THE PENNY CARNIVAL (part two)

GAMES.....

Penny Spoon Relay....

Baby Carson chugged all over the party!

Penny Toss Relay was a Hoot for us parents to watch!

The kids drew pictures tracing pennies and other coins and then we judged the pictures for a winner!

The teams went through a fun obstacle course....

Thanks Danny for helping the kiddos with the wagon part of the course!

Patti Lou and Angie

One Last Relay....

Time for Ice Cream and Candy

Angie and Hendra helped so much to pull off this party. Thanks Hendra for blowing up 150 balloons in five minutes and both of you for helping me make the oreo pops. You guys are adorable!

Miss Mary is 7!

Miss Elizabeth is 9!

The Twinsies knew how to pile ON the candy...

Carolina and Christian enjoying the sweets!

Thanks for sharing in the fun...

SO LONG EVERYONE!

THE PENNY CARNIVAL (part one)

Let the Party Decorating Begin...Angie, Hendra, and Katherine arrive!

Thanks to Hendra's amazing picture taking and awesome camera there were over 900 pictures taken! As you can imagine there was a lot to sort through, so they may not be in perfect order, but the wonderful time we had together and the joy we had decorating and preparing for it is captured! Rainbow Fruit Kabobs were easy to put together and so cheerful too. Stuck the sticks into styrofoam covered with wrapping paper.

The food....always my favorite part of a party!

So many of us donned stripes that you would have thought we included "what to wear" on the invitation. A total kick. Katherine, Diane, Kara, and Myself in our stripey stripes....

I kept seeing cute paper straws all over pinterest and found some at the last minute at Party Plus. So much more fun to drink lemonade with these straws!

More foody pictures....

This picture is a bit out of order but here is the beginnings of the ice cream cone tower. This idea (and many other idea for the carnival) were directly off pinterest!

Kids and adults alike could bring their spare change to put in the donation jar to later be given to Joseph's Storehouse, a local food bank here in Redlands.

Mom and the Birthday Girls!

Praying before lunch

More girlies in stripes!

Mary

I am so thankful for my talk with Mary this morning. She opened up with me and sobbed with the pain of what we are all dealing with right now. Bless her 7 year old little heart. I believe so much of the circumstances have been eating away at her and her fear has come forth as anger. I have been praying for her especially over the last week. My own fear welling up in me. Tis why I love the verse from Isaiah that is below. "Thank you Lord for helping Mary to open up and share with me and please keep that tender heart open to me and open to You, help Mary to tell me when she is worried or sad and give me the right words to speak to her" Amen

And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the PEACE of thy children. Isaiah 44:3