7th Birthday

For some reason, today, I am just bursting with ideas for my sons 7th birthday.

He wanted a Harry Potter themed party last year but I could not get anywhere that could accomodate what I wanted to do (have things stuck to the walls/ceiling etc... so this year I want to get super organised.
My friend gave me a website for cheap wands, but at around £10 each, its more than I want to pay for each kid. Going to stick with an idea from the web - when I find the site I will link back to it, chopsticks, glue gun, paint and beads/gems.

I'm planning on making a pináta, with some string attached and they have to perform spells to get it to open.... i'm thinking of making it like the Boggart in the cupboard when Professor Lupin gets the moon.

Sting attached to paper candles and hung over the food table.

Wall to walk in that looks like the brick wall for platform 9 3/4, using old sheet and some paint. Hang this up on the door to the party.

Most wanted poster to have your picture taken in. Bit like a Photo booth thing.

Each child will go home with a Spell Book.

The kids will be split into houses.
Unsure yet if they are going to earn points throughout the day

Unsure yet on how long this is going to last, that may be dictated by price of venue.

Venue - Newark Castle/Fort Matilda train station - need to call and see if they would accomodate us, if yes how much for. If not then back to the thinking board.

Activities
Potions Class - mentos n coke, vinegar n bicarb type experiments.
Herbology Class - grow cress seeds or something similar.
Defense Against the Dark Arts - Boggart Pináta
Quidich - using balloons and hola hoops

Bubbles!

Bought some bubbles from Lush after meeting Iron Man as we where staying at Gordon's house and I wanted a bath (I only have a shower unit in mine)

We bought The Comforter Bubble Bar, I crumbled some of this into running water, the water turned a nice shade of pale pink/purple, Lyle then swirled the Rocket Bubble Bar and the water changed colour again, this time to a turquoise blue.

Now Gordon's is a Jacuzzi bath.

Look what happens when you switch it on.

two third's bubbles, one third water

My wee bubbly frog!

Great fun was had by all. 

Iron man

Soo, we went to see iron man.
Here are some pics until I get to a p.c. to write up.

(Updated from here!)
A mummy at the school gates told us about Hamleys doing a 'meet Iron Man' day in November, she told me in front of Lyle, so every few days I would get a question to the effect of "mum, is it tomorrow we go see Iron Man?"

Well, the day F.I.N.A.L.L.Y. arrived and off we set in my new car (more on that later),

 I parked in Govan instead of paying for parking in Glasgow City Center  we went for the Underground train to take us into St Enoch's Station, this is Lyle waiting patiently for the train from Govan Subway. 

We wait in a queue for over 2 hours, have to say, I was well impressed that Hamleys didn't exploit the situation and have the elves out playing with all the wonderful toys that they stock, instead the elves where going around all the children, chatting to them, and offering them jelly sweets. 

Lyle was Úber excited, even though it was boring to wait in the queue, even more so when Iron Man flew back to America for his lunch with Pepper Potts, and then flew all the way back, and broke his suit in the process.

And of course, Mummy HAD to get her picture taken with her fav two males in the St Enoch's Center!

Thinking about Advent, in November.

So it is middle of November, and for the past week I have done nothing but think of ideas to put in our Advent Calendar. (I have just searched for an hour, my Facebook to find a picture to show you it, but their isn't one in my albums.) Anyways, our advent calendar consists of red socks, u can put a little treat in them or a note, I have two sets, possibly three somewhere. one I put downstairs above the radiator and one goes upstairs just outside Lyle's room and the toilet. This year, I intend to mix what goes in them, one day a lolly, another something for us to do like on the 8th, its my birthday but it is also opening night for Lyle's show, so that day is going to say something along the lines of, share birthday breakfast, Lyle go to drama and mummy go watch her star in the Christmas show, another one will be write Christmas cards, make Christmas cookies for the neighbours.
I am going to put the list here, and I will come back and edit it as i get ideas... and hopefully I will get pictures throughout December of us doing the daily Advent.

1. Select a present for the Church Christmas 'Giving' Tree
2. Write out Christmas cards
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7. Make Christmas playdough
8. Perform in Christmas Show with Drama Group
9. Entertain Gran at the Christmas show
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16. Put up Christmas Tree
17. Make Christmas cookie's for the neighbours
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20.have a Christmas film night
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22.Have dinner to candle light
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25. Celebrate Christmas at Saint Joseph's Chapel.