Ultimate Birthday Guide

A few months ago, I opened my inbox to the most excited email from Heather at Cool Progeny.  She had seen the girls Shabby Chic Cowgirl Party and after squealing at all the sweet compliments she had about the party, I was able to finish reading her email.  She asked me if I was interested in becoming part of the creative team behind Cool Progeny.

For those of you who don't know, Cool Progeny is the most amazing site for local families in and around the Baltimore/Washington area.  Heather and the team write about everything from parenting tips, fun things to do in our area with your kiddos to parties, crafts, baking, etc.  The blog is one you must check out!

I, of course, was so excited to join this creative team of ladies and have since been writing about crafts, and anything and everything party.  With that said, we just launched our Ultimate Birthday Guide.  If you are planning a birthday party anytime soon, you must check out this guide.  It's amazing!  What to wear, where to host the party, styling ideas (look for Cupcakes and Lemonade), local vendors, favor and decoration ideas, gift giving ideas and SO MUCH MORE!  It's a compiled list of the "best of the best" in and around Baltimore and every vendor/venue has been tried and tested by members of our "Cool Team."

So, put on your party hats and head over to check out the Ultimate Birthday Guide by Cool Progeny!

Free Father's Day Printables

My girls think of their Daddy as their prince, their Super Hero.  It was only fitting that we make him the perfect Super Hero gift for Father's Day.  So, we made a quick trip to Target gathered some of his favorite treats and put together our very own box of supplies from the Super Hero Supply Company.     With lots of inspiration from Pinterest, I designed some super cute labels and below you will find a link to download everything you need to put together your very own care package.   All you need to do is print, grab a pair of scissors and some glue and you are all set.

 

Super Hero Treat Basket

Supplies:

Box or basket of your choice

Various treat bags-we found ours at Michaels or you can even use ziplocs

Your Super Heros favorite treats

Downloadable labels

Either tape or glue.  I printed some of my labels on adhesive paper

1) Buy Dad's favorite treats.  We used Gatorade, BBQ chips, a Hershey Bar, Nerds (he loves these) and various other munchies that we transferred to bags

2) Using our downloadable file, print the labels on card stock or adhesive labels

3) Cut out the label shapes using scissors or paper cutter

4) Adhere the labels to the bags

5) Tuck them all in your basket or gift box, and get ready to surprise your Super Hero on Father's Day!  Give him the energy to fight tantrums and save the world, one meltdown at a time.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/96236467

Summer Celebration

I am FINALLY getting around to posting pics of our Super Fun Summer Party last year.  6 kiddos with Winter Birthdays=a reason to have a party!  WARNING! LOTS OF PICS!

for those of you who know me, you know i love to throw parties. i could find a reason or occasion to have a party everyday, but i am SURE that drew wouldn't approve so, i won't even go there. our next door neighbors have three boys and we have three girls, all the same ages. we often jokingly call ourselves the "brady bunch".

all 6 kids have winter birthdays. we have joked that we are "so envious" of all the fun summer birthday parties we see online and wish we could just have a popsicle eating, pool party, slip n slide kind of party for our 6 in the backyard. so the half birthday idea was born!

we set the tone for the party with this invitation that i designed.



what a fun day it was! we rented a GIANT waterslide bounce house, had tons of great foods, a lemonade stand sweets bar and fun favors for the kids. the biggest surprise came after lunch! the snow ball truck drove right up into the yard! the line was so long as kids and grownups enjoyed it all!











The reason we had this party!

Free Easter Printables

I am so behind on my blog and need to take 5 minutes just to catch up!  But, in the mean time, I wanted to offer my very special fans a FREE Easter printable.  Just click, print and enjoy!  

http://www.scribd.com/collections/3545448/Easter-Printables

Countdown to Christmas Breakfast

I love making memories for my kids.  I have so many fond memories of little things my parents did for my sister and I growing up.  Those are the things that make childhood so special.  Those, "I remember my mom always did this" moments.  So, this year, after TOTAL inspiration from Jessica, at Little Pumpkin Grace, I decided we had to have our First Annual Countdown to Christmas Breakfast.  We did it the day after Thanksgiving and it was a fun way to bring out Apple, our Elf on the Shelf.   

We had powdered donuts and hot cocoa with "snowballs".  The kids were in heaven.  Apple wrote each of the kiddos their own personal note, reminding them to be extra good because she was watching for Santa.  She brought a few treats too!

LOVE, LOVE these sweet little faces!

Christmas Catch Up

How is it that the holidays have already passed?  I feel like this year was the fastest Christmas ever!  Every year, we host two big parties, our kids Christmas party and the girls birthday party in January.  I look forward to these two parties all year long.  They are so much fun to plan and even more fun to attend.

Last year we did a Crafty Christmas Party with lots of fun Christmas Crafts for the kids so this year, I decided to switch it up some and do a Breakfast with Santa.  The kids all came in PJ's and Santa was with us all morning.

My invite set the tone for the whole morning.  I LOVE vintage and when I found this little Santa, I knew he would make the whole theme!

Pinterest was a wealth of inspiration for party ideas! We had milk and cookies, a hot cocoa bar and lots of fun finger food type breakfast treats for the kids and moms!

I think the most special part of the day was the looks on the kids faces when Santa walked in.  They couldn't believe it. I had a little gift for him to pass out to each child and then they had tons of time for photos.  

Was a fun day for everyone and a tradition we will do every year!  (Even Momma got her pic with Santa)

Catching Up!

I am still trying to catch up on all the blog posts that I should have been writing during the holidays.  From Halloween to NYE was such a whirlwind with Cupcakes and Lemonade, family stuff and the girls.  At 5, 5 and 3, their social calendar is already so full.  I can't imagine what it will be like when they are teenagers!

We had so many things going on for Halloween, but I still wanted to do a little something, just us girls at home.  My parents were visiting and it was the perfect time to have our Happy Halloween Breakfast.  I had so much fun putting the table together.  For decorations, I just pulled from my Halloween stash and mostly used things I had around the house.

I have literally had this scrapbook paper for years.  Nice to finally use it.  Just cut, wrapped around juice boxes and attached a printable from our Halloween collection.  Easy and so cute!

A few fun treats to open, a new outfit to wear for the Halloween party at school and, I promise, we didn't have all sweets for breakfast.  There was fruit and pumpkin shaped pancakes.

                                    These sweet little surprised faces made it all worthwhile!!