Girl Outnumbered

I took an extra day off today, and we headed to the park for a little picnic. It was a bit windy, so we decided to sit on a table instead of our blanket. There was no way these boys would eat anything with the playground in their view. So we packed up our lunch and headed to the playground. These boys love being outdoors, playing  in dirt,  and to run around like wild animals. I just follow them around with my camera. I always take an insane amount of pictures, but never can I get them to cooperate long enough to take one together. Oh well, I’ll take what I can get.

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My lovely niece and nephew are always my volunteer models when I need some practice. A month ago we had unusual nice spring like weather, so we headed to our downtown square for a little session. I found so many unique spots for photos. I took so many I’m still trying to edit them. These are a few of my favorites.

 

 

 

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Dear Dylan,

How exciting you are finally TWO!  I hate that you are no longer my little baby I brought home. I’am excited to see you grow and learn more this next year. You are such a big boy now and you need me less each day.  You bring so much joy to your Mommy and Daddy! We love you so much!

You are such a sweet, beautiful boy. You have the most endearing smile and I can’t get enough of it. I love it when I tell you I love you and you now reply “i wuv you toooo”. I enjoy snuggling in bed with you and watching your favorite cartoons together.

Everyday you learn new words and expressions. My favorites so far is when you apologize in that high pitched voice of yours. You say “ i sawee Mama, i sawee”, how can anyone be mad at you after that.

I love you to the moon and back Little Man!

Love Mommy!

 

24 Things I love about You

 

 

I love your precious curly hair.

I love how you laugh and giggle uncontrollably.

I love that you are such a sweet and loving boy.

I love that you love to cuddle and give me kisses.

 

 

I love that you are curious about everything.

I love that  you are shy around others.

I love when you say “Mamaa, Mamaa, Mamaa” repeatedly to get what you want.

 

I love that you make me so happy.

I love how you talk and talk and talk.

I love how smart you are.

I love how you love your Daddy.

I love that your best friend is your brother.

I love that you follow your big brother around and copy everything he does.

 

 

I love how you avoid me and my camera.

I love how you are easily entertained.

I love when you want me to hug and kiss you when you are hurt.

I love how you are so rebellious and you do what you want.

I love your sense of independence.

I love how dramatic you are.

 

    

 

I love that you love music.

I love your many expressions.

I love that you like to sing along to your favorite cartoons.

I love that you are obsessed with Scooby Doo.

I love your serious and sometimes grumpy personality.

 

 

                                                                        I love you even when you are not perfect.

I love you more than words can describe. I love you more and more each day.

Happy Birthday Dylan!

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We celebrated Dylan's 2nd birthday last weekend with a Little Monster themed birthday party. I decided to have a smaller party this year compared to his Rock Star party last year. Still, our small family party kind of was a bit bigger than planned. I even forgot about the little games/crafts I had planned because the kids were way into our last minute bounce house rental. We all had a wonderful time celebrating Dylan's big day surrounded by close friends and family.

I ordered the invitation, matching cupcake toppers and table settings from Brooke Chanel Designs.

I might be a little obsessed with candy buffets.  Thanks to Party City we were able to color coordinate the candy buffet. I also printed some of the cupcake toppers onto sticker sheets to put on the goodie boxes and made a banner that hung over the table. I bought the matching monster graphics from Peach Pops Clip Art. I printed and cut one out as the cake topper.

My birthday boy hung around the table for a very long time. He loved those cupcakes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I ordered the cupcakes and cake from Sam’s. They were delicious and budget friendly.

 

I love working with candy molds. My brother bought these number 2 candy molds from Ebay. The orange chocolate came from Michaels.

I found Rainbow licorice at Party City. I bought a couple of bags and removed all the orange, green, and blue licorice, placed in this vase with orange Sixlets. I love Sixlets! I also used blue and green Sixlets in other jars.

These napkins from The Paper Hat were a last minute find. I found these on Monday night and the party was Saturday, so I was only able to order the stock napkins that had an assortment of colors. I think they are the cutest napkins ever! Next time I will plan ahead and order custom napkins. 

My sister and I drove to Dallas to find the perfect pinata. Monster themed parties are not a popular idea, so the only thing we found that kind of matched was this Cookie Monster. It was huge! I even bought a Triceratops pinata for Diego’s birthday party in August. Let me tell you, it was no easy task to get these in the back of the truck with both Diego and Dylan. Triceratops had to sit in my lap the whole drive home.

 

My beautiful Two year old!

I hope you enjoyed our Little Monster Party!

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I know this post is a little late…

This year we decided to have a little Valentines playdate/mommy time. As I mentioned before our little group consists of some of my high school friends and their kids. The kids get along great, which is a plus since we have arranged their marriages to each other. I kid, I kid! The kids had a blast playing and exchanging valentines cards, decorating mini heart shaped cakes, and eating all sorts of yummy candy. Of course, the Mom’s had a wonderful time chit chatting about everything and anything.

 

 

         

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