(Yes, this is my daughter crawling in the manger scene at church... I am REALLY am sorry... sigh...)
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Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Wordless Wednesday- Another "animal" in the Manger
(Yes, this is my daughter crawling in the manger scene at church... I am REALLY am sorry... sigh...)
Happy Epiphany!
I always used to think it was such a unique idea when my history teacher told us that she didn't open any gifts until the 6th of January- or Epiphany. I thought when I was a "mom" that it would be a cool tradition to do as well... BUT it's kind of impossible when the rest of your family does it on Christmas Eve and Christmas day... soooo we do a little something on Epiphany anyway because I love that day.
At the moment it is just something very small- Scarlett and I talk about the 3 kings.... we make crowns to wear that night for the 3 of us- Mommy, Daddy, and Scarlett. Then after eating a delicious dinner and cake for dessert, the baby Jesus from our creche is "hidden" and the 3 kings must follow the STARS to find Baby Jesus.
We started doing this last year and it was really fun. Scarlett found the baby Jesus and some little treats along with it just for fun. I think this year we will also make 3 gifts for Jesus and inside put 3 things to work on this year that would make baby Jesus smile. :) I will post pics tomorrow.
Click here to see a great website about Epiphany!
At the moment it is just something very small- Scarlett and I talk about the 3 kings.... we make crowns to wear that night for the 3 of us- Mommy, Daddy, and Scarlett. Then after eating a delicious dinner and cake for dessert, the baby Jesus from our creche is "hidden" and the 3 kings must follow the STARS to find Baby Jesus.
We started doing this last year and it was really fun. Scarlett found the baby Jesus and some little treats along with it just for fun. I think this year we will also make 3 gifts for Jesus and inside put 3 things to work on this year that would make baby Jesus smile. :) I will post pics tomorrow.
Click here to see a great website about Epiphany!
Monday, January 4, 2010
REINDEER PARTY- Part 3 ( FINALLY... huh?!??)
I am sorry it took me weeks (literally!) to post the final reindeer party blog... if you have seen my recent blogs I explain why... Any who... Here it is! :)
Scarlett's 3rd birthday party was absolutely wonderful! It just turned out great!
We decided to do an afternoon party (after the kiddos nap) and have snacks and cupcakes for the party. And so that is when I decorated our "enclosed garage" for the party!
I covered Scarlett's "preschool table" with a red table cloth... tied up red and white balloons... cut out and laminated cute Christmas paper placemats and set out our Reindeer snack cups that we had made. I also used red and gold streamers on the ceiling and had 4 big gold stars hung around the room. We also had some blow up reindeer that we got from Dollar Tree- too cute! The look on Scarlett's face when she got up from a nap was priceless!!!!
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Once the party began, (and each child had a set of reindeer antlers placed on their head when they arrived) we started with a reindeer ornament that I got from Hobby Lobby (think I saw them on Oriental Trading as well) It was an easy craft with foam parts that either stuck or were glued on to make a cute little ornament. It was great to start off with this because families trickled in over the 1st half hour and this kept the little ones busy (and the parents too!) lol
After the ornaments were finished it was on to Pin the nose on Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer!
(Both sisters excited for the Reindeer Birthday party later that day!!! As you can see Lily is still in her pjs!)
Scarlett's 3rd birthday party was absolutely wonderful! It just turned out great!
We decided to do an afternoon party (after the kiddos nap) and have snacks and cupcakes for the party. And so that is when I decorated our "enclosed garage" for the party!
I covered Scarlett's "preschool table" with a red table cloth... tied up red and white balloons... cut out and laminated cute Christmas paper placemats and set out our Reindeer snack cups that we had made. I also used red and gold streamers on the ceiling and had 4 big gold stars hung around the room. We also had some blow up reindeer that we got from Dollar Tree- too cute! The look on Scarlett's face when she got up from a nap was priceless!!!!
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Once the party began, (and each child had a set of reindeer antlers placed on their head when they arrived) we started with a reindeer ornament that I got from Hobby Lobby (think I saw them on Oriental Trading as well) It was an easy craft with foam parts that either stuck or were glued on to make a cute little ornament. It was great to start off with this because families trickled in over the 1st half hour and this kept the little ones busy (and the parents too!) lol
After the ornaments were finished it was on to Pin the nose on Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer!
Each child was blindfolded, given a red nose with double sided tape (I just put them right up to the picture of Rudolph- they are too little to spin around! ) It was pretty cute to watch them and they seemed to really enjoy it! The winner received a cute set of reindeer ornaments for their Christmas tree!
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Then it was time to sing Happy Birthday to Scarlett and eat reindeer cupcakes!
Here they are! Yellow cake with chocolate frosting... Large Pretzels snapped in half and stuck into the top for antlers and regular M&M's for eyes (blue or green) and Red peanut M&M's for the nose!
Plus a fun christmas cupcake wrapper too! I think these were a holly berry design.
Afterwards, we went to the Christmas tree and opened all of the birthday presents! This was one of Scarlett's favorites- Melissa and Doug Magnetic Dress up- so much fun!
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After the presents were opened, Santa Claus came for a surprise visit!!! He passed out candy canes and took pictures with the kids- this was the perfect age- they were all very excited!
Another PRICELESS moment... when we saw all the expressions of the little 2 and 3 year olds!
So much fun!
