Rainbow Party For My Madison Claire

So this year when asked what kind of cake do you want for your birthday, Madison replies with "A rainbow cake". She loves the Rainbow song from an episode of The Cat In The Hat, "Red, orange, yellow, then green followed by blue, indigo and violet, that's a rainbow song for you." She sings it all the time. Here is a clip. http://youtu.be/4Fs81MDwCzk

We made rainbow colored old school paper chains.

  

I made a homemade rainbow pinata out of three paper sacks and tissue paper. It was super strong and the kids couldn't even break it, but they had fun trying. I would suggest layering 2 sacks instead of three.

I made a seven layer rainbow cake too. Very pretty! My cake stand was made from a cute blue plate and bowl I found at Wal-Mart. Cost $3.00. Glued together with some construction adhesive.

I wrote the words to "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" on my kitchen chalkboard.


We hung paper chains and a rainbow colored balloon arrangement over the table. Of course there were balloons of all colors everywhere! I hung poster boards on the wall in the family room bordered with rainbow streamers so the kids could color wall murals. There was also swimming, the slip-in-slide and water balloons for the kids to cool off. Overall it turned out to be a wonderful day and Madison had a fabulous birthday.

Happy Fourth Of July

Instead of celebrating the fourth at our place, this year on the fourth we celebrated at a friends house. It was actually nice to just sit back and enjoy the food and the fireworks instead of having to play hostess. I made a fun shirt using a bleach pen, and very groovy rice krispie treats!!

Pardon the small blood stain, my daughter skinned her knee that night.

It's the little moments like these that remind me of why I love my child so!!

I doubled my recipe. Just a tip, very messy dying the red and blue so wear gloves!

Avocado Facial

So, I may be slightly allergic to avocado's. My sister and I were bored this afternoon and decided to do a homemade facial. We smooshed one avocado with a tablespoon of honey. It truely looked like we had baby poop all over our faces!

It was stinky also!!!!! Results....My sister says her skin felt soft and refreshed afterwards. I on the other hand had a different experience! My face itched the entire time and for several hours after. I have had a case of breakout ever since, especially on the chin area.

Beware of smearing strange produce on your face!!!!!!!!!!

Candy Bar Father's Day Card

Wanted to do something different this year for fathers day. Found this cute fathers day card idea on the internet. I changed it slightly from the original version. My husband LOVED it! He couldn't stop smiling!

Hot glue held the candy bars in place the best!

Oven Crayons

After seeing this cute idea on Pinterest, my little girl and I decided to peel all of our old broken crayons and make new ones in the oven. Sounds super easy.........not for us! Took forever to peel them and the crayon wax seeped through the cupcake wrappers and ruined my muffin pan. Am I an idiot? I have come to the conclusion that if a project involves an oven I should just avoid it all together. I always burn my garlic bread too!

Super Scrummy Baked Taquitos

In honor of Cinco De Mayo I wanted to share this wonderful taquito recipe I found on Pinterest. These are my daughter and I's new favorite thing!
http://www.chef-in-training.com/2012/02/baked-creamy-chicken-taquitos/

The first time I made them my little girl said "mmmm" after every bite and said "Mommy can we eat these everyday?" Soooooooo Good!

Michael Takes a Bite!!

Although I didn't like the final color of the cheese, I was pretty excited about the end result! My husband loved it too!!!!