Knights and Princess Party

So my darling 5 year old decided he wanted to set our dinning room table at 7:30am this morning.  As he climbed up on the counter to get the "big people" plates out of the cabinet, he says to calm my questioning face, "Mom look, I'll be real careful.  I use two hands."  I cautiously observe as he climbs up and down to bring down 6 plates.  He continues on to the silverware and asks questions like, "Is this left?" I have an idea what he is doing, but he's never done this before except when we learned about it in preschool and that was back in November and we used "kidware."  I decide to get down the nice glasses as I only have 6 left and really don't want to loose anymore.  He says, "thanks Mom" and keeps going.

Then he says, "Come look Mom!"  So I do.  This is what I see.

"Now can we go to the store to buy my toy?" he anxiously waits for my response.  I give him a hug and say, "I just love that you used your head and creatively came up with a way to make me smile.  Remember what I said about your toy?  You may earn that by being obedient, but this could be a fun way to celebrate Valentine's Day.  How about we plan a little lunch date with some friends and use the place setting you've arranged."  He pauses for a moments and then the ideas just start to flow.  I told him I better write this all down so we could remember.

His party plan as follows:

Knight and Princess Valentine Party by: Jaxon McArthur

Menu

Fish 

Spinach w/ Ranch

Carrots and Broccoli and Dip

Cookies 

Water, Juice, or Milk

Dress

Girls- Princess Hats

Boys- Knight Hats

Game

Princess Game:  The princess is in the tall tower (the bunk beds) and then someone calls for all the knights to save the princess.

Knight Game:  Ride horses, find a dragon, and fight the dragon.

Welcome Sign

Heart with words that say, "We're having a Valentine's party!  Come in right now before it starts." 

And Jax says he's going to draw it.

He also said to me, "No toys out and no watching movies and no making big messes."

Invites

He listed 9 friends and then Jesus.  

My heart just warmed with love for this little party planner.  How I love his creativity, his desire to make people happy, how he loves being around friends, and his detailed planning of this Valentine event.

love my sweet boy!

Pictures from the party today (actually Valentine's Day).  Oh, and I have to add that when Jax was passing out his invitations at church yesterday, he gave one to the Bishop, the clerk, and his favorite 16 year old babysitter who's a priest.  It made them smile.