Happy Birthday JImmy

I was lucky enough to be apart of this fun party . Jimmy turned 7 and to celebrate his mom planned him a plane party .

 LOVE the hat and glasses .Look forward to using these during his photo shoot this weekend.

 The cake  with flying planes above.

 The goodie bags everyone went home with paper and more directions to make more paper airplanes .

                           HAPPY BIRTHDAY JIMMY !

Happy Birthday Hubby !

To my best friend , my companion , to my lover , to the father of our children ,the dreamer , to everything you are to me and more. I know I do not give you all the credit you definitely deserve and I could praise you more for all the many little and big things you do for each of us.
I would like to embrace the quiet moments we have together and hold on tight for the wild , loud and crazy ones too . I want to dream big beside you . Discover the world together . I want to breath deep with you . I need to have you in our life for every day forward .I need the love you give me to keep me standing . I hope the walks we have last forever . I hope the sun shines through in the morning and moon peeks through at us ever evening in this home we created together . I love you for welcoming the "junk " I bring home covered in dust .I trust you are always thinking of what is best . I care that you work hard . I love the great pride you take in holding the girls hands to do a BIG job with you. I love that you believe in me , respect what I do and don't do and remember I am only a whisper away at the most . I love that you listen deeply . I believe that our BIG small and tiny kiss will  last forever .

I look at you with great pride , focus and comfort to know you stand beside me each day and together we will get our biggest wishes , dreams, hopes,and even though each step is never easy we will do it together and never give up on each other . I know we have big steps ahead in this story of ours and I look forward to do it all with you.I think we are the lucky ones. So here's to another year forward to spending it with you. happy birthday to you .........

little MAN Party

Cannot have a party without the invite . We always send a email invite save the day and then receive formal invite in mail later .

This is the invite .

Now the good stuff Party details.Just mentioning this will be a long post of all the fun details.

 We had some photo booth fun . You pick your stache and tie .

A party for me is not about turning another year older as much as it is celebrating the time that it took to get there.So I like to have a special spot set up that is a walk down memory lane . A look back at where you had gone to get where you are now. It these special moments that I like to spent time on doing . 

This was the set up on of his dresser pictures , bracelets from hospital , umbilical cord clip in jar , his wood truck from papa Ken ,his birth coin set ,teddy bear he received for a baby gift, and a old truck I use in his room to keep these special treasures. 

His letter V with my hospital bracelets hanging on it .

 THEN and NOW picture of him .

 His hospital toque as well as the only one that actually fit his small head.

 The display of all his memories.Below: Antique car that is in the boys room now that I scored at a yard sale and a jar of all the soothers it took to find the one.

Balloons whats a party without balloons.

 Cupcakes with my sisters home made chocolate mustache lollipops

 Mason jars with twine wrapped around a label to write your name and paper polka dot straws.

 Photo booth snaps of all the guests using my instax camera . I heart that camera so much .

 My DIY project used to be a framed mirror now its a chalk board . Hanging from a tree over top the beverages.

 He not sure what to think of his mother bring him a fire stick towards his face.

 YUMMY !  He most definitely DUG in .

 this was cupcake # 2 being attacked brutally !

 our tradition of family photo with birthday child.

This picture makes me LAUGH madly out loud. As everyone else is digging into his presents he sits contently reading a book we already own. 

Hand Delivery

Addy , Vann and I went door to door hand delivering Addys birthday invites .We went from Tilston to Pierson to Gainsborough to Carnduff to Oxbow . So cannot wait for the party !

LEGO PARTY

HAPPY 8th Birthday Party DMAN !

Hope you had fun as I let this be a little more of little low key party as per other years but all the kids seem to be happy with it any how .

SO when all the kids arrived we had them just have a free play with LEGO on the table they seemed to really really enjoy this because they had others playing with them . For us when Dman plays it usually by himself .

