Color Run Birthday Fun

The previous year our daughter had a big party with her friends, so we did something a little different for our daughter's 9th birthday.

Her birthday landed on a Saturday so we deemed the entire weekend Color Fun.

It started Friday where I was able to be a virtual mystery reader for her 4th grade class. I read "The Day the Crayons Quit" to her class via zoom. This was a fun surprise for her, and she was gifted the book by me with a nice inscription. (I uploaded a copy of me reading the book to YouTube incase I ran into connection issues day of. You can watch that here if you're interested). She came home from school that day to a cookie treat made by a local baker. We had them individually wrapped to give out to family joining us for the run.

Saturday was Color run day. It was her first 5k. The rainbow skirt gave her all the motivation she needed.

The day of her Birthday was spend doing whatever she wanted to do in the moment. For cake she chose cheese cake with caramel and chocolate syrup, but also wanted a strawberry swirl. We picked up both and make a fun double layer.

Another fun and colorful activity. Take a nature walk around your property. Bring a bowl along to collect garden and wild flowers. When you're finished pour out the flowers and add water to the bowl. Carefully arrange the flowers on the surface for a beautiful display.

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