Life has felt extra busy lately. With summer coming to a close, county fairs, vacations, church and community activities – we’ve all been on the run! When Sawyer said all she wanted for her birthday was to do Legos with her friends, I was sold!
She’s really gotten into building Lego sets in the past year (and even worked through a chore chart to purchase a Lego house! It was huge and she has had a lot of fun putting it together and playing with it).
We kept things pretty simple and played a little Lego Friends bingo, painted boxes to store our Legos in and then built a Lego set. She hand-picked a set for each of her friends and she did a great job – no one had any of the ones she picked for them!
We all had a really good time! It was a nice, fun birthday party with some nice, fun girls!
Of course, I had to make her a Lego girl shirt for the occasion. She looked precious!
The Lego bunting made the whole party! It was a cheap, easy wow factor!We used all of Sawyer’s Lego sets for decor.We got Sawyer this little set for her birthday – the classic Lego man in a birthday cake! She loved it!
Bingo was a way bigger hit than we imagined! These girls were Bingo queens!The winners got edible Legos – what could be better?
After bingo, it was time to paint!
Painting their boxesThere was only one paint spill and it was just the birthday girl’s brush water…I’d call that a success!
Next, it was time for Lego building!
Then, it was time for cake and presents! She had such generous friends and got some really fun things!
Lego cake from mom’s kitchen… Sweet girl thought it was wonderful and that’s all that matters!Her smile in this picture melts me. She’s not my most expressive kid (read: dramatic) so a genuine smile like this is the best!May all your dreams come true, sweet one!
I bought a silicone Lego mold and we froze pink and purple Kool-Aid to make ice cubes that we put in our Sprite! The girls had more fun mixing up their drinks and making them change colors.
Pretty in pink with her pink and purple drink!
We sent this girls home with Lego necklaces and rings made by Sawyer and a Lego cup, like the Lego characters hold in all of the sets – super cute!
And then? They each got a kitten!
HA! We tried to find them all a home, but only one got to become a house cat. 😉
We are so proud of our sweet Sawyer girl and would do just about anything for that little sweetie! She felt so loved this weekend. She is such a great friend and we pray she always has a good group of friends around her that point her to the Lord.
I had the privilege of throwing a birthday party for a SA-WEET little one year old today! I adore her and her little family and we couldn’t wait to honor her – we are so glad that she was born!
She sure is!
We went with a hot air balloon theme…and I’m not really sure why except that I thought it would be cute?! Is that a good enough reason??
Those cloud balloons, though…
Everything was pink and white and minty blue/green. We made hot air balloons out of paper lanterns and berry baskets and I found the cutest cloud balloons and cups to go with our dinner ware.
The spreadUp, up and away!
We made cloud and hot air balloon bunting and had it hanging in the window…
Happy birthday, indeed!
We had 12 months worth of pictures of our little sweetie hanging on the mantle…
Sweet baby MesaIt was so festive in here!
We made giant hot air balloons out of, well, giant balloons and apple baskets! They turned out so cute!
The big kids had fun in these!The whole shebang!
We got to hang out with Mesa and her momma most of the day – always a treat in my book!
Pretty girls!
The kids were so excited to give her her gift and kept wanting to pose with it themselves!
Take my picture, mom!
She finally got to play with it and I think it was a hit!
Tea time!Good gravy, she’s cute!
Once the daddies got home from the sale barn, we played tea party, a few Wii games and then the real party started!
Sayble got to sit in the booster so that our guest of honor could have the high chair. Needless to say, she thought she was big stuff! I don’t think she was quiet the entire dinner!
She was full of all kinds of antics, including the towel on her head!
Mesa really loved the balloons on her seat…and the pancakes, too!
Where’s Mesa?!There she is!Waiting (patiently) for cake time!
We made her a hot air balloon cake and she was so cute trying to blow that candle out!
Cake time!Look at that face!Hurry and sing so I can eat the cake instead!Let’s do this thang!Eatin’ it by the fistfuls!Startin’ to get full…One more little bite…
Oh, Mesa Moo…we sure do love you!
The Phipps Five and Mesa Moo!
