We could not let a birthday (two birthdays!) go by without a PARTY! Of course, Curious George it had to be!
I figured it would be a good time to have it when all of Craig's family was here, including all the cousins, over the holidays.
Checking out the decorations.
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I found a clever idea on Pinterest to make a yellow cup and plate look like a yellow hat!
I had the kids rotate through four different Curious George activities:
Making pictures with monkey stickers.
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Gluing together monkey faces.
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Doing some matching activities.
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And this one cracks me up...I put Uncle Kevin in charge of reading Curious George books
. Looks like he had a captive audience!
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We turned the kitchen into Chef Pisghetti's Restaurant.
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The kids made their own pizzas!
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No big cake this year, just monkey cupcakes.
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And presents!
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It was a lot of fun! Big thanks to everyone, especially Aunt Erin, Grandma, and Daddy, for all their help! :)