Hannah's Girls Rock! Party

 

Yesterday was Hannah's birthday party to celebrate her 7th birthday.  It was her first ever friend birthday party....very exciting!  (Her birthday always falls over the Summer break and therefore we've always just celebrated at camp with family.  I should also note that this was the first time she's ever asked for a friend party).  The theme was Girls Rock Star party.  It was from 5-8p and the girls were all welcome to come in their jammies. 

 

Just about time for the party to start.  No jammies yet for this rock star (this was the 1st of about 7 outfit changes of the evening)

 The birthday girl and Emme!

 The fixings for a fun rock star party!  Guitars, microphones, hair extensions, bandanas, and a Karaoke machine!  Another station in the kitchen had "rock star" nail polish (really that's what it was called) and glitter tattoos.

 Party favors.  (they came with the deluxe party pack I ordered, but I thought the bags were adorable!)

 The making of 10 rock stars!

 Ironically, Hannah was one of two that wanted none of the fixings. 

 Emme was the other one (but it didn't seem to stop the fun)

 Sophie,the rockstar

 Hannah and some of her friends from school playing a game.

 T-shirt coloring.

 Maura and Felicity taking their time and doing a great job.

 Emme doing an awesome job coloring her shirt.

 All done!

 Maura with her finished shirt.

 and Anna.  It was great to see them make it their own!

More dancing games (all of which they made up on their own).

 Time for pizza.

 and presents!

and cake!

 The birthday girl with her new jammie shirt, beret, fingerless gloves, and scarf!  So cool!

 CAKE and Ice Cream!

 After cake and ice cream, it was time for some karaoke.  Some of the girls were a little shy and needed encouraging.

 Others did not!

 Eventually, they all took turns (or sang together).

 Even Charlie!

 It was a super fun party (even for Mommy) and then to top off the night, Hannah got to have 1 of her friends sleep over for her very first sleepover! 

Sophie and Hannah all ready for bed (in actuality, playing in her room).

 And sleeping.  OK, really this is completely staged.  I said "pretend you are asleep" and this is what I got (both such good actresses). 

Sleep did not come for many more hours and it finally took separating them for a few minutes for each of them to conk out.  And this morning, the sun came up and so did they!  6a...we're hoping for a good day and an early bedtime tonight!

Hannah's first day of 1st grade

Wednesday, September 5th was Hannah's first day of school.

 

Here is the big 1st grader all ready for school and full of smiles!

 

 Hannah and Emme.  Emme seemed just as excited.  It was a half day and each child was allowed to bring a stuffed animal from home.  Hannah chose Starlite (her new unicorn dreamlite from Nana and Papa).

 New shoes (which she picked out by herself)

 New backpack (again that she picked out by herself)

 Hooray for school!  Note: there had to be a shoe change due to inclement weather (but not to worry, the new ballet flats are in her backpack to change into at school)

 Ready to walk to school.

 In front of her school.

 And again, due to the inclement weather, drop off was in the cafeteria and completely chaotic.  Hannah is in her class line waiting for her teacher. 

 

And there you go...we now have a 1st grader.

Hannah's 7th Birthday

Last Tuesday was Hannah's 7th birthday!  After celebrating at camp with family Labor Day weekend, Joe took the day off so that we could all hang out for the big day. 

 

 

In the morning, Hannah opened presents from Mommy, Daddy, and Emme and then we all went to Hannah's school for an open house.  She had met her teacher Mrs. Moeller a few weeks prior when we went to the school to visit her kindergarten teacher, but it was fun to see the classroom again all ready for school!  Here's Hannah in her 1st grade class!  Their class is the only 1st grade to have desks (something for which they are all excited). 

 Hannah, at home, playing with her new karaoke machine from Aunt Polly, Uncle Bill, and Great Nana.  It has a real microphone!

 For dinner, Hannah chose to go out to Bisuteki (as usual).  Hannah with her shirley temple. 

 What little girl wouldn't like a pink drink? 

 Chopsticks check, ready to eat!

 Emme was so serious (and looked like she was praying) while watching the chef cook.

 Time to eat!

 Singing "Happy Birthday"

 The guy with the gong.

 Yummy ice cream!

Museum of Science with Nana and Papa

This week Nana and Papa came for a short visit.  We headed out to the Museum of Science while they were here for some exploring fun!  A lot of my pictures were fuzzy, but here's what I did get from our day. 

 

We stopped at the Discovery Center first (which is geared towards their age range) and checked out real skeleton bones.  Hannah got to explore a human skeleton and then also an ostrich skeleton to see the differences and similarities.  Emme's holding the ostrich's skull. 

 I thought this was cute...Hannah's trying to get Emme's head towards the camera.

 Hannah in the frog habitat for a close up look.

 Emme, the bee, and honeycomb.

 They have items to dress up like a bee, but our girls opted for just a climb into the honeycomb.

 Papa working hard at balancing while the girls look on. 

 In the Lost Egypt exhibit, they had a real mummy which fascinated Hannah.  Emme just kept saying "the mommy died"...no matter how hard I tried to explain, it was hard for a 3 yr old to understand.  No mommies died in this exhibit.  Camel picture op.

 Hannah trying to "hug" the t-rex

 Most of the exhibits had audio text available and this was Emme's favorite part.  She would go around picking up the phones, pressing the buttons, and listening to all sorts of things.  All of which went completely over her head, but it didn't matter, she was happy to be on the phone.

 Hannah in a chair

 Did Hannah shrink or the chair get bigger???

 Papa helping Emme to "build a fish" and release into the virtual aquarium.

 Hannah' fish "HAM" in the aquarium.

 The girls with Nana and Papa!