27 Days of Thankfulness, Day 23

Day 27: I am thankful that Old Navy had matching argyle sweaters for Jackson and Brennan for Christmas that go wonderfully with the fabric I have to make pants for Jackson and Ethan.

If they'd had the same sweater for Ethan, I might have wet myself from excitement. Oh, well, he can just coordinate.

Party Pops

WAY before Ethan's birthday, I got super excited about a theme. A blue and white and black all over theme.

I searched high and low for items that complimented that and one place I found was Party Pops on etsy. Now, let me tell you, I am an etsy junkie, I could just click, click, click away for hours.

(Please ignore the crummy fondant covering job...it was for a one year old so I was not too worried)

Well, I let my fingers do the clicking and found this adorable party decorations shop. Sure, I do make a lot of my own decorations, but I don't know how to do a cute picture with the words the way she does, so I asked to review one...she sent me a cake topper and I love it.


Included in the package was a large cake topper and two smaller ones, one saying "Happy Birthday Ethan" and the other smaller one saying "Wild about one"...which led me to put that one both birthday cakes as well...thought it was a great idea! I did not put all three on one cake, but the big one on the big cake, the one with Ethan's name on it on his smash cake and the one that said "Wild about one" on Kylee's (E's girlfriend and b.day mate) smash cake (this was for the dinner party, not to be confused with Fiona who shared a party with E that morning...K was just over for some grub to celebrate E and I threw her into the mix for the cake)

They were a huge hit!

Check out her adorable treat toppers. LOVE THEM!
And here is a lady bug party pack. The party packs are $92 and include:

Party for Eight

Birthday Banner customized with name
Three Piece Cake Topper OR 12 Cupcake Toppers
7 Customized Party Hats
1 Custom Party Hat with Crown for Birthday boy or girl
8 Custom Party Invitations with envelopes
8 Thank You Cards with Envelopes
8 Customized Favor Tags with Clear Bags
10 Napkin Rings
1 Package of Confetti

CA-UTE! I love her party hats, by the way.

So, next time you start planning your little one (or big kids...do you think Bart would order me a cake topper for my 30th birthday party on New Year's EVE???), go check out Party Poppers and you might find exa

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ctly what you want...or you might be able to custom order the PERFECT accessories for a perfect party.

Zazzle...design whatever, whenever

I did a Google search for "Blue, zebra, birthday" and one of the products that popped up was this shirt design by zazzle.com. I was immediately lusting after one. I contacted the company, sent Larry an email, and the rest is history. (The product was provided to me for free and the statements in this post are 100% my own opinions)
Larry suggested instead of just telling him what I want that he send me a gift certificate so I could go through the order process. At first, that puzzled me, but then, I learned that at zazzle.com, you custom create everything. Want to add a picture of your child added to background on mouse pad? Go to zazzle. Want a customized hoodie for your kids sports teams? Go to zazzle.
I picked the zebra shirt that says "I'm 1" on front. Bart and I designed it so the back says, "I'm so hungry I could eat a zebra" -Ethan....so it looks like a famous quote :) We LOVE it. (The back of the shirt is pictured in the first picture but Ethan would not cooperate to get a good backside shot)

It was super easy to design and play around with the options available for you. We played for about 1/2 an hour, just making stuff up, until Bart thought up that funny mis-quote.

The only bad thing I have to say is that we ordered a size 2 (Ethan is a big boy!) and it fits quite well. His other clothes are still 12-18 months for the most part with some 18-24 thrown in for good measure...so make sure you don't order down a size if ordering a kids shirt. I can not say that this is true for sweatshirts or adult shirts, just the shirt that Ethan received, but now you know.

I can't wait for Jackson's birthday...he might be having a robot theme and I'd love to design a shirt perfect for him!

27 Days of Thanksgiving, Day 22

I am thankful my new church calling is not as bad as I thought it would be...
Missionary Meal Coordinator. Easy, peasey, right? I will be doing a bit more work then past coordinators, because we are now working contacting less actives to invite them to feed the missionaries, but I think it'll be fine.

27 Days of Thankfulness, Days 18, 19, 20, & 21

I am thankful for healthy children. I watched My Sister's Keeper the other night and just cried and cried. It takes such strength and courage to be able to deal with illness on such an extreme level. I know you do not choose to have to deal with sickness and death, it comes to you. I am still grateful for my children's health and pray God will give me the strength and comfort to handle whatever life throws my way.

I am thankful for baby Ethan, all 28 lbs. 13 oz. of him!

I am grateful for Joann's 50% off coupons that Kyra and I "stole" when I visited Ohio this past Labor Day...I've used the heck out of them! Used one today to buy some $12 a yard fabric for $6...I only needed 1/2 a yard, but still....oh, and wait til you see what I needed that fabric for!!!!

I am thankful for Jenn posting a recipe for a poinsettia sipper drink on her good eats blog last year and for me printing it out. It is SOOOOO GOOOD...I am glad I made it to go along with Ethan's fancy (for me :) birthday dinner...more to come on his birthday next week, when I have more pictures.Now, if only I have the lovely pitcher to put it in, instead of a plastic one, I'd be REALLY thankful :)

(Oh, and doesn't the folding chairs and funky green ones really add to the loveliness of the evening? I thought so...esp. when Chunky Monkey figured out he could make the chair fold up WITH HIM STILL IN IT!)