Virtual Christmas Carol 2011

Juliet's Sixth Birthday

Juliet had her sixth birthday! We had a very fun family party which was dragon themed per Juliet's request. She really enjoyed having family members over and eating dinner, cake, and of course opening presents.

She made this pin the flame on the dragon game all on her own.

Don't touch the cake Cole! Actually, Cole has come a long way as a few years ago he would be attempting to lick the cake.

Yea! Birthday Girl! I thought this dragon cake I made from a design online turned out pretty great.

I was really proud of this Chinese dragon I made out of balloons and streamers because I came up with the concept and design myself.

Juliet woke up to find lots of balloons in her room.

And also this sign made by Grandma Kathryn.

These are not dragon related, but we made these super hero pops to give out to Juliet's classmates to celebrate there. They have little capes and masks and say, "Today is a SUPER day, it's Juliet's birthday. I should have looked for something dragon, but these were fun and did the trick.

Cole's Eighth Birthday

Since Juliet is turning 6 today and I will be posting pictures from her special day, I realized that I had not posted any of Cole's pictures (from July!). He wanted to have a monkey party, so here are his monkey decorations and cupcakes. I loved the way the hanging "vines" looked, and the little monkey Juliet made to hang from them.

A Trip To The Columbus Museum of Art

The Columbus Museum of Art recently did a huge remodel, and the kids had a fun time there earlier this year. They have a great kids room as well as hands on "stations" throughout the museum. We enjoyed the puzzles you could do of works of art, as well as the creation stations with a few materials you could go wild with. Definitely a fun trip!

A Visit To The Columbus Zoo

One of many lovely trips to the zoo. As you can see, Vivien really enjoyed this one!

A Trip To COSI

Our family loves COSI and we've made countless trips there. Here a few pictures I found of us at COSI last spring.

A Few Pictures from a Trip to Firefly Cafe

There is a cute place we've gone to a couple of times called Firefly cafe, which is set up as a large play area for kids. A nice place for a rainy or cold day.