Make Your Pirate Photo Book Props for your Birthday Party {Fun Crafts with Mom}

In the fall I received a Silhouette Portrait machine and was so excited but it was right as we began the remodeling of my office/craft room and the box got put into storage. Then when it came to planning out Sawyer's Pirate Themed Birthday Party I knew my Silhouette would be a big help and went searching for it. I have a Prepaid Subscription to the Design Store which I love because whenever … [Read more...]

Pirate Treasure Sensory Kit Goody Boxes for Pirate Party {Fun Crafts with Mom}

We just had Sawyer's 3rd birthday over this past weekend and it was so much fun! This year's theme was a fun pirate party! When it came time to decide on what to make for the goody bag I decided I wanted to do something different this year. We've been having lots of fun with Sensory Kits lately and I wanted to make them for all the kids under 5 attending the party. So we made Pirate Sensory Box as … [Read more...]

Mess Free Finger Painting for Toddlers {Fun Crafts with Mom}

With my big focus on getting away from all the screens in the house I wanted to do something fun that didn't get messy. Thing is when you are working with toddlers messy kinda comes with the territory. As much as we love our sensory bins they do get messy at times. I have seen a few painting ideas on Pinterest and thought I'd give my own version a try. Supplies are super simple and are … [Read more...]

How We Celebrated Halloween 2014 #WW

I hope everyone had a safe and fun Halloween! I can't believe another Halloween has passed! We had a whole week of holiday fun! First we had the challenge of getting Sawyer to put on his Halloween costume. Of course with his deep love of Mickey we only thought it would be fitting that he get a Mickey costume. We found this awesome one at Babies R Us! How cute is he once he was convinced putting it … [Read more...]

2014 First Day Of School {3rd & 8th Grade}

I can't believe it is September! I feel like summer just started but instead it's ending. I'm sitting here thinking of all the things I said would be done by now and all the things I want to get done this fall. It just seems like the seasons go faster and faster and time just never sits still anymore. It's another school year starting today here and my boys have grown so much! Johnny is the … [Read more...]

Black White & Red Mickey Mouse DIY Birthday Goody Party Bags {Sawyers 2nd Birthday Party}

I can't believe I still have posts about Sawyer's birthday not published right now. Things have been crazy and I keep meaning to make them a priority but I promise they will all get shared! I only have one or two left. Today I want to show you the Mickey Mouse DIY Birthday Goody Party Bags I made. They came out so cute! The Mickey Mouse goody bags were super simple to make. I looked around … [Read more...]

Mickey Mouse Meal Plates DIY Birthday Party {Sawyers 2nd Birthday Party}

When I started planning Sawyer's 2nd birthday party, I wanted to find a way to make as much of it myself if I could. Not everything needed to be big elaborate projects and having little ones that I could do in advance were helpful. These Mickey Mouse Meal Plates turned out to be my favorite and were the easiest too. Sticking with the black, white, & red theme, I was going with I quickly … [Read more...]

Minnie & Mickey Mouse Oreo Surprise Cupcakes {Sawyers 2nd Birthday Party}

Can you believe it's May and I still haven't shared Sawyer's birthday party with you? I've been so incredibly busy the past six weeks and I'm just now finally starting to come up for air! I have several posts that will show different things I did and these were one of my favorites! The whole party was a success and like always, what I was doing for the cake part was left undecided until the very … [Read more...]

Sawyer James Lost All His Hair!

Oh how I've failed you all on these Wordless Wednesday posts. I know it's been a few weeks and I'm sorry but I plan on being better and getting back to my weekly posting for you all to link up on! Over the weekend we had to do something drastic. You see Sawyer and his hair were quickly becoming an issue. It was all the time and no amount of water and a brush could tame it. Believe me. … [Read more...]