Baby Shower Goodness

Warning: Picture Overload :)

My baby shower was a little over a week ago! It was wonderful and I am so Thankful to all the women who shared in that day with me! Thought I would share some pictures with you all.

I had an "Ice Cream Social"

It was too adorable, with all the toppings in waffle bowls and the table to the right *had ice cream on it, which we put it there last min so it wouldn't melt."

The Centerpieces were absolutley ADORABLE, and all around the room was "ice cream garland" which is pictured around the tables and above her name. Aslo in this picture in the background you can see "Little ice cream cones" They are actually the favors, bath fizzies on top of ice cream cones with a pom pom cherry on top!

We played silly games

giggled ALOT!

And of course we ate some ice cream!

I wish I could have got a picture with everyone but with over 25 wonderful women there it was nearly impossible, but above is my mom, 2 sisters, and of course Little Lu who is wearing her big sister shirt :)

And pictured here are the 4 wonderful women that threw the shower for me (plus myself) but I didnt do a think I just sat back and relaxed they did all the hard work!
Thank you to all the wonderful women that did such a great job and to all the women that supported us in our new adventure!!! Just a little over 5 weeks and we will get to meet the newest member of our family we are soo excited!
Stay tuned later this week I will post nursery pictures and all the goodies I have been making!

I'm Still Here ...

Can you believe that Lu and I still actually do crafts and have fun?? My camera skills are getting weak though and I haven't been taking to many pictures, heck I've been sewing up a storm too for my friends baby shower gifts, I know SHAME on me for not posting, however recently I have gotten a few emails asking how we are ... so heres an update :)

I am 29 weeks pregnant, OH yes and I have the belly to prove it!

And heres all the bellies to prove all the baby showers I've been attending LOL! Lot of bibs, burp cloths, blankets and I have even whipped up a few wrist rattles:)
Lu is enjoying her summer, attending camps, and having fun with good ole' mom! I hope to be posting more soon!

Lots O' Meatballs!

Yesterday we took a trip to visit my sister and after hours of playing together the kids needed a little more hands on interaction so we put them to work rolling meatballs for our speghetti dinner, now neither my sister nor I had ever let our children touch raw meat before, so there was EXTRA handwashing involved!

But they actually loved it!

Lu picked out the meal bc thats her favorite!

Lis made itty-bitty meat balls

while Aidman made giant meat balls and they all enjoyed the fruits of their labor at dinner, Lu and Aidman had 2 giant helpings Yum Yum!
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Kids In The Kitchen 4th Of July Goodie

I found this really great treat here when I was browsing the net the other day!

Looked nice and simple and delish, so Lu and I set out to make it!

We had most of the items on hand, and added a few of our "own" touches

We used pretzels *a couple handfuls*, about 12 oreo cookies, a handful of choco cheerios and a handful of honey nut cheerios, almond bark and M&M's ... YUM!

As pictured above Lu broke all the pretzels in half, and the oreos into small pieces, & threw on the cheerios. The Above picture is what is should look like before the almond bark goes on top!

I melted the almond bark and Lu put some red & blue M&M's over top, she was 3 steps ahead of me :) I wasn't done pouring the almond bark before she was already putting on the M&M's silly girl!

This is what is should look like now, let dry for about 30 mins or more THEN ....

Break into pieces, put in a nice big mug and let your guest have at it!! It was SOOO Yum and alot better than I expected! And to think, you can make so many variations :)
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Better Late Than Never ... Kids In The Kitchen

I know I have been slacking on my Kids In The Kitchen post ... but who would have thought that summer would be just as busy if not busier than the hustle and bustle of school year activities??? We are fortunate to live in a place where everything is just a jump away, into the second week of summer and we've been busy with the beaches, water parks, playdates, vacation bible school and more!
And because of our busy schedule I decided to post something SOO SIMPLE! I've said it before and I'll say it again, Kids In The Kitchen can be fun even with the simplest of things!

For fathers day we made Joshy's favorite foods, Tilapia, green beans, italian bread, and baked potatoes. Lu JUST LOVES "snapping" the beans she did the WHOLE package, was content and joked around the whole time! I love how she took a "manoutnoues" task and make it fun!

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Wordless Wednesday

We did Lu's B-day party at the roller rink!

Lots of kids and good times!

This picture .. I love it! Reminds me of the late 80's early 90's

with the leggins and the roller skates!!

Now all she needs is bigger hair!

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Big Ol' Dirt Cup

I thought this would be fun to share with you all! I was asked to bring a "kid friendly" dessert at a Memorial Day get together we went to. I decided that it be fun to make a dirt cup, and instead of buying all the small individual cups I found this BIG bucket at the dollar tree. It held 2 large boxes of chocolate pudding, 1 large container of whipping cream (whipped up), 3/4 pack of oreos, and a pkg of worms ... and it was ENTIRLEY GONE! the whole thing! We served it with the shovel too, but we had to switch to a spoon because the handle on the shovel wasn't long enough! The kids had a blast with it!