We bless the day you were born! May you embrace your role as the daughter of the Lord of the Lords, the first born, a princess of the King of Kings. We pray you run to Him all the days of your life. He is worthy of your adoration and you are worthy of His love. Can’t wait for number two!
You guys sure know how to make a girl feel loved and appreciated! It was so fun to connect with so many of you yesterday…Facebook is good for something, yes?!
So today, let’s look around downstairs. The entry way of the house was painted a pumpkinish orange. It really just reminded me of the Texas Longhorns and I just. couldn’t. do. it.
Entry before
As you can see, we painted it a dark, dark grey and I like how it toned down all of the other wood in the kitchen and dining area.
Entry afterEntry afterEntry after
So the right is the kitchen, and right in front of you is the bar we installed.
Entry after
It’s the perfect little space for breakfast and such…and for the kids to sit at because the rest of the official dining room has carpet. When I swept after the first meal, I knew we had made the right choice with the bar!
Our previous home did not have a dining room and I’ve never grown up in a house with one, yet my heart looooonged for one. I love family dinners…I love the breaking of bread and feasting and raucous laughter that comes with sharing something yummy with people you love. This place has a great dining room…
Dining room before
and my sweet husband filled it with the perfect table…
Dining room after
Isn’t he amazing?! We kept our old chairs and used the same table base, but he built the table top and the benches! We can get a solid 12 people around this thing. My heart is racing just thinking about it!
It’s my favorite room in the house, truly, because I love all that it represents. My other favorite thing is the fireplace guard. Another gift from the brother-in-law. It was an old stock rack that you’d sit in the back of a pickup to haul livestock and it fit PERFECTLY in this space – it was made for us!
Off of the dining room is the school room – a close second for favorites! We didn’t do much in here except paint the pumpkin the same dark grey as the entry way and replace the light fixture…
School room before
Are you ready? Seriously? It’s divine! We spend so much time in this room and school hasn’t even started yet!
School room afterSchool room afterSchool room after
We ordered our curriculum last week and got our approval letter in the mail and we are ready to REALLY use this room! Off of this room, is sweet little patio area with a good view of the neighboring cows…peaceful and sweet.
Ok, so back to the kitchen. We didn’t do anything to it besides paint. The walls were a light yellow and, again, we went with a grey just to tone everything down a bit.
Kitchen afterKitchen after
I love the brick, I love all the storage. It doesn’t look huge but it has far more room that our previous kitchen. The only thing I’m missing is my gas stove; electric just isn’t the same!
Off of the kitchen is our room and bathroom; two of the less “wow” rooms of the house. We didn’t do anything in our room except upgrade the ceiling fan that threatened to fall on us in the night.
Master bedroom
It’s sweet and simple and easy to keep clean. And? It has a nice sized closet – something else we’ve never had before!
The master bath is one of the more dated rooms, but we did our best at making it look at least nice enough.
Master bath beforeMaster bath before
We changed a lot in the room, starting with the color. We put in new lighting, new mirrors, new fixtures…a good head start without ripping the thing to shreds and starting over…
Master bath afterMaster bath afterMaster bath after
It’s better….
Off of the kitchen, is the stairway leading to the basement, the laundry room, a mudroom bathroom and the living room…but I’ll do those another day.
Today, we’re headed to Mullen to see the original WD Phipps and the kids are fired up! Wryder has his “cowboy clothes” on and Sawyer is dressed to the nines…their great-grands are pretty lucky!
Oh, sweet friends! Were you wondering if I’d ever return?! Life has been crazy and GOOD – crazy good!
To catch you up in one, simple run-on sentence, we had the opportunity to sell our house, rent an upgraded (read: bigger, newer, central air having, more-than-one-bathroom-and-an-actual-dining-room) home that answered all of our prayers…so we packed our things and cleaned out barns and buildings and took way longer than we ever imagined to move in because apparently we have a lot of stuff and like things just so…BUT we are in and feeling settled and LOVING. IT. HERE. The Lord blessed our socks off and we feel this is exactly where we are supposed to be for the here and now – not much better than that!
And? Apparently, I have some of the sweetest, most encouraging friends on the planet who want to see pictures of the place so what better day than today to get me back in the saddle of blogging. I’ve missed it so!
