Snoopy Cupcake & Cake Topper

First of all I want to wish you all the best in this new year. It's an opportunity to work hard to make our dreams come true.

I kept myself busy this holiday season not just with planning and decorating for the holidays but also planning Aaron's 6th birthday. This year he wanted a snoopy theme. I made pretty much everything myself because it's hard to find snoopy birthday things on short notice. I want to share with you what I did so you can get ideas for your party needs.

This video will show you how I made the cupcake and cake toppers. Hope you like it. Let me know if you have any questions, or if there's a project you would like to see. :)

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What a weekend...

What an amazing weekend!

On Saturday I was woken up with breakfast in bed. The boys and daddy made me eggs, sausage and pancakes. Along with coffee and orange juice. It was definitely a great start to my day!

Then we went to a Christmas Tree Farm. If you haven't been to one and you like real Christmas trees then I highly recommend you visit one for your tree. We had a great time! When we got there, we were taken out to the trees on a tractor ride. Then we got to walk around the trees to pick the one we wanted. Once we chose our tree, we told one of the employees who then gave us a saw to use. It was a thrilling experience to get to cut down our own tree. Then they put a tag with our name on it and gave us a ticket to give at the register on the way out. We rode the tractor back to the entrance and paid for our tree. We went to get the car and they loaded it and tied it for us.

We came home and decorated our tree. Then we went to the Holiday Stroll in our town. It was great! We visited with Santa, roasted marshmallows,  watched a movie, and at the end of the night we took a hayride around downtown. It was spectacular, definitely got our whole family in the Christmas Spirit!

On Sunday we went to church, and did a little Christmas shopping. I also made the wreath for our door. Here's a pic...

Christmas Advent Calendar...

Today I've decided that I want to make an advent calendar for the boys. I better hurry up seeing as I only have two days left in this month. I don't know if I want to put little candies or something else in the little boxes. I was thinking maybe getting little ornaments and having them put them on the tree as the days go by. Ok well I'm at least going to get the calendar stared while I decide what I want to put in there. If you have any ideas please feel free to share them with me. I will take pictures as I go and will share how I made it with you. talk to you soon. :)

Talk about Thanksgiving...

This morning when I woke up it hit me, Thanksgiving is next week!!!! I haven't even started decorating let alone planning the menu.

I always host Thanksgiving at my house and this year I'm so excited because we are in our new place! I absolutely love this special holiday, not just because of the food (although it is amazing) but because I get to spend a fun day with my family. I am thinking of using candles this year for the dinner table. I'm thinking of a votive in glass holder wrapped in corn husks. It looks very nice and it's quick and inexpensive.

As you can see I've done these before but for a fall wedding as favors.

I'm thinking of using this idea and adding to it for the centerpiece. Getting a hurricane vase butting one of those thick pillar candles inside and instead of wrapping that in husks, maybe gluing Indian Corn around it and tying with a burlap string. I'll post a picture when I finish it.

I don't have the menu but usually I do turkey, a few veggie dishes and a dessert. Do you have any ideas you can share with me for the menu? I love to try new things!! How about for decorations?

Thanks for reading and sharing with me on how you decorate and celebrate Thanksgiving Day. :)

A day out...

Hi, I hope you remembered to turn back your clock and get that extra hour of sleep. :) 

Yesterday was such a fun day. We went to Mohegan Sun Casino and celebrated my hunny's 35th Birthday! Wow he's getting old, maybe I should trade him in for a newer model. Hahahahaha just kidding.

 If you haven't been there with the kiddos let me just say that it is definitely a family place if you want it to be. When we arrived we were hungry so we headed of to Johnny Rockets. There was a line but it went fast. It also helped that the casino had a clown that was making balloon hats, animals and so forth so it kept us all entertained while we waited. When it was our turn the hostess was very friendly and showed us to our table that already had a high chair waiting for Matias and had a space where we could park our stroller. It made us feel welcome that they had taken the time to prepare the table with everything we needed before seating us. Our waitress was very friendly and took the boys in consideration when ordering and suggesting meals. The food arrived promptly and was delicious! We definitely had a great experience and will return when the boys are with us. 

We then headed to the kids area called Kids Quest. They have an arcade area called Cyber Quest which is priced just right and had games for different age groups. The prizes for when you redeem the tickets could be labeled for less for the quality but the boys were still happy.  Kids Quest also has an area where you can leave your kids with supervision and games as well as a climbing structure and food. They also have a babies and toddler only area.  The prices were also very acceptable, everyone was very friendly and the boys were happy. 

We had a great time!  

Here's the birthday man with Diego :)

Aaron with me

And the baby.