Last night we spent a lovely evening celebrating JuJu’s seventy years. A party of ten surrounded the birthday girl with love, stories and food well into the night. Her brother flew in from California and a good friend from South Carolina joined us too. Since this is a group that doesn’t have the opportunity to… Read More
As promised, I’m back with the deets on this cute little cake from our BOO Bingo Bash… It is actually a 5-layer mini cake (about 6” around) made from just one box of mix!! I used this Wilton 5 Layer Cake Pan Set. My mind goes wild with all of the cute things that can… Read More
This Halloween was an absolute SCREAM!! First things first, the wicked witch got herself ready for the day… She popped in John’s classroom to drop off the dirt dessert… And then spent the next hour having an absolute blast orchestrating the baby’s class party… Her littlest monster came bounding off the bus with treats from… Read More
The further we get into the school year, the more evident it becomes that the third grade team at my school has an aversion to fun. For example, they don’t get to celebrate their individual birthdays and they are not having a “fall party” or “pumpkin centers” like the other grades (Lord knows we can’t… Read More
We just keep on keepin’ on with our Halloween week festivities!! I convinced Honey to not only take the baby to soccer, but to let John go too so that I could put together a fun little supper for their return. I served one of our favorite winter soups – Southwestern Chili – in my… Read More
We kicked-off Halloween week yesterday with all sorts of fun!! Sister brought Bird and CeeCee over after school and the crew played outside and devoured our Haunted Gingerbread House for an afternoon snack. We made it last week with a cute kit from Trader Joes. Since we only got one house, Whit decorated one half… Read More
If you will recall, I shared our pressed penny idea (and a free printable guide) for our Disney trip a few weeks back. Well, the littles went WILD for the idea and we all had fun searching for the machines and choosing our designs. There are literally LOADS of machines all over the Walt Disney… Read More