Craigs Friend Party

We had a little friend party last Saturday before his birthday. It was so nice of everyone to come and party with him!

As a 'pre-opening activity' (seriously Cub Scouts is seeping into everything ;) We had the kids paint solar systems:

They smeared paint all over boards (while wearing some of K.C.'s old shirts to protect their clothes). then let them dry.

Most of the kids loved it, but Craig thought it was too messy to get the paint on his fingers :) he did it for a little while and asked me to finish it.

Then we let those dry and opened presents. (as you can see he had LOTS of help!)

He loved all of his presents! Thanks everyone.

I thought it was so sweet that just like we practiced in the "Present game" (explained later) he said "Thank you for this nice present ____(insert name)." I didn't even have to prompt him most of the time. He's such a nice kid!

Who can his first "Cars" book! I bet you can't guess what we've read for every nap time and every night since then.

Do you think he liked it? I wish you could see the little dance he was doing and the "I love it, I love it, I love it!" Chant! Ha ha! He was opening Hiccup from How to Train Your Dragon.

Then I made this cake in my nifty pampered chef baker. It was pretty slick and only took 15 min, start to finish. So I could serve it hot. I thought it worked out well.

 While I was making the cake, K.C. was spray painting the circles on to the solar systems and the kids were all signing Craig's table cloth.

And lastly. Honestly this is something I've never done. We had party favors. Truth be told K.C. made them on my Cricut, and they turned out very nice!

All in all, even with my poor hosting abilities, I think that everyone was too busy to notice (much) and it seemed like it all turned out good. He even played sweetly and shared all of his toys without one outburst! I was so proud of him. The important thing is that Craig had a great time and he did so that's all that really matters. Thanks everyone for coming to party and for being such goof friends!

Sad - Impressive.... Mostly Lame

So our little Green Lawn and Home Treatments Company... You know the one that we hardly have time to focus on, that has a few customers here and there, that is more of a hobby than an income source? (meaning it's only been self sustaining for a few months and we've never made any money on it yet and mostly we've just spent money on it... and it's little bank account is the biggest it has ever been and it barely exists because it's so small.) Yeah that business.


Well that business bank total is larger than ours. In case you missed it. That's not much.

Like I Said "Lame!"

But we believe in miracles... I'm sure we'll be just fine. Right?

On the move!

I think this is pretty stinking awesome!

I was beginning to think that I was fooling myself into thinking she could crawl already... But now I have proof! :)

Make an on-line slide show at www.OneTrueMedia.com

P.S. The music just cracks me up! But since I could add it... why not! haha.

Wanda Knows - When the tough get going

Episode 26 -When the tough get going

The background: Wanda is staying at our house (Good times!) She was sitting in our office talking to me and out of the blue she said

Wanda: "I get it! When the tough get going, the going gets tough!"

Celeste: "Uh wand, I think its, when the going-"

Wanda: Interrupting "No! I get it! It's when the tough get going the going gets tough! You know like when the big tough warrior guys get going, you know like moving, the going (she emphasised this word and looked at me like I should be making a great mental connection at this point) gets tough!"

Celeste: Silently laughing, pulling up my blog as fast as I can, and trying not to let the grin show on my face, and hoping she doesn't notice what I'm doing!

Wanda: Blissfully unaware, left the room

Reaction when she finds out she's wrong.... to be continued

Savannah Updates

I haven't been so good about posting the updates on Savannah. She is such a happy baby! When she first wakes up she is SO happy to see me and just smiles and giggles and laughs. I love her little dimples!

New Traditions and Birthday Fun

This year I decided that I wanted to have lots of fun birthday traditions. I found a really awesome idea on a blog called secrets of a super mommy, so I put it into action. And I loved it!

First of all I made the birthday countdown board. I've heard of people doing "birthday weeks" before but I never really liked the idea until I saw this and it made sense how it could be fun and not overwhelming. I've wanted birthdays to be special because they are fun, not because you get a ton of presents. But I wasn't sure exactly how to go about doing that. This just happens to be the perfect solution for our family! It's simple and fun and memorable and works for any age! love, love LOVE it!

The board:

His name is at the top (Daddy's name is on the other side and there's a separate one for us girls. That way we can all use this board on our birthdays :)

Then there are he numbers that count down the last 6 days before his birthday. (I'm so amazed that I actually LOVE the way it all turned out.)

Then he gets to pick dinner every night too. It was pretty hillarious! He picked Ligits (Li-Gets) for dinner and it was a funny thing trying to figure out what a ligit was!

Then across the bottom is a row of cards that have a fun activity for each day.

One of the traditions was Put his birthday table cloth and chair cover (I made the chair cover) on and have people sign and date the table cloth. Then it can be pulled out on their birthday every year and added to.

(my first attempt at button holes ever! It was actually pretty fun - thanks to my mom, she walked me through it over the phone! But after I was done sewing them I had a blister on my finger because the knob that you twist to change the settings was SO hard to turn! But I think they look pretty good)

And lastly there is a bag hanging on the bottom that had a small present in it every morning. He LOVED this! He would make sure the bag was empty ever night and then hang it carefully on the peg. It was fun to see his eyes light up when he realized it wasn't empty in the morning! Such fun.

(love the Lightning McQueen PJ's and bag! I think it's cute how much he loves Cars!)

I'm so pleased with how it all turned out. I was making things last minute, trying to pull everything together and hoping that it would be fun for Craig. Miraculously I managed to get everything done, make everything and have it ready in time to do it. (even if that meant I finished it seconds before we put it to use!) But still. I did it! And I think that we all had a great time!

Oh and on their birthday you turn the board around and this is what it looks like:

P.S. I still can't believe I made it! :) it was so much fun.

Well there's lots more birthday updates and Savannah updates but bed is calling my name and so I'll have to try again later!

Little computer genius

Craig never ceases to amaze me.

This morning K.C. got up before any of the rest of us and jumped in the shower, when he got out he found Craig in the computer room. And this is what he'd done.

Dug through his birthday presents in the living room and located his very own "Putt Putt travels through time" game. (it's on a disc)

Taken it into the office

Unwrapped and opened it

Loaded it into the computer correctly (something we've never shown him how to do)

Waited for the autorun to start up

Picked from the options "Browse CD" or "play the Autoplay" (chose Autoplay)

Pressed "Play" on the Putt Putt menu

Waited for the 30 second intro movie to finish

And was intently driving his little Putt Putt around and talking to the characters in the game.

That's my 3 year old! 

(by the way how did he get to be THREE?!)