The Widick Family

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Happy Birthday Josie!

Lane's parents came to visit for the long Memorial day weekend and Josie's birthday party. They left Tennessee on Wednesday night and planned to spend the night at a hotel in Birmingham, then finish the trip to Houston on Thursday. Well, as they were approaching their exit in Birmingham, the transmission in their car went out. They spent most of Thursday morning at a Honda dealer (they also drove a CR-V), and ended up buying a new car in order to get to Houston. They finally made it to our house at about 11 on Thursday night.
Friday was Josie's "official" birthday, so we all went to the Houston Children's Museum. We had never been before, and I must say I was a little bit disappointed. The Museum really is awesome, there just wasn't much for Josie's age group. You had to be under 35 months to get into the Tot Spot, and several other activities were ages 5 and up. There was nothing specifically for the 3-5 crowd. She loved playing in the giant water table outside. She also loved the grocery store and the "cafe" in Kidtropolis. She had fun pushing buttons and playing throughout the museum, she just didn't "get" all of it. It was fun, but we probably won't go back until she's a little older.
We had Josie's birthday party with all of her friends on Saturday. She decided several weeks ago that she wanted to have a tea party. At the party we decorated sugar cookies and made a cardboard teapot craft. We ran an obstacle course and played a "Paper Wars" game outside. The big hit outside was the sandbox. All 5 of the kids crowded around it.
After crafts and games, we had a "tea party" lunch of sandwiches (cut into teapot shapes, of course), fruit, veggies & dip, pasta salad, & Goldfish. Then we sang "Happy Birthday" and Josie blew out the candles on her tea pot cake (which I made!). Then we opened presents, which is always fun. The kids all got sunglasses and bubble wands as "favors."
I think my favorite part of the party was before everyone left, we tried to get a picture of all the kids sitting together. It was hilarious to try to get 5 kids (the oldest one now 3) to sit still and look in the same direction.
It was a great day and Josie had a very happy birthday!
(To see more pictures, be sure to look at my or Lane's Facebook page.)

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