Lie vs. Story

Emmy was telling me about a friend who told her a lie. After she told me what he said, I agreed that maybe he had in fact told her a story.

 

“Mama. A story starts with ‘once upon a time’ and ends with ‘the end’. That was a lie.”

 

Spa Time

We took the kids to Sweet and Sassy for a little pampering. The girls fit right in with it and Solomon was all about watching himself in the mirror. He’s quite the ham.

 

Valentines Day at School

Emmy got to dress up for a Valentine’s Ball at school this year. Here she is primping.

 

 

Emmy's Fifth Birthday Party

The party was amazingly wonderful. Special thanks to AuntBecca for not being lame and letting her camera die before the party. The kids had so much fun! I made these very simple easels and aprons for everyone and we painted since Rapunzel did a lot of painting in all of her spare time in the tower. John and I made these cute little jello cups with blue ‘water’ and the boats with the official emblem of the kingdom. Rapunzel sent her mother to get hazelnuts so she could sneak out of the tower so we had  hazelnuts spread. John and I made the cake, which of course was a disaster. But, we loved it and I think Emmy did too. We tried to make a four foot tower cake with donut cakes. The icing was gray and then I had chocolate rocks covering the bottom of the tower. We used yellow Twizzlers for her hair coming from the tower. Of course, the Snuggly Duckling was the hole in the wall that Flynn Ryder took Rapunzel in an attempt to convince her to go home. “Take a big breath, smells a lot like the color brown.” Our eating area was decorated with a sign for it. Of course we had the kingdom pennants and the maypole. The highlight was when Rapunzel herself arrived!!! The kids were mesmerized.  She read a story to them and then played Hot Potato with her hair brush and she let the kids see her frying pan. Rose made sure that all the kids got their stickers and that Rapunzel did not forget anyone.  Emmy was quite the hostess and told all of her friends thank you for coming to her party and everyone had a wonderful time. We are so very lucky.  Lucas patted her on the back and said “Good job, Emmy, at turning five!”