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When it was time to leave Scarlett handed out little (party favor) green "chinese food" boxes that had reindeer on them... (got them at Dollar Tree) Inside they had reindeer cookies that we baked, magic reindeer food (to bring the reindeer to your house on Christmas Eve, a christmas ring to wear, and some candy. Many of Scarlett's friends have little brothers or sisters that are Lily's age... so we gave them a cute Reindeer Board book as a party favor.(the first picture on this blog shows the party favors in the background on the table)
I have more 'in -depth" detail about things that I did for the party in my Part 2 blog - but this was just a follow -up blog to let you know how it went (you NEVER know with 2 and 3 year olds!!)
But.... this party went FABULOUSLY! It was super fun for everyone!
Thanks for reading! ;-)
Jo
Can I just say I am SOOOOO Excited!!!!
I received two blog awards while I was away on my mini vacation. I AM SOOOOOOOOO EXCITED!
I have never received anything like this and I am just giddy with excitement--- I feel very loved right now! :)
Thank yous to Mari- Ann from Counting Coconuts and Arty Momma from Crafts N' Things for thinking of me and giving me these very sweet awards. I have to say I really enjoy reading ya'lls blogs as well and if you didn't already have these awards I would have been sending them to you as well- HUGS!!!
Now... drum roll please....!!! I get to send these two awards that I received to some of MY favorite blogs-- and I have a LOT of blogs that I love... this will be a tough decision!
The Lemonade Stand Award
The Lemonade Stand Award is awarded for being a blogger who shows great attitude and gratitude.
Here are the Blogs that I chose for this award:
And the second award I received that I am so excited to pass on...
The Sunshine Award
The Sunshine Award is awarded to bloggers whose positivity and creativity inspires others in the blogworld.
Here are the bloggers I chose for this award! :)
Here are the rules for accepting these awards:
- Put the logo on your blog or within your post.
- Pass the award onto 10 bloggers (12 for the Sunshine award).
- Link the nominees within your post.
- Let the nominees know they have received this award by commenting on their blog.
- Share the love and link to the person from whom you received this award.
THANKS for all the FABULOUS BLOGS! ;)
I have never received anything like this and I am just giddy with excitement--- I feel very loved right now! :)
Thank yous to Mari- Ann from Counting Coconuts and Arty Momma from Crafts N' Things for thinking of me and giving me these very sweet awards. I have to say I really enjoy reading ya'lls blogs as well and if you didn't already have these awards I would have been sending them to you as well- HUGS!!!
Now... drum roll please....!!! I get to send these two awards that I received to some of MY favorite blogs-- and I have a LOT of blogs that I love... this will be a tough decision!
The Lemonade Stand Award
The Lemonade Stand Award is awarded for being a blogger who shows great attitude and gratitude.Here are the Blogs that I chose for this award:
And the second award I received that I am so excited to pass on...
The Sunshine Award
The Sunshine Award is awarded to bloggers whose positivity and creativity inspires others in the blogworld.Here are the bloggers I chose for this award! :)
Here are the rules for accepting these awards:
- Put the logo on your blog or within your post.
- Pass the award onto 10 bloggers (12 for the Sunshine award).
- Link the nominees within your post.
- Let the nominees know they have received this award by commenting on their blog.
- Share the love and link to the person from whom you received this award.
THANKS for all the FABULOUS BLOGS! ;)
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Happy New Year (back to blogging!)
Happy 2010!
I wasn't planning on taking off so long for blogging... but "life" as they say, happened... some of it bad and some of it good.
5 days before Christmas (an hour before Scarlett's Reindeer party )the other person that helps with my husband's roofing company decided to walk away from the company. This was a complete surprise and really put a lot of stress on our holiday... it's just a big mess to say the least. I am so angry, hurt, and sad that this has happened... but we are trying to move on and get through this... we could use some prayers :)
Then came Christmas madness, some after Christmas stomach flu... (yuck)... and a trip for my husband and myself (just the two of us!) to Iowa for a New Year's Eve wedding with my hubby's old college friends. It was so wonderful for the two of us to get away and try to get our minds off of everything. I am so thankful that my hubby's parents were able to stay with the girls for the week and take care of them.
So there you have it.... We have missed Tot school for a few weeks (even though the girls have still been doing/ learning soooo much!) and just blogging in general.
It will be nice to get back into our routine....
Best Wishes for all of you in this BRAND NEW YEAR! (full of possibility) xoxoxo
I wasn't planning on taking off so long for blogging... but "life" as they say, happened... some of it bad and some of it good.
5 days before Christmas (an hour before Scarlett's Reindeer party )the other person that helps with my husband's roofing company decided to walk away from the company. This was a complete surprise and really put a lot of stress on our holiday... it's just a big mess to say the least. I am so angry, hurt, and sad that this has happened... but we are trying to move on and get through this... we could use some prayers :)
Then came Christmas madness, some after Christmas stomach flu... (yuck)... and a trip for my husband and myself (just the two of us!) to Iowa for a New Year's Eve wedding with my hubby's old college friends. It was so wonderful for the two of us to get away and try to get our minds off of everything. I am so thankful that my hubby's parents were able to stay with the girls for the week and take care of them.
So there you have it.... We have missed Tot school for a few weeks (even though the girls have still been doing/ learning soooo much!) and just blogging in general.
It will be nice to get back into our routine....
Best Wishes for all of you in this BRAND NEW YEAR! (full of possibility) xoxoxo
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