Friday, February 19, 2010

Pirate Party

On Saturday the 6th we had a birthday party for Calvin here at the house. Calvin requested a Pirate Party, so a Pirate Party he got! Here is the birthday boy before the guests arrived.
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Lewis and Abby were the first to arrive, and they even dressed the part!
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We had lots of Pirate themed games that we played. We played Hook the Pretzel
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And Musical Islands
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Then we played Sink the Ship where they had to throw their "cannon balls" into the other teams ship to "sink" it.
From Calvin's 6th Birthday
After the games came one of the highlights of the party...the silly string fight!
From Calvin's 6th Birthday
As you can see even the adults got into the fun!
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From Calvin's 6th Birthday
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And here is the aftermath..
From Calvin's 6th Birthday
From Calvin's 6th Birthday
After the silly string mania we did a treasure hunt.
From Calvin's 6th Birthday
The kids had a blast and went crazy when they finally found their treasure.
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Then it was time to sing Happy Birthday.
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The grand finale of the party was a pinata.
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Here is Calvin's best friend Cameron with the winning hit.
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And the kids went crazy scooping up the candy.
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It was a great party and I think everyone had a good time.

Happy Birthday Calvin! We are so proud of you and love you very much.
From Calvin's 6th Birthday

Friday, February 12, 2010

Calvin's Birthday

I can hardly believe it, but my baby boy turned 6 this past week! Time just goes entirely too fast. His birthday was on Wednesday and he requested my Mint Brownies as his treat to take to school. We did our little family celebration that night. He wanted tacos for dinner that night, and then we sang Happy Birthday
From Calvin's 6th Birthday
and had cake and ice cream for dessert.
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Then it was present time! The coolest part was that he could actually read all of his birthday cards himself this year.
From Calvin's 6th Birthday
But his very favorite present didn't arrive until the next day...His tennis racket from Grandma and Grandpa!
From Calvin's 6th Birthday
And even though it was late and already bathtime, he insisted on going outside and trying it out with Daddy.
From Calvin's 6th Birthday
He is really coming along with the tennis and is practicing almost everyday.

It was a really nice day and he loved all of his presents. Thank you to all the family and friends who sent him something. He has no idea how lucky he is to have so many people who love him.

Incident Report #3

Hopefully this will be the last incident I need to file while we are in Kuwait! Last Monday (Feb 1st) I got into a little car accident. We are all ok, but it was a little unnerving. As I am sure I have said here before driving around here is CRAZY and that is especially true around the school at pick-up and drop-off time. Anyways, I was backing out of a parking spot after picking up Calvin from school and there were cars parked in the street and making it impossible to see any oncoming traffic. I guy came speeding around the cars parked in his lane and ran into my back bumper. In all fairness there is no way he could have seen me or me him, but he was probably going a little fast for the conditions. Here are some pics of the damage:
From Calvin's 6th Birthday

From Calvin's 6th Birthday

Hopefully we will get it fixed next week. Inshallah!

Monday, February 1, 2010

Another Fun Weekend

We had another fun and busy weekend here in Kuwait. On Thursday we had a birthday party for my friend Nena's daughter Gwyneth. It was a cool party at a place here called "Color Me Mine". It is a pottery painting place and the kids just loved painting something their very own.
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Calvin painted some sort of alien thing.
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And Alayna painted a cute little heart box.
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Then on Saturday we had a get together for Alayna's class. Alayna and I went to that and Daddy and Calvin got to have fun boy time. The boys went to McDonalds for lunch and then played all sorts of boy things. Alayna had an absolute blast on our outing. It turned out that most of the children that came were the girls....only one little boy was there! It was at one of the family's apartment complex in their "garden" area.
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Alayna loves to swing and loves older girls so she was in heaven swinging with a few of her classmates older sisters.
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Of course there were tears when we finally had to leave, but once she was in the car she calmed down and spent the whole trip home talking about how much fun she had!

The kids have so many fun things to do here in Kuwait and so many good friends. DC has some awfully big shoes to fill!