MIA

So sorry I have been MIA lately. I have been having some computer troubles topped off with sick children!! Everyone is on the mend now and the computer seems to be up and running, though a laptop purchase is high on the list at the moment.

The birthday party was perfect! I will post pictures of the fun tonight. In the mean time here are a few pictures of the cutest cake ever!! This was Carter's birthday cake last year made by my very dear and talented friend (pictured below)

Pac Man

I have been very busy making signs, paper mache antlers and clifford goodie bags for Carter's upcoming 3rd Birthday pary! I can't wait to show you all what I have created for this storybook wonderland event. In the mean time, here are some old school Pac Man cupcakes I created for my oldest childs 10th birthday this past October.

Sweet Three

Today my sweet little boy, my baby is three.

It is an emotional day for me. Carter is my last baby and we struggled for a long time to have him. I am so excited to watch him grow and learn but it is also hard because it all just goes by so quickly.

Carter is a sweet and very bright little boy. He loves to sing the alphabet song and Twinkle Twinkle little star. He loves play dough, painting, playing pretend and helping everyone with everything! He loves his family so much and is very lucky to live in a home with his mommy, daddy, older brother and his Aunt and Uncle. Carter loves pasta, yogurt, waffles, fruit, mushrooms, and so many other wonderful foods. He enjoys tormenting our cats Oliver and Mollie, but they seem to enjoy him too. Carter also loves to read, to go for walks, babies and puppies and umbrellas and so many other wonderful and fun things.

Carter also loves to say Cheese!

An invitation

My youngest son will be 3 tomorrow. I am still not sure how I feel about my baby growing up so fast. I do however love to throw a party and 3 is such a fun age. Carter will be celebrating his birthday with 6 of his friends this Saturday with a storybook themed party!

The success of any good party starts with a well worded invitation.

Using Photoshop, a program called Suess Says Generator and Scrapbook paper I created a little story book as the party invitation.

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"I'm going to be Three!" By Carter

Once upon a time an energeting little boy named Carter....

.... was about to turn three years old!!!

His mommy and daddy decided to have a party to celebrate!

So they asked his friends to come to their house at....

.... two o'clock in the afternoon on Saturday Feb 20th

Whne the day of the party arrived...

... all the people that Carter loved came in their PJ's!

They read books, played games and ate cake together.

Carter slept well that night dreaming of candles....

...balloons, cake, good friends and turning three!

We hope you can come to Carter's Storybook Birthday Party!

I also included this book mark at "mommy notes" that had a breakdown of the party details. The book mark is great for the moms to stick on the fridge and let their little one play with the birthday invitaion book.

Happy Valentine's Day

As I mentioned on Thursday I was gearing up for a weekend of love. Well I wasn't disappointed!

My date night with my husband (which we did on Friday) was fantastic. Our dinner was amazing and the movie (Valentine's Day) was cute. I then spent the majority of the weekend playing with my boys and making some very yummy treats! However I did make a few things without the boys. My friend and I settled in with a glass of wine to decorate mini cupcakes on Saturday night. We had a lot of fun, developed a major sugar high and though it was messy came up with these sweet treats for the boys.

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I hope however your spending today you are feeling loved.

Drink in the love

About a week ago a friend of mine and I got together and had a great afternoon making these beautiful sugar cookies for valentines day (we stored them in the freezer which worked great, however we discovered candy corn doesn't freeze well)

I decided these tasty cookies would be perfect for my co-workers so I packed them up in pretty bags and added these great "Drink in the Love" bags with tea! I found the tags over at Tricia-Rennea and she has a whole host of other fabulous designs for any occasion!

Little bites of love

Last night my eldest son and I made these great treats for his class inspired by Bakerella We had so much fun and he tells me his class loved them!!

Our chocolaty cake/frosting mixture all frozen and ready to roll

My son Julian working with the melted chocolate

The first batch of red melts that I messed up by getting wet! (Tip: You can usually fix this mistake by adding vegetable oil but in this case I accidentally dumped in a lot of water!)

Our pops drying

Bagged, tied and ready to go to school!

Weekend of Love

I have a very busy and exciting weekend planned! I have been checking out all my favorite blogs and keeping my eyes open for inspiration and now I am ready to get busy with all my Valentine Weekend fun!

First things first, my husband! We got a babysitter for the kids and we are heading out to dinner and then this movie - VALENTINE'S DAY

It looks like such a fun, albeit girly, movie with an amazing cast! I can't wait to see it and I will be sure to report back.Now I did cash in an IOU to see this movie (he took me to a horrible Zombie movie that earned me that IOU) but he is being such a good sport and it is Valentines Day so he will be rewarded with a Mini Cupcake "Chocolate" box from my new favorite cupcake book - Hello, Cupcake!

Now for my oldest son, Julian, we will make Chocolate Lollipops which I discovered on Bakerella

The youngest, Carter, will be three a couple days after Valentines so instead of more baking our little project will be paper mache!! I love paper mache and I am pretty sure Carter is going to love the mess. We will be making a prop for a game that will be played at his birthday party next weekend!

So I have a pretty busy weekend planned with my loves. What about you and yours?