Moving had been on our minds for a while for lots of reasons, one being that we had bought our home on what we had called a five-year plan. It suited us well and we loved that sweet, little 100 year old farm house but with the addition of two other children, things started to feel a little tight. (And, I know, that is definitely a first world problem. We have never felt anything but blessed to live there – remember that awesome story!? – but we felt the Lord prompting us towards something different and we were ready to go!)
We had heard about the house from friends from church. They told us where it was so we drove by just to see if it was even something was an option for us. Whoa. Nelly. It was like dream-home material!
Yes. Just YES.
A month or so later, we took a tour, prayed our faces off, sold our home and moved in here! We LOVE IT. I’m afraid, no other home will ever compare – truly! Obviously, there are things we might change if we owned the place but for now? It’s perfect for us! The Lord answered all of our requests and desires and then some!
From the moment I walked in, I could SEE us making memories here. I could see myself in the kitchen, cooking with Sayble while looking out the window at the other 2 playing outside. I could see Bible studies and card parties in the big ole family room and loud family dinners in the dining room. I could see kids playing for hours in their big kid rooms and looking out over the pastures from their windows – I could just see us here!
Some people probably think we’re crazy for renting but for us, this was the best option for now, for several reasons. (And just so you know, I don’t feel the NEED to explain myself, but if you don’t know that I’m an open book by now…)
1) We had reached a point with our old home that we felt we had maxed out or profit potential without doing something drastic…and we weren’t up for drastic. 2) Moving is always on the table when you work for a company 3 states away. While we love this area and home we never have to, it’s always an option. 3) Building costs mega $$ these days! I don’t know if we built what we’d like and then had to move, if we’d ever get our money out of the place. 4) There aren’t very many farmsteads in the area that AREN’T either a modular or a 100 year old farmhouse and we’ve been there done that. 5) It was the Lord. All Him. I won’t argue.
So, to recap…moving with 3 small children is hard. Moving with livestock is harder. Moving 112 chickens is hardest. We love our new home and can’t imagine life anywhere else!
Here are some pics of the new digs!
We’ll start upstairs. The stairs come up out of the dining room, up to the kids’ floor. All three of their bedrooms and their bathroom is up here, which is so nice! They’re all together and it’s REALLY quiet for them…which means good sleep for them, so good sleep for mom and dad!
Don’t knock the paneling – ha! We weren’t gonna mess with that!
Upstairs – emptyUpstairs – emptyUpstairs after; top of the stairs
Now, why did I start with that picture?! The bookshelf. Sigh. I have visions of it being artfully arranged…but then I remember that I have 3 small children who I want to LOVE to read so I’ve given up the fight on the perfect bookshelf and have gone with the “we use it all the dang time so it’s always disheveled look.” You should try it, too!
Upstairs after; truly a happy place!
My brother-in-law got me that dreamy pew last year and I was so happy to have a place for it in our new home! I started out like this:
Pew before
and after a good sanding and a fun color, it’s one of my favorite things in the house!
Pew after
The kids’ bathroom isn’t huge but I think it’s perfect for them! I’ve been so impressed with how clean they have kept it!
Since then, they’ve gotten a new faucet, as this one bit the dust about 2 weeks in, but it’s just a fun, sweet little bathroom – I love it! (It was the first room that was completely finished in the whole house! Gotta love small rooms that didn’t need paint – ha!)
Wryder’s room DEFINITELY needed paint. It’s hard to see in the pictures but the walls were in pretty bad shape as far as scratches and dings.
Wryder’s room beforeWryder’s room beforeWryder’s room before
We painted it a pretty, neutral grey and I love how it turned out!
Wryder’s room after paintWryder’s room after paintWryder’s room afterWryder’s room afterWryder’s room afterWryder’s big closet!
Sayble’s room is the smallest, but it suits her needs just fine for now! I love how it turned out…so sweet and cute – like her!
Sawyer got the biggest room. It was an easy choice for us as far as layout goes…and? The girl’s got a lot of stuff. There’s a hoarder gene on the Phipps side and by golly, the girl’s got it!
