Travelingjenny

Grace's 6th birthday party was on Saturday, in the little barn used for education programs at Wolfe's Neck Farm. We invited her entire kindergarten class (all but two classmates came) plus two other friends. I was a bit worried about keeping this many kids entertained (without things devolving into chaos), so I planned several activities with Grace's help. This ended up being very good, since it was raining the entire time. We started with an art project (each kid created a barnyard scene using markers, rubber stamps, and stickers), then moved on to pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey. Hilarious! We had a bean-bag tossing game, played "what time is it Mr. Fox?" in the big barn, and played duck-duck-goose. We made pinecone birdfeeders and trudged through the rain into the woods to hang them in the trees. Of course, we ate cake and ice cream, and sang to Grace, who seemed quite thrilled with the whole thing. She was quite the hostess, explaining what was going to happen next, and practically exploding with thanks as she opened each gift. She was delightful, all the kids had fun, and there was not a single bit chaos (and, as one mother pointed out, no one cried!). Success!!