I LOVE THESE HILARIOUS CARDS...but obviously I'VE had too much to drink 'cause I can't remember where I right-clicked the pictures from! Anyone know where I can find these cards?

Cookie Monsters Take Note!

I've searched high and low and I think I've finally found my favorite online baker! In case you haven't noticed from some of my past posts...I love baking and decorating cookies. I just hate the clean up! I also LOVE to look at photos of other baker's cookies. While perusing the net I stumbled upon Zoe Lukas' Whipped Bakeshop. Her cookie creations are incredible! Check them out...















Kim, these are for your boys!





And did I mention she bakes cakes, too?





Each one better than the next! See more here!

Shhh...

Don't tell Dr. Daddy but I just got these for BabyGirl's stocking!




She had her ears pierced (after endless nagging) a few weeks ago. She was so brave and didn't even flinch. Quite proud of her accomplishment, she informed me that she would then be rummaging through my earrings to find some she wants to wear. Hah! Maybe these will solve the problem. Too cute! Available at Tiffany & Co. Besides, it's free shipping and who can argue with that?

Santa's Comin'!

The madness of the past few weeks has ended (kind of) and I'm finally able to sit down and chronicle what we've been up to! The party for Dr. Daddy's partners went really well. I had some great helpers (Thanks Eric, Nat and Aaron!) and it went off without a hitch. On the upside, the house is all decorated and ready for Christmas. On the downside I'm trying to catch up with everything I didn't do last week since I was so busy trying to get the house ready.

One think I did get to do last week was order the kids Personalized Santa Claus Letters from PackageFromSanta.com. I thought these were such a cute idea! They came in the mail yesterday and the kids absolutely LOVED them. They personalize the letters with all your kids' details...ie: hair color, eye color, siblings' names, favorite toys, etc. My kids were totally convinced. They have several different packages to choose from. We did the mid level package. The super deluxe one comes with all sorts of stuff, but was a little more than I wanted to spend.

Here are the kids opening their letters...




They were thrilled!

Let's Get This Party Started

The wrapping party, that is. I've got my wrapping/craft room all set up and ready to show off. Here's the deal. I've always wanted a "wrapping room". You see them in magazines and showhomes and they are so amazing. I love to wrap gifts. I love even more the idea of having everything organized and in one place. The problem is...who has the space (or time) to get something like this together?
Since we moved into our house last summer the unfinished part of the basement has been a disaster. Crap everywhere with no end in sight. I finally decided that if I was going to wade through the mess and get organized I'd have to have a pay off in the end. I'm all about the "what's in it for me?". So, I promised myself that after getting the area organized I'd make it into a fun room for ME. I allowed Dr. Daddy to know that once the room was cleaned up he had no claims to it. (it would be just like him to walk in, see the room totally cleaned and organized by MOI and start in on how happy he was to have a clean space for all his "collectibles" (read: old Playboys, record albums, random crap, etc.))
It took an entire day to get the mess cleaned up. I was lucky that there were already shelves and cabinets built and a peg board on the wall. All I needed were some hooks and dowels from Home Depot, some cheap shelves from Michael's and voila! Wrapping room. I put a cork contact paper on top of the cabinet. This allows me to use my hole punch and eyelet setter without worrying about destroying the cabinet. (which is kind of a joke since it's all beat up anyway) I took the shelves from Michael's, drilled holes in the sides, inserted a wooden dowel, and had ready made ribbon holders. My bows and ribbon and tape, etc. are organized in glass jars from Wal-Mart. The whole deal cost about $50. Not bad!
I eventually would love to paint this room the same color as the finished part of the basement and refinish the cabinets but that would be about twenty other projects down the line!
As you can see from the last picture...I've got quite a bit of wrapping to do!

HFTG

Little Southern Sister left a comment wondering if theHow Fast They Grow website would be a good way to chronicle her years on college. ie: is it only for kids? In a word...NO! It's not just for kids at all. To prove my point I made some little pages for you as examples. The pictures aren't all great cause I hacked them off of Facebook...but you get the idea!





So, get to work Nelly!

My Greatest Gift

It seems that March/April is THE month for girls around here. We've had so many birthdays lately! I hate going to Target and buying the latest Barbie or whatever. I'm a big theme person so I tried to come up with a cute theme gift for all these absolutely adorable four year olds that keep celebrating their big days. I finally came up with this super fun gift.
A beach blanket bingo gift bucket. Pottery Barn Kids has these great toddler towels for $16 that you can have monogrammed for around $6.00. Adorable. So, you roll up the towel and tie it with some raffia. Go to the dollar store and buy a bucket, some squishy water balls, some fun sunglasses and another water toy and put them all in the bucket. Add some crinkly paper stuffing and voila! You have an adorable gift that you didn't have to wrap and the kid will use it all summer. Throw in an spf face stick and the mom will love you forever. You can do it for girls or boys. Here are a couple of the super cute towels offered from PBK...




You gotta love it.