Happy Birthday Caroline

Caroline had an awesome Science Seventh birthday party today. Here are the highlights.

Decorations- yes we used posters from my classroom. We put them up all over the house.

We had six stations inside the house (magnifying glasses, tornadoes, check the weight, UV beads and sunscreen, make a hat and of course snacks). Most of the stuff was from my classroom or scavenged from other classrooms in my hallway.

C's best bud Ryan. We invited all the girls in the class, the girl scout troop and Ryan. He was a bit overwhelmed but hung in there.

Safety first!!

We also had a couple of outside stations. We made goop or silly putty and we made volcanoes. the volcanoes were a hit! we went through two large boxes of baking soda as the kids exploded things over and over. The hand washing got a bit out of hand so c had to go change clothes.

I love decorating cakes. C told me she wanted a world map cake this year. I had it worked out on paper when Hunter suggested I make a globe. I have never worked with a sphere before, but had fun trying. When we put the globe (yes it is all cake and icing) on top of the base (also all cake and icing) it sank a bit and Africa got lost. But overall I think it looks pretty great!

Blowing out the candles- or melting the Arctic circle depending on how you look at it.

She is now in playing with, you guessed it, Littlest pet shops. You can not imagine how many new pet shops she got. Many of the girls at the party are the ones she plays LPS with at extended day (after school care) so they were excited to see what Caroline would be bringing to the playground this coming year. Of course Kaya was the hit of the party (thank you Grandma Mary and Grandpa Jim) and she has already made a camp fire with Kit and Kayley.

Now all we have to do is sit back, eat cake and wait for 8:55pm so she can actually be 7.