Part of why she needed the big room was for this:
LOVE LOVE LOVE
There’s just something about a cute farm house with two twin beds in a room! I bought those headboards at an auction one day for $5 each. They are vintage 20’s and just cute as a button and I’ve been storing them for this room!
Headboard beforeHeadboard after paint – Sweet Caroline, to be exact!Sawyer’s roomSawyer’s room
Her room is so sweet and so totally her. She loves her double beds; she loves the little table for tea parties and such and she loves using the toybox as her desk/office. And? She has a huge closet – a must for a girl with a penchant for cute things!
Sawyer’s room and a few of her fun things!Sawyer’s roomSawyer’s closet
And, yes…that is exactly what you think it is! She has a “secret room” behind the bookshelf in her closet! We turned it into a toy room for her and all of us love spending time in there.
I wish I had taken before and after pictures of it because we did the works in there! New carpet, new lighting, boarded the walls…
Sawyer’s toy room after
It is so fun and the perfect place to store all of her Barbies and babies and doll house things. And? Wryder has one, too. How did we luck out like that?!
Wryder’s playroom beforeWryder’s toy room after
We put in new carpet, painted everything and put in new lighting. I LOVE this space and he does, too! I love having the toys out of sight, too, I won’t lie!
Wryder’s toy room afterWryder’s toy room after
And? Sayble has a little crawl space in her room that we can turn into a playroom for her one day. But we’re tired. And she’s still a baby. So we’ll wait.
Thank you for humoring my little house tour with my awful iPhone pictures. 😉 We’ll hit downstairs tomorrow. Maybe, all of my pictures will have uploaded by then. Oh, how we miss our good internet service!
Little Wryder Roo turned 3 last week – a monumental occasion for him! He has been SO excited about his birthday (because birthdays are AWESOME) and has been asking for a Paw Patrol party since last year sometime. We had a busy weekend (that got attacked by every child having the nasty cold/upper respiratory infection we’ve all been passing back and forth) so we didn’t plan him a big party, but we still pulled out all of the Paw Patrol garb I got on sale at Party City.
We set it all up on Thursday evening so that when he came downstairs on Friday, he’d have a good start to his day. Sweet boy was so excited!
I’m THREE!
We made a quick trip to the clinic on Friday and then went to birthday lunch. Originally, I had told him he could choose anywhere he wanted for lunch and, lo and behold, he chose McDonalds. Now, I’m not one of those haters that just absolutely can’t stand the place because it’s non-ogranic or they serve GMOs or whatever…I just don’t like it because I don’t think it’s very good. Except their fries. Enough salt and grease makes ANYTHING good.
Thankfully, our sweet friend Traci got to talking about Mexican food and he decided he’d rather go there instead – hallelujah!
He made a good choice!
Free dessert!It was good.
On the way to town, he opened the birthday card he got from GooGoo and inside was a ten dollar bill! He was so excited and so we went shopping after lunch and he bought the one pup he was missing – Rocky!
Look at that face…
He was so excited to pay for it and get his bag, all by himself!
Big boy!
He had a few dollars left and he used it to buy a root beer float! Can you have too much sugar on your birthday?! Nah. Not when you’re three. 🙂
Fridays are usually long days so we waited until Saturday to open presents. He is SO much fun to buy things for 1) because he has certain things he just REALLY, REALLY like and 2) he’s so expressive, it’s just flat fun to see how excited he gets!
A school bus!The pickup and trailer he’s been wanting!He was a happy camper!
He loved the Air Patroller too but he was blurry with excitement so the pictures wouldn’t mean much to anyone but his parents. 🙂
PaPa and RaRa sent him one of his other favorite presents…
a wheelbarrow!
He used it all day today. Pretty sure we’re gonna have dirt EVERYWHERE around this place…
Sayble was quite fond of the wrapping paper.
Isn’t she cute?!
Pretty sure her first birthday is gonna be a ball, too!
We had his “party” Saturday at lunch. I always let the kids make their menus and he went back and forth between steak and hot dogs (quite the spectrum, I know) but finally settled on hot dogs, which worked well for the dog theme. 😉
PAW Patrol on a roll – get it?!
He also wanted french fries, fruit (very specific about what berries), punch and pumpkin bread. I turned the pumpkin bread into dog chow, so it worked out.
