SUPERHERO Party - Yoav 7

Great fun and I just love seeing 7 year olds (and some 6, 8 yr olds) being little boys - having the best time, dressing up and having fun. Some mums told me their son enjoyed this party way more than entertainers - makes me so happy to know the hard work in these parties paid off!

So the theme was superheroes as Yoav is particularly into the Avengers at the moment.
Kids dressed up as Captain America, Iron Man, Spiderman, Ninjago, Ninja Turtle, Batman, and others and i love that many outfits were homemade and the parents got into it as well!

Lucky me the weather was dry just for the duration of the party (rained before and after) - it was this that made the party. The boys arrived and went straight outside where they compared outfits and got into character with playful fights and running around and mingling. Once everyone arrived we went down to the basement to decorate capes and masks which was particularly good for the two boys who decided not to dress up but soon regretted it...A few boys didn't do this but amused themselves somehow without too much annoyance! I had printed out avengers colouring sheets but in the end these weren't needed.

Once the capes were finished i put some back in their packets and others wore them and we went back to the garden as it was now dark...this was the fun part!

It was pitch black out there and everyone received a cool (1 shekel) rocket torch and they played hide and seek - they could only light the torch if they were finding or had been caught. They played this for ages and really enjoyed the run around.

Then it was dinner time and they had pizza and drinks downstairs..and then we did the cake - the captain america shield (which the boys were very impressed with) and ended with a calming episode of avengers to finish off. I cut the cake up upstairs and put on plates with star biscuits on a necklace for them to take home with them together with the capes and masks.

The party was an hour and a half which I think is just right for a party at home and there were only 14 kids altogether which was perfect for this kind of thing.

Yoav has slept in his Captain America outfit for three nights since the party..;) def a success!

Dan 3 - Fireman Party

Dan is 3!!

The happy birthday Boy!

Well this is the original plan..I will update on what actually happened!

Food – peanut butter/choc spread sandwiches

Bamba/crsips/pretzels

Veg platter

Fairy cakes

Food

Fairy cakes/number 3 biscuits (and biscuits with Dan in Hebrew)

Water bottles with labels on (replaced with a jug of squash!)

Making crowns

Activities:

Fireman sam colouring and fireman crowns 

 Fireman scavenger hunt – find the flames scattered around garden -  (cut up crepe paper in red yellow and orange) - Changed this to dolls around the garden that they had to 'save'

 Pass the parcel with torch gifts

Ready to race!

 FIRE ENGINE races - firetrucks - http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/box/firetruck/ These were great and the kids loved them and took them home!

The firetrucks!

Fire engine visit?! - they wouldn't come!

The cake

CAKE - fire engine cake http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1161474/Recipe-Fire-engine-birthday-cake.html

Blowing out the candles

Why write a blog?

I am so incredibly blessed. I am also constantly aware that at any point it might be our turn to deal with difficult or even tragic news and I want you to always know me, know me and your daddy and know how much we love you all and just do our very best for you in every possible way.

I aim to include in this blog all my thoughts on child rearing while I am in the midst of bringing up my babies and watching you grow into toddlers and tweenies...and then please God onto teenagers and young adults! 

I want you to see that our way of bringing you up is to get on with what is right for us as a family unit - to ignore a lot of the crazy theories out there which may have some worth but are unrealistic in following. Our policy is to go with things...to follow your leads...and to importanly not judge too much the way others do it, to not follow others like sheep...to be our own people and do what feels right for us always. At the same time we want you to grow into kind and generous people, constantly learning from others and doing chessed. I hope you feel that we have got it right on the whole and that it has given you strength to decide right from wrong and do what your heart tells you and not just what everyone else seems to do. 

Stay yourselves, stick with what you actually believe...and always do your best!

Love you so much

Your proud mummy (and daddy...on his behalf!)

Ella is 1!

My baby girl turned 1!
Well, to be honest, now that all our friends have so many older children I couldn't invite just babies, and it seemed a little unnecessary. But there was no way I was going to have Ella miss out. So we invited the neighbours on a Friday afternoon before Shabbat for some cake, treats and bubbles. Ella had such a fun time and it was the perfect way to celebrate (an alternative to doing a family party...which being without close family here,friends have to take their place!)
Here are a few pics!Had great fun with my new letter stamp for the biscuits and icing!

Dalia's 8th Birthday!

 Dalia's 8th Birthday!

A stunning party - run by a nice lady i found recommended on Raanana List.
She brought each gilr a ready made pack to make intricate bracelets. Everyone sat round the dining room table...it was silent while they concentrated so hard! I made name cards using the bracelet image below and used the label on biscuits that the girls took home with their bracelets. They all had a great time and I still see some of Dalia's friends wearing what they made!
What was so thoughtful was that the lady also gave easier projects to Yael and Yoav who sat in the kitchen and were also kept very busy!
I love girly parties!

Yael 4 - Tea Party

Decorations:

Pink balloons and streamers on ceiling by table

Pink cloth

Flowers/confetti/m&ms

4:10

1)      Go down to basement – dress up time!

Buy: play necklaces/shoes/hats. Lipstick/blusher/nail varnish

4:15ish

2)      Musical bumps

4:25

3)      Pass the Parcel

4:35

4)      Decorate cups with straws (earring stickers, stickers)

4:45

5)      Decorate T-shirt for dolls / colouring doll pictures

4:45

6)      Make bissli necklaces or pasta necklaces

4:50

7)      Races in garden with dolls

5:00

8)      Tea Time – sit at table with dolls – eat heart shaped sandwiches/crisps/cucumber/carrot

9)      Fruit on popsicle sticks-watermelon and grapes - jellies

10)   Pink petel

11)   Teapot cake

Take home – tshirt/cups/heart biscuits + lipgloss!

Dalia 6 - Shabbat Party

This was such a special party and the girls (Kitta Aleph) really enjoyed it and came home with lovely things they had made.

Again the weather was on our side and it was a warm Winter day!

We split the girls into smaller groups and they did the activities simultaneously and moved round to the next station.

Dalia's birthday falls near chanukah so candle crafts are in the shops (I plan on buying them early in time to repeat this party for Yael when she turns 6) so one of the activities was decorating a candle to light for Shabbat using was that you can mould like plasticine.

I bought the balls of dough from a baker (although now I am more into challah making myself I couldeasily prepare it myself next time) and my mum (safta) was in charge of helping the girls  plait their challot which went in their own foil trays to rise, and be cooked at home.

I cut up white material and bough glitter glue and sequins and pens to design challah cloths. The only issue with these was that some of them were still quite wet by home time so would rethink materials to use for next time!

Need to find photos!

The ideas:

Wax on candles

Shabbat placemats and laminate...get stickers and small gems to stick on and felt tips

Plait challot

Make  flowers from tissue paper and pipe cleaners

Foil tray with name on for challah

Israeli dancing

Musical bumps

Sausages in rolls around table – white cloth with plastic on and tropit/water

Get little bechers each to take home and mini grapejuices

Candles sticks/oil lamps – mezolim

Besamim bags – nets and strings – grated soap to put in

Nail painting

Shabbat table cake!