Twirl me with Laughter: September 2011

Monday, September 26, 2011

Evans Gate House...Halloween Decorations

The little skeletons are SO cute.

I priced out a bench (similar to above) at Gate House and on SALE it was $1400. I found this little number at World Trade Market for $380. Woop Woop! Saving money all over the place (although, John still calls it 'spending'.) And yes, that is carpet in our dining room which will eventually be replaced with wood or tile.

Little pumpkins, hanging bats, skeletons - spooky!

This is my favorite...they are lighted branches that I can use for Christmas too. Those little dangling things are bats, however, Cam insists they are BIRDS.

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Teaching a 3 year old to ride a bike...

Look at him go! He is hilarious - he kept trying to turn around. I guess this is what I look like running - DORK!

Stud. So, the secret to successful bike training on 2 wheels (in my limited knowledge, as Cam is only my second) is the PADDING! He has knee pads, elbow pads, hand pads and a helmet. He didn't fall today but when he does I have a good chance of getting him back on that thing. It took us 15 minutes to pad him up (because it has to be 'perfect'), he rides for about 20 seconds, we un-pad him and the cycle starts all over.

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Storytime by the fire

Blaykers

Carson told the coach he wanted to play by himself against the other team. He is confident!

Friday, September 16, 2011

Mario Wii Galaxy Birthday Party

Carson turned 6! He wants to be 8 so he can play tackle football (how does he even know this stuff?) When I asked him what he wanted to do for his party this year he actually said he wanted Chase (my cousin who is the QB for Lone Peak) to come over and throw the football to him. So, the Wii party was the runner-up party theme this year...

The Invites...Wii remotes from thick stock paper (thanks Jill for the great idea).

It said, "Wii request your company for Carson's 6th Birthday Party"

Carson's school doesn't allow treats (which is fine by me!) So, they ask you to create a board that they display in the class all day and at the end of the day one or both parents (in our case - John and his parents) went in a talked about all the things Carson loves. It was great and I think Carson felt really special, especially that his Grandparents came in for his BIG Day!

The finished product

This is me trying to create Mario out of Fondant for Carson's cake (I ask myself 3 times a year why I do this to myself - it starts out like a really fun thing and then I start to get a little overwhelmed and then I drink a diet coke, make more frosting, roll more fondant, turn my pantry upside down looking for edible cake kind of things and finally I just have to stop and start cleaning up the kitchen.