Oklahoma
Posted by Amy | Filed under Family, Travel
It’s spring break and I’m visiting my family in Oklahoma where the nearest wi fi spot, Starbucks or McDonalds, is 24 miles away. Mostly it will be a week offline for me, so we’ll be making these today!
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
I’ll leave you with a post from another time I visited home. I thought you might like to see what we’ll be doing. After reading it though, I’m scared of what might happen on this trip! I better bring my spray bottle. hee!
I survived my Oklahoma trip:
After driving 5 hours alone with two crazy kids, the very first hour at Grandma’s house was very eventful. My son (yes the older one, NOT the 2 year old) stuck a tiny Lego piece up his nose!! Yep, and of course it got stuck!! WAY up there too!
Did I tell you he’s six years old and still hasn’t figure out how to blow his nose? He’s all about sniffing, not blowing. argh! I guess when you have something stuck that far up your nose, you figure out how to blow out pretty darn fast. Whew!! So we survived that drama to go see this the next day…
This is the town’s swinging bridge.
This bridge has been in town since my mom was in grade school.
It’s old, it’s over a river and it swings and bounces… what more can I say? Oh… yeah, that I got my second heart attack after the Lego incident.
Later that afternoon we visited my Aunt and fished in her pond.
We sat around the fire and had a wiener roast. Do you call it that where you’re from? We do in Oklahoma.
They had new chickens which the kids had a blast feeding. We laughed because the next time we come visit, we’re sure to have deviled eggs, egg salad and lots and lots of scrambled eggs:-)
Then my aunt brought out her guitar and we sang funny songs. Well, she sang, while my mom and I threw wood on the fire! You’d think I’d remember more of the words to the songs, but I really did not get that musical gene or memory gene for that matter:-)
This one might be my little singer, since everything she touches turns into a microphone. It was so cute watching her listen to her aunt sing.
It was really sweet at the end of the night when I overheard my son say “This is the best day I ever had!” Guess it was worth 10 hours in the car:-)
What are your spring break plans?
More posts you might like about my little town on the prairie:
Tags: country, Family, oklahoma, pawhuska, small town, st. Patrick's day, swinging bridge
Free Printable ABC Invitation
Posted by Amy | Filed under Entertaining & Parties, Free Downloads & Printables
This Alphabet Party invitation by Vicky at The City Cradle is so cute! She put alphabet magnets in a bag for the child to unscramble the word party.
Download Vicky’s free label here.
Other ideas for an Alphabet Party
Optional ideas for an invite
- Cut up paper instead of magnets, make the birthday child’s name in a different color for them to find.
Food
- Make sandwiches from alphabet cookie cutters
- Serve alphabet pasta
- ABC Cupcakes would be fun! Like these on Nick Jr.
Game
- Family Fun has a cute DIY Fishing For Letters Game idea.
Party Favor
Here is an alphabet crayon tutorial by One Charming Party
There are so many things you could do for an Alphabet Party, what a fun idea! Have you had one before?
Tags: abc's, alphabet, birthday, crayons, free download, free printable, invitation, kids, learning, party, party favor, recycle
