Can you believe Miss A is 7!

We celebrated another birthday around here. Can hardly believe Miss A is 7! She saw pictures of this cake . . .

Then from there we went to "colors of the rainbow" theme. With so many people I threw in this surprise cake.

And who can resist yummy rainbow jello. . .

Hard to Believe. . .

Hard to believe it was September when I last updated. Well maybe not that hard to believe (I get reminded all the time!).

Can you believe that this little guy turned one this weekend! I guess he has been my project to take care of lately.

We celebrated with lots of family and friends and with our monkey cake.

Happy Birthday Mr B!!

Birthday Girl!

Today, Miss A turns 6!

The 3rd of July we had a party with friends and family. We started the day off by going to a parade. Then party time with. . .

a hello kitty pinata,

cake balls,
hello kitty cake - using this homemade marshmallow fondant

and ended the day with fireworks. A great day!

Happy Birthday Miss A!

Birthday Celebrations

This weekend we tackled 2 birthday parties. On Saturday we had Mr P's 3rd birthday and he requested a "digger" cake.

On Sunday we celebrated my nephew's birthday and Mr P together. My sister baked this awesome cake to incorporate the 2 birthdays.

Tissue Box Cover

I saw a tutorial for this reversible tissue box cover over at Pink Penguin. I thought I would make one real quick to add to my mom's birthday presents.

It did go together really quick and I just used fabric that I had on hand.

We have a 5 yr old. . .

It is official - we have a little 5 year old! I do believe Miss A had a great birthday. Her Dad took her to lunch at Bob Evans - her choice, all because of a bendy straw! And she ordered a baked potato, yogurt, and chocolate milk. . .her choice again. . . if I was five I think I would have went for dessert! Then they went to the movies. Her birthday dinner request - steak, mashed potatoes and corn ( in a can - even though she ALWAYS wants corn on the cob??) We then celebrated with a princess castle cake and presents. . .

This is her cake from her Jolly July 3rd party.

2 celebrations down, one to go!

In Progress

I have been wanting to make a birthday banner as seen here, here, and here.

This is what I started last night. . .

I didn't follow any of the tutorials. I just cut out the letters out of some scraps I had and sewed them on with a decorative stitch, added some ribbon around the edges. Now it sits until I figure out what else I want to do. I just wanted to make sure I had the banner done for the next birthday in our house. I will probably make another one when I have more time to think about it and more supplies on hand.

Birthday wishes. . .

Happy Birthday to Hobby Mommy!

I filled up a basket full of cherry things for her. Black cherry tea, paper with cherries on it, cards that I stamped cherries on. It was fun putting it all together.

Have a great birthday Hobby Mommy!

Happy Birthday to me!

Here are some fabrics Miss A ( who is 4) picked out for me. I also got an awesome pair of pink flip flop slippers :)



Hubby cooked a delicious dinner of tuna steaks. A good friend dropped a present off , which was a wonderful surprise. And many birthday cards and calls. A great day overall - except for the bone chilling temperatures we are having. . . 6 degrees. . . brrrrrrr. . .