Valentine's Day

I was able to volunteer for my kids parties at school for Valentine's Day. I have to take advantage of the time before the baby comes and volunteer as much as I can. I'm not sure how long it will be after the baby before I can volunteer again.

Ethan came home after his Valentine's Day at school and showed me this conversation heart and was so excited about it. He wanted me to take a picture of it. He said he loved the message on it and was devastated when Jared ate it.

Here is Ethan with his Valentine folder and valentines from his class

Here is Madeline with her Valentines folder and valentines from her class

Here is the valentine from Madeline's teacher. She made them little ipods from sweethearts candy boxes and rolos and string.

Here's Ethan with his cupcake from the cake walk they did in class.

Ethan at the cake walk

Ethan with the flowers he was making - one for me and one for his teacher who is out because she had surgery

Here's Madeline's class. She is making a heart magnet

Madeline's class also had bingo and red food - jello jigglers, strawberries and chips and salsa.

Party time for Ethan

Ethan getting ready to blow out the candle on his cupcake.

Opening presents

In line for candy, for those who didn't get candy from the pinata

Ethan upset because he didn't get candy from the pinata. The pinata was a dragon,which didn't fit too much candy in, so I just gave some out to those who didn't get some.

Making swords and shields

How to Train Your Dragon - Ethan's 7th birthday party

We had a party for Ethan's 7th birthday with his friends today. It was a bit chaotic with 16 kids at our house. I hope everyone had a good time though. Luckily I had helpers - my husband, mom and my friend Claudia. Without them, I couldn't have done it all. I DIDN'T get a group picture, which I regret!

Here is what we did:

howtotrainyourdragon.com was a big help! We had coloring pages, mazes, word searches, connect the dots. We didn't get to all of them though. We also had a couple of games. Feed toothless the dragon - I had printed out pictures of fish and put them over bean bags,

and pin the tail on the dragon

We also decorated cardboard swords and shields. Here are pictures of Madeline and Ethan with theirs after the party (Ethan is doing one of his dramatic faces - he loves to pose):

I'll post some pictures from the party in another post.