Madison's 6th Birthday

 Her actual birthday...

Her birthday party

Madison's birthday party pictures

Five on Friday - House things and a busy Summer

A lot going on! This is a long read ;)

(one) I can't believe preschool starts back in right at a month. This Summer has flown by! We have had lots of play dates, library/splash pad meetups and the girls are all around getting along and playing so well together. They will go play in the playroom for bits at a time so I can get stuff done!

(two) We finished up Bloodline Season 2. It was really good and I'm so glad they decided to make a 3rd Season. If you're looking for a Netflix show, watch it. It does have cussing but the plot is great! Season 2 was so very stressful and a nail biter! When the last episode was over, we both just sat there and looked at each other like "Well, what do we do now?!" While we wait on Longmire to return for Season 5 in September, we started 24. With 197 episodes left, I think it may get us to September ;) It's pretty good and has picked up some action.

(three) We have been working hard on our yard! Adding landscaping fabric, new mulch and putting in landscaping rocks and river rocks has made a huge difference. It may be taking us forever, but we are aiming to be completely done by next week! Then we will be working on painting the back door black!

Been working on this side of the house for the last couple of weeks. You can't really see them, but there are 3 pink plants behind the Iris. I'm hoping they grow thick enough to cover all of those boxes on the house!

Going from this...

hard to believe this was less than a year and half ago!

to this is a drastic change..We just put down river rock under the a/c pipe and the gutter spout. Now to get a hose holder and this side will be complete!

The green bushes in the back are all gardenias and doing very well.  

The little ones in the front are pansy.

(four) We have started party planning for Madison. We decided that since she had so much fun on a water inflatable slide that a friend had rented(she slid for 3 hours straight!), we would go that route this year. She's been begging for another Pump it Up party but we made the decision for her. I mean, why have one 2 hour party when you can rent this for 3 days?! She mentioned it again and we finally told her and she was excited! Whew! She's also requested the theme be PJ Masks(a Disney Junior cartoon that has 3 superheros on it)

(five) I have recently fell back in love with Pinterest. I've always loved it but now I'm on it at night pinning yard/house ideas, PJ Masks party ideas and whatnot. It feels so good to pin something, do it and go back and delete it. Maybe that's just the OCD in me ;) Also found my love for Amazon wishlists again. I'm constantly adding things to our House wishlist. Easy to add when I'm thinking about it and that way I can go back when I want to buy it and it's there!

 

 

Madison's Birthday Party

 

party at preschool

Mexican restaurant for lunch

Madisons 2 year pictures

Our photographer came a little early to take some family pictures before the party started. 

 "Big Girl!"

Madisons 2nd birthday party!

Madison's party this year went so much smoother than last year! We started decorating the house 2 days beforehand and Alan's mom watched Madison the night before to give us some time to do finishing touches. All we had to do on Saturday was put the food out and get the balloons and put them up. We were actually waiting around when our photographer showed up! A far cry from last year! Here are some pics of the party decor and a few of the birthday girl! I will post another blog in a couple of days of the family pictures she took before the party!

The yummy cookies and cupcakes! We did a dozen and half of each item and did half vanilla/vanilla and half chocolate/vanilla cupcakes. Oreos for Mickey's ears and bam! Easy Mickey cupcakes. I did not make these! In the cooler were 3 kinds of ice cream cups. I bought a $5 cupcake stand at Hobby Lobby and glued ribbon around the layers.

My friend, Melissa, did this gorgeous banner for me with her Silhouette machine! I saw one online and the girl wanted $18 for it! I texted Melissa a picture and within a week she had it done! All I did was tape the ears onto ribbon and done! Thank you, Melissa!

The food! We decided to do Hot Dogs, plain ruffle chips with french onion dip, veggies with Ranch, fruit salad and tortilla chips with homemade salsa. It was all a big hit! We did the hot dog weiners in the crock pot(low on 4-5 hours) which made it so easy and kept them warm through the party.

I decided to name all of the food after Mickey things. Hot Diggity Dogs, Chip N Dales Chip N Dip, Goofy's Fruit, Daisy's Garden Veggies, Clarabelle's Sweets, and Pluto's Drink Station. I just printed the names on cardstock and taped it onto polka dotted cardstock. I then taped those near the food onto the tablecloth.

Pluto's Drink station. 

We did Hawaiian punch and bottled water(in a bucket on the floor). Red Solo cups and markers for people to put their names on the cups. Easy enough.

Another birthday banner

The Mousketool table.

My mom had just given Madison a bunch of Mickey character plastic statues so we placed those around the food for a little added touch!

I found a 4 pack of Mickey ears at Walmart and thought it would be cute for the kids to wear them. I printed out the sign and put it in a frame and we put them beside the couch which is near the front door.

I got this sign at Walmart! We put it on the laundry room door which is to the immediate left when you walk in the front door.

We put up red, white, black and polka dotted streamers around. I got the red fans from Hobby Lobby.

The Dining Room decor. We put up more streamers and I found these polka dotted lanterns at Hobby Lobby. We had another lantern in the kitchen doorway.

Us singing to the birthday girl. You can see the Mickey hanging on the door. I got a two of these from Walmart. 

Yay! What a great party! She got a ton of great gifts that she loves! I got her shirt from Ebay.