Happy Birthday Amelia!!!

Happy 4th Birthday to my amazing Amelia Grace! It's hard to believe that it's been just 4 years since I held this precious baby in my arms for the first time...oh how she has changed my world forever! I love you soooo much my Mia-bug!

Amelia's Annual Birthday Questions

1. What is your favorite color? Pink 
2. What is your favorite toy? Picnic Play Food & Doc McStuffins Doctor Kit 
3. What is your favorite fruit & Vegetable? Pineapple & Broccoli
4. What is your favorite tv show? Doc McStuffins & My Little Pony
5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? Bento Lunches
6. What is your favorite outfit? Pajamas
7. What is your favorite game? Princess Cupcake Game & Hopscotch
8. What is your favorite snack? Oreos & Milk
9. What is your favorite animal? Doggies (Dolce and Gabby)
10. What is your favorite song? ‘Time for your check-up’
11. What is your favorite book? Disney Princess Bedtime Stories
12. Who is your best friend? Ali & Mommy
13. What is your favorite cereal? Rice Krispies with mini chocolate chips and craisins
14. What is your favorite thing to do outside? Dig in the dirt & go to the Park
15. What is your favorite drink? Ovaltine
16. What is your favorite holiday? Christmas
17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? Mommy =)
18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? Rice Krispies with mini chocolate chips and craisins
19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday? Arby’s at the Park 
20. What do you want to be when you grow up? A Babysitter or Pilot

Other fun things about Mia:

*Loves to Wrestle with Daddy

*Loves to help Mommy Cook & Bake

*LOVES doing Tot School Activities

*Loves to Swim

*Loves to go to Gymnastics

*Devours S'mores

*Likes to be a Farmer Girl at Ahmmy's and Papa's house

*Likes playing Doctor with Ev

What's For Lunch!?

• Pink Butterfly Spaghetti (Yes, I dyed the pasta pink just for Mia =)
• French Bread with Cheddar Cheese 'MIA IS 4' cut-outs  
• Pink Butterfly Cups filled with Cantaloupe & Cherries 
• Broccoli and Carrots 
• Grape and Blueberry Party Guests wearing smiles and party hats =)
• Dessert....Mini Chocolate Cupcake with number 4 on top!

Birthday Bash: Wednesday

Birthday Eve!!!

What's For Lunch!?

• Turkey Sandwich Cupcake topped with a Cherry Tomato, MIA picks, a Cheddar Cheese #4, Mozzarella Cheese frosting and sprinkles. 
• Jello Jiggler Present with a Cheese Tag addresses to Mia
• Red & Green Bell Peppers and Broccoli with a present pick
• Veggie Straws with a party hat pick
• Strawberries and Blueberries with a cake pick 
• Dessert...a mini Chocolate Cupcake! 

**Birthday Learning Activities to be posted.....

Birthday Bash: Tuesday

Oh to be a kid again 

One of my new favorite learning activities! Reading & Spelling with Scrabble pieces! Great for letter identification and sounding out words...it's a fav of Mia's, too!!!

Never too early to start Tot School 

What's for Lunch!?

• Birthday Cake Quesadilla with Sour Cream in a pink heart-shaped cup
• Celery with Peanutbutter topped with Mini M&Ms
• Raspberry Yogurt and the #4 written in sprinkles
• Lastly, BIRTHDAY spelled out with Blueberries, Cherries, Grapes, Watermelon and Cantaloupe!

Birthday Bash: Monday

Muffin Tin Monday

• Ham Sandwich wrapped and tied with a bow
• Garden Salad with Balloons
• Watermelon & Cantaloup #4's
• Potato Chips (a Mia request)
• 4 Cheese Candles 
• And of course a Strawberry Short-Cupcake for dessert!

***Will be posting pictures of birthday learning activities! 

Birthday Bash: Lunchable #4

Did anyone else love Lunchables growing up!? Here is a homemade (and healthier) alternative... Since we are also focusing on Mia's upcoming 4th Birthday I thought I combine the two ideas. So today is all about the number 4! 

