A Great Night In!! Trampoline Movie Night!!

1. We were the most popular house on the block tonight(actually we always are ) We had Trampoline MOVIE night and it was a hit!!! The birdies are gonna love all the popcorn the kiddos dropped =)
   My boys had FUN and that makes my heart smile!! Night Y'all!!

Happy Birthday Daddy and Dad!

On Sat we celebrated or Dad's Birthdays. Mine and Joels dad's both have March Birthdays only about a week apart so we decided to have a Double Dad Party. The theme wasnt a theme at all, more of a life Lesson-Enjoy the simple things-so we had all the simple joys they loved in their childhood.

What We Ate

We grilled Hamburgers and Hotdogs,Coleslaw,Chips and Dip (my special dip recipe) Sugar free chocolate cake with very few rainbow sprinkles. (joels dad is diabetic but still,everyone deserves a cake on their birthday).Cherry Pies(6 of them are also sugar free),Moon pies,four types of old fashioned candy(gumballs,wax soda bottles,pixie stix,and peppermint),cracker jacks, root beer,cream soda, coke with cherries near for cherry cokes,and butter pecan ice cream. YUMMY!!!!

How I Decorated

I chose simple colors,Red,White,and Aqua ! I laid out a simple red stripe peice of fabric as a cloth. It's frayed at the ends and I loved that about it.I put the candy in candy store style jars I picked up at Hobby Lobby. I printed ot a few simple(i say simple but my computer was giving me heck that day,sheesh!) food labels and a small Birthday pennent banner.I bought a few buckets at the Dollar Tree for Drinks,chips and moon pies.I also made a super special dip bowl.We (Me and Cameron,my youngest son) made the bowl out of a vinyl LP(See my Tutorial here) of hits from 1960,thats my Dads birth year.

We gave it to him after the party,He loved it!! I also baked the Cherry pies in lil mason jars and in a way,that was kinda part of the decoration. They looked great on the tablescape.

Happy Birthday,Thanks for teaching me to appreciate the simple things in life.

=)

This Party was a big Thumbs up!!

Vinyl Lp Bowl

Hi ya. I'm gonna share a very kool very easy project with ya'll today.

Vinyl Lp Record Bowl

Lets check the supply list

1. Vinyl Lp (I got mine from the thrift store)
2. A metal bowl or cake pan
3. A cookie sheet
4. An oven
5. An adorable lil helper.

Now lets make our Rockin Bowl.
Grab your Lp and have your super cute helper pull it out of the sleeve.


 

Preheat your oven to 200 degrees

Place your metal bowl upside down on a cookie sheet.Then lay your Lp on top of the bowl.

Now place it in the oven. Make sure you keep it at 200 degrees and no higher!!Now wait ..................................

While waiting explain to your helper that we dont have a record player and the LP is not getting ruined. Cameron was VERY upset that I was "melting" a perfectly good record. haha. He was loving it when it was done so he forgave me =)

This is what it looked like after 5 min in the oven. I left it in there for about 10 min total.

Now Pull it out of the oven and let it cool while still on the bowl. I waited 10 min and it was Perfectly cool.

It will still have a hole in the bottom so be aware of that when considering what to put in it. You can wash it with soapy water but  DO NOT put in the dishwasher or microwave.

I put a smaller bowl down in it to hold my Chip dip.

What do ya think??

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Bathtub Paint

A formula for fun

Shaving cream + Food Coloring =

BATHTIME FUN

Super easy,quick,and Cheap.

A Muffin Tin is a great Pallette too.



Cam had a great bath=)

Hope you all have a Rockin Day.

Green Banana Smoothie

Are you ready for a healthy smoothies that will make to go Bananas.(now I'm singing the Gwen Steffani song.. (., BA NA NAS) I use my trusty Ninja for all my smoothies, shakes, and dressings but any good blender will do . So the recipe goes like this.

1 frozen banana
1 cup soy or coconut milk
1 scoop protein powder( optional)
1 handful baby spinach

Now blend. Pour , and Enjoy!! No sweetener is needed because the Banana is sweet, and the spinach is full of fiber and vitamins .

Summer Salad with Island Vinegrette

You will LOVE and I mean LOVE this salad,especially on a hot summer day. It's super easy to make and BEAUTIFUL too!

First we are gonna make our Easy Peasy Homemade Island Vinegrette.

Let's grab our ingredients. You will need...

Mixed Tropical fruit

Apple Cider Vinegar

a good Blender

Splenda or Sugar,your choice, but I luv splenda

2 cups of the Fruit (thawed)

1 cup Splenda/sugar

1 cup Apple Cider Vinegar

Blend until smooth. Now

open your blenders "trap door" on the lid

and pour in olive oil slowly until emulsified to

your desired consistancy.

Now taste..YUMMY!!

Ok now for the salad.

I buy organic mixed greens

then I pour on our DELISH Dressing.

Next toss on a few crumbles of light Feta,

a handful of candied walnuts,and a few strawberries,Finally..

DEVOUR!!! and SMILE you just made HOMEMADE ISLAND DRESSING.

Enjoy

HelloCotton

Have you heard about Hellocotton??

Hello muh Dah lings.

I hope everyone had a great weekend. Ours was busy as usual,I cant believe it went by so fast. So onto Monday,and as I sat here Studying(aka looking at blogs when I was suppose to be studying) I ran across something New to me and let me just say I LOVE IT!!

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The best part is that the blogs are all in catagories,from fashion to crafts. You can follow and comment straight from hellocotton as well.Sadly,GFC is no longer an option for some bloggers and HelloCotton is a Fab new option.Another thing that makes me Super Duper HAPPY(oh yes I did)   Hellocotton is for WOMEN BLOGGERS!!! Thats right.".Ladies,all my Ladies,Louder now!"

Haha.. NO BOYS ALLOWED ..

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