SPONGE BOB FOR FUN CAKE

I had an order for a Wall E cake that cancelled at last minute I had already baked the cake no biggie so I decided I would decorate it the way I wanted just for fun. So after looking through my idea folder Sponge Bob it was.

WE NO LONGER HAVE A BABY IN THE HOUSE - BROOKLYN TURNS 4!

Baby no more - she gave up the pacie at Christmas and she has now turned 4 - seriously where has the time gone. We had a really great Princess party this year. She had alot of little friends over, some from preschool, some from the neighborhood, some old friends and lots of family. We started the party with a face painter and the kids decorating crowns so they too could be prince and princesses. These activities went over well.

Brookie getting her butterfly, Cute Brooke, Maddie, Lexi, McKayla, Sofia and Elizabeth making crowns, Cute Butterfly Rylie

Becky and Maddie, McKayla, Lexi and Maddie

Making crowns, Presley

From there we had dinner - sandwiches of all kinds, meatballs, little smokies, Dad's famous rueben dip, chips & queso.......YUM! The guys chilled and watched some football on TV while we did a group picture and then on to cake and ice cream. Of course I went way over board on the cake but what can you say when momma makes cakes. The bigger the better - it had the castle on top complete with a dragon, 3 princesses (all their skirts were made of cake) and 60 cupcakes. And to top it all off Scott made me this AMAZING cake stand to display it all on.

Wyatt trying out Brooklyn's new table and chairs, Bailey & Blake, the guys hanging out

top to bottom: Jayden, Sam, Callie, Elizabeth,

Madi, Presley & Brooklyn

Tyler, Rylie & Wyatt

McKayla, Emmanuel & Sofia

Michael, Sammie, Caden & Dylan

CAKE TIME

Castle, Sleeping Beauty, Belle, and Cinderella

Last but not least on the planned activities was the pinata. Instead of the kind you beat with a stick I tried one that had the pull strings (just as much fun without me cringing everytime a kid swings). We got all the way down to almost the last string before it finally gave away and instead of loose candy I did a little baggie with each kids name on it - thus they all got the same amount.

Brooklyn starts the fun and all the way down to just a few strings left

Last of all gift time

the kids were swarming so I lost track of who got her what but she got alot of great gifts - Thanks to everyone! I hope everyone had a great time.

some of the decor

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY BABY GIRL!

THE CONE OF SHAME!

So Daisy punctured her cornea in her eye - not sure how or when. We think it was over the New Year's weekend but it looked horrible. Scott took her to the vet which immediately sent her on to the Doggie Opthamologist - SERIOUSLY! They wanted to do surgery on it to put a piece of skin over the hole - my response was "ABSOLUTELY NOT!" Or other option was antibiotic eye drops for 6-8 weeks - OK I guess. What a beating it has been 3 eye drops every two to three hours + an oral antibiotic twice a day and an anti-inflamitory once a day. We did this for two days and took her back to find out it was getting better. Then 4 days and almost $900 later it was 80% better, however here we are two weeks in to the process and it still looks horrible to me. So I guess we keep doing this until it is all better. The funniest part about the whole thing was that as soon as Brooklyn saw her she said "Look Daisy has a cone of shame like Doug" (from the movie UP. Sooooo funny!

POOR DAISY!