Sophie put on a dress to decorate the tree this year. Adorable. She got hot after about 5 minutes and shed all the clothes. #hotflash Meet "thingy" - the Christmas ornament I made when I was a kid. Thingy has endured years of ridicule and verbal abuse by my husband and our friends. Our first year of marriage we had friends over for a Christmas party and Randy's best man in ... Read More »
Parties and Decorating
My Mom is the bomb!
There's nothing better than pulling off a fabulous surprise. And that's just what I did for my Mom's 77th birthday last week. My sweet husband was in full support of me taking off early Saturday morning leaving behind a house full of yellow and black decorations from a bumble bee theme party the night before. No food in the house and dirty laundry. Bless him up one side and ... Read More »
Bee Your Selfie – Girls Back2School Party
Our school puts on a Back2School Party for the 4-6th grade girls and boys at the beginning of each school year. This year our theme for the girls was a bumble bee theme and centered around the thought you should "Bee Your Selfie" but not be consumed with your selfie. The food and games were fun. We did another digital scavenger hunt where the girls had to go around town ... Read More »
Three days I’ll never forget
So I signed myself up for three days of "day camp" for Sophie and her friends while her big brother was at overnight camp. And truly these are three days I'll never forget because we really had so much fun. It was a lot of work but I loved every second of it. Every morning we started out with a craft in the "Art room" (dining room). These were crafts I ordered online and found ... Read More »
When Pinterest fails you and posers crash your nativity scene.
I have a love/hate relationship with Pinterest. It's because of pictures like these. It looks so simple. Like all you do is go out in your front yard and pluck a few magnolia branches and then dig out your first grader's red paint and whalah you have festive Pinterest leaves. Nah. It ain't so. This is more like it…... Thinly painted (even though it's 6 coats) and dried ... Read More »
Fleeing from Pinterest
Okay I realize this reflects more about me than it does Pinterest but sometimes I just gotta run away from it. As in fleeing frantically like Joseph did when he was being seduced by a married woman who thought he was a hottie. This is what I have to do when Pinterest breaths down my neck with party ideas. I already love to throw a FUN party and go over board on themes but then ... Read More »