Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Mamie's PJs and Pancakes (or waffles) Party

For Mamie's 10th birthday party, we had all of her friends come over for breakfast wearing their pjs.  I was able to use some of the decorations from Margaret's party which was nice.

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They watched cartoons while we were waiting on everyone to arrive.

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After that, they helped themselves to a breakfast buffet of Gibson's donut holes (in powdered sugar, glazed and cinnamon sugar), several kinds of cereals, fruit kabobs, orange juice and milk.

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We also had a make-your-own waffle bar with syrup, whipped cream, chocolate chips and sprinkles.  I decided it would be easier to do waffles than pancakes since I could make them earlier in the morning and keep them warm in the oven.

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After breakfast they decorated pillowcases using fabric markers.  They all signed each others'.  I was so impressed by their creativity.  They turned out so cute!

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We had one other activity which was a breakfast cereal quiz.  I actually had another game planned, but we ran out of time.

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Instead of a cake and to keep with the breakfast theme, I made a modified version of these rice krispie treat cupcakes.  They were really cute and yummy!

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For favors, the girls took home their pillowcases and a mini box of cereal with a personalized spoon.

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Mamie is so blessed to have such sweet friends!  It was a really special day.

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Friday, January 20, 2012

Margaret's Fancy Birthday Party

We celebrated Margaret's 5th birthday this weekend with a fancy party!  All of the girls came dressed in their fanciest dresses. Margaret loves to dress up, so I thought this would be the perfect party theme for her.

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She and Mamie decided to wear coordinating outfits. Margaret even got the boys to dress up a little!

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Griffin added the Indiana Jones hat on his own...guess that's fancy in his book.

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I decorated the dining room with boas, pink gerber daisies and green mums, a lace tablecloth and some tissue paper pom-poms that I made using this tutorial.

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Our activities included making fancy fruit loops necklaces,

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making play dough cookies and cupcakes,

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reading a Fancy Nancy book

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and making fancy pictures using glitter glue and markers.

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Then it was time for snacks! We had cupcakes with pink icing, pink popcorn, high-heel shoe sugar cookies with pink icing, fruit kebabs and pink lemonade.

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Mamie was such a wonderful assistant!  She helped the girls do their crafts and even videoed some.

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We gave the girls pink purses with candy necklaces, plastic jewelry and other candy for their favors. I found the cute tags here.

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What sweet friends to celebrate with!

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She was so tired after a full weekend of partying!

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Monday, January 16, 2012

Happy 10th Birthday, Mamie!

Today is Mamie's 10th birthday!  Boy does that feel old...double digits.  I did the same interview with Mamie today and here it is...

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Mamie - Age 10
  1. What is your favorite color? aqua
  2. What is your favorite toy? ipod touch
  3. What is your favorite fruit? grapefruit
  4. What is your favorite tv show? I don’t watch TV, but my favorite movie is The Muppet Movie
  5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? pasta salad
  6. What is your favorite outfit? my purple bubble dress with flowers at the top
  7. What is your favorite game? Apples to Apples Jr.
  8. What is your favorite snack? chips
  9. What is your favorite animal? dog
  10. What is your favorite song? You Belong With Me by: Taylor Swift
  11. What is your favorite book? Harry Potter - Prisoner at Azcaban
  12. Who is your best friend? Anne Wilkes
  13. What is your favorite cereal? CoCo Puffs
  14. What is your favorite thing to do outside? swing
  15. What is your favorite drink? pink lemonade
  16. What is your favorite holiday? Christmas
  17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? penguin pillow pet and Tato stuffed dog
  18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? donuts
  19. What is favorite thing to eat for dinner? pizza
  20. What do you want to be when you grow up? an author

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Thursday, January 12, 2012

Happy 5th Birthday, Margaret!

I can't believe that our baby is 5 years old today! I did this little interview that I saw suggested on pinterest, and I hope to do it with the kids every year so that we will remember what their favorite things were.

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Margaret - Age 5
  1. What is your favorite color? pink
  2. What is your favorite toy? my penguin & my Bitty Baby
  3. What is your favorite fruit? cuties
  4. What is your favorite tv show? Dora the Explorer
  5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? peanut butter & jelly sandwich
  6. What is your favorite outfit? my ladybug smocked dress
  7. What is your favorite game? dominoes
  8. What is your favorite snack? applesauce
  9. What is your favorite animal? puppy
  10. What is your favorite song? Just Dance by: Miley Cyrus
  11. What is your favorite book? Fancy Nancy
  12. Who is your best friend? Miller
  13. What is your favorite cereal? Cheerios
  14. What is your favorite thing to do outside? skate
  15. What is your favorite drink? orange juice
  16. What is your favorite holiday? Christmas
  17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? my penguin
  18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? waffles
  19. What is your favorite thing to eat for dinner? taco soup
  20. What do you want to be when you grow up? a mom

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Monday, January 9, 2012

Christmas Family Talent Show 2011

Here are the videos of our entries into the family talent show that I promised yesterday.  Happy Monday!

Mahna Mahna

Hard Day's Night

White Christmas


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Sunday, January 8, 2012

Little Rock Christmas

Well, I am behind on posting again.  But, we have been enjoying family time, getting back in the school routine, and getting ready for two girls' birthdays!

Today, I am going to recap our time in Little Rock for Christmas with Richie's family. There are a ton of pictures here, and there are even more on my photostream if you are interested!

The girls made a cookie "pizza" for dessert the first day that we were there.

We had our annual family talent show.  I will try to put a video up later this week.

Mamie and Margaret did a ballet dance.

Simon and Sullivan played some instruments.

Cole "read" to us from his favorite books.

And then there was the grand finale!

The next day we celebrated birthdays!  Bird's birthday is at the end of December, and the girls both have January birthdays.  Nana had mini cupcakes and cake pops.

Margaret fell asleep on the couch despite her protests that she did not need a nap anymore!

Griffin wrapped himself up under the tree.

This is a precious angel ornament that Richie made when he was little.

Matching sweatshirts!

We always end up with at least one picture like this!

Richie won the money guessing contest this year!

However, Spencer thought that the rules weren't quite fair...

We had another wonderful time with our family!

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