Birthday Parties!

First the kids had their birthday party at school. They are allowed to bring a special treat. Each year we have done something cute with fruit. One year Wonderful Husband carved sharks out of watermelon, one year we make fruit rockets, etc. This year we make Birthday Bananas.

Aren't these cute? The kids loved them. They were easy to make. First I glued a pom pom to the bottom of each cup. Then I glued the googly eyes to each banana. Then I added a sticker to each hat and drew on the mouth. The last step was to tape the hat on top of the banana. The hardest part was getting the eyes to stick - granted I made 50 of these total so if you are doing smaller quantities it might not be so frustrating!

The kids wanted a birthday party with an explosion, so we headed to our local Science Museum.

First the kids made their own paper rockets. Here Sweet Daughter is getting ready to shoot hers off.

Here Sweet Son is getting ready to test his. Each child got to make their own and shoot them off twice. It was fast paced and the rockets were literally flying across the room.

Then we headed outside. The party guests all lined up while Sweet Son and Sweet Daughter got to add Mentos to their Diet Coke.

There they go!

Sweet Daughter's is really high!

Now Sweet Son's is even higher!

The kids had a blast, literally and figuratively at their party. I was exhausted at the end, but happy kids are worth it a million times over.