He got his pumpkin bread!PupcakesThe spreadOfficial Pawty waterBirthday boy!Sweet sister, representing Skye!We even had Paw Patrol tattoos!and masksHe’s three!and decided to eat his pupcake like a dog…of course.
I think he had a really good couple of days. As he was eating one last cupcake on Saturday night, he said, “Mom? Thank you so much for my party!” Melt my heart. Anytime, kiddo. You are why I do what I do….
Later that afternoon, our sweet neighbor got married. Despite the icky colds, we couldn’t say no to watching such a Godly couple vow their forevers to each other. It’s so nice to attend a wedding where the couple really gets it, ya know?
The rain was relentless that afternoon and Sawyer didn’t want to mess up her cute hair so we did this:
A girl’s gotta do what a girl’s gotta do…
And yes, I need to do laundry. 😉 I’m working on it, ok!?!
Wrexy had a pretty cute wedding date!
So sweet!
We came home and called it an early night.
I keep saying that I think three is his year! Just today, he’s put on socks and pants by himself AND pooped somewhere other than his pants! (It was outside on the sidewalk but it WASN’T in his pants!) Seriously, I think it’s gonna be a good one…
Our church turned 30 years old yesterday! Their very first church service was on March 2, 1986 so we celebrated with an 80s theme party – totally rad!
Wrex and I got to come up with a photo booth for the event and since we had a 3 piece backdrop system, we decided to do three different backdrops for people to choose from.
Didn’t they turn out cute?!
We, of course, had to do a splatter paint background. I didn’t know how easy it would be to do but let me tell ya – it was easy. We didn’t even end up using brushes, we just kinda dabbled our paint containers and it worked out so well!
Cutest little 80’s girl I know!
The other easier one we did was the one with bright colored lines. We just used neon duct tape and went to town laying down strips of color. I really liked how it turned out, especially for the photo booth.
Simple and fun!
The favorite of the night was the PacMan backdrop! It is pretty cool, isn’t it?! I dyed the sheet black (and got it grey -ha!) and then my mathematician husband took the photo I found online and scaled it and we got to work. We used duct tape for the game board and then I just used cardstock for all of the characters and circles. It really turned out great for not a lot of cost, just time.
Pacman!
We wanted a few bigger props so we made a giant rubix cube using a cardboard box, poster board and a LOT of black tape…
Awesomeness…
a giant Etch-a-Sketch out of an old red frame we had…
Oh man, he’s cute!
and no 80’s party is complete without a boombox, courtesy of a Pampers box, some duct tape and some cardstock!
Boom.
We blew up some pictures at Staples and did our faux canvas work and hung those up for everyone to giggle at…
Back in the day…
A fellow church goer decorated the fellowship hall and turned it into a totally bodacious space!
Fun!
There was cake and live music – just a lot of fun!
Yum!
It was just a REALLY fun night! It was easy and laid back and people totally got into the 80s spirit…it was just a really nice night to fellowship and be thankful for such a wonderful church family.
My crew got all dressed up for the event, of course.
It’s 80s night!
Sawyer looked so cute, she could be in style no matter what the decade…
So cute!
Same for Sayble…
🙂
and Wryder, too! His outfit was hard for me to come up with…but then I remembered that I had some of Wrex’s clothes FROM 1986ish and so Wryder wore Wrex’s old shirt and jacket and looked CUTE.AS.A.BUTTON!
Oh man, he’s cute!
I was the last to get dressed of course and did the best I could! I’m pretty sure the 80s color palette is not my favorite, but I worked it!
One of every color…
The winner…hands down…was Wrex!
He’s all mine, ladies….
I found this windsuit at the local thrift for $3!!! The tag said it had been there since September. THANKFULLY, I snatched it just in time!
His beard had been bothering him for a while now but we all really like it. He decided last night was a good night to shave it off…and leave mutton chops. *ahem*
Yeeeeaaaahhh…
I’m pretty sure some people will never be the same after seeing all that…
Oh. My. Goodness.
It was a ton of fun, despite the facial hair madness that he STILL hasn’t fixed yet.
