Happy Birthday Mom

It's my mom's birthday, so I made a card for her. She loves butterflies and had commented on the coloring of this butterfly before it became a card. I love rainbows and a little bling, so I add a bit of Simon Says Stamps glitter paper behind my sentiments and a few sequins. I've seen a few spinner cards lately, so I colored two of these butterflies, fussy cut them and put some see through thread and glue between them. I had fun twisting the butterfly up, then letting it spin. :)

Happy Birthday, Mom!! Love you!

Teenager in the House

 It's hard to believe this little one is now THIRTEEN!!! 

I'm so pleased with how much she's grown and learned and who she has become. I'm excited and a little nervous about this new chapter she is creating.

I made a card for her, since she loves this dragon, the color blue and keeps on asking for a cake...not cupcakes. 

Spring Birthdays

We kept the girls' birthdays pretty low key this year. We invited Sara and her two kids over for cupcakes, presents and ice cream.

Cutie Pie turns TWO.

So excited to blow out the candles and eat the cupcakes!!

Yummy Cupcake

Sweet Pea's Ninth Birthday.  Sweet Pea was pretty excited about her gifts and spending time with her cousins.

A quilt from Grandma.

Baby doll Duck Quilt

New Spring Dress

Super excited to get a loom for making bracelets and other items

Silliness with Cousins.

Sweet Pea got a new bike for her birthday.

Having fun with her new bike and helmet

Sweet Pea's Eighth Birthday

Sweet Pea requested a Rapunzel party {last year} for her EIGHTH BIRTHDAY. I was super excited knowing we'd have a tall "tower" in our entry perfect for draping a yellow braid. :) I enlisted some assistance from the Sister Missionaries staying with us and was able to braid a 14 foot braid. Here's a link to how I did the braids. My mom put up the "bricks" and we had our tower. I added some "Rapunzel" Suns and was so pleased withthe end result. Her guests loved it too. For activities, I braided eight more shorter {six feet} braids and purchased some flowers for them to put in their braids. We also had a "Pasqual in the Frying Pan" relay and let the girls draw chalk on the driveway and blow bubbles. They also decorated their own lanterns. We had a little extra time, since it started to rain, so the girls watch a bit of "Tangled". It was the best... party... EVER!!! Here are a few pictures.

Getting to braid the long braid

All done with the 14 foot braid

All eight braids

Pasqual and the Frying Pan

Lovin' the Cupcakes

Having fun with all the braids

Our little Princess

She wanted to see if "her braids would fly"

Tower and Suns

Picture Opportunity

Blowing out the Candle

Love my two toned frosting

Grandma Valerie hung up all the streamers and balloons.

The Sister Missionaries had fun with our "tower" also.

Rapunzel Braids

In preparation for Sweet Pea's birthday party, I {with the help of our Sister Missionaries} braided eight Rapunzel braids. I checked out some blogs on here and here on the hows and then blended and tweaked the ideas. I bought two One Pounds Skeins of yarn. I was able to get the 14 foot braid and three 7 foot braids from one skein.

Here are the steps I did: {for the 7 foot braids}

Place the chairs five feet outside edge to outside edge, then tape the start to one chair

Wrap the yarn around the chairs. I went around 35 times and the braid end up being 1 1/4 inch diameter.

Find a Cute Daughter to pose with the "braid in making"

Tie some yarn at your center point

for your part. After a few, I used a longer piece of yarn and after I wrapped it around a couple of times, then I tied the knot and braided it into the braid.

Find a place to drape the braid. Cabinet doors worked great.

Cut the bottom loop

Start BRAIDING

Tie off the ends and even then up

All done

Posing with all the braids

All looped together

WOW!! Lots of finished braids

To get the longer braid, I spaced the chairs, went around 60-70 times. Cut the one end and divided it into three groups. I tied each group to the high chair and enlisted the missionaries help. One made sure there were no tangles and the tenson was the same, the other two helped me braid. We bobbed and weaved "just like in the movie". It was so fun {and funny to watch}.

All finished. For the party, I added a bit more length by tying one of the other braids to the long one. I had to warn the girls not to pull on it; otherwise, it would come toppling down.

I took pictures with each of the girls here with their lovely hair.

Happy Sixth Birthday SWEETPEA!

Ms A had her sixth birthday a couple of weeks ago. She was counting the days until her swimming pool party with some of her friends. Apparently she couldn't be six until the party.

Here are a few pictures of her fun day!

The Birthday Girl

Blowing out the CANDLES

Guests

Happy Birthday my sweet one! Love you!!!

Birthdays

I had a couple more birthdays of friends and family. Enter my Silhouette. It was my friend's 50th birthday. She wanted a medieval birthday celebration and my dear friend, Rachel, was her party planner. We had a wonderful time and Rachel did an EXCELLENT job!

My sister, Shawna, had her birthday. She likes fantasy books and I have this adorable dragon that was begging to wish her birthday wishes. I hope you had a great birthday!

Isn't my dragon ADORABLE!?!?!