Capture the Little Things @ Home

If you've missed all the fun details that went into planning the Detective Birthday Party, you can find parts one and two here: The Invite The Reveal Since the party involved a sleepover, we didn't want to pack the party full of "things to do" and pretty well just went with the flow. The boys were all very excited about the party and sleepover, as the sleepover was a first for all of them. Too excited to sleep in, they awoke bright and early at 6:00 the next morning to play the new board game! I'm sorry, I did not get a picture... I was asleep. They spent all morning playing together and the actual party (food and gifts) was held at noon. Before the boys could come to the official party, each child had to be fingerprinted and given his disguise. I was able to find goofy disguise glasses and little magnifying glasses at our local Dollar Tree. Then, I quickly threw together a little sheet for the finger printing at the "Finger Print Station".

Last week, I shared with you the first stages of our Detective birthday party, The Invite . Remember, my son had no idea that we were inviting a couple friends over for his party. He knew there would be a party at some point and that it would most likely have a detective theme, usually meaning just a cake decorated in that theme. Little did he know what else was planned... We were planning on picking up his friends after our Wednesday night church service, so we thought it best to not reveal our plans until just before we left. My husband came home from work without my son's knowledge and then made a detective-style phone call to our house phone to inform the little agent where to find a secret message (the reveal message). Knowing he would call, I handed the phone to my son when it rang - he was a little perplexed, but immediately assumed the role of a detective. He found the message without incident and sat in shock as he read it and comprehended its meaning. It r

My son loves to read and has learned to read very well. The first "big" book he read was The Swiss Family Robinson from the Classic Starts series. He loved it!! He soon began begging for more books and we were able to find several more books in the Classic Starts series, along with other classic books as well. One of those books was Sherlock Holmes. I believe it is the only one that he is now reading through for the second time - he loves it!! Sherlock Holmes sparked a new phase in my little guy's creative imagination - detective and spy work! It came as no surprise when his birthday rolled around that he wanted a detective themed birthday party. So, with a little effort, that's what we did! It was his first "real" birthday party - we invited friends over! Normally, birthdays have just been a party with family. But considering we will probably be living out on the east coast for his next birthday,  we thought we should give him a nice party this year