• There is enough bread, ham and cheese for Amelia to make four number 4 sandwiches all on her own.
• There are 4 Strawberries with 4 heart Grapes in the center
• 4 Cucumber & String Cheese Balloons
• Goldfish Crackers
• A number 4 Jello Jiggler! 

Amelia loved being able to assemble her own Bento Sandwiches so much that we'll have to do this lunch again! The options are limitless with this...all you need is any cookie cutter and there you have a super simple but awesome themed lunch that kids love 

Birthday Bash: If You Give A Pig A Party

'If You Give A Pig A Party'! 

I noticed that our cupcake activities were heavy on the math so I decided we'd do more language and art with our pig and balloon activities  So this is what we have: 

If You Give A Pig A Party Learning Activities:

• Do-a-Dot art to make the pig's Polk-a-dot dress
• Practice Writing her favorite things on the balloon cut-outs to make the cover of the book (this is my favorite...we'll be able to look back and remember what Mia liked when she turned 4!)
• Balloon Sizing
• Water Balloon Toss
• Highligts Magazine with Balloons as the feature
• Pretend Cake to decorate
• Letter 'P' turned in to a pig with pink tissue paper, snout and tail
• Balloon Painting
• Reading the story with a Writing Extension-If you give a Pig a ......she'll want a........! Looking forward to what she comes up with 

The very messy art of Balloon Painting! Dolce is supervising!

What's For Lunch!?

'If You Give A Pig A Party' Lunch....So Amelia threw a wrench in my original plan when she requested a grilled cheese so I had to change things around =)This is what we ended up with: 

• Piggy Fruit Roll-Up wearing a Grilled Cheese Party Hat
• Fresh Peaches & Yogurt & Granola Parfait with sprinkles
• Carrots & Broccoli with Ranch Dip and Balloons to complete the party!

Birthday Bash: More Cupcakes!

More CUPCAKES! Amelia making observations about her cupcake using her 5 senses! (And yes, I let her eat a cupcake at 9 in the morning:) ) And then 'frosting' her giant cupcake with a pink paint & shaving cream combo!

What's For Lunch!?

Amelia was soo excited to unwrap today's lunch! I served up:

• A PB&J Present wrapped up and tied in a bow with String Cheese
• 4 Cucumber & Tomato Balloons
• Fresh Pineapple (Mia's fav) with a 'Happy Birthday' Pick
• Veggie Straws
• 4 Heart Strawberries 
• And of course one of our Mini Cupcakes!

Mia showing off her giant shaving cream cupcake complete with sprinkles, a cherry and 4 candles. Man that is some wild hair...but what could be a better way to end a day full of cupcakes than going swimming!!!

Birthday Bash: If You Give A Cat A Cupcake

As we are gearing up for Miss Mia's 4th Birthday next week we will be doing all things birthday in tot school! We are going to start our activities surrounding the book, 'If You Give A Cat A Cupcake'.

 If You Give A Cat A Cupcake

Here's a list of our activities: 

• Cupcake Addition
• Art-"frosting" & decorating a giant cupcake with shaving cream, paper sprinkles and candles
• Cupcake Memory
• Cupcake Patterns
• 3 different counting and placing correct number of candles on cupcakes activities
• Cupcake Graphing
• Cut & Glue Shape Sprinkles on cupcake
• Playdoh Cupcakes with corresponding candles
• 2 different sets of cupcakes for pretend play
• We are going to bake mini cupcakes and make observations
• Color Recognition cupcakes
• ...and of course we are going to read the book and play a Reading Comprehension Game. Phew....as you can see we have a lot going on in the next couple days!!!!

What's For Lunch!?

If You Give A Cat A Cupcake Lunch: 

• CAT's Ham & Cheese Cupcake Sandwich topped with a Cherry Tomato
• Applesauce with Sprinkles
• Carrots & Broccoli with a Present Pick 
• Our Mini Cupcakes we baked this morning! (I tried out a new plate.... I'm thinking it's too large so tomorrow I'll use a smaller one)