Baby boy fun!

Thanks to a really awesome photographer (thanks Uncle Al) I stole borrowed these pics that were taken from my neice's baby shower. Jen, the mom to be, has decorated the little guy's bedroom in a monkey theme. We carried it over to the shower, adding a few more critters to make it a safari.The main goal was cheap,but cute! Aside from the awesome monkey & tree made from diapers and the food (lots of it of course) we kept the cost down by using a coordinating paper pack from Joann's.  I used this event to justify my Cricut purchase, and I got good use out of it:)

Monkey and tree made from diapers. I think I was supposed to put it together but Sara did an awesome job:)
Thanks Sis!



Making good use of the scrapbooking papers



Aunt Sara made the cool monkey!



Our cupcake models...hoping to get a quick lick

Dollar store boxes filled with animal crackers...and a chance to use the Cricut

Still using the same paper....

Sister and hostess of the party

The mom-to-be adding up exactly how much this new bundle is gonna cost them!

Ok, I may have gone a little overboard. Look close, you can see the "L" on the rings. I just couldn't help myself.

Fill the piggy game-all guests added coins equal their ages

Congratulations! We can't wait for the new addition!

It's a Boy Party!

This week has been pretty laid back. Garry and Shelby are off to camp in Georgia (Shelby's first year!) so it's just been me and the boys. Several weeks ago when Bryce realized that both would be gone for the entire week, he got a little upset. We came up with a "boy party" idea which he has been excitedly counting down the days. Well, this morning was the last day before we head back up north, and I realized that today must be the BIG DAY! So, this morning we decorated and picked up Bryce's back up BFF-Jay Jay (TJ-wish you were here!). What else does a boy do at a boy party but play video games! I offered to set up a board game or something other-but Bryce just wanted to play the Wii. Yup, I probably ruined their little brains, but I let them play until they were tired of playing! And although Aidan and Gage were too little to play the games, they did enjoy the cupcakes!

No party is complete without decorations!Per Bryce: hot dogs, please!JayJay "this is the best boy party ever!"
(which is awesome until one realizes this was probably his first!)can you see their brains turning into mush?!?
Out of 12 cupcakes I think Aidan ate 5 (did I mention he also ate 3 hot dogs?)Blue icing...yummy!