Somewhere Over the Rainbow

The night before Carly's birthday, I wrapped her door in crepe paper so she'd have to break out of her room while we sang Happy Birthday to her. When I picked up the kids from school, Josh was asking for the same treatment for his birthday. In the afternoon I took treats for Carly's class. It was fun to hear them sing "and many more on channel four, and scoobie doo on channel two" etc. What a fun age!

For Carly's birthday party I went with a Rainbow theme. I think I might have over done it. That was the point though. I had a great time looking for rainbow ideas, and carrying them out. Carly was thrilled when her Aunt Kathleen designed the party invitations for her. So cute!! I made a rainbow light feature out of a string of mini lights with Dixie cups covered in rainbow colored scrapbook paper, and seventeen rainbow colored paper pom poms that hung from the ceiling. We had rainbow colored table settings. I made rainbow jello, a rainbow cake, and rainbow jello popcorn. We played twister, and two minute-to-win-it games. At the end of the party the girls settled down when I turned on Rainbow Bright. Why is it that cartoons from our childhood always seemed so much better when we were kids?

I loved hearing Carly tell me that I was "THE BEST MOM EVER, EVER, EVER!!!" I sure love that girl.