Artsy Smartsy

I know I've said it, but we looove Kazoodles!  We headed downtown to the end-of-summer party, Artsy Smartsy, to create, play, and have some fun!  The girls made cards and played with markers, pencils, and rubber stamps.  The biggest hit by far, however, was sand art!  The pictures they ended up with were amazing!  (The sand art was foolproof: sticker sheets where you pick a design then peel the different sections away, one at a time, adding your desired color as you go!  I've gotta get me some o' those!)  Amarra was so focused on her under the sea picture that a few adults oohed and aahed her level of concentration.  Seleia, the astronomy nut, did two outer space pictures while Elora did her rocket in no time flat, made some cards, and then proceeded to play with every toy in the store while all of the other children caught up.  Thanks, Kazoodles!

Robot Party!

Today was the annual robot party at Kazoodles! Everyone played "pin the battery on the robot, made robot puppets, and played a variety of robot themed games.  Seleia and Amarra loved the wooden stacking robots (I want some!) while Elora beat the boys at moving marbles from one bowl down to another with a "robot arm".  They each made their own personal robot out of cardboard boxes, and everyone got a stretchy robot to take home!  (Upon arriving home, the girls promptly glues jewels all over the front of their robots...Elora's got a necklace and I saw a crown taped to the top of Amarra's...played with them for a while, and then cut holes in their backs.  The rest of the evening was spent delivering mail to eachother via their shiny new robot mailboxes.  Aaah, the imagination!)

P.S. Neal family....if you ever need gift ideas for my children, check out my wish list on the Kazoodles website.  Hint hint...