end of the year party

each year, i throw an end of the school year party for the ending of our afterschool programs at my church.  this year, i asked for suggestions from the kids.  i would now like to share them with you.  there are definitely come creative minds in this bunch.  (obviously no idea of what "budget" means either!)  i am including their spellings.  my comments will be in red, just so you know.  each bullet point is a separate kid's ideas.  i love this!

so for your enjoyment...

-go skiing or shipwreck island water park in panama city

-field trip (sea world), inflatables (bouncey houses, slides, etc.), gross party, art party, sweets party, sports party, animal party, costume party, silly party, haunted party

-3 bounce houses, water slide, pump it up, day of video games, candy pool, slip-n-slide, candy for snack, capture the flag (boys vs. girls), sumo wrestling, obstacal corurse, zippline

-water balloons and water slides, water day, throw pies at miss deborah (lovely), throw paint balls at miss deborah (also lovely)

-water gun, paint balloons, skick are head in pie, a bowl of jello and try to get marbiles with our toes out of the jello, ships & sailors with wanter on the ground, big marshmallows in our mouth & try to get it as far as u can who ever wins gets to throw a pant pie mixed with pie at miss debra, if it's a tie, miss derbra throws at us.

-a water aventer! watersile, water bouncey house, mini pool (or big), pizza & lemonade, bloons, MUD! (with dirt counting water), walk over to beach, walk over glass plats, thow pies at peaple (counting teackers), fight game (mud, stuffed animals, water bloon), piggy races (race on pigs) (this is the funniest one to me), pillow fight, break a water bed (what?).  MUD FIGHT

-the jumping balloon and jumping balloon slides, pump it up in panama city, night hide and go seek tag, velcro suit (an inflatable game!), capture the flag "boys vs girls", sumo wrestling, base ball "boys vs. girls", obie course, zip line, dodge ball, water balloon fight.

-bay, church wide hide & seek, giant slide w/ water, pump it up, candy pool, syrp slip n slide, football, velcro jumpy thingy, person claw game (no clue), capture the flag! "boys vs. girls", air sumo wrestling, arnold baseball (again no clue), maze, obby course, karoke, sky diving, zip line!!!!!!, fort battles "boys vs. girls", dodge ball, water balloon fight boys vs. girls, tie girls down on highway (nice, huh?), swiss alps, tug-a-war in mud, mud football

-pump it up house, 3 bouncy, slip in slide, candy pool, soda house, velcro suit, capture the flag(b vs g), air sof war, sumo wrestling, obi course, pump it up, day of video games, zip lining, paint ball war, dodge ball, water balloon fight, tug of war with mud.

-backwards day - for example: drawing contest with your left hand, other games: take two paper plates and try to made it from stat to finish only stepping on your plates.  the people that fall off become a shark and walk aournd the plates. (this is actually a really good idea that i'm gonna use for another time!)

-mud sliping slide, jello marbles, make a skit, water ballon fight, pain ourselves (i think this is supposed to be paint, at least i hope), squirt wipt cream on are faces, pick out seeds in a watermelon with our feet.

-messy games, water games, bouncey houses, water bouncey houses, pool party, pizza party, balloon party, fight party (pie fight, mud fight, balloon fight, pillow fight)

-messy games!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

- on the last day of truthwalkers, i would like to do messy games, dive in jello, pie in the face, mud slide, soap slide. (there are pictures on this one!)

-go on roof, kick dodge ball, bouncey slide & slide in pool, soda pool, slip-n-slide, rubber band fight, velcrow suit, capure the flap, freeze tag boys aginst girls, sumo wrestling, opticle cource, bouncey football, glider, zip line, paitball fight (saftey gear), dodge ball, water balloon fight, ski down montana mtns, make mud house.

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last year, we did lots of fun, messy games.  so some of these ideas are continuation of that.  clearly mud is a big deal this year.  i'll let you know what we end up doing.

march in review

listening to...andrew peterson resurrection letters vol 2  & love & thunder.  on repeat.

watching...gossip girl (totally sucked in & can't wait for the next two dvd's to come from netflix), the big bang theory, and star wars.

reading...books by mary kay andrews & so long insecurity by beth moore

eating...annie's bean salsa medley

drinking...lots of sweet tea & today!!  a coke!! yahoo!

wearing...shorts and flip flops - finally!!!

lusting after...a good bathing suit body

brainstorming on...vacation bible school & end of the school year plans & summer planning

excited about...nick & amy's baby coming into this world - yay for tybee ann!

thankful for...my new workout partner - she's awesome!

course 2 and update

i finished my 2nd wilton cake decorating course last night.  in this class, we covered lots of flowers and last night we learned how to do basketweave for the sides of your cake.  now comes the decision of taking course 3 or not.  that one involves fondant and more flowers.  i didn't know if i could justify the cost but dad has graciously offered to help cover those costs.  decisions, decisions...

on another note - darcy is getting so big.  we are headed to the vet this morning for another round of puppy shots.  last visit she was over 13 pounds.  i'm guessing she's between 15 and 18 now.  i'm enjoying her so much and she is a big blessing to me!  i don't have a picture of her in her new snazzy collar yet but don't worry - there will be one soon!

here are a few new pics.

this is darcy and her boyfriend amos (he's a weiner dog).  she clearly is much bigger than him. :-)

laying in the sunshine after a hard day of playing in the back yard.

an oldie but one of my favorites.

february in review...

listening to...the new tobymac album - tonight - it's incredible!

watching...the no. 1 ladies detective agency!!  totally my new favorite show.

reading...primal by mark batterson - princess unaware by brenda garrison - and the director's guide to Hero Headquarters vacation bible school program.

eating...buttercream icing for my cake decorating class

drinking...lots of sweet tea because i have given up soda for lent.

wearing...way too many long sleeve shirts - i'm ready for SPRING!

lusting after...the ability of some of my classmates to make perfect icing roses

brainstorming on...ways to make healthy food taste better

excited about...a new friend in my life!

10 favorite places i've been

dallas, tx - shopping, eating, smu
nashville, tn - gaylord opryland resort
st. simons island, ga - epworth by the sea
apalachicola, fl - all of it
baldwin, la - UMCOR sager brown
destin, fl - silver sands factory outlets (they are awesome!)
atlanta, ga - the varsity, the fox, lenox sqare
nassau, bahamas - some botanical garden with flamingos - i don't remember the name
waleska, ga - reinhardt college - GO EAGLES!  (i should actually say reinhardt university but that's just strange!)
charleston, sc - hymans seafood - sooooo good

not a complete list but one i've been thinking on just the same.

it's now time to snuggle with a puppy.  later tater.

cake decorating

tonight, i had my second of four wilton cake decorating classes.  i freaked out the moment the teacher said, "frost your cake!"  this is the part that scares me.  she claims by the end of this class we will be able to ice a cake with NO CRUMBS.  needless to say, there were crumbs in my icing.

in tonight's class we learned how to use our star tip to make stars (obviously), curvy lines, zigzags, and star fill-in technique.  i'm good at stars.  there was a small happy dance done after this part!

we also learned how to write with icing.  a lot harder than it looks by the way.

at least i have lots of left over icing to practice with this week.

next week - icing roses!  oh, i'm excited.  

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