Jungle Fever!

It was a festive weekend around here with Grace & Isaac's birthday party. Our little buddy AJ's party was at the church last month and I thought it worked so well (preschool tables & all) that I ran with their idea. The kids looked through my cupcake book and chose a jungle theme, in part because they love animals and in part because this way Grace could have pink cupcakes and Isaac could have blue & green cupcakes. Funny kids, gotta love their logic! We had about a dozen little friends there to celebrate with us and spent the morning decorating binoculars, playing jungle games, going on a lion hunt, listening to Henry Explores the Jungle, dancing to jungle music, playing outside & of course, eating cupcakes. It was a great time!



Proud Mama with my two FOUR year olds!!


Grace & Addi

Belle checking out her binoculars


Pretending to be elephants pushing peanuts with their "trunks." This game was a riot!


Our good friends, brothers Adam & Colin. We had these "pith helmets" for everyone, but it wasn't until the end of the party that Adam wisely pointed out that the rims should have been flipped down - instead they looked like sombreros! :)


They're a little hard to see here, but my mom AND dad made these awesome animal print placemats for each child, laminated & with their name on them as party favors. They were a hit, as were the jungle cookies they made. Thanks G&P!


And, the cupcakes. We had a ton of fun making these the night before. Flamingos, hippos, and aligators. No, I'm not this creative, the book tells you exactly what to do. I am discovering Eric has secret talents even HE doesn't know about. :)


A few friends have shared the idea of interviewing kids each year on their birthday in order to capture who they are at each stage. This is our first year of birthday interviews and it was pretty funny to hear some of their (unexpected) answers. Grace went first, which may have influenced a couple of Isaac's answers.

Grace
Favorite color: pink
Favorite food: pizza with pineapple
Favorite drink: smoothies
Favorite song: Jesus Loves Me
Favorite book: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
Favorite thing to play: princess (has she ever played princess?!)
Favorite thing to do with Mommy: play games
Most excited about turning four: opening presents
Favorite thing about preschool: friends
Favorite place we went this year: ocean
One thing you want to learn before you turn five: Count to 100 and write every letter
Place you most want to go this year: camping

Isaac
Color: Blue & green
Food: rice & beans
Drink: ice in juice
Song: Jesus Loves Me
Book: Berenstein Bears Lend a Helping Hand
To Play: whole world (?), or trucks
To do w/Mommy: projects
Most excited about turning four: going to kindergarten (sorry buddy, not yet!)
Preschool: friends
Place we went this year: camping
To learn before turning five: Count to 100 and to read
Most want to go this year: Costco (ha!)

I sure am proud of you Gracelynn Isabelle & Isaac Justice! I am excited to see how you grow in the year ahead. I love you!