the sleepover

Parkers close friend Katie spent the night last night. Parker has been wanting her have a sleepover for awhille now! she lives a block awayu, so no middle of the night- how on earth do I get her home? issues! THe girls have the same birthday, which makes them sisters... They called themselves, birthday sisters, and of course, Girl Scout sisters! They are very cute together. Oh, and I have been reminded, that they are both the oldest of three siblings! The night went well. For dinner, we made our own Pizza dough and personal pizzas . They made brownies for dessert. I gave manicures and pedi's to the girls-(Of course, with glitter polish on top! ) Then the dance party.. we tried to do a craft.. BUT there was much dancing to be done! At the end of the night thet watched Barbie and the Island Princess movie! Parker abd Katie agree, "IT was the best night EVER!!" :)

the dance party!

get down!

After the manicures and pedicures graciously applied myself, the girls had a dance party. If any of you out there know anything about 6 year old girls, YOU KNOW it was.. HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL soundtrack. Actually, Katie brought a mix of soundtrack to movies 1 and two as well as the song that was played whenever someone got voted off American Idol last season... they were getting down!

all tucked in!

Here they are all tucked in. The girls were kind enough to let Abe sleep on the floor with them. As you can see, he was very excited!!!

The clay studio

At the Childrens Museum in Portland, there is a clay studio- You can create with clay.. They will even fire your masterpiece
for you to take home. We decided not to keep our creations, but had fun creating.

Portland Children's museum

James has been off work since Christmas. It is really nice having him around full time! We went to the Portland Children's Museum recently. if you are ever in that area, I would highly recommend it. It has a ton of exhibits and plenty of room. The olympia museum that we normally go to is very small. I always feel cramped in that place. Parker and Abe were taking turns at the cash register and the shopping cart. When Abe was the "checkout person," I asked him why he was just throwing the food at the end. To which he replied, "MOM.. That's how they do it at Wal-Mart! " Enough said Abe- enough said!