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Life in full force.....

Boy o' Boy life has been crazy!  Teaching, working, mothering, wifing!  It is nuts....but dance competition season is slowly coming to a hault.  Thank goodness. I need a break and spring break will be in 1 more week! Whew :)  That will be a much needed break from teaching.  I will be able to once again focus on family and home.  I am hoping to refinish 1 big piece of furniture that week and finish the redecoration of my master bedroom.  I will post pictures soon! 

Today holds many things. Up and at 'em bright and early....ok actually dark and early but that's alright.....Baby B off to daycare, Dad and I off to work.  Dad picks up Baby B and Mom off to teach dance and get the girls ready for a long weekend of classes and competing. Then home to eat dinner and get Baby B ready for bed. What a day????? But it is so worth it to see this face at the end of the day :)

Feeling Crummy......

OK....so the 2010 rounded out in a pretty good mood all the way around. I was thankful for everything I have been blessed with and ready to start a new year. 

Now, I am in a funk and can't seem to find my way out!  I am sick of feeling crummy.  I love smiling, laughing, being nice and loving everyone but right now I feel poopy and just not very nice. UGH!  It is so aggravating!

I need to find that brightness and shine in my life.  I have plenty to be happy about...my hubby, Baby B, my wonderful family, I have a wonderful job that I am completely passionate about (teaching dance)! What else could a girl ask for? 

A break.....I need a break from everything and everyone. I feel like I am losing my inspiration, drive and ambition!  I work 2 jobs, have a family plus a 2 year old (that is enough to throw me over the edge most of the time), and I never have time for ME! I have zero time to do crafts or anything......I'm lucky if I even get to check my Facebook once a week.  I need me time.  If I go out of town it is with 40 teenagers for dance competition and what kind of break is that? I am in desperate need of sleep and to just veg out in front of a TV that doesn't have Blue's Clues on it.

Sorry to rant! I love my life but I would enjoy it much better with a little more sleep!

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                                          Silhouette SD digital cutting tool 

 I want one so bad, I can hardly stand it.  I have informed the hubs that this will be my next gift whether it be from him or if it has to be one of my famous "gifts to thyself"!  I have so many projects I could finish on my own with this one little machine :) 

Check out her blog giveaway...................

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Happy New Year!

This is my very first blog! YAY :D I am so excited to share all of my fun adventures with you. 

My first big party for 2011 was Baby B's 2nd birthday. We had a ton of fun and it turned out so cute.  I found a ton of cute ideas and combined them to come up with our fun Dr. Seuss Birthday Book Party. 

I found these amazing ideas at Kara's Party Ideas Blog.  She went all out for her Seuss baby shower but of course I had to simplify.  I am a beginner....keep that in mind. This was the first time I didn't give in to the urge to go out and buy the cupcakes and snacks. This time I actually made everything except for Baby B's small cake....I ran out of time.

  

  

With it being so close to Christmas, the last thing we wanted was more toys to have to find room for and did I mention Baby B is totally obsessed with books. So, I decided to throw him a book party. I used a Dr. Seuss theme. I love making my own invites, cards and fliers on my computer so I cam up with these cute invites......

I am also redecorating his room into Dr. Seuss so at least I can use some of the decorations in his room later.

I found these cute Seuss flash cards a few months ago and decided Baby B had to have them...I figured I could use them for something. Then after being buried I found them and figured out what to do with them.  I took 7 frames (that I got from the dollar store) and spray painted them.  I took the foam sheets (also from the dollar store) and cut them to go behind the cards. I used these on the counter with tissue pom poms on either side of his name.  I also plan to hang these in his room above his closet :)

I used some really cute ideas from So Wonderful, So Marvelous.  The Happy Birthday to You book signing and the m&m guessing game.  Thank you for the ideas....this was lots of fun!

I found these cute Dr. Seuss bags at Target ($1 a piece) that I tied a balloon to and made them the centerpieces.

Finally I found these cute, bright little tins at Target ($1) for the goody bags.  I filled them full of candy and made these cute little tags with some foam sheets and I used pipe cleaners to attach them to the buckets.

I found the "Happy Birthday" sign at Old Navy of all places, along with the polka dot table cloth. We had "green eggs", deviled eggs with blue food coloring, and "Ham"burgers :) I also served hot dogs, pasta salad, cookies, chips, and we made rice crispy treat pops......the cake pop idea with rice crispy treats. We made little balls of treats, stuck a lollipop stick in the end, dipped them in white chocolate, added sprinkles and stuck them in the freezer for about 5 minutes. They were a hit :)  Everyone enjoyed all of the food and a fun time was had by all. I would have to, say as my first big, creative event, it went really well.