Tuesday, August 28, 2012

We Had A BALL!

Chubalicious celebrated his 1st birthday recently. Because he loves the ball so much, we went with the theme. I had these great invites made by Paper and Cake. They did a great job and also made thank you notes and food labels that matched.
It turned out to be one of the easiest parties I have ever put together. Sticking with the ball theme, we had lollicakes (from the Lollicake Queen), and sugar cookies with bouncing balls from Sugar Me Dessererie. They did a great job of matching the invitations!




Of course there were fruit balls and meatballs and shrimp boulettes. We also had a caprese ball salad and a cheese ball. For drinks, we had a Midori melon ball punch and Eight Ball beer as well as sodas and water.

 



The decorations were super easy - balls everywhere. And maybe a few paper lanterns and streamers.





I think that you can't have a great party without great friends. I have made some of the best Mama friends. They made the party so special and we had a great time. It meant so much to us to celebrate with them - all the children who came and us Mamas have known each other since these babies were just a few weeks old. Now look at them all.




Of course MRA was in on the action, too.











The smashing thing took a little bit of time to figure it out. I am sure he was confused by this thing set in front of him, however, when he decided to go for it, he went full on.


My only regret... not having a better picture of these cuties!

The party was a few days prior to Chubalicious' actual birthday. This meant we got to celebrate it again - this time at Steak and Shake for a first milkshake!

Happy birthday my dear, sweet Chubalicious. You make the world go round and we love you way, way more than you know! XOXO



Friday, August 17, 2012

50 Shades of Wrong

I love it when my husband surprises me with photos of the kids during the day. It doesn't happen often but when it does, its usually something good.

Yesterday, I received this little gem.

Yes, those are my boys.

Lying in the dog's bed.

Under blankets.

And, yes, MRA is perusing "Lone Survivor" while ASA has seemingly read "50 Shades of Grey" in its entirety. I am very thankful that there are no illustrations here and am also wondering if the next knock on the door will be Child Protective Services.

Happy Friday everyone!

Monday, August 6, 2012

Johnny Be Good

We've been gone. Away on Vacation. I have a lot of thoughts on this, but, not in this entry. This entry is all about some Chubalicious.

One of the things that I love about babies and small children is that they are not afraid of rhythm or music. They don't care whether they sing off tone or clap to the beat.

Babies seem to just feel music and let it move them instead of trying to move to the music. I think as we get older, we are more aware of rhythm and our lack of it. We seem to be a little more afraid to move to it (without some liquid courage anyways.)

I love watching my two boys enjoy music. I hope its something they will love all their lives.