.  Everybody got a chance to HI-YA a "brick," which was a styrofoam food tray.  They had to make their way through the laser maze (red ribbon strung across the stairs) to get upstairs to diffuse a bomb (pop a black balloon).  Then they had to break open the "save a superhero" pinata.  I couldn't figure out how to make one of the cheap pinatas at Winco fit into the party theme.  I ended up tying superhero figures to the string above the pinata and told the kids they had to save the superheros by breaking open the pinata. We played hulk smash.  Everybody got to put on hulk gloves and smash an ice cream cone.  We had cupcakes and then everybody went outside with a can of web shooters.  Pretty soon some evil ninjas (Russ and Kyleigh) showed up and the little superheros attacked them with their web shooters.  It was a really fun party, if I do say so myself.  Many thanks to Rusty and Pinterest!