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Selasa, 04 Juni 2013

It's Party Day!

Now that you've seen how we made her cake, the decorations, & the food, you know get to see the party!

We had the party at 4:00 in the afternoon. A little late, but it worked out perfect, because Megan was able to get a full nap in! In fact, she didn't wake up until 3:40 that afternoon, so she was very well rested!

As I said before, I wanted her outfit to have a vintage flair. She wore a yellow lace petti romper, a chunky bead necklace, and a pink lemonade hair flair.

She had so much fun just running around and playing outside before the guests arrived.

We had set her presents up outside, and DJ and I didn't wrap Megan's present, so of course she found her baby doll and carseat that we gave her. She immediately gravitated toward it and started playing with her doll.

MC and Amelia both saw all of the food on the table, and kept asking for a cookie, so of course, their Gee gave them each a cookie before the party started.

Here's Gee and the birthday girl!

And, Nana with the birthday girl!

Once the guests arrived we started playing games.

The big girls had sack races.

Then we had lemon spoon races.

After games, it was time for our picnic. My mom also brought two quilts for us to sit on.

DJ with Megan.... she had to get some after dinner snuggles.

After dinner we sat on the blanket and opened presents.

Megan received lots of fun gifts: puzzles, bubble maker, bean bag, big girl bedding, baby doll, a dress, pj's, money, and a princess patio set.

After presents, we sang "Happy Birthday" and blew out the candles!

Then, we let the kids play more. We opened her bubble maker and the kids had so much fun playing with the bubbles!

Megan would run over every so often and steal a few bites of cake!

Seriously, I was so pleased with how her party turned out! All of the kids had such a great time and the adults loved the food and catching up!

I can't wait to plan our next party, and yes, I already have a theme picked out!

By: Unknown On 05.00

Senin, 03 Juni 2013

Megan's Party: Lemonade Theme

I knew for months and months that Megan's 2nd birthday party would have a vintage lemonade theme. It went from strawberry lemonade to pink lemonade and I knew I wanted to incorporate a vintage flair. I am absolutely head over heels in love with how the details of her party turned out!

My sister in law, made us this burlap door decoration. It was so sweet of her, and i've decided to leave it up all summer!

If you came through my front door, you were immediately greeted by party favors! I really wanted to set these up outside, but we didn't have an extra table, and this way, you could grab your party favor on the way out. I absolutely hate when I forget to hand out my party favors, because who wants the leftovers hanging around?

Each family took home their own lemonade stand to go. They received turquoise and pink cups placed in a cellophane bag with a sticker I ordered from Etsy that says, "Megan's 2nd Birthday Thanks for Coming!"

Families also received a portion of lemonade mix, a pink and yellow notebook, pink, yellow, and turquoise ice cubes, and lemon head candy all placed in a yellow bucket.

Lemonade Mix: Target brand powder portioned out

Lemon Head Candy: I bought two bags for $1.00 and portioned them out into cellophane bags

Notebooks: I found in Target's $1.00 section

Ice Cubes: Also found in Target's $1.00 section, but these were $3.00 per bag and I bought two bags. We picked out the colors we needed and kept the rest for ourselves.

Cups: I gave out three cups & probably should have done four, but I bought these for the party too, so these were basically 'extra's'.

The girls helped put these favors together about a week before the party. It was a great way to incorporate them in the planning!

I spent the most money on our party favors, food, and Megan's outfit. I wasn't very inspired with decorations and wanted those three to be the main focus of the party.

I used vintage lace table cloths on the table; provided by my mom.

Guests dined on Chicken Crescents.

Recipe found here.

Lemon Pasta.

Recipe here.

Fruit Salsa and Cinnamon Sugar Pita Chips.

Salsa Recipe found here.

I bought sugar cookies from our grocery store, and took them to Megan's daycare, but saved the left overs and placed them on a crystal tray.

The cake is Pink Lemonade cake mix and icing with edible pearls.

I served pink lemonade and yellow lemonade. The pink lemonade was placed in a pitcher, while the yellow lemonade was pineapple flavored and placed in my drink canister.

Here's the recipe for the Pineapple Lemonade: 1 cup Country time Lemonade mix, 2 cups cold water, 1 can of chilled pineapple juice {46 oz}, 2 cans chilled Sprite

I also ordered pink and yellow paper straws from Etsy and placed them in a canning jar.

My mom had this glass urn of lemons at her house and I asked her to bring it up. I tied jute string around it into a little knot.

I also placed three jars of daisies and gerbera daisies on the serving table with a lemon in front. I folded a doily (JoAnn's) and tied it on with jute string.

Megan also served as a decoration in her own right! I really wanted her to have a fun vintage inspired outfit. I purchased a yellow petti romper and a chunky bead necklace. You can get the necklace here. I made her hair flair. You can find my shop here.

I pinned so many things to inspire this party. You can find her party pin board here.

Check back tomorrow for all the party fun!

By: Unknown On 05.00

Minggu, 02 Juni 2013

Weekend Wrap Up~ Summer is Officially Here!

{I'm publishing this post late tonight, but I really need to get caught up with blogging! }

Plus, we had such a fabulous weekend, that I wanted to share all of the details before they slowly wore off!

