McKay's Avengers Birthday Party

McKay got a birthday party this year and there was no question about what sort of party it would be.  Avengers (with heavy emphasis on Captain America).

 We definitely wanted everyone to be a super hero at this party so we bought some capes and I made a million masks...

 We tried to have each of the Avengers represented in the food, games and decor (although McKay wouldn't think of including the girl Avengers).

 We went simple with the food since kids are pretty picky.  McKay chose corn dogs and everyone seemed to be fans.

 Pin the star on the Captain America shield (Lincoln's buddy came to help us with the party).

 Throw the Thor hammer through the hoop.

 I think that was the favorite game.

 Josh made the hammer and I was very impressed.

 Shoot the balloon with a Nerf bow and arrow.  We didn't end up having anything for Iron Man, but nobody noticed.

 The group.

This was our take home treat.  I'm sure that parents enjoyed their kids having all these gumballs :)

100 Days of School

 The older boys were all bummed that they didn't really do anything for 100 days of school.  McKay's class did a lot of fun things.  He was supposed to bring a shirt that had 100 things on it.  He was determined to do a Captain America one (of course).  I looked high and low but couldn't find anything that could go on a shirt.  I decided to make one.  I drew and colored all of those Captain America badges.  He owes me big time :)

 He was so proud of his shirt.  I guess that is good payment.

 He teacher was nice enough to send me some pictures of some of the activities they did.

His teacher found an app that aged pictures of each of the kids.  McKay was DYING over it.  He wasn't a fan.  I think it is hilarious.

Snow Day

 One thing that my boys have loved about living in Georgia, is that if there is even a little snow, school is usually cancelled.  Last year we had aobut 6 snow days, but this year there were only a few.  On this day it had started to snow so the kids had to be picked up early.  As you can tell...they weren't too sad about it.

 The next day school was also cancelled and these two started jumping on their bed.s

 I never thought we would be able to watch the snow fall in Georgia.  I always love watching it fall, and I wish it would fall a little more.

 The older three boys were dying to sled, but as we left our sleds in Utah, they had to be creative.  They started out with laundry baskets, but those kept tipping them over. 

 They moved on to snow shovels (not sure why we have those), and cardboard.  

I didn't get pictures, but the thing that finally worked the best was their boogie boards.  They sledded until there was absolutely nothing left to take them down the hill.  We are so glad that Georgia gets a little snow now and then!

Medieval Times 2016

The last time we took the boys to Medieval Times, they were really young and McKay wasn't even born.  When we found out there was one in Atlanta, we decided it was a definite must.  

 I wasn't sure how the older boys were going to handle this experience.  The last time we went they thought it was so magical, and this time was no different.  They loved the whole thing.

 They even humored me with lots of pictures. 

 They loved the live owls on display (but I felt pretty bad for them to be honest).

 We let them use some of their money if they wanted to buy swords.

 Palmer wasn the only one who decided that that wasn't what he wanted to do with his money.  I ws pretty impressed at his self control.

 We sat in the section of the blue knight.  I'm pretty sure that was our knight the last time too.  The boys weren't complaining though, blue is a favorite.

 The things they do with the horses are amazing.  These horses put on a pretty awesome show.

 I am not sure if the boys loved the food, but luckly we are all fans of tomato soup.

 Eating with their fingers...boys dream come true.

 Looking concerned.  

I really love experiences like this with my boys.  They talked about this experience for days and haven't stopped playing swords still.