Birthday Invitations for a "Friend Party"

Every other year I let my children have their birthday party with friends.  My reasoning for this is simple; it is so much work trying to make a fun party for my own child, let alone a bunch of other people's, every other year gives me a little break.  Needless to say, this year is a "friend party" and I had Sylvia design her own birthday invitations... "daddy with a beard, mama, and baby Sylvia."

In April, I had Isabel design her own birthday invitations too...

Mini Time Machine Museum

Isabel's very favorite place in the world is the Mini Time Machine Museum.  She was so inspired, she created a little room of her own with pictures on the walls and a rug.

We then went to a thrift store to see if we could find any fun miniature items to add to her shoe box home but had no luck. Instead, we found THIS...

Isabel has set up her plastic doll furniture inside, along with some blocks and has even created little paper tiles in the kitchen and bathroom.

She also made a tiny Time Magazine apparently featuring George Washington.

Car advertisement on the inside.

It even has a tear out subscription form. (Four dollars, not a bad deal!)

Isabel and I have had so much fun looking at miniature furniture on eBay and Etsy. I can see how easy it could be to get carried away and spend every last dime fixing up our new "home." Oh and her very cute shoe box home has become the guest house.

History Lesson on England... Britain?

Our history lesson today was on the "Middle Ages", or the "Dark Ages" in Britain/England/Ireland/Scotland.  We sort of learned the difference between Britain and England, but I am still confused.  England is everything BUT Whales, Scotland and Ireland?  Is Britain all?  We learned about the Celts, the Anglo-Saxons and the story of Beowulf.  We are also having fun reading stories from Celtic Fairy Tales and Celtic Memories. Here they are in their cloaks with their brass dragon brooches.  After our history lesson they ran around in their cloaks playing Harry Potter.  I guess that's what they associate with England and cloaks.  (Notice Sylvia's wand.)