If you have been following along then you know that I set the party for 2-4:30 in the afternoon.  I set it for that time because I preferred not to come up with some sort of Harry Potter meal that kids would eat and I wanted to leave myself enough time to set everything up. […]

We love Harry Potter.  I know this is not a surprise to most of you!  So when Ellie and Kate asked for a Harry Potter party I was beyond excited.  We had already been to an amazing Harry Potter party last October and since most of those kids were going to be coming to this […]

I know the title of this post really refers to a Harry Potter spell, but it honestly is ridiculous how much time I spent planning out this Harry Potter party for Ellie and Kate.  I’m so glad they agreed to do this party together because that means I could spend double the energy on this […]

Our school likes to keep celebrations low key so the teachers have come up with creative ways to honor kids’ birthdays.  Kate’s class makes drawings for the birthday child and they are put together in a bound book with the front page being a letter from the parents.  Kate had no idea what I was […]

Today is Kate’s birthday but since we had a big Harry Potter party yesterday I don’t have her new birthday pictures done yet.  So enjoy this little walk down memory lane that I made for her class on Friday. I love all these pictures of her but I sure can see the evolution of my […]

Over winter break I assigned a little research project to Jill.  We have a crappy little pay as you go phone for her which has been fine except it doesn’t have any sort of keyboard so texting is a big chore.  The phone doesn’t do much for her so she often forgets to carry it […]