When
Xander and his Mom discussed his upcoming
8th Birthday and what kind of party he wanted to have, He said that he just wanted to spend the day with his cousin
Blue.
He had
a list a mile long of things to do.
Xander is a party planner at heart and always hates to see the day end. The great thing was that
Xander wanted to do the things on his list with
ME! So He and Blue spent Friday night last week with us. That night we saw the movie
"Spiderwick" and walked across the street, had dinner at a restaurant that was turning into a bar and dance club in 20 minutes, that kind of freaked me out. And then of course, we had
ICE CREAM.
Saturday we went to the
Titanic Exhibit.
Xander already knew so much about the whole story and many things about the boat and the iceberg. He had also asked me to find some sites on the computer so that He could research it some more before we left.
His next choice was the
Masterpiece Replayed exhibit at the
Phoenix Art Museum. It was an amazing show with
Cezanne,
Corot,
Degas,
Delacroix, and
Xander's favorite
Henri Matisse.
Xander also had already known several facts about these artists, their mediums and styles. The three of us listened to headphones about the artists. At the boys request, we listened and studied the art to
ALL of the
optional information on the tapes. Needless to say, the museum staff were amazed at the attention span and interest that my grandsons had about the art. I wanted to
shout for JOY! My dreams coming true and feeling a little like
"Auntie Mame". I can't wait till I can take them traveling!!!
Saturday night, the boys wanted to take a bath in my "
sweet tub". Grandpa Fabulous called me in to take this picture. The boys are too grown up to have "a girl" help them anymore.
Sunday,
Xander and
Blue went to church with us. I
LOVE showing my grandchildren off! Especially when they are
sooooo handsome.
Sunday evening everyone came over to celebrate
Xanders birthday with good food and plenty of
presents.
Life is Sweet...
I had the most fun making these pieces of paper clothing for the "Hanging Up Springtime" swap with Gypsy Mermaid Life....
These tags are for the "St. Patrick's Day Tag Swap" hosted by The Tattered Rose.......
and this is the greeting card that will be included in my package to be sent for "Bella Enchanted's Easter Basket Swap". I love doing these swaps as it gives me an "assignment" that I might not have otherwise given myself creative wise AND I make FABULOUS new artsy friends from all over world!!!!! So a big SHOUT OUT for all those wonderful gals who put together these swaps. Thank You!!!!!!
AND WE DID!!!!! 
I set the kids table from their play room with china, got out my vintage hat and glove collection. The girls played with their Barbies and then we had a "Photo Shoot". While they ate lunch I printed the photos in black and white onto white cardstock and later they colored in the flowers and whatever they wanted with colored pencils.
After the girls all went home, I played with the photos a little more with Photoshop. Life can't get any better than this!!!!!!
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