I was off last Wednesday through Friday, but I kept the girls in preschool for the week. I wanted to have a week to get things done and to have to myself. DJ was able to take them to preschool in the mornings and then I picked them up in the afternoons. Here they are last Friday on their very last day of preschool for the summer.

I made G wear the same shirt she wore on her first day, but I couldn't find Megan's so I just put her in an apple and pear dress from Puddin' Pies.

After picking the girls up we came home and relaxed for a while. For the third day in a row, I was unmotivated to cook dinner, so DJ picked up KFC.

G was suppose to have a sleepover with friends from school, but the weather looked as if it would turn bad and there was a huge threat for tornadoes so I cancelled the sleepover. I felt sort of silly, but after the tornado in Moore, and the weathermen continuing to tell everyone how unstable the atmosphere was and that there was a high potential for tornadoes, I wanted her to be with us in case anything happened.

When DJ got home, I was really freaking out about the storms. So, we loaded the girls up and headed to the football office.

We have an interior closet in our house and we'll use it in case anything pops up unexpectedly, but if we have time to prepare, we're going to head to the football offices because of it's basement.

So, I packed pj's, diapers, and a change of clothes, and we put the girls in the car. We ended up eating the dinner that DJ brought at the offices, and then let the girls run around for a bit while we watched the weather.

A tornado did hit OKC, but it was a slow moving storm!

After getting MC to sleep and laying G down on the floor with towels to use as blankets, we decided around 10:30 that the weather wouldn't hit Tulsa and that it would be safe to go home.

Since I cancelled G's sleepover, she had a play date with her friends Saturday morning. We slept in a little bit, and around 8:30, I was able to get both girls in the car to drop G off at her friends house.

I decided to take MC out for a donut breakfast. Then she and I came home and picked up the house. MC is such a good helper when it comes to house cleaning! She helped take the laundry to the laundry room and helped make my bed. And, I forgot how easy it was to take care of just one child!

I got her dressed and we went to Target before heading to pick up G.

MC napped that afternoon and I let G watch t.v. and rest. I ended up taking a nap too and afterwards we read books. G decided that it was opposite day and that she wanted breakfast for dinner. Because I was once again unmotivated to cook, I agreed and made the girls cinnamon rolls, strawberries, and cereal.

Afterwards, I put the girls in my bathtub and gave them a bath, and then I took a shower while they played.... best idea ever!

Then, we had beauty salon and watched Angelina Ballerina.

Both girls had their toes and fingers painted. I used a pedi brush on my own feet and MC decided I needed help. Then, MC brushed G's hair while she watched her movie.

They finally both wore out and layed still for a while watching Angelina Ballerina before bedtime.

DJ had high school football camp all weekend, so I took the girls to church by myself. I tried to get a picture of them together, but Megan absolutely refused. Then, she wouldn't stand still while I took her picture, so this is the best I got:

After church, we picked up G's friend Leigha and let her come to our house to play for the afternoon. Leigha's sister just had surgery and I thought it would be a good break for her mom if Leigha came to play. We got home and I fixed the girls lunch, but they didn't eat much because they wanted to play. I figured that MC would take her usual Sunday afternoon nap, but she threw a fit and refused, so I got her back up and we all went outside to play with sidewalk chalk paint.

The girls ate popsicles and I cleaned them up and they went upstairs to play while I made homemade mac & cheese and brownies for a neighbor cookout.

MC did finally take about an hour nap after Leigha left, but we had to wake her up in time for the cookout.

Our neighbors decided to smoke brisket and we all brought side dishes to share and hung out in their backyard. The food was amazing (sad that DJ missed it) and the kids had so much fun playing!

MC decided to 'nap'.

And, here's G when she walked over to tattle on a friend.....

We didn't get home until after 8:30, and I was getting the girls pjs on and realized how filthy they were so I put them both in the tub again and gave them another bath.

They were finally tucked in by 9:15 and I realized that summer's here. There's going to be lots of play dates, playing outside and getting dirty, and late nights!

And, I couldn't be more thrilled!

By: Unknown On 20.11

Sabtu, 01 Juni 2013

Baking MC's Cake

I decided to nor order a cake for Megan's birthday this year. The first time that I made 'cake' for a birthday was when Gretchen turned 4, and we did cupcakes, and my mom iced them. I still wasn't sure that I'd be brave enough to bake a cake and that it would turn out decently, so I enlisted my mom to help again. She's decorated cupcakes for my niece's birthday the last two years, so I knew that she would do a great job, and I knew that I didn't want anything to difficult for Megan's cake... plus, I was trying to budget and save money!

I picked up two boxes of pink lemonade cake mix as well as pink lemonade icing. We baked the cake the Friday before the party. We left them in the pans overnight- anytime I bake a cake, I try to dump it out too soon, which results in most of the cake falling to pieces. Thankfully, the cakes dumped out perfectly!

Because my mom was decorating the cakes, she also spoiled her grand girls in the process!

G wanted to help, but I told her that she needed to watch instead! So, all the little girls got to eat bits of the cake as Gee was cutting them off to stack the layers.