Category: Parenting/Kids

Entertaining

A Festive Unicorn Birthday Party

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That's right ya'll, can you believe its birthday season again? I refer to the months of March, April, and May as 'birthday season' in our house because 4 of our 5 family members have birthdays in those months. It's one celebration after another as our youngest daughter and myself have birthdays in March, our middle child in April, and our son's birthday is in May. So this past weekend, our daughter rang in year 3 with a unicorn themed birthday party. And what unicorn birthday wouldn't be complete without some rainbow cameos? I DIYed this streamer rainbow with 6 different…

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A table with a white tablecloth and burlap table runner. A green balloon garland hangs above the table with a camouflaged themed happy birthday banner below it. On the table are birthday party snacks including vanilla cupcakes, carrot cake with cream cheese frosting and camouflage themed sugar cookies.
Entertaining

A Camouflage Birthday Party

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Well y'all, thats a wrap! Birthday season has come to an end and we went out with a bang. Our eldest turned 6 at the end of May to concluded the rapid fire birthday secession that happens in our household. Our daughters have birthdays in March and April, then our son celebrates his birthday right before the start of summer in May. When I asked my son about a birthday party theme, he suggested several options before finally settling on a camouflage themed party. A camouflage birthday party theme can go a lot of different ways. When I started researching…

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Pan of homemade overnight cinnamon rolls after baking.
Food

“Camo” Overnight Cinnamon Rolls

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I'm a big supporter of birthdays. My husband might even say I go over the top. But on your birthday, I believe you should experience all of your favorite things, whatever that means to you. It may be certain foods, certain activities, even a certain place. My son is constantly requesting homemade overnight cinnamon rolls for his birthday breakfast, and for the birthday breakfasts of his other family members. So when his sixth birthday rolled around, I knew what to expect. Of course, when he decided on a camouflage themed birthday, I knew I had to stay on trend with…

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Entertaining

Our Batgirl Turned 4!

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If you've been following along, you know its birthday season (March - May) in our household. I shared our 2 year-old's Two Sweet birthday party a few weeks ago, and we already have another celebration under our belt. When I asked our eldest daughter what she wanted to do for her birthday, she insisted on a 'Batman party.' With a little persuasion, she agreed a BatGIRL party would be even better. The Decor My usual start to planning a birthday party is to scroll Pinterest for ideas, but I was surprised to find there weren't that many Batgirl themed photos…

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Entertaining

A “Two Sweet” Birthday Party

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Birthday season has officially begun in our household! My three children have birthdays in March, April, and May (and mine falls in March as well), so we recently celebrated our youngest child turning TWO. Because of her love of sweets and anything involving chocolate, I chose "Two Sweet" as her birthday theme. The Decor As I usually do, I took to Pinterest to gather ideas and pick a color scheme. For this "Two Sweet" birthday party, I chose to use blue, teal, yellow, and several shades of pink, plus white. And to play off of the theme, I also incorporated…

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Favorites

Gift Ideas For The Kids On Your List

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What kind of Christmas shopper are you? Are you like me and have half your holiday shopping done already because you started in July? Or are you more of a well-into-December-before-I-start kind of person? Either way, I've got ya covered with gift ideas for the whole family. I've rounded up a list of items comprised completely of things I personally have bought (for myself or others) or things my family and I have received as gifts and have loved. Some of the gifts are from lovely small businesses (I'll denote those with a 'SB' tag) but remember their shipping is…

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Crafting

DIY Macrame Bow Organizer

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Hey Ya'll! Whose daughter has a plethora of bows and hair accessories with no great place to store and/or display them? I'm not the only one am I?! Then this post is for you! I DIYed a simple macrame piece that my daughter can clip her hair bows to so she can easily see what she has and pick the *right* one. Previously, we stored her bows and hair ties in an open wooden box, but it was constantly being dumped on the floor during the process of finding the perfect accessory. As you can imagine, this got very old,…

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Entertaining

A Rocket Ship Birthday Party

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Hi ya'll! This past Memorial Day weekend, we celebrated our son turning FIVE! (So, now we have a 5 year old, 3 year old, and 1 year old) He requested a rocket ship party months ago and although we had to deviate from the original plan a good amount, we were still able to celebrate our sweet boy's big day. Honestly, I thought I would be writing a post about our daughter's golden birthday (Golden Birthday: when you turn as old as the day of the month your birthday falls on, i.e., our daughter turned three on the 3rd of…

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Crafting

Kate’s ONE Party Animal

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A couple weeks ago, before all this coronavirus stuff started happening, we celebrated our youngest child turning ONE! We celebrated in Dallas, at my parent's house, so some of the grandparents, aunts and uncles, and cousins could celebrate with us. Kate is a very happy baby and is always in the mood to hang out with others (as long as her mother (me) is within a 2 foot radius at all times) so I thought "Party Animals" would be a fun theme. So, I'm sharing how I put together the decorations and food for a fun party. Decor When planning…

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Parenting/Kids

No-TV November

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And how I broke my kids of the TV curse Okay, I'm not here to tell anyone how much TV they or their children should watch, I'm just here to say that come last fall, my kids and I were watching waaaaay too much TV. I've never been one to set a timer and monitor how much TV my kids are watching (which might have been part of my problem to begin with...) and I started to notice my kids (who are 4 and 2) behaved worse after watching TV or on days where they watched "too much" TV. Synchronously,…

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