The Mad Party

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyh7nyLxyZ60ItkcTgeJ2rzMM0fi3S-D8rX2pCAgttMO42-cDAAcqgfd6uAc4HdN1CS_QVtmHyv60I3CPi9Uff2kqx8GERBNPIR01LNmGFpd38HtCSEXw4cVISITAA6F-xbHvXbY1sFow/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-01-18+at+9.54.09+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyh7nyLxyZ60ItkcTgeJ2rzMM0fi3S-D8rX2pCAgttMO42-cDAAcqgfd6uAc4HdN1CS_QVtmHyv60I3CPi9Uff2kqx8GERBNPIR01LNmGFpd38HtCSEXw4cVISITAA6F-xbHvXbY1sFow/s640/Screen+shot+2011-01-18+at+9.54.09+AM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just realized I didn't post pics of the Coco's mad birthday party in Dec!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had 15 kids to the house.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">15.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The calm before the storm :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWUjUAF1QxpRQKAtEj44HHj4lkLBMMo3TbLclnlc8wuG3ZchMJjXSHQ7fXmR-HJ_ioMUP-f0zPv4sv-ZA6Sc7JqTSkCiqsBhb0NiFm7zMsq8K2ErBaD2_6Jbl3cFzhwvpHKp38VDVa82A/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-01-18+at+10.00.08+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWUjUAF1QxpRQKAtEj44HHj4lkLBMMo3TbLclnlc8wuG3ZchMJjXSHQ7fXmR-HJ_ioMUP-f0zPv4sv-ZA6Sc7JqTSkCiqsBhb0NiFm7zMsq8K2ErBaD2_6Jbl3cFzhwvpHKp38VDVa82A/s640/Screen+shot+2011-01-18+at+10.00.08+AM.png" width="438" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I put the houses together beforehand - I ended up buying kits at Bulk Barn.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The two trial houses I made from scratch took an afternoon and an entire recipe of dough.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Each little darling had their own icing and cup of candy, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but the fruit loops, marshmallows, and cookies were a free-for-all -</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">this worked really well.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was interesting to watch - </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">some kids eating as much candy as possible :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">some kids blissfully slapping it all over their house randomly</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and some kids meticulously adding each drop of icing and candy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I sifted icing sugar over the roof of each for snow before they went home.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then they went tobogganing out back to burn off the sugar!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgid_xDxsABcREZHOdWIf4qE4A6FweNnO0yHL-A9THCF2pBh8FeTyBkxvQV7LoXtc5FpX78uAf4BxBQjAOIgQgWhRkFukIQYZb_7jNhypZwMJKSgcDUIbBYFdyzQx40yGYRbeLJAM0oF00/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-01-18+at+10.01.00+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgid_xDxsABcREZHOdWIf4qE4A6FweNnO0yHL-A9THCF2pBh8FeTyBkxvQV7LoXtc5FpX78uAf4BxBQjAOIgQgWhRkFukIQYZb_7jNhypZwMJKSgcDUIbBYFdyzQx40yGYRbeLJAM0oF00/s640/Screen+shot+2011-01-18+at+10.01.00+AM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Coco came up with cupcake idea, and decorated each snowman herself.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi05F2qA7eoPHmznEi1Bz4jTUKdlyNqQ6hszNjvbNni5-Ghci0IfwI9bXUXiDIgTsyce2MvlZAM8cAtbEk_edSJv-YFkQRa5X-_XT0Rg-f9Qv-Ytr8Ne9xrOQYAm1Fk_wwT5w_aIbwCKho/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-01-18+at+10.02.15+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi05F2qA7eoPHmznEi1Bz4jTUKdlyNqQ6hszNjvbNni5-Ghci0IfwI9bXUXiDIgTsyce2MvlZAM8cAtbEk_edSJv-YFkQRa5X-_XT0Rg-f9Qv-Ytr8Ne9xrOQYAm1Fk_wwT5w_aIbwCKho/s640/Screen+shot+2011-01-18+at+10.02.15+AM.png" width="564" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Seven years old - how did that happen?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She's my baby.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At the very end of the party, Natasha and another older guest "judged"all the houses,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had wrapped up more candy (those parents love me!) as prizes,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and every child received an award.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Best use of Hard Candy, Best Roof, Best Use of Color - they were so creative!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We cheered for each winner, and they went home on a high, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">telling their parents what they had won - priceless.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wonder what Coco will dream up next year?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh91q0RQVtFTaOL4gGxaEK9z1KI7Z-yPCQunq3Cy1ji4EULZ0s57sBvsZhaC1tMdGE-96cEXov15Ys8puq8Mf-OXJ7HobMx-VJ0Rox5H20Ih28EVWSBjPAZTNFXFnPfwR3UHEiWfVEZEXo/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-01-04+at+7.01.17+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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