Cousins!

Isaac's sister Pati and her kids are back in town!  Yea!  My kids just love their cousins, especially these ones.  They got here on Sunday and Monday we were able to spend the day with them.  One thing we did was go to the Splash Pad in Spanish Fork! 

Angelita, Abby, & Emma

Jacob, Jeff, & Benji

Cute kids!

Taking a Break

Tracy Aviary

So, with the Pass of all Passes you can get into the Tracy Aviary for free on Mondays!  Yea!  So we decided it would be fun to go with all the moms from Escuelita that have a Pass (which are quite a few) and everyone was all for it, but at the last minute, it was just me and Yadira.  That's why I love her!  She never fails me and we always have so much fun together!  Despite the 100 degree weather...

The Bird Show

Photo opp. in the Discovery Garden

Abby with the Eagle

Checking out the birds in the pond

Bird Friends

My 3 little Chicadee's

So after the Aviary we went on a couple of Carnival rides that they have just outside the Aviary in Liberty Park.  The girls rode the little planes.

Samantha was in the "Captain America" Plane

Abby was in the Batman one

So Benjamin wanted to go on the big swings but didn't want to go alone.  So I went with him...but NEVER again!  I got so sick!  I had to lay down on the grass afterward for 20 minutes in order to keep from throwing up!  And I am a thrill seeker, normally stuff like this does not get me sick.  I don't know, maybe it was the combination of heat exahstion and motion sickness, but man I felt horrible.  But I couldn't let Benjamin know, at least not while we were on the ride (I didn't want to scare him).  Benjamin on the other hand had a blast!  Maybe I'm just getting old. (Sigh)

Aunt Beth

Lately my Dad has gotten a lot worse.  But on the bright side, we have been able to see me Aunt Beth quite a bit in the past year.  She has stepped in and helped my Dad in so many ways!  She is a saint and I am greateful for her love and caring towards my Dad. 

Anyway, she came out twice in the past month.  Once in May and again in early June.  The kids just love her.  She brings them little toys and stuff and then goes out and plays with them.  Abby just adores her.  The first 3 pics are of her playing with the kids in the back yard back in May.

In June Uncle Ralph decided he want to visit Dad before he passed and so the two of them came out.  It was fun to see them both!  Here they are with my Dad and Magdalena.

All of us (Malena was taking the picture)

My little Super Hero is 5!!

 So all year I had been planning on doing a Disney Cars party and 2 weeks before Benji turned 5 he decided to change his mind.  So we had a Super Hero/Avengers party.  This ended up being so much fun!  I found this great idea on line to have the kids go through a Super Hero training course, and allthough it was going to be a little work, I just had to do it!

So first, once all the kids where there, I had my husband Isaac dress up as the Super Villan.  I first gathered all the kids and told them that they were going to train to become Super Hero's.  Then I said that there was a Super Villan on the loose and that he wanted to destroy the Birthday Party fun and it was up to them to stop him!  Just then our Super Villan came out and dumped "Bombs" all over the room (Black balloons) that they had to diffuse (pop) them.

Then we had a little "ceremony," I had them all line up to receive their "Power" wrist bands as a token of them advancing.

Then I had them all go out to Park where I had a Super Hero training obstacle course set up for them.  Our Villan was tied up for part of it.  BTW:  Isaac did so awesome!  He totally got into it!  The kids thought he was so great!  A few of the girls thought he was real and were scared, and Benjamin thought he was the greatest Dad in the world!  I think so too!

Because I was not taking pictures I don't have pictures of every aspect of the obstacle course.  But this is how it went...  First they had to Climb a Building like Spiderman (up the ladder or rock wall).  Second they had to Fly (down the slide) like Super Man.  Third they had to crawl through a tunnel like Night Crawler (it's a stretch). 

Fourth they had to Run like the Flash

Fifth they had to leap over a Building in one leap! (Like Superman) (Lego Building)

Six, they had to "Throw a Sheild" like Captain America.  (I got a white frisbee and painted it to look like Captain America's sheild)

Seven, they had to Launch a Grenade like Captain America (water balloon launcher)

Thanks Margaret for bringing your water balloon launcher!

 And last they had to "Web Sling" a villan like Spiderman.  I had a couple of cans of silly string that they used to web sling our tied up Villan!

This was their favorite part!

Isaac even taunted them while they did it

After they each took a few turns going through the obstacle course, we had another "ceremony," where I handed out their capes.  (Yes, I made 17 capes!)  Then we headed back to the club house for the party when....

Our Villan had blocked the entrance with Kryptonite!  Luckily I brought a Hazardous Waste cooler with me!

Each Super Hero had to take a turn with my kitchen tongs to pick up a piece of Kryptonite and place it in the box.

Once we had disposed of the Kryptonite, we had another "ceremony," where I told them to remember that their secret identity was their best protection, and then I handed out their masks.  After which we took a group shot of everyone in their Super Hero attire!  It was great!

even Isabel enjoyed herself!

Then we went back into the club house where I handed out their final Super Hero weapon!  Power Balls!  (water balloons).  Just then our Villan came running out of the other room and outside.  The kids immediately ran after him and started to take him out with their "Power Balls!"  And when he "fell to the ground" that's when he really got it!

Once our Villan had been defeated we were able to continue on with our Birthday Party Fun!  We then had a Pizza Party dinner.  Benjamin won this from his UPSTART program!  Perfect for his party.  After the kids ate we went outside to break the Pinata.  I bought a Captain America Pinata from a Mexican store.  Unfortunately I forgot to take a picture of it before they busted it up!  Oh well.

Finally, we ended by going back to the club house for cake and ice cream.  And you will not believe this, but I forgot to take a picture of the cake!!!  It was great!  I made a round cake and decorated it to look like Captain America's sheild.  I also made cupcakes that looked like Capt. Amer. little shields!  And I used white marshmallow stars for the star in the middle!  (for the cupcakes)  I was so pleased with my efforts, which is why I can't believe I forgot to take a picture!  I was just to busy at this party.  Oh well,  It was "Super" fun!