Big Boy Bed

Tonight we got rid of the crib. I am a little sad about this happening so soon even though my son is 4 now.  It seems like the end of the baby stage and the beginning of the big boy time.  Pretty soon he won't want me to hug on him in public and will start calling me "Mom" or "Mother" and not "Mama" or "Mommy."  

On the other hand, I am really excited that he has a new big bed that he will hopefully want to stay in all night! So far...so good tonight...  

Lego Obsession

Today we were invited to a Lego Birthday Party at Summer Swim Academy. This was our first time to visit the facility and find out what it was all about. Pretty cute set up and we might try some swim lessons soon.
The party was for Major, one of Kayce's old T-Ball buddies.  Julie, his mom did a great job planning the party and setting up all the Lego activities.
Since the party was in the morning, she had a breakfast bar set up!  Like I said, good planning!! Kayce got a Lego t-shirt to wear after swimming.  She had a building table with a take home birthday character for each kid.  Kayce spent some time there making a go cart vehicle for his Lego guy.  They got to swim and there were heaters for the adults and kids to warm up under. I met a lady whom I had met at  another birthday party last year.  She remembered Kayce and commented on how much he had grown.

They also had a candy bar with chocolate Lego bricks and characters. She had the big lolly pops with a label that read Happy Birthday Major, and candy bars with custom labels.  After the pizza and cake, the kids got to take out their candy buzz on the Lego Pinata.  Kayce got a few good hits in and candy started falling out.  The kids kept taking turns till the loot was out and then pandemonium started as they all went for as much as they could get.  I think that worried my husband who agrees that Kayce eats too much candy as it is. Maybe he won't remember.  They also got a take home bag with a plaster Lego man that they could paint.  It was a great time and Major enjoyed all the presents and playing with all his buddies. Here are some pictures from the day.

In need of a Hem...

Today on one of my favorite Talk Shows, The Nate Berkus Show, I was reminded how much getting your clothing tailored to fit really helps you look more polished. I am short at 5 feet 3 inches (if I am lucky) and most of my pants and jeans need to be hemmed.  They are just too long. Sure, I will wear them rolled up but then I feel like a little kid with hand me down clothes that don't fit.  A friend was talking about getting her jeans hemmed today and to my embarrassment, I looked down and I had these baggy sloppy looking rolls on my jeans.  I made a promise to my self that I would make an effort to get my favorite jeans hemmed or learn to do it myself.  It makes you look thinner and taller if your clothing fits you correctly.  Not sure why I have gotten so cheap and lazy about this but hey, admitting you have a problem is the first step right?

Star Wars Birthday Party Cake and Cookies

My wonderful friend made the 4 tiered cake. We got the Star Wars figures for it to make it go with our theme. I also made cookies with cutters from Williams Sonoma. They turned out great with the Royal Frosting. I love working with sugar.  I got to use all my cake decorating tools from the Wilton classes I took. We had all this on the dining room table along with other treats with Star Wars labels I printed from the internet.  Thankfully the Star Wars theme is popular so there were a lot of ideas online.

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Star Wars Birthday Party

This past December was my son's 4th birthday. We had to do something Star Wars so I searched the web and found a ton of great ideas from blogs I found on the Pinterest site. I am loving my latest web addiction. It has seriously gotten me off the dumb games on FB. Hey, I think this is a good thing because it helps me be creative again!

Anyway, back to the party! He had to do Star Wars so I wanted to show a few of the ideas.
 Above are the Light Sabers we made for the kids to play with. They came in handy when Darth Vader made an appearance at the party. I think my poor husband had some bruises from that attack. We used pipe insulation covered with duck tape and then taped a label on the end. The kids got to decorate even more with foam stickers to personalize them. My favorite was the leopard print saber. I think it went to Kaiya after her daddy saw the awesome design. He knew she would love it! 

Valentine's Day is one of my favorite Holidays

Valentine's Day is almost here. It is time to take down all the Christmas decorations and put the hearts and roses and other pink red and white things up in the house. Because I am the only girl in my household, I feel like I have earned the right to make the house girlie this time of year. Recently I found a bunch of these felt hearts at a local super center. I knew I wanted to do something with them but not sure what. It was after I visited Pier1 when I decided to make table runners and maybe place mats out of them. It didn't take long and I had a beautiful lacy table runner. I am working on the place mats but will post soon. I think it is so pretty and makes me think of lace doilies. I bought a ton of the hearts so I have some on my valentine tree as well. Yes, I said Valentine Tree. See pic. Now, If I can just keep the dog from peeing on it...

I also added a pic of my front door wreath. I made this last year after missing them on sale at a local store.  So I decided I could make it myself.  I actually sold a few of them too! So it is back out in all it's glory. Hope it lasts for many years because I love it and think it is so romantic. You can see all my decor as it looks today. I am still adding and rearranging things so it may change again. 

Bunco Time!

Getting ready to go to Bunco! Why do I giggle every month over this? Because I am turning into my mother. Stay at home mom running her kid all over the place and shopping up a storm, now playing bunco! So funny to me. Anyway, I am planning to get some crafty things up here soon. If I can figure out how to do it and then I will pin them to Pinterest to see if I can get some traffic on here. This is all still an experiment for me. It is very interesting to me how things become viral and ideas get shared.