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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The Men in my Life - Fathers Day 2014

Ugh, I am a day  late in posting about Fathers Day:(

But, at least I'm getting to it now :)

Yesterday was Fathers Day and for us it was simple, but rather sweet day.

I am unable to hop across the Atlantic ocean and go see my dad and wish him a Happy Fathers Day, but I can call him and wish a Happy Fathers Day instead, as well as send him a card. I miss having my dad close by and with his speech being unclear and slow (from his Brain Hemorrhage many years ago) Plus his hearing is fading, make for Chatting on the phone is very short and sweet.

This is my dad today.

This was my dad, before his brain Hemorrhage

We took a trip to Dan yr Ogaf Caves & Dinosaur Museum when I was 9.

My mam, told my dad to look scared for the photo! Lol, he obviously didn't listen.

I LOVE my DAD.

Now for the 'Other' man in my life, the man who is the father

 To our 2 darling little tinkers, Seren & Carys.

He is my very handsome and rather sexy

Jason.

Hey, good looking!

Like I mentioned our Fathers Day was a simple, yet sweet one.

Seren had bought Jason a Batman T-shirt and one for herself! I know Batman!!

But, Jason, had showed her the animation Batman show the other day and that's been all she's been talking about, but as she calls it, 'Heroes.'

Daddy also got some yummy Ghirardelli milk chocolate and Lindt intense orange chocolate, along with a google play gift card and cards. 

AND

A Tasty Chicken Dinner with homemade gravy and veggies, followed by

Homemade Strawberry Cupcakes with Strawberry cream cheese frosting for dessert.

Ohhhhh, so good!

Seren wears her Batman T-shirt! While admiring the sprinkles on the frosted cupcake.

Carys, on the other hand, insisted, I take off the frosting so she could eat JUST the cupcake!

So to all the Fathers, past, present & future out there,

I hope you had or spent a Happy Fathers Day with the ones you LOVE.

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