It's Dr. Seuss Week!

I just love Dr. Seuss and all things Seussian - so this is my fave time! Kolbi is kinda out growing it but at least Seuss Week is still a big deal at Riley's school. One of my PTO duties is to decorate a bulletin board. I've been kind of lax on it but thought I'd spiffy it up with some Seuss week decor. So I've been printing, cutting and drawing all weekend for my board re-do. Since I had all the stuff I decided to decorate our window tonight as a kick off to Seuss week.

Riley pitched in and rounded up all his Dr. Seuss books to decorate the ledge. Then we decided to make a Seuss dinner! I went for green spaghetti since I had promised Kolbi we would have spaghetti, her favorite, for dinner tonight.

How crazy is that?

Make no mistake, Riley would NOT eat anything green. He had a plain 'ol hotdog but he did look at our green spaghetti dinner and appreciate it.

A Little This...A Little That

I decided it was time for my Valentine wreath to come down and my front door looked very lonely. So I made this burlap wreath that everyone in blog-land has been making. I got my idea from this blog but I've seen them on a ton of blogs so the inspiration is out there. I made a burlap banner too (so cute - thanks Tatertots & Jello) but I think I'm going to add a few more pieces to it before posting the pics.

Last weekend we were at the mall and I let Riley talk me into getting him one of those Zhu Zhu pets that are everywhere! I was buying jewelry for Kolbi at Claires and he was so bummed that there was nothing for him there until he saw those little hamsters. He did insist for about 10 minutes that they were guinea pigs until I pointed out where it said hamster on the box. Anyway, I have to admit they are kinda cute - and fake, so no pet mess!

Also last week, Justin took Kolbi to get her ears stretched. She actually didn't even have to go thru any pain since she wears big 'ol dang-ly earrings and her ears holes were already big. They just popped the bigger size in. She has been wanting this for a while though and was so excited!

Last but so not least, I shot this pic when I got back from CHA. They are showing off the chef hats and suckers that I brought back for them - but more importantly - they are hugging!

Happy Valentine's Day

I hope everyone had a great Valentine day. It seemed like it lasted for two weeks at my house!

I made cupcakes and cookies and joined Riley's class for their party on Thursday. Then the kids had a 4 day weekend - whew!

Then Kolbi rounded up a bunch of her friends and they went to see Valentine's Day at the movies. That was Sunday so, I spent a large part of my day picking up and dropping off kids. I made them all pose for a pic outside of the theater.

I made these yummy brownie ice cream sandwiches for our special dessert and let me just say that they ARE yummy! I seriously could eat 10!

Finally, here's a few shots of Nichole, Chris, Justin & I on Saturday night. We went bowling and then out for ice cream after (I'm sensing an ice cream addiction here).

Several Weeks Later...

Well, in case you thought I'd been abducted - I did come back from Anaheim! As usual, I take way too many pictures at CHA and come back wishing I could just lock myself in a room and scrapbook for days. But of course, no luck on that - it was back to the real world. I made a heart collage of my favorite CHA pictures below.

and it wouldn't be a trade show without getting my picture with TIM! :)

It's On...

...the countdown to CHA that is! It's been a busy few weeks leading up to CHA trip. I leave Monday morning and still have a million things to do before then. I can't wait to visit with friends, see all the newest and most inspiring collections and buy some of it! I'm charging the camera extra long because I know it will get a work out this week.

Now, last week, I actually fit in a little crafting...

I made this cupcake wrapper wreath that I saw on Tatertots & Jello {one of my new favorite blogs}! Mine is not as full now that I look at hers better - maybe I'll add another package of cupcake wrappers!

I'll be doing a craft show in February {one that I am so not prepared for yet} and these little 'gift card holders' are the first things I put together for it. When I get back from CHA the craft show prep will be top priority because all I have made is these and one 'love' banner!

The most exciting thing that happened at my house this week was...

Riley lost his first tooth! I was wondering when it would finally happen. It had been loose for awhile and the other night he noticed that it was super loose. He asked me to cut up an apple so that he could eat it in hopes of making his tooth come out...and it did!

The tooth fairy left him one dollar!

Kolbi and Savanna had to make a scrapbook for an english assignment so I gave them free reign of a bunch of my stuff. Then I couldn't help my self, I had to snap a pic of them scrapbooking at the kitchen table..*sniff*sniff* that's my girl!

This is random but a couple of weeks ago I decorated up this cheesecake from Costco for a friend's husband. I made it look like his police patch. I'm posting it because it was such a quick, easy and pretty impressive cake idea. I used whipped cream icing so it just made the cheescake even more delicious!

And finally...

Happy 2010!

I know it's almost the end of January and I am barely putting up these New Year's Eve pics but hey, better late than never!

A Forgotten Post?!

How in the world did I never post about Lilly's birthday party?! I have a post where I talk about it but never did I put up pics - bad, bad, aunt.

{technically great aunt *gasp* but we will go with aunt}

Here is Miss Lilly, sister to Miss Lexi from the Twilight party. Her party was in October and as you can see it was carnival themed.

I seriously have over 300 pictures from this party. The colors and kids were just perfect. I probably should of done that thing I do where I collage a bunch in Photoshop but, I am just too lazy for that today! I think these get the point across pretty well though. How cute is Lilly?

The Long Awaited Twilight Party

Finally - I got to do a Twilight party! Miss Lexi is just in LoOoOoVE with Edward Cullen {I have no idea where she gets it from}! So for her 7th B-day her mom & I went all out with this Twilight B-day. I really got into this theme, of course, and did lots of cute little extras that made a big splash. Here's the progression in photos...

It starts with an idea and a little computer work.

Next thing ya know there are some invitations!

I made a quick trip to Target & Michaels to get some great Christmas clearance items for decorating!

Then the goodie cones... so cute with tinsel handles :)

The easiest cake I've ever made...

I got an edible image from the bakery and just added it to my own cake!

Of course, the guests of honor!

A wide shot of the fancy dinner party. Since this party was for mostly 7 year olds I went with a fancy dinner theme and left out some more 'vampire-ish' things that you might do for an older girl.

tissue paper pom-poms

I think Sandra Lee would be proud of my table-scape.

Lexi's face says it all...

a group shot with the 'stars'

there I am, serving the girls :)

At last, the cake, it was red velvet...of course!