Yesterday was also a special guy’s birthday! One of our favorite friends and pastors had a birthday yesterday and Sawyer wanted to make him a cake, so we did! She did 98% of the work herself! He wanted chocolate cake so we turned Grandma’s delicious chocolate sheet cake into a layer cake…
Making the batter…Letting them cool…
She REALLY to do sprinkles and candy hearts so we tried to limit them to just a few 🙂 and then she made a birthday banner for the birthday boy and delivered it with balloons, to boot!
Happy Birthday, Mr. Bill!
Today, we’re all recuperating. I did the math and Sayble’s about 6 hours of sleep behind schedule – ha! Don’t call us between 1-4…we’ll all be napping!
We don’t get to watch a ton of TV around these parts, but when we do, the kids’ FAVORITE show is Paw Patrol. (It’s actually quite cute…and they don’t talk ugly to each other or whine…and the boy’s name is Ryder!!)
We had never heard of it until we had Wryder and someone at the clinic asked us if we named him after the Ryder on Paw Patrol. We looked it up, Wrex and I checked it out and the rest is history!
I’m a sucker for a good, homemade costume so for $28, all five of us were, indeed, the Paw Patrol! Wrex sewed the vests (come on, you know I can’t sew!!) and I made all the ears and hat details and collars… They looked ADORABLE!
Skye…who tried so hard to eat that badgeChaseRockyMarshallThe whole crew!And with their tongues out!
We carbo-loaded with some spooky spaghetti! (I dyed the noodles with icing dye!)…
Spooooky
We went trick-or-treating downtown on Friday and then we met our sweet neighbors in town and took Wrex out for his first time trick-or-treating EVER (the kids’, too). They had a ball!
Double fisting it!
We came home, ate some candy (duh!), a few other fun snacks and had our annual camp in!
Boo-berriesBooger ballsWitch’s brooms (cheese sticks and pretzels)A little something to offset all the sweets…
The kids got to go to the pumpkin patch earlier in the week with the Christian school group in Grant. They had a BALL there, too!
Gosh, she’s gorgeous!
With all of that partying, everyone was a little under the weather and VERY tired come Sunday. No thanks to the time change, mind you…
We’re still adapting around here. The 6:10 bedtime we’ll have tonight will be fun…the 6:40 (most likely) wake up call from upstairs in the morning? Not so much…
A few years ago, my sweet friend Maggie talked to me about her dream of refurbishing her big, white barn and hosting vintage sales/craft fairs there. I LOVED the idea and she got to work and made it happen! White Barn Treasures will be hosting their annual fall event this weekend in Wauneta!
White Barn Treasures
In previous years, I’ve either been due with baby or out of town but this year……I’m in! Remember that post I did about living fearlessly? Well, this counts as that for me. After I wrote that, the Lord plopped this in my lap and nudged me lovingly forward…so I’ve reserved a booth space and am gonna take some sweet little things to sell! Because, you know…we haven’t had anything else going on around here. 😉
I’m so excited well, to see Maggie, and to be around some other amazingly creative ladies.
I’m sure this is totally against all the rules of attempting to drum up business, but I’m gonna give you a little DIY on one of the cute little things I’m taking with me…
What you’ll need:
Lace
Mod Podge
Wax paper
Spray paint (optional)
Glitter (optional but why the heck not?!)
Hot glue gun
Headband
Step 1: Cut your lace to length – about 6 or 7 inches
Step 2: Submerge it into Mod Podge until it’s completely soaked and strip the excess off with your fingers.
Step 3: Make sure all of the little cutouts in the lace can be seen and not covered in Mod Podge and place on wax paper to dry. Turn them several times during the drying process so it doesn’t stick to the paper and let them dry for a good 4-6 hours.
Step 4: Spray paint if ya wanna.
I painted these gold and loved how they turned out. You can stop here and begin forming them into a crown shape OR you can add glitter. Don’t act like you don’t know what I chose…
Step 5: Glitterize!
It’s a little hard to see in the pic, but I added Mod Podge to the tops of the crown and coated them in glitter and let them dry…again.
Step 6: Form into a circle shape and hot glue to secure the edges.
Step 7: Secure to headband.
I just placed these a little off of center and tacked the edges with glue.
Step 8: Find a cute model (with marker on her face) to show them off.
