Madeline's Spacey 6th Birthday

On November 7th, my little shining star turned 6! She was so excited that she crawled in bed with us super early to chat about it. "Geuss what? I'm 6 today!"

It was a school day, so we let her open one present before she walked over. She was happy to unwrap the astronaut helmet she has been wanting. It goes well with her other astronaut gear from Halloween!

After school, Maddie had her best school friends over for a Space party. The kids all became Rocket Scientists. Emma, Maddie, Brendan and Lucy are pictured here with the first activity of the day: Pop Rockets that we made from construction paper and film canisters. We set them off out back and the kids LOVED counting down and watching them blast into the air. In the picture, Maddie and Lucy are also holding the rockets Maddie gave out to her Kindergarten class. They were from Oriental Trading Company and had space coloring sheets, stickers, and crayons inside. They were so cute, and a big hit with her class. I used a label maker to put "Happy 6th Birthday Madeline" on the sides. Blast Off!

Next we made Alien Glop! This was Maddie's favorite thing. The glop is solid if you squeeze it or poke it, but oozes out if your hands if you release pressure.

Then we had chocolate Moon Landing cake, complete with a space monkey and mars rover. We thought, why not put all of our favorite space things together on the cake? It's a party!

Maddie wanted to have vanilla star cakes also, because she remembered her friend Brendan saying that he only likes vanilla cake. I love how thoughtful she is!

Floating in Space and Catching Planets. Okay, jumping on the bed.

The gift bags were fun. I made a "How to Become a Rocket Scientist" Pamphlet that listed the experiments we did and explained them. I went a little crazy and explained how the "Newtonian Pop Rockets" are an example of Newton's Third Law and how the "Non-Newtonian Glop" defies Newton's Law of Viscocity. It turned out really cute. Also included were pop rocks candy, milky way bars, moon pies, earth chocolates, glow bracelets packs, and the new Planet Heroes movie.

Before bed, Grandma read the kids "Priscilla and the Pink Planet." Maddie loved her star balloons and new space pajamas. She went to bed a very happy astronaut girl!