Papa McCartney Turns 70

Sweet Laura decided that she would host a surprise party for her Dad on Saturday evening, and so she did. It was a lovely get together. We weren't there quite on time and missed the surprise, but we had a lovely time visiting with family. We skyped with Jen and Eric in Rabat - they only have a few weeks left in Morocco, and they will be relocating to Tokyo, Japan, which is really exciting for them, oh and they just bought a piece of property in Greece!

We ate pizza, and snacks, and had cake and enjoyed being family. The little girls played in the closet, there were presents, and all was well! Thank you Laura for being an excellent host and for having the idea to celebrate your Dad in the first place.

The Dad aka Grandpa Turns 77

The girls had their first day of March Break today - lucky ducks! Uncle Andrew - the best uncle ever, decided that he would spend his day off with his nieces. He slept over after going to a movie with Ken the night before and was woken up bright and early in our busy house.

The girls had lots of fun with their uncle. The built an epic blanket fort, met some friends with dogs, went to McDonald's, and then they were brought to Grandma and Grandpa's to swim and celebrate Grandpa's Birthday.

 

I should start asking Dad some funny old people birthday questions! He was so cute with Kate when it was time to blow out the candles. He kept telling her she needed to help him. He did one blow and said in a funny pathetic voice "I just don't have air, I need your help", and Kate gladly helped. We had a nice night.

When I got home I wrote the following on Facebook:

Happy birthday to my Daddy. Lucky 77 today. So many of my memories growing up are of Dad in the kitchen. We were awful doing our chores. It was pretty much a guarantee that if you left the dishes long enough Dad would do them. He always cleaned up the kitchen, every night. He always helped around the house, and usually with a smile while singing to himself. He's always been a happy guy. I love you Dad!

The Robot Party

It might have been December that Alice told me she wanted a cat party for her next birthday. I thought it was weird, and I put her off because it was December! Then just before, or just after Kate's party Alice said she wanted a Robot Party. I asked her about the cat thing and she said that was just because she thought it would make Fiona happy, but she didn't really like cats. I told her we still had lots of time to think about it and that we should wait a little and see if she still wanted a Robot Party.

At the beginning of February when it was time to pick a date and think about a guest list, she was set, a Robot Party, and so we had one! Silver decorations, robot loot bags, a decorate the robot blind-folded game, and the pièce de résistance - a Robot Cake made by Maurie. (Thanks Grandma for getting such a special cake for Alice!)

We invited Scarlett (our neighbour and friend from church), four friends from Alice's class, Holden, Lauren and of course, our three girls! Three of the four friends from school were able to come, Violet, Shiloh and Brianna. We marathon cleaned all last night and this morning, and earlier in the week Alice, Fiona and I shopped during Activity Days. This morning we did a little decorating after the cleaning, and we were ready to go!

Activity #1 was to decorate our Robot Loot bags. They were pretty cute, but I underestimated the amount of glitter glue that would be used, and therefore did not plan adequate drying time... oops.

Activity #2 was to play decorate the robot blind-folded. Kate wanted to be in charge of this and so she was. It was pretty cute. I was distracted, and forgot to take pictures, so I took a picture of Kate and the finished product.

Activity #3 was the pinata. I'm a little sad that I didn't even attempt to make one, but I'm also okay with the fact that I work full time and my life is full! We found a transformer pinata at Bulk Barn and Alice thought it was perfect.

Then the kids played while Ken went to pick up the pizza, and then it was food.

 And the cake!

 

After the cake Alice sat and opened her presents. She was very happy. 

I just asked Alice what her favourite part of the party was, "eating cake". It was fun, and oddly enough, peaceful! Happy Birthday again Alice! We love you!