Happy Birthday Mallory

Mallory's birthday was back at the end of September and I am just now getting her party pics uploaded.  I'm so glad I started planning over the summer. Going back to school takes up ALL of your time (just about)!  I was a little worried I wouldn't be able to pull it all together, but I got pretty lucky.  It turned out super cute.  

Making all the food took some time. I stayed up pretty late the night before.  It also helped that my parents kept Mallory and I scheduled her party for late afternoon.  The birthday girl loves some cake pops! Who can resists! She gobbled up some cupcakes too like a child who has been deprived of sweets!  

Thanksgiving Craft 2013

We love our crafts, but how to change it up?  Well this year we went for something a little more rustic.  All you need to recreate this cute craft is..orange construction paper, a role of burlap (found at your local craft store for around $4.00), finger paint, ribbon, and stamps.  I hot glued the burlap to the construction paper by placing a small glue dot in each corner.  Be careful when pressing the burlap down as the glue will go through and can burn your fingers. Next, I painted Mallory's hand and pressed it down on the burlap.  Once it was dry I used my stamps to spell out Happy Thanksgiving.  You don't need to run out and buy colored ink pads.  Just use your finger to apply finger paint to the stamp.  Once your finished wipe the stamps with a wet cloth.  Hot glue a bow and you are all set! Gobble Gobble!  

Happy Halloween

Halloween this year was so much fun! Mallory is old enough to really understand what to do and say - TRICK OR TREAT! She was so cute climbing up stairs and running up to doors to ring the doorbells.  She couldn't quite reach, but I helped her out.  Our little Minnie Mouse was a huge hit! Of course she scrapped her new shoes before we even made it past our house, but other than that we returned unscathed.  She even managed to convince us to let her eat not one but two lollipops on our outing.  Her first lollipops ever...that I know of....Yikes! She is turning into a candy fiend!