Then we had them each build a Lego car racer . This needed alittle more of dad and moms help doing this one . When they were all done they enjoyed racing them done the hallway and were able to take their own racer home. Then we had a few relay races outside . I had build a few large Lego pieces out of boxes , plastic bowls and spray paint .Then I had bowls of 10 pieces of Lego at one table and empty bowls at the other they had to run and jump over my large home made Lego pieces then grab a straw from me pick up a piece of Lego by sucking it through the straw and carrying it to the empty bowl . Whoever got all there Lego pieces in there bowl ran to the finish line and won . It was really hard I tried before the party I was going to give them the benefit of doubt and let them only pick up half the pieces but they enjoyed the challenge and insisted on doing all . They all did well I was very proud as it was much harder then I thought it would be . We then had cake and ice cream . A Lego cake of course .... but I can take no credit on making my friend Laura came through and insisted she make it for me the day before on her birthday . It turned out great and a much better job then I could of managed I am not the best cake maker . I can bake it but icing is not my strong point . And then opened presents of course .
They snacked through out the party and played . I took a pictures of them all with my Polaroid camera so they each could take a photo home along with their goodie bags .

Love having and putting on parties. I have next years party already planned in my head . The girls as well . I even have little man Vann's party all planned too . Hubby thinks I am crazy but whatever I am the one putting in all the hard work and love hearing the kids talk about which party was their fave . Don't look forward too the day when my kids are too OLD for parties .

Just me .... @ 29 again .........

Just a few things about me .

- list maker
- fave color is green and always has been
-ice cream is a guilty pleasure
-usually have my camera arms length away
-Love adding a piece of crazy or colorful jewellery to any outfit
-crazy party planning mama
- have good intentions
-definitely not afraid to speak my mind
-this is the longest I have had my hair in years
-my escape is a soak in a HOT tub with the doors locked and lights out
-treat myself to a cup of tea daily
-put my kids first
-pattern paper is my thing
-enjoyed playing with some fabric crafty projects
-favorite flower is daisies
-love to garden
-enjoying cutting grass
-dislike doing household chores as I think there should and are other priorities does not mean I am a slob just family comes first
-my mind works overtime most of the time .
-love my hubby a great deal even though I also slid him to second since the kids
-I love creating  crafty and artsy things but definitely have not gave myself much time to do it
-am 35 weeks into pregnancy #3 and its very much different this time around too
-shopping is not my favorite thing but its my organized thing listed by store and by item
-an early morning walks clears my mind and is so very relaxing to me .
- my hubby and I have enjoyed having a glass of wine or two with each other this is nice
-do not enjoy watching television I do do it but its not a need nor a want to me .
-I crank up the music loud in the truck like a teenage boy with new speakers its a guilty pleasure I have and drains out the children too
-reading is a hobby I wish had more time for
-typical a morning gal but also a night owl this can work out to be a disadvantage to me and catches up every now and then .
- love eating  fruit and veggies
-enjoy baking but don't usually eat it (beside when I am pregnant with a sweet tooth little boy )
- dislike chocolate only  have two chocolate favorites
-love to floss everyday
-both my girls have pierced ears and wear earrings every day I do not
-dog lover
- have very few friends but the ones I have are priceless and unconditional and who needs lots of friends when you have a sister anyways
-am the bad cop parent in the house .
-do not drink pop unless its in a mixed drink or there is absolutely nothing else to drink
-did not thing my choice of having another baby would be possibly taken away from me at the age 30

Things to DO in my 30th year ....yes 30 ( and all honesty I think it maybe my best year yet well maybe not starting out all peaches and cream like but I have big hopes for the rest of it  )
-to create a more productive & calm but still fun house hold
-do a online camera class
-journal daily for me
-family trip to Hawaii
-create family memory books
- take a monthly photo of self (full body )
-donate my hair
-date night with hubby monthly (this would be a great time to get that monthly self photo too)
-create a exercise program for self  for me to feel like me again or at least for me to  feel comfortable with (does that make any sense )
-get my craft studio up and running
-girls weekend away

Sad but very true I will be spending my 30th birthday in Brandon hospital . Whats a girl to do but take care of babe and me . I will be admitted first thing this morning and then I will go on to Winnipeg next Tuesday and find out more then . I am sure shortly after that I will be booked for a C section and will have a baby name to announce to you all for our little man . I have had a lot to soak in the last day or two . We were given the worst case scenario of possible delicate  C Section  surgery with a possible hysterectomy to be had at same time ,or to  bleed out and losing enough blood for both babe and me not to make it or possible just a normal placenta previa completely with no complications . Sitting in a hospital til a another picture can be done to rule out any dangers by a specialist seems like the best idea for now . Not ideal as I am a planner I had to scatter to find a home for my children with very busy family and friends but we got everything worked out . I must say we both have amazing families and are very lucky to have everyone live very close to us .As well as kick A$$ best friend that did not hesitate to mother my children until all our families could work out there schedules to be the most help to us . THANK YOU is not enough to all the help we will receiving in the weeks to come .
Happy Birthday to me still hoping to get a slice of cake and ice cream .

