Mama Dani's Musings

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Project 52: Week 45

Legos!! Sean loved playing with Legos before but he got a few kits for his birthday and is in love with putting them together. The first one he put together was Lightning McQueen and was rated for 5-12 year olds. He put it together all by himself!! Later I found him with the instructions taking it apart and putting it back together.

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Monday, November 7, 2011

Kid Meal: Autumn

Sandwich shaped as a house and a pretzel, pineapple, and peaches tree.
Inspired by this pin/blog.

Sunday, November 6, 2011

Sean's 4th Birthday: Lego Party!

I had a lot of fun planning this party! There are so many wonderful ideas on pinterest but the best part was how cheaply I was able to pull this off. We decided to have a family party and a birthday playdate because of limited space. I spent less than $30 on both combined!! Please check the bottom of this post for links to all the resources I have to share. I know the decorations were a hit because before the party started Sean told me "Looks like a party here!".

The first thing the guests saw was the door sign:

I printed out Lego blocks and Lego men for the wall. The balloons were left over from the dance recital last summer (helium tank too).
At the last minute, Sean insisted on party hats so I made them too.

I also made the banner:

For the playdate, I made cupcakes with Lego man heads made out of marshmallows.

At the party, we had cake and marshmallow Lego man head pops:

Now let's get to the party!!
Up until now, the only Legos Sean's played with were daddy's and Uncle Justin's old Legos. He now has some of his own.

Cake time!

Cousins playing:

Links:
My pinterest board
Invitation
Door sign
Lego blocks for wall
Party hats
Lego man cut outs
Cake
Lego man head marshmallow
*The link for the Lego man head marshmallow is the inspiration but I did it differently. I mixed yellow food coloring with water and painted the marshmallows. When they dried, I drew on the faces with food markers.

Halloween and Pumpkins

Better late than never, right? The weekend before Halloween we carved pumpkins and did a pumpkin experiment.

The kids' pumpkins. The top one is Maddy's. She helped daddy draw it then he carved it. The bottom one is Sean's. He drew his design all by himself and then I carved it.

Our pumpkin experiment included smaller pumpkins. I simply cut off the tops and the kids added dirt and water. We're trying to grow more pumpkins from them.

Inspired by this pin/website.

We also wanted to try this pin but the blog is password protected and the directions on the pin didn't work too well.

Then came Halloween night!! The kids were so excited. I was excited because they wanted to be ghosts. You can get any easier or cheaper than that! A sheet each, white sweatshirts, white face paint, white hair spray and you get this:

Checking out their loot mid trick-or-treating.
Maddy said "I need more candy!" and ran up to the next house.

Friday, November 4, 2011

Flutter by Friday: November

Welcome to Flutter By Friday blog hop!
My co-host and I have decided to change things up a bit. This Flutter by Friday is going to last until the end of November.

The reason for the blog hop:
For readers to find other neat blogs to read and follow.
For bloggers to find readers/followers.

Here’s what to do:

Follow the host (Mama Dani's Musings) and co-host (I'm Bloggin')
Use the linky at the bottom of this post to post up to 2 posts per link-up.
Come back and see what other bloggers have been linked to.
Comment on a post you like.
Follow a new blog.
Come back next week to do it again!

I’ll randomly pick a link from this week’s blog hop to feature in next week’s blog hop!
Please take a moment and check out this week’s featured blog:
For Love of Cupcakes

I'd also appreciate if you placed this blog hop button on your blog.

This linky will end November 30th.

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Project 52: Week 44

Playdates are great for wearing out kids:

Sean's birthday was Tuesday. Lately, Alphie is all he's been talking about.
We have a happy little boy on our hands:

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