Every Color Under The Sun

There are not too many places you can go and find every color under the sun......but The Crayola Factory sure is one of them!!

This weekend we met "Shelly and Family" for a color filled day!! Each of our families had a birthday to celebrate this past week and we thought both the birthday kids would enjoy a day of arts and crafts!!

Some of you might remember that after getting to know each other through our blogs, Shelly and I met back in October and instantly hit it off....We have been trying to get together ever since, but with their recent trip to China and the holidays, it was hard to get to find a time that worked for everyone. This get together happened by fluke as they were supposed to be in Florida....but their plans fell through at the last minute. Selfishly, I am glad they did, otherwise another month would have passed before our families could finally meet.

Together, we made our way through all of the exhibits and let the kids enjoy making hats, painting, coloring, sidewalk chalk, molding clay, and creating their own masterpiece by splattering hot melted wax onto paper!!

I honestly think the adults had just as much fun, if not more, than the little ones......a couple of these pictures might serve as proof that there is kid in all of us....no matter what our age!!

WARNING: You are about to view A LOT of pictures.....I tried to use collages so it wasn't too obnoxious....but there is still A LOT....Sorry!! What can I say....I had 4 cuties to chase after instead of 2.....I just couldn't stop!!

Birthday girl Francesca, smiling for the camera, Annabelle hugging a life sized crayon, Nick painting, and Sarah crawling through a tube!!


Shelly and Annabelle posing for the camera, Sarah and Pat drawing on a glass wall.....let's hope she doesn't think she can do this on our walls here at home!! And some fun with Model Magic....you can see this was one of my favorite areas!!


Sarah splattering some purple wax on her crayon shaped paper. Pat and Sarah being silly, thinking they were cowboys.....and Shelly and Keith hamming it up for the camera!!


Trying to help Sarah make a teddy bear out of her clay!!


Nick and Sarah using some sidewalk chalk, Sarah with her clay, Annabelle trying on her little hat....and Francesca putting some washable markers to good use!!


Nick was very adamant that he did not want me taking pictures of him all day while he was working on his projects{he is very serious when it comes to art} but he did agree to have a picture with Mom at the end of our day.....it is rare I get in the pics with my kids, but sometimes you just have to pass the camera to someone else!!


This is Sarah's "YEAH.....let's do it again" face. She really enjoyed playing with her two new friends...and I have to say that Nick was incredibly patient with all the little ones......he is such a good kid and always makes us proud!!

We had such a great time together.......It was a fun day for all!! Shelly and I get along so well, we could talk for hours and hours.....and on occasion, we do!! Annabelle and Francesca are as sweet as can be and I am so glad that our husbands finally got to meet!! They really got along, in fact, we have photographic evidence of how much fun these two had, but were told the pictures were never allowed to appear on either blog.....as much as we both wanted to post these hilarious photos, we agreed not to....for now anyway!! You just never know when or where these photos might show up!!

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend.....I am happy to report our birthday festivities are finally over......now I just need to work on getting rid of all the left over cake.....way too tempting to pick at it while working from home:)