AHOY MATEY

YES we have just attended a Pirate Party and we take theme parties pretty serious around here .We {LOVE} parties !! This was Addy and my outfits that we wore to the party .

( My photographer AKA hubby  did not tell me that my eye patch was up )

Moving to a different small town is probably just as difficult to meeting new people as it would be in the city . They already have their "own" groups and are always friendly but maybe not as accepting to new people . New ideas and suggestions are maybe not as welcomed to a new small community I find either . I have been lucky enough to meet a few people through Addy's social life of school so far which has been quite nice .

I have been very lucky to meet Galina she has been very friendly and definitely puts her kids first which I appreciate as I really think that's important . She has a love for over the top birthday parties very much like me too . So when we were invited and so forgot to take a picture of invite but it was a bottle with cork in top and invite that was worn ,old and aged like a pirate map was inside along with some sand from the sea . I was very much impressed by the work she took to make them .The invite had said to Wear some pirate attribute or you will walk the plank . This was right up our alley as we love dressing up . She made her very own 3D pirate ship cake that I was over the top impressed by as I do not have this kinda skill or patiences for  caking decorating.

Check out this insane cake !

What a show piece !!! I personally was not expecting that . I love planning parties so much as well as my sister maybe even to  a obsession but brings joy to my face when the kids talk about their past parties . I am pretty sure in my head I have my kids even unborn Little mans party planned out in my head for the next year or two for sure . I always surprise the kids too they never know what kinda of party they are going to have to almost the day the party is this may be harder to do when they get older but for now we all are enjoying it until they get too old for theme parties then what will I do . Well until then  I will keep dreaming of the next party .

Pinkalicious Silly Monkey Party

We had a joined party for our girls theme being Pinkalicious Silly Monkey . Pinkalicious coming from this story (this story is absolutely adorable ) and that it would be unexpected for me to have a pink explosion all over my house as I really dislike pink and anyone that knows me knows this . Silly monkey comes from our little girl when she was a baby her big sister would call her a silly monkey and it just stuck .

I had cream soda floats , marshmallow chocolate treats , glass containers filled with pink sweets , pictures of the girls , their pinata and of course the book of Pinkalicious !

ME handing floats to our guests !(notice I am wearing pink )

Pinkalicious Family . Even dad is pretty in pink !

Our Silly little monkey opening presents .Shes not sure what she thinks of it all !

And Addy our addicted Pinkalicious story reader .I am certain we have read it a 100X at least .She even knows when you TRY to make it shorter by missing words cause she knows every word of it !

Sugar on a stick

Literally sugar on a stick was what  I was making for a  Pinkalicious treat for the girls party .Hope the other parents don't mind there kids will be falling from a high sugar rush after this party . It was really simple to do , inexpensive as well  and went along quite smoothly since I waited to make them while the girls went to bed .

I used large marshmallows , pink chocolate (bought at hobby Lobby), lollipop sticks ,and candy sprinkles.

                                                            High on sugar but oh so fun .

Super Heroes

I am big sucker to plan a kids party and usually have our kids theme for there next party before there party is actually done . But this year I was stumped I had so many ideas and I lost track of time . But I think the party was a hit by all attended anyhow as Dayton told me I was the best mom ever !!!(melt my heart )I had alot of help from a good friend of mine to pull off all my ideas I had for this party . When we picked up each kid for the party we had a home made cape for them and a custom shirt with there initial on it .

WE had a super hero party . We had made kryptonite (slime ) for a craft and they all made there very own super hero mask . We then played some games I had  drew a few Villains on poster board then hung them from the trees each super hero had one minute (that was timed on a stop watch ) to kill the super hero's with silly string . When all kids each had a try we went and saw how much silly string was on each Villain if they were covered they were dead. I am happy to report the Super Hero's won . Every year we have a kids party in the afternoon then that evening allow our families and neighbours to attend .So I try to do something different instead of cake ,so we don't get cake twice in one day . So I had to give my Super Hero's a energy drink . So they had FLOATS . We had every color and they each got to decide what they wanted .WE had a few other games so if anyone is ever interested on the rest of our super hero games I would share my ideas just email me . I wish our Little Man a Happy 7th Birthday !!!! Love you loads !!!!