Anna turned 10 years old this past week. We went to a pottery painting place (just like last year) and had a lot of fun!! Anna picked this really tall frog piece. I was hesitant because Anna is a **bleeder (vs. a plodder or sprinter) when it comes to craft projects. And since it was big I was afraid everyone else would be done and she would still be working. And that's exactly what happened.
**In college one of my professors described people when they write as being of one of three types: the bleeder, the plodder or the sprinter.
The sprinter just races through, putting thought to paper quickly.
The plodder moves along slowly and more deliberately, thinking carefully about word choice etc but moving along.
The bleeder agonizes over each word, making very slow progress or none at all.
John chose this motorcycle
Emma a princess
Working along
Grant picked this cool Iron Man box. His face mask comes off to open the box
Having lots of fun painting
Matthew picked a dragon
Anna was somewhere on frog 2 of 4 when the others all finished. Then I had to find ways to entertain them in a room full of breakables while she finished up.
Such attention to detail
Finally we all finished (I let the kids watch you tube videos on my phone while we waited).
We can pick up the fired pottery in about a week.
We got delicious donuts from Donut Star in Draper before heading home. I tried a cronut for the first time. These were excellent donuts by the way.
Anna had requested a murder mystery as part of her birthday celebration. I don't like to romanticize murder so I changed it to a police mystery of the stolen presents. Matthew was the police chief. Anna was the detective and John was her partner. The others of us helped.
A ransom note was found.
We drove all over town chasing the mysterious Mr. S and finally apprehended him. It was Scott.
Here is Anna interrogating him. Eventually he led us to the mastermind of the theft: The Evil Professor SuperBad played very well by Grant. And the gifts were recovered.
We hit the piñata
And had cheesecake
Anna opening presents
Evil Professor SuperBad left his calling card on this one
Anna was excited to get a doll - this is the Target brand of American Girl type dolls
She was happy
Evil Professor SuperBad after eating some purple candy
Looks very menacing
Anna with some of her Hatchimals that she got.
Happy Birthday Anna!!
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