No cowboy fete would be complete without appropriately themed eats and drinks. Git Yer Grub Chuck Wagon As soon as the cowboys arrived, we sat em down and served up barnyard dogs (hot dogs), farm fresh apples and carrots and tomatoes (for yer ride) in open boxes lined with striped, waxed paper. The fare was… Read More
The PCP celebrated his birthday cowboy style this past Saturday, and for the rest of the week I’ll be sharing all the convivial details, sources and how-tos!! I spent loads of time creating, tweaking and re-tweaking the invitations but it was sooo worth it! They set the scene, scheme and theme for the entire affair.… Read More
It’s awfully hard to believe, but we spent our Saturday celebrating one very special young man’s almost sixth birthday. We rounded up ten little cowpoke friends and put them though an afternoon of cowboy training. They had a rootin tootin grand ole time earning badges as they completed each phase of cowboy schooling at the… Read More
Is it bad to say that I’m glad Halloween has almost come and gone? It’s runner up for favorite holiday in my book but sheesh – I’m realizing I don’t like it enough to celebrate for a whole month :-) Let’s move on to Christams. Stat. Alas, I can’t fast forward the hands of time… Read More
The baby had his Halloween fete at school yesterday and, over the course of a few Mickey Mouse Clubhouse episodes and one gazillion trips to the potty, we whipped up these cute little bags of Pumpkin Teeth for the occasion. As was expected, the candy went over all too well with the sugar crazed two… Read More
As if the Halloween Countdown isn’t enough of a daily task to manage, we went ahead and added Red Ribbon Week to the agenda. Red Ribbon Week is how the PCP’s school gets together and presents a unified and visible commitment toward the creation of a Drug-Free America. Honey and I continued the fun at home,… Read More
One convivial cupcake celebration wasn’t enough for this family. It was just too sweet of a theme (not to mention that I had all the gear) to not use for a similar but seriously scaled down (poor second child) family gathering in celebration of the baby’s first birthday. The birthday boy in all his chunky, cupcake… Read More