BiRthDaY WeeK!

We are in the middle of our CRaZy birthday week (thus my lack of posts!)!  My 3 year old little girl turned 4 and thinks the world revolves around her now- which it does most of the time!  Funny how much more grow-up she thinks she is now that she's 4!  She had a little princess & pirate party with a few friends from preschool...





Then it was the "family" get together to celebrate her 4th & my almost 10 year old's b-days.  Ironically they were both due on the same day, May 1st, but ended up being born a week apart.  So we usually end up celebrating with family right between their birthdays and then call it good for both of them! 

Later this week he will celebrate with a couple of friends...just hanging out - maybe a pizza, a movie, some wii playing, etc.  Not a real PaRty by any means, but that's OK!

When I saw those Angry Bird cupcakes on The Crafting Chicks (I posted about them a couple of weeks ago), I knew I wanted to make them for my 10 year old's birthday - so I did for the family get-together.  The cousins LOVED them.  They were easy to make and turned out pretty fun!

For my 4 year old's party, I knew she'd have more boys than girls - so I was on the lookout for a Princess themed party that would work.  I ended up with the Princess & Pirate party from Sweet Craft Cakes.  Check out their blog & store in Etsy.  They have the CUTEST custom party printables & ideas and are very reasonably priced.  The printables turned out awesome!  It made the party totally come together & work perfectly!

Cute Party Favor Idea!

We are starting to plan for my almost 4 year old's birthday PARTY.  It's her "first" friend birthday party & she is SUPER EXCITED to say the least! She has decided it has to be PRINCESS themed party of course!  BUT, she is inviting more boys than girls...  That proved to create a small dilemma!!  So, after much deliberation, we are going to be having a PIRATE and PRINCESS party!  Anyways, I just found the cutest idea for a party favor {here} at Home Made by Jill.  She has the cutest ideas and is so clever!!  Look under her tutorials for the how-to on these fun crayons...  I'll now be on the lookout for PRINCESS and PIRATE themed candy molds! 

Birthday Time!

April is an exciting Birthday month for us!  My spunky little 3 year old turns 4 in just a few weeks and her older brother will be turning 10 just a few days later!  Last week over at eighteen25, they have been celebrating {birthday week} and have some of the cutest ideas...  I love the Birthday Box and the Birthday Subway Art.  Since upcoming birthdays have been on my mind a lot lately, I got super excited about these fabulous ideas.  Thank you girls at eighteen25!! 

The Birthday Box:  Each year you have the b-day child fill out a little questionnaire about themselves...  Then you attach a picture of the child that year, & can add a little message from mom & dad on the back if you want.  Such a great idea!  Wouldn't that be so fun to look back at someday?!  Check out the directions & how-to at eighteen25.

Birthday Subway Art:  Need I say more??  Soooo cute!  I can picture it on my mantle now.  I don't usually decorate a ton for birthdays, but these get me EXCITED!  You can jump on over to eighteen25 here and download the subway art for FREE!!  I love it...

Happy April Birthdays...