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Lego Party Inspiration

***UPDATE*** Lego Madness 2010 Party Pics Here

It is party planning time again (♥LOVE IT♥) in my next life, I want to be a party planner! and Logan decided he wanted another Lego party (he had a Lego Bday Party 2 years ago, several of his friends still talk about it!). I already have a pretty good idea of what we plan to do, but LOOK at all these great ideas I found ☺ Can't wait to add a few of these!!!!!

LOVE these Lego Paper dolls from here
AND this table cloth.... spray painted bubble wrap to look like a giant lego plate
and giant Legos to go with it (time to start buying milk in half gallons and save those water bottle tops!)DIY Pinata...looks so easy
I love this pinata too but not as easy


and Lego rings...too cute! (not sure the boys would love it though) and Lego Shaped Candy...that they would love!Lego shaped Soap

Marshmallow Mini-Fig Pops!! seriously!DIY Keychain Favors I'm off to Michaels to find key chains ASAP...Super Easy Invitation!

Lego Food!
CookiesCheese and Crackers
Cake


And all the game ideas!!!
straw game
racing games

bridge building

tower building

BINGO, or should I say LEGO


My favorite resources!
http://creativeholidaygiftideas.blogspot.com/2008/10/lego-party-ideas.html
http://ashleyannphotography.com/blog/2010/03/09/hes-six-lego-birthday-party/
http://www.burbmom.net/how-to-throw-a-lego-party/
http://www.lavishweddingdesign.com/2009/06/lego-party.html
http://www.livinglocurto.com/2010/06/lego-birthday-party/
http://www.brickbirthday.com/shop/?page_id=39
http://www.birthdaypartyideas.com/html/lego_parties_0.html
http://familyfun.go.com/parties/lego-party-704662/
http://www.mypartyfile.com/blog/?tag=lego
http://aimeeaustin.wordpress.com/party-time-lego-star-wars/
http://rootsandwingsco.blogspot.com/2010/03/super-awesome-lego-party.html
http://taylormadebaking.blogspot.com/2010/09/lachlans-7th-birthday-party-part-2.html
http://launderfoldrepeat.blogspot.com/2009/12/lego-birthday-party-photo-essay.html
http://launderfoldrepeat.blogspot.com/2009/12/lego-pinata-tutorial.html
http://eiselefamilynews.blogspot.com/2010/06/lego-party-planning.html
http://www.manicmommies.com/index.php/2009/07/11/notes-from-a-lego-party/
http://yellowfence.blogspot.com/search/label/Lego%20Party




Here are some pics from his 6th bday... unfortunately I was so busy running around, I didn't get many pics. I'll do better next time!

Logan's Lego Birthday Party was a success! Fifteen of his favorite friends had fun playing Lego bingo, building and racing lego race cars, jumping in the bounce house and making lego masterpieces.

The Lego Cake survived the heat and so did we.
Wish me luck with the party planning!!!! A bunch of 8 year old boys!!!!

Cheers to Summer!

You can find more info about his here...just looking at it make me HaPpY!

Butterscotch Pancakes - the EZ way!

I always make pancakes for the first day of school, but this year I ran into a little problem...no eggs or vanilla : (

But luckily, I did have good ol' Hungry Jack mix...saved me from have one disappointed boy.

And as an added bonus, while hunting in my cabinet, I discovered butterscotch chips...SCORE!

In they went

Delish! No need for syrup, these are sweet enough on their own.

Mmmmmmm....

My fingers are crossed!

Have you heard about the AMAZING machine called a Silhouette...its sort of like a printer that hooks up to you computer but instead of printing on paper, it prints on things like vinyl and heat transfer paper AND HERE IS THE BEST PART...it cuts it out for you too!!! See, I said AMAZING!!

Here are a few examples of what it can do...

PAPER/SCRAPBOOKING.....

VINYL CUTTING!!!....

GLASS ETCHING!!!

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PAPER PARTY SUPPLIES!!...



HEAT TRANSFERS!!!!

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Here is another ETCHING example...

Here's another Vinyl example...

So obviously I want one!! I'm entering a couple contests in hope to have one of my very own : ) I'm feelin' lucky!!

Here are the sites with the giveaways

http://karaspartyideas.blogspot.com/2010/08/silhouette-craft-cutter-giveaway-300.html

http://shabbynest.blogspot.com/2010/08/super-fantabulous-product-giveaway_23.html

http://www.bystephanielynn.com/2010/08/over-300-giveaway-santa-has-arrived.html

http://www.twigandthistle.com/blog/2010/09/giveaway-silhouette-digital-cutting-tool/

Back to School Traditions

Back to School is an exciting time around here. My oldest LOVES school! Every aspect of it...the learning, the friends, the routine.

So we celebrate the big day!

Butterscotch pancakes for breakfast

Posing for first day pics

Measured on the closet wall

And at the end of the big day, a favorite meal of mini sloppy joes.

Those are some of your back to school traditions. How about you?

Plum Crazy

Our plum tree was very generous this year, so many that we lost a few limbs due to the weight of these big beautiful juicy gems. We couldn't pick them, much less eat them fast enough.
So I tried a few new recipes in addition to the usual Plum Jam.

I tried a plum jalapeno salsa...it was interesting. I'm not a big fan of jalapenos, but I liked it with chips. Shawn liked it too but after a day or two in the fridge, it was done. This is a salsa that needs to be eaten the same day it is made.

I also made Upside-down plum blueberry cupcakes...so delish! I adapted this recipe. I will DEFINITELY make this again and again and again!



I wish I could make another batch but I don't dare buy plums from the store, they just don't taste the same!

I also made homemade turnovers using frozen puff pastry...super easy and super yummy. I just put about a tablespoon of jam in a square of dough, egg washed the sides and top and baked according to directions. So super yummy!