My daughter had a somewhat interesting request for her birthday theme this year. She loves Taylor Swift but about as equally she loves her 2 cats. (SHE LOVES CATS!!)ย Her cats are scottish fold and she named them Meredith Grey and Olivia Benson. My daughter just LOVES THAT!!ย She wanted to incorporate the two together….
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Did you know every year Chick-Fil-A has a cow appreciation day?ย This is the one day my family goes out, dresses up and enjoys a yummy meal at Chick-Fil-A. It is awesome. We go around 1130am to beat the lunch rush because it is such a popular day. We get a yummy free meal.ย We…
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4th grade holiday parties can be hard. Especially picking a theme that is appropriate enough for all different beliefs during the holiday season. I decided to go with the ever popular FROZEN movie theme. Seemed appropriate for December ๐ย Being room mom I love to have fun little parties for the class. I found all…
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November we put on an activity that included girls ages 8 and up for our church. Something new that the LDS church has been implementing including our daughters to attend. This idea started off as a super saturday type of event then evolved into something more. We had 120 in attendance.ย The sisters were able…
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I love being the room mom for my kiddos. Now that I have one in HS my baby is still in Elementary and I enjoy it and know my years are numbered. I know also to have parties needs to have a bit of an educational twist and that is ok. Doesn’t mean that the…
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My daughter wanted a Minecraft party. We had a budget to try and do it for no more than 50.00 total. I think we did pretty well. Alot of stuff we either had on hand already or the Dollar Tree had most of what we ended up using. These GEM stickers were wall stickers found…
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A special little man who recently turned 8 decided to be Baptized. We wanted to give him a little gift to let him know that we love him and we are proud of his decision. ๐ย I always run to Pinterest for ideas. My GO-TO place. I came across this awesome website. Ryan, Cynthia &…
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This post was meant to be done 2 years ago. I realized I never blogged about my wonderful Pallet Lemonade stand my son and husband built for me for Mother’s day 2012!! Better late than never right? I have used this stand for 2 years and even in 2013 (photo above) For our cub scout…
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My son wanted to make something simple for a special girl on Valentine’s day. Since he is in middle school he didn’t want it too cheesy or overly romantic. He hit pinterest (I AM SO PROUD OF HIM) and saw a similar idea. Purchased lots of gummy worms and filled a container that was purchased…
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Our February Pack meeting was just days after the winter Olympics closed. We felt this would be a fun pack meeting for the boys. it was extremely fun and simple to put together. ๐ The cub master’s table was set up with a poster and simple colored plates in the Olympic colors. We set up…
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I can sew when I really have to but I would RATHER NOT. ๐ This entire costume is new sewing needed!! EVEN BETTER. Starting with the TUTU. I bought 4 of these from Hobby Lobby. Tulle on a roll. Even better. Buying stretchy elastic I measured it around my daughters waist and tied it off…
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Looks like a gift but its actually my daughter’s 9th birthday invitation ๐ We bought these cute individual CUPCAKE boxes from Amazon. They were the cheapest we could find. They are perfect for what we planned to do with them. I first hot glued 2 liners together. SO that the colors were nice and bright…
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I found these really adorable sippy cups that are BPA free at the Dollar Tree. They are adorable. I personalized these for my Cousins son for his birthday ๐ They colors were so vibrant and taking a few extra minutes out of my day made these cute sippy cups every more special. Using my Silhouette…
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Last night was our Blue & Gold Banquet for our Cub Scouts ๐ย Since I am the Pack Committee Chair I wanted to do Western theme and all the parents were up for that. It was a great night. One of my favorite Blue & Golds. This is my 5th year planning it and executing…
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Surfing Pinterest we saw this idea and instantly fell in love with it. It was quick and we were able to do this in one evening (You know as in the night before the pinewood derby- that’s how we roll!) There was no tutorial on this just a photo on Pinterest so I decided to…
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