Birthdays

How time flies. 

It can be a good feeling or quite the wake-up call of, wait another has flown by! 

But another year has flown by and once again both Seren and Carys have celebrated another birthday.

Carys turned 7 and Seren turned 9. And later this year, I have a birthday and nope, not going to lie, but there will be no elaborate decorations for me or me saying what age I'll be LOL

Anyways, back to my darling girls' parties. Carys wanted everything Unicorn, Seren everything Panda. As always when the girls want a themed party, I begin the planning process in January. Yes, you read that right - January. From ordering tulle from Giftsinternational who have such amazing prices, this is the only place now I buy my tulle etc. from. The dollar store is the place I buy all my white, party gift bags from, of which I then make the design match the theme.

I made all the banners for both girls' parties. Cardstock, tulle and printed panda pictures for Seren's party. Heart for Carys' which I used a craft punch for.

The cakes, I made using box mixes, tweaked to taste more like they came from a bakery, and I make my own frosting with cream cheese, marshmallow whip, a little powdered sugar, and heavy cream.

For both girls' we did Adopt a Unicorn and Panda. Each child got to choose a stuffed Unicorn (which I got from Amazon - HERE) or Panda, (I got from Ikea - HERE) use the name finder and make a unique name for their animal, make the name tag and get an adoption certificate. 

Anyway, here are the pictures from both girls' parties :)


                                         CARYS'S PARTY

                           Carys and her friends made Unicorn masks.

They Played Pin the Horn on the Unicorn

(Which I painted)

We had Pizza, Jello, cupcakes, cake, Gumballs, carrots, veggie straws, rainbow marshmallows

The Birthday Girl - Carys :)

SEREN'S PARTY

I drew the Panda, and had my 18 yr daughter Ashton, paint it :)

For girls aged 9 - I though do fabric painting more fun for them then, making panda masks.

I got the Gildan T-shirts from Jo-Anns and Micheals when they were on sale or using 50%/40% coupons :)

We used fabric pens and black fabric paint that I got from Walmart - of which was like $3 for pk of two - one thick and one thin.

We had Pizza, tortilla chips, fortune cookies, Hello Panda cookies, jello, cupcakes to look like pandas, Choc rolls, choc strawberries, Gumballs, and marshmallows.

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Birthdays & Being Thankful

Birthdays!

Do you love your birthday or feel like it's just another day?

Well My birthday was yesterday ---Woooohoo...yes,

Not really. I feel at now at the ripe age of 43...UGH ( although I still have no gray hairs- that I can say yippee to)

Having many, many sleepless nights of late, bless my little tinkers, Seren & Carys are ill at the same time 

Lets say having slept on the sofa with Carys again, as she had a temperature and coughing all night long, I wasn't in the best of moods waking up, plus it being 'that time of month' when we ladies, transform from being harmonious - to something we don't recognize lol, so, I found it hard to enjoy 'My Birthday.'

Is it just another day? 

Do we expect a huge birthday surprise? 

Do we expect anything at all?

 Do we expect Chocolate, even if you say you didn't want any - OH HECK YES on THAT ONE!

As I get older, I feel like it's just another day, but deep inside I want to be whisked away on a fabulous birthday surprise (which for my sister-in-law's 30th b-day she went away for a couple days with friends - than her hubby met her at the airport, then took her to NEW YORK !!) 

Now that's what I call a birthday. Not that we expect that every year - now that would be silly.

 But sometimes, we ladies, just want a somewhat not perfect birthday, but one in which we didn't have to drop hints of what we want, or feeling like like UGH PUG  all day!

I know with my girls being sick, there wasn't much we could do. Jason, did come home early from college, wrapped the girls up and went out to let the girls choose a birthday cake. Asked what I wanted for dinner, my reply was to just get frozen pizza. I honestly didn't want to bother. A shame I know. 

What did I get - well a couple of weeks ago, I did buy myself a pair of boots on sale from Target.

My dad, is sending 50 British pounds to me ( bless him , I miss him so much)

I did have a beautiful bouquet of flowers and balloons from my father-in-law, Randy & mother-in-law, Charliss.

A bunch of flowers, and a small bag of chocolates ( which the girls devoured) from a friend at my church.

A lovely Skype call with my sister, which she made me laugh :)

Call from my Son & Daughter in Utah.

Email from my daughter in Wales.

Message from my bro-in-law Mark ( who also shares the same birthday as me)

Email from a friend, June at church

Text from my friend Jessica at church.

(Thank you for remembering)

I must say, I was determined to 'Not' enjoy my birthday. I most definitely had the wrong frame of mind. Even I forget birthdays sometimes, and I feel terrible, because no-one wants to be forgotten on their special day, their Birthday.

But what I must say, is that I am THANKFUL to my hubby, Jason for taking the girls for that hour, washing the dishes after dinner. My darling Seren, who chose the extremely bright pink frosted birthday cake, and the matching neon candles and singing with a smiling face - Happy Birthday and insisting I sing along too!! LOL..

And Jason, not giving up on me & eventually cracking my stubborn shell and making me laugh!!

Laughter is the best medicine - that is what I needed last night.

So to finish, I just wanted to give thanks for my loved ones who, stick with me and make me laugh, give hugs when I need them.

And  a hubby who loves me, and who bought me a much needed winter North face coat for the really cold winters here. 

Birthdays we should remember our mothers, who spent many hours, pushing and being completely worn out after giving birth to us. That wonderful moment when they held me/you in their arms for the very first time. This is something we should maybe remember about our birthdays, I know I will from now on. Thank you mam & dad for bringing me into your family, mam for the hard labor you endured, and I do and did miss you singing, Happy Birthday to me on my special day. ( I miss you mom- I pray you were signing up in Heaven)

THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU.

I LOVE YOU ALL.

So to those who share a birthday the same days as me

November 20th

Happy Belated Birthday 

Here are some people who share the same birthday as me.

People from History

Celebrities

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