More Party Photos

Thought I might share some more Pics from the Big Boy's birthday party from last weekend. As it was apirate party we decided to do a treasure hunt. With the help from a lovely friend who is an art teacher, I made this treasure chest.

It's a box that the kids' new sleeping bags came in - perfect size. I just covered it in the wood-grain contact that costs about $2 a roll at the $2 shop and put some stickers on that we also found at the $2 for around $4 I think. The contents of the treasure chest for the kindy party was a whole heap of plastic gold coins, some pirate hooks (styrofoam cups with pipe-cleaner hooks and a folded straw to hold onto inside the cup) and the alfoil covered paper towel tubes were the makeshift telescopes. There were also some eyepatches in there as well but I bought them as well. Also for the jewels we had some bead necklaces and big chunky palstic rings, 6 of each for $4. The little boys loved it! It is looking a bit the worse for wear in these photos.

For the family party the following weekend there was a heap of chocolate coins, some party blowers and some party hats. The kids loved finding the clues and traipsing around the house and yard to find the next clue.

The cake is from the Women's Weekly Kids' party cakes book. The Ghostly Galleon.

Here you can see my attempt at writing with icing. Not toooo bad. I'm sure I'll get lots of practise over the years.

And here is my little pirate showing his tough pirate tatts :)

I was also happy with how the decorations turned out. I made a whole heap os black flag shapes and stuck each with a round white circle of white contact paper - I was trying to find circular printing labels which I have seen before but could not find anywhere! I trimmed the circles to look like skull shapes - just a small trim on each side - and drew the bones on with liquid paper. Then drew eyes and teeth on with black sharpie pen. They look good from far away :) This is the best picture I have as I forgot to take any photos of them when they were up. And now they are at Kindy ready for the last day of term's Pirate Day.

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The Party aftermath

Ok - so we were supposed to have a lovely party for Miss E's 2nd birthday last Sunday. Unfortunately, we succumbed, one by one, to a little virus that saw much time spent in bed and/or on the toilet. Not happy Jan!

Master O went down first, then party girl, then Daddy - so we postponed the party on the morning of the celebration. Nothing like last minute!

I was nice enough to wait until the night of the intended party to succumb. So here are a couple of photos of some of the cakes I made that had to be frozen and the birthday cake - a teacup - an awesome creation by DH - that had to go in the bin due to him icing it before the bug hit!


This is our very lonely birthday candles ceremony - and yes Miss E did snaffle those Tim Tams as soon as the cake was put down!



and a closeup of the cake - we were stumped on how to do the handle - but will try something different next time. This attempt was a bit droopy :)



We did our own pass the parcel with Miss E, Mr O, Mr O's teddy and me. He was really looking forward to doing pass the parcel with all his cousins so we improved. And guess who won?????




My cupcakes in icecream cones. I was very happy with how these turned out. I hope they will freeze well!




And of course - here is the birthday girl enjoying her present. She absolutely loves it and won't let anyone else near it!

All seems to be fine, gut-wise, in the household now. Here's to good health and happiness! And remember to leave a comment on this post if you want to be part of the huge BLOG party giveaway for the launch of the new SEWN website.

Regular Rhythm Restored

Tried the dress and jacket on Miss E last night sans Wondersuit and it fits beautifully! Phew!

So here are some pretty bad photos of her with it on Thursday night - she's very grumpy and it's no wonder as she spent Friday vomiting! But is better today so the party must go on tomorrow!

And no, she won't be wearing the duckies pyjama pants as part of her ensemble. :-) The patterns are from Ottobre Design 3/09 - Three-way Dress (18.) and Jacket "Poet" (19.)

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Heart Palpitations

I've started having them!

Because the beautiful little jacket I just finished for E to wear to her birthday party on Sunday just might be too small!! She seems to be a bit wider in the chest even though I made the 98cm - have made her 92cm shirts but different fit I guess. And it was really really hard. But it is so cute and just so beautiful.

Am staying calm because I *did* put it on over her pj's tonight so will wait for tomorrow and try it on with the dress.

Calm, blue ocean. Calm, blue ocean.

On another note - here are the party bags I've made for sunday. Because we're (I say "we" but of course I mean "I") having a Tea for Two theme as Miss E turns that magical number. So the party bags are teatowels from Big W - you know the standard red, blue and green checked ones that I've made into aprons with just the plain white tape that you can buy from woolies. I based it on this tute and they worked out really well. Each child gets the apron and in one of the pockets is a biscuit cutter and a laminated biscuit recipe card. In the other pocket is a snaplock bag of lollies. They ended up folding up really neatly so I'm pretty chuffed with how they look and I think they'll be well received. The little tags have pics of E in a chef's hat and says "thanks for coming to my party" - with each child's name on the back of the tag in nikko pen. Some pics below.

And just because I can't keep it a secret anymore- here are some pics of what Miss E is getting for her birthday. When we drop O off at Kindy she heads straight for home corner and checks out the dolls in the big cradle then has to touch every dial and knob on the oven/ microwave/sink/fridge and then open every door several times. She then checks out the pretend fruit and then I have to grab her and leave! So here's what we've got her. We got it last weekend and put it together and it is currently hiding under a sheet in the office.

It's a bit pink, isn't it? And I'm thinking that eventually I will paint over the Barbie logo and put her name there.

Anyway - I know she's going to love it even though it goes against the feminist grain somewhat. However, she'll love it and that's that :)

Batman Boy!

I'm just putting up a few photos from my Big Boy's Batman party on the weekend. Husband and I worked out how to do a Batman Cake - he has been asking for one since his third birthday last year!

Here's a pic of the boys making the cake.

And the finished cake - it was supposed to be a Bat-cave with the Bat-mobile driving out of the mouth of the cave. I think we did pretty well!

It's a batman mask from kmart on a chocolate-iced Dolly Varden cake and with patty cakes as the number four.

He loved it and had a great time at this party.

It was a great success and O had a ball which was the main thing!

Big Boy is 4!

Well my big boy turned 4 last Sunday (fathers' Day) and he is really excited about being "a big boy now". It's very cute. For the last year he has been so excited about turning 4 at his next birthday. What's the first thing he asked me during our bedtime ritual on the night of his birthday? "Will I be 5 my next birthday?"

We're having a batman themed party for him this weekend which should be fun. I am doing batman party bags so will take some pics of all the paraphernalia tomorrow when I have it all sorted.

I'm really looking forward to it.

Kat