Fun Friday Forming and Frolicing with Friends

There's an episode of Friends where Joey uses a thesaurus on every word of a letter he's writing to make himself sound smarter! Every time I saw someone's post of this little art outing, they had a really cute title. So I had to get out my thesaurus to come up with my own clever title while not copying someone else's! It's actually been a couple of weeks now since we went with Aunt and Chapman to Kids & Art in Frisco for a fun morning of craft making (forming) and playing (frolicing) with LOTS of other sweet friends!

A little playing when we got there



Claire and Blake


She really liked these maracas!


My friend Julie realized that her cousin and I were both here, but we didn't meet. When I looked at my pictures, I had this one with her cousin(in the back) and her cousin's little girl (on the right). So close! And such a small world!!


Starting our craft! Painting (Claire's old favorite!)


Too busy for a true smile :)


Glueing (Claire's new favorite!)



She really liked glueing!!


Chapman liked it too!



Last ones in the place!!


The perfect ending - some bubbles...


and a lollipop!


The WHOLE group!!


Fun Friday!

A little more art!

Shortly after our fun art outing, Grammy brought paint with water books to Claire and Chapman. Another huge hit!!

Tea for three!

Claire has THE most precious preschool teacher this year. She had a hard time adjusting to school at the beginning of the year, but Miss Stephanie went above and beyond to make her comfortable. Now she never wants to leave at the end of the day! Miss Stephanie auctioned off a tea party at the school's fundraiser, and one of the mom's in our class won it! There are only 3 girls in Claire's class, so she invited the other girls (and their moms!) to join her! And OH MY GOODNESS, it was so cute!!! Looking back at my pictures, they don't even really do it justice!

Here are the girls arriving in the room. You can't really tell, but there were all kinds of girlie goodies sticking out of the boas on the tables - braclets, rings, cute little flower pads, etc! Princess confetti/stickers and of course candy!


Precious centerpiece. Each girl had a pink wand with her name. And those are huge "diamond" rings in the vase. They had each gotten one attached to their invitation!



taking their seats


of course they need a tiara!


l-r Natalie, Hannah, Claire


yummy lunch included chick-fil-a nuggets (doesn't get better than that!)


the "tea"!!



barbie lipstick that's really a lollipop!!


with Miss Stephanie


first after tea activity - the new favorite - painting! Claire was first in line!


princess painting purple on pink paper!



I LOVE this picutre! Forgot to mention the tatoo they got at the beginning!


A little princess board game! Claire is getting really tired at this point - so not a lot of smiling, but still having fun!




Claire's turn! The silver necklace she's wearing has a little crown on it - also a gift from Miss Stephanie (so sweet!)


landed on the crown - yay!


wearing the game jewelry


fake smiling for the group pic


with Miss Lisa - our sweet sweet aide


The final gift - how cute is this! Such a sweet memory!


These were a few pictures of the girls playing in the hall before they got to go in!




scroll down for pics from teddy bear picnic

It begins....Teddy Bear Picnic and Field Day!

It seems like every time I check my email or the kids bring home a note from school, it's something to go add to the calendar. Every year, May is crazy with "end of the year" activities, but this year seems especially so! For one thing, Claire is now in preschool, and she has activities too!! So it begins...

The two year old classes had a Teddy Bear Picnic on Thursday! Sadly it was pretty wet and overcast outside, so the picnic came indoors. Still lots of fun though!


Meeting up with Mommy & Daddy - ready to "picnic"!


Claire's only request for lunch - cheetos!!


There was lots of cheeto eating with a little sandwich eating thrown in!




wiping the orange fingers!


a little drink


a little apple (yay!)


All done!


What now?


The biggest hit of the day - easle painting!







playing in the beans - another big hit!




and my favorite picture - hopscotch!!



As mentioned above, the calendar is so full that some days even have multiple events!! Thursday was also Jack's Field Day. So in the small window I had between the start of field day and the start of the TB Picnic, I headed out to watch Jack. I guess I missed the note home telling me that second grade boys want nothing to do with their mothers at field day, nor will they allow them to take pictures especially with them actually looking at the camera - sad :( And most of the fun events were going to take place after I left. So here a couple of pitiful picutes - mainly just to prove I was there!!