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!
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