Celebrating Lia's Gotcha Day

Lia enjoys arts and crafts so we decided to take the girls to the Crayola Factory yesterday.   We were all so excited to see this crazy, unusual yellow building smack in the middle of downtown Easton, PA.  Before we went in the building, we just had to stand by our favorite crayon color!

   What a fun place to visit!  We started at the top floor and worked our way down.  The biggest hit of the day was to make your own wrapper for a crayon...Lia and Rosie got to pick a crayon and then think of unusual names for it.  (Reminds me of the fun Benjamin Moore paint colors that instantly makes you smile)!  Lia named her purple crayon (of course), and then Rosie got a great idea to make a celebratory crayon for Lia, "Lia's Gotcha Day".  It actually has the date on it too!  The girls started to make crayons for each other then!!!

We also went to "Color Magic" and colored in a fairy coloring page.  Keith scanned the fairy onto a computer and then we chose the option of selfie as a background.  The girls loved seeing their own fairy come alive and fly around them!

They also made a coloring page of themselves with a rock and roll background.  It definitely was a magical place for them to be! Somehow we escaped spending a ton of money at the gift shop by buying a few extra special crayons.  The gift shop itself was an experience of creativity too.  Ok, I know I sound like a commercial, but this place was rocking it for our girls!  (Btw, if you are a teacher, you can get in for free...I found this out too late, but I'm glad I can pass this on to you, in case you are a teacher). 

 This morning, Rosie graciously told Lia that it's still her Gotcha Day, giving her permission to celebrate some more.  The bottom line here is that we have thankfulness in our hearts that Lia is our precious daughter!  God bless you Lia!