Seriously, are those not the cutest?!
So, if you want a sweet little crown or a whole lot of other fun goodies – come to the White Barn Treasures event in Wauneta on Saturday from 9-3! If you want more info, let me know!
My first born is officially FIVE! Five has always been a big birthday number for her. She made a list about a year or so ago of all the things she felt like she could do once she was five…use a knife to cut her food, climb a tree, go underwater, etc. (Now that one has been moved to when she’s 10. Darn that bad swimming lesson…)
She had a really fun birth-week (and we did, too!) She got to get a pedicure…
Sweet Sawyer
and have heart pancakes for breakfast…
She got sang to at the sale barn and someone gave her a dollar and her special friend Mr. Rod gave her some roller skates! She was THRILLED! She picked A&W for her birthday lunch (girl loves her some root beer floats) and then we headed home to open presents. But first, a little birthday park play…
And yes, she wore that silly little birthday crown all day. 🙂
That night, we surprised her with a birthday slumber party! She’s been dying for one of us to sleep in her room with her in her new trundle bed so that’s what we did…for part of the night anyways. Bum feet and babies make an all nighter a little hard but we did our best! She’s been telling people we stayed up “alllllllll night.” It was 9:00, but good enough for me!
We fixed each other’s hair and did each other’s makeup – daddy, too!
(Yes, he IS the best dad on the planet!) We played flashlight tag and restaurant, read stories and played with sister…it really was a fun night. One on one times with her have gotten fewer with the addition of our other little blessings so it was fun for us to be immersed in her world for a little while.
We spent the rest of the week finishing up the details for her official birthday party. Little Wryder has been all about trailers lately…
So when Wrexy loaded up our little fair booths on Thursday evening, Wryder pulled his little car over and was ready to go. It was the cutest thing….EVER.
She wanted a county fair so on Saturday, a county fair we had! Here’s a little sneak peak…more to come later! 🙂
She had a ball and our hearts were so full. THANK YOU to everyone who came and showered her with love… We are so thankful for our spiritual family who fill in the gaps…you all have our hearts.
Sunday, we had brunch and (not enough) great grandma/PaPa/RaRa/auntie/uncle/cousin play time.
The kids are still recuperating – heck, I am, too! – but it was worth every late night, paper cut and sore foot. She felt so loved…
While we were in Denver, Sawyer and I hadto make a quick run to Hobby Lobby and while we were there, we saw the cutest bunny ear napkin rings! They had all colors and while they were 40% off, the cheapskate in me knew I could make them for less than $1.50 each. 🙂
Since Sawyer is still feeling pretty doggone puny today (unfortunately) she’s been glued to the couch watching TV so I decided to get a little crafty and see what I could come up with.
What you’ll need:
fabric or burlap
scissors
hot glue gun
toilet paper roll
cardstock for a stencil
Step 1: Cut your toilet paper roll into four sections and slit each section open.
Step 2: Cut your fabric or burlap so that it’s just bigger than your toilet paper roll strips.
I got this burlap ribbon on sale at WalMart for $1.00 so I just cut it down the middle and it was the perfect size. You want it big enough to be able to fold down the edges onto your toilet paper roll.
Step 3: Glue your toilet paper roll strip to the middle of your burlap or fabric.
Step 5: Glue down your edges, form into a ring and secure.
Step 6: Make a rabbit ear template and cut out two ears per ring.
Mine seemed stiff enough since I used burlap, but if you are using fabric and need a little more oompha to make them stand up, either heat bond some fabric together or double up your layers.
Step 7: Place a dot of glue near the bottom of the ears and pinch together. Hot glue ears to ring.
That little pinch just gives them that extra bit of detail that REALLY makes them look rabbit-y. (Yes, that’s a word).
Step 8: Adorn your table with Easter goodness!
I think they turned out incredibly cute! Obviously, this method leaves the ears unfinished and so they do have the possibility of fraying. Since I’m more of a quick project doer AND I may not want to use the same things EVERY year, it was fine with me. 🙂
Then, it was time for cake and presents! She had such generous friends and got some really fun things!
And then? They each got a kitten!
HA! We tried to find them all a home, but only one got to become a house cat. 😉
