Six is Super!
We've been having so much fun celebrating our six-year-old's birthday over the last several days. Thank you all so much for your sweet birthday wishes for her, as well. She has loved hearing them as they've come in -- as have I!
We had a super fun, simple, homemade birthday party with some little friends on Saturday. The kids enjoyed it, but I am making a note to self that this is the last time I will be the only adult at a birthday party, especially one that includes two two-year-olds in attendance!
Goodie bags with tags featuring the six-year-old theme. (Contents described here.)
Watercolor paper kites -- a simple, fun project, with the surprise bonus that the kites actually caught a gust of wind pretty well. I was standing outside with one, just holding the string, and it was actually flying up in the air. Who knew?
Wet felting some balls. My kids love to felt, and being the wool and felt lover that I am, we have done it a lot. It was pretty tricky to get a whole group of kids set up with it when I was the only adult, though.
Elisabeth and James with their kites later in the day. So fun and satisfying!
Lots more photos of the six-year-old weekend here.
{We are still without our regular computer. I'm "borrowing" my husband's work laptop -- having located the installation disk with my camera software on it just in time for birthday photos on Thursday! I have no idea if the photos look bad or not, though. The color on the teeny, tiny laptop screen is awful, and depending on the angle, everything looks either really dark or really bright. So, hopefully they're OK from where you sit.}
looks like the weekend was filled with much merriment, grace! i love the kites -- will surely add them to our list of fun things to explore.
Posted by: cloth.paper.string | Monday, April 14, 2008 at 12:54 PM
Happy birthday!!!!!!!
What a wonderful day!
It's sooooo lang ago I visit your space. The children become really big, hè...
Warm greetings
Posted by: mamaHeidi | Monday, April 14, 2008 at 01:11 PM
Looks wonderful! And how brave of you as the only adult -- oh my!
The photos are coming across just fine, Grace. I have the same worry when I am using our notebook, though. xo
Posted by: miss chris | Monday, April 14, 2008 at 01:32 PM
The photos look great, and the party sounds very cool. What a brave woman to do it alone!!
Posted by: Steph | Monday, April 14, 2008 at 01:40 PM
What a wonderful birthday(: Those goodie bags look super cute!
Posted by: Nichole | Monday, April 14, 2008 at 01:46 PM
That sounds like a wonderful party. I love the favor bags!
Posted by: meg | Monday, April 14, 2008 at 02:04 PM
looks absolutely wonderful. what a fun, sweet day!
Posted by: martha | Monday, April 14, 2008 at 02:28 PM
That sounds like a 'proper' party to me...and they have got to be the lovliest party bags ever. I may follow your lead later on in the year :)
Posted by: asti | Monday, April 14, 2008 at 02:39 PM
Fun fun day! I want to come to one of your parties!
And the photos look great as well :)
Posted by: Emilie | Monday, April 14, 2008 at 03:03 PM
I'm jealous, I want to be one of the little guests at one of your daughters parties. You give good gift!! And felting?? I'd have moved in if I was a six year old visiting, heck, I'd move in now, it always seems so fun at your house!!
Posted by: jeanne | Monday, April 14, 2008 at 07:27 PM
The felting photo is wonderful. Making them looks so simple. Was it?
Posted by: Liz | Monday, April 14, 2008 at 07:30 PM
They're lovely as always.
I miss you.
Posted by: Alicia A. | Monday, April 14, 2008 at 09:11 PM
She is such a doll! Happy Birthday!!
Posted by: Morgan | Monday, April 14, 2008 at 11:20 PM
Happy Birthday to your little big girl... Your pictures are so awesome... I like the way your camera reflects them...
and of course you have 2 great models... ;-)
Greetings from Germany
Andrea
Posted by: Andrea | Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 12:35 AM
Grace,
What a wonderful party! That'll be such a special memory for Elisabeth. I don't know how you manage to actually put all your ideas into practice. The goodie bags are spectacular!! Mathilde will be six in June and I've gotton so much inspiration from your birthday posts. Thank you so much for sharing all of this with us.
Posted by: Iris | Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 01:10 AM
Oh the photos are wonderful, don't worry about that :) I love your party bags..and am now spurred into action to make my own for a little lad who'll be five very soon.
Posted by: HandyCraftyWoman | Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 05:55 AM
Oh how I long to be a child invited to one of your gorgeous parties! Or an adult, for that matter. What lovely photos of a lovely day. Thanks for all the good inpiration. I must try felting with my littles.
Posted by: Mary Beth | Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 08:33 AM
Such a sweet party!
Posted by: Heather | Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 11:16 AM
Great photos!! Happy Birthday Elizabeth :)
Posted by: Sebrina | Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 12:45 PM
Such a cutie! Happy happy 6th!
Posted by: tiennie | Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 08:39 PM
Hi Grace, My daughter is turning six on Sat and I would love to make her a "now I am six" card like the tags you made. Is it a photocopy of the illustration with some watercoloring? I would love to know how you made them. Thanks Chris
Posted by: Chris | Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at 09:04 AM