AWESOME! Em, you guys are so, so, so creative. I loved seeing the pictures. Lila is one lucky little girl. You are such a great Mom, (oh, and Johnny, since I know you helped your fair share, you are a pretty good dad, too!). :)
Kay LOVED Lila's birthday party! You did a great job, and I love that you and Johnny wore uniforms. You thought of everything! I can't wait for Lila's next birthday party. ;) I'll have to hire you and Johnny as party planners for Kay's next birthday party.
Man, I should have you guys come help in my classroom... do you think you could handle 45 kids though? Guys, I must admit that I am very impressed! What a fun party you planned! Looks like tons of fun. -Tamika
This is so cute. I must say I don't know how you make time for all this creativeness...you guys are great. Wish we could have been there. Happy B-Day Lila bean!
ok that is THE cutest party idea ever. You two are so creative together. My favorite ideas are when clint helps me come up with them. i love LOVE the party. so cute. :) thank you for all of your comments, i really appreciated them. it's nice to be home and get back to normal life. :)
wow. Who knew there were so many typo's in the play-doh recipe. Nice!!
5/4/09, 2:00 PM
The Play-Doh "Russ Family Factory" pictures are here!! Since all of the regular Play-Doh workers were on vacation this week we had to recruit 12 little workers to help us make some dough for Lila's birthday.
The front door welcomed our friends with a "Welcome New Workers sign." As we waited for everyone to arrive we had a new worker orientation and let the kids color pictures that said "I love working at the Play-Doh Russ Family Factory". I let each "worker" pick their colored hat & wrote their name on it.
Then I asked, "Who wants to help make some play-doh??" The answer was obvious!!
[Image] When almost everyone was here we started the "Production Line". Each worker got to pick their "flavor" and color. (Kool-aid packets). Then they got to dump and mix, stir & smoosh their own batch of dough.
[Image] After that they had to do a little "Research & Development".
Here is a picture of Lila and Annabelle hard at work... [Image] Then we moved on to some serious job tasks. "Product Testing" required them to see how well their Play-Doh rolled (bowling).
Here's Carter going for the strike... [Image] Then they moved on to "Packaging" where they tried to get the dough into containers.
(We didn't get a good action shot of this, but these were the "packages" they were aiming for.) [Image] After all that work, we thought they deserved a little "dough-nut" break. (I think the Zoo Pals disposable sippy cups might have been the biggest hit of the party!!)
Johnny and I dressed in uniforms of red & yellow & I made a cute sign to hang. [Image] [Image] Here's almost all the kids (or at least a part of them...) [Image][Image]As they left each worker was given the dough they had made and a "rolling pin" in a bag with this label on it. Attached to the bag were a few cookie cutters. (Though, if you attended the party the recipe that I originally printed had too much water, so use this recipe instead!! oops!) [Image] And even though it didn't actually make it to the party (I ran out of time) here is the birthday cake. (The frosting was supposed to be a bright Play-Doh color but I grabbed the wrong thing of food coloring and didn't feel like fixing it... oh well!!)
[Image] Lila thought the rolling pin tasted yummy! (cookie dough!)
[Image] It ended up being a great party. Thanks to all 12 of Lila's friends who came to help celebrate with us!! (and to my friends who stayed to help!!)
Also, I have to admit (Rindi's comments are right) that a lot of the ideas for this party were Johnny's!! What a great dad!!
"Russ Family Factory"
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AWESOME! Em, you guys are so, so, so creative. I loved seeing the pictures. Lila is one lucky little girl. You are such a great Mom, (oh, and Johnny, since I know you helped your fair share, you are a pretty good dad, too!). :)
12/3/07, 10:52 AM
Kay LOVED Lila's birthday party! You did a great job, and I love that you and Johnny wore uniforms. You thought of everything! I can't wait for Lila's next birthday party. ;) I'll have to hire you and Johnny as party planners for Kay's next birthday party.
12/3/07, 12:52 PM
Man, I should have you guys come help in my classroom... do you think you could handle 45 kids though? Guys, I must admit that I am very impressed! What a fun party you planned! Looks like tons of fun. -Tamika
12/3/07, 3:56 PM
You are AMAZING! What a fun and unique birthday party. I love the cookie dough rolling pin...um..um.um.
12/3/07, 4:58 PM
helloo emily..looks like everyone enjoyed the bday party..lila looks so cute..she is a big girl now!!!
12/3/07, 9:33 PM
This is so cute. I must say I don't know how you make time for all this creativeness...you guys are great. Wish we could have been there. Happy B-Day Lila bean!
12/3/07, 10:18 PM
Emily and Johnny,
So, so, so, cute. I was very impressed. Where do you find the time??? You are an awsome couple of parents!!
Sunee
12/3/07, 10:26 PM
Em and John,
Are guys nuts? And I mean that in the best way. Play doh time in our house means a bomb went off, lol. Happy Bday lil Lila.
Dan
12/3/07, 11:24 PM
i love it!! your kids are so lucky to have you two as their parents!!! and lila is absolutely gorgeous!! how did she get to be 3?1?!?!
12/4/07, 2:27 PM
ok that is THE cutest party idea ever. You two are so creative together. My favorite ideas are when clint helps me come up with them. i love LOVE the party. so cute. :) thank you for all of your comments, i really appreciated them. it's nice to be home and get back to normal life. :)
12/4/07, 3:47 PM
You totally amaze me! This was the cutest idea! Juliette could not stop talking about Lila's party!!
12/6/07, 6:07 AM
wow. Who knew there were so many typo's in the play-doh recipe. Nice!!
5/4/09, 2:00 PM