Bradley's 6th Birthay Party

Bradley has been obsessed with markers lately. He carries them around in his pockets :) And it's not just markers, also pens, pencils, any writing utensil really. We used to have a mug on the microwave with pens and pencils that we could use when we needed it - it is now empty. I also used to have one in my room and it's also empty. He has stolen every single pen, pencil, and marker in this house and added it to his 'collection'. He gets super excited when he finds one and has to try it out. He will come up to me and ask if one is 'permanent, dry erase, or washable' (in the last couple months thanks to his birthday and Christmas his stash has grown substantially. I even got him several large pencil cases to hold all of them and it's still not enough :)) So when I asked him what kind of party he wanted this year he said he wanted a drawing party, which I kind of transformed into a drawing/painting party. Kevin built one big, long easel for everyone to paint on and we did pictionary for anyone who wanted to play. I gave everyone aprons with their names on them, I wish I had a picture of all of them, they looked really cute with them on :) It was a lot of fun! I was too busy trying to make sure the kids were entertained enough, so Kevin took some pictures but we didn't get as many as normal. I think Bradley is getting too big to have his parties at home anymore, which makes me sad :) With the addition of his kindergarten friends this year, we had about 20 kids total, and when it's right in the middle of winter and we can't even go outside, and my house is small - it was super tight! And, it's getting harder and harder to keep all those kids entertained. I'm sure we'll have to rent out a place that does parties next year, we'll see what we come up with :)