happy 8th birthday Isabel!

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Isabel's outfit details-

Shirt, Jeggings, hair spray. I used my flat iron to make ribbon curls. Here's one for less and it has almost 30,000 reviews! 

My outfit details~

Unicorn sweatshirt, similar, old, cami ~ long because it's maternity! AG jeans, booties, DottieCouture Boutique, lipstick (PUR x Barbie) 

Party decorations, walmart

Hearts in strings

Cake decorations 

My Thanksgiving-Black Friday baby turns 8 years old today. I interviewed her and asked her 8 questions. 

1. What do you like daydreaming about?

Rainbows

2. If you opened a store, what would you sell?

Dresses, all kinds of dresses

3. How do you show people you care?

By giving a hug

4. Pretend you're a chef, tell me about your restaurant. 

I will cook Italian food and if I have another store, I will sell cheesecake. 

5. If you designed clothes, what would they look like

It will have sparkles, flowers, hearts,  and rainbows. 

6. What are the best things about the nature?

Animals, leaves and trees

7. What would you do if you made the rules at home?

I would say: No fighting, no grabbing other people, no pulling their hair. No screaming too loud.

8.  If you would give your family new names, what would they be?

Daddy - Stuart, because Daddy likes that name. 

Mummy - Grace, because it's a good name. 

Daniel - Joshua, because Daniel is in the Bible and so is Joshua. 

Sebastian - Luke, because he likes Star Wars. 

Lucy - Madison, because it's a beautiful name. 

Lucas - Bob, because maybe Bob has long hair. Maybe Henry because I don't know. 

Nash -  I want it to be a cute name because he is a cute baby. May I see the baby book names? 

William because it's a cute name for a boy. 

Shoutout to the following VIP for making her party a success!
Dada - driver, pizza and cake delivery guy
Lola - for the party decorations
Uncle Isma - for helping out with the clouds and hearts and helping out at the movies.
NateDogg - for the balloons and HBD sign


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isabel's hogwarts party {photo diary}

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Our costume details ~ affiliate links used.
Luna Lovegood spectacles
Blonde Wig
Quidditch Robes
Gryffindor school robes
Hermione's wand
Wizard wig and beard
Hedwig owl costume
Spider costume - exact one
HP glasses
HP thunderbolt scar temp tattoos
Crookshank  plushed toy


For the easy butterbeer recipe I made for the children and the guests, head here.  It was a hit!

daniel is nine

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Photo diary of my eldest's birthday. I became his mama nine years ago.

We went to the pool in the morning then dinner with family. My aunt/godmom who lives in Italy made homemade pasta. It was so so good. So light and tasty. The birthday boy ate two big helpings!

Thanks to my other aunt for the Maryland Crabs. yummmmmmm!
The St. Louis got balloons and we got the ice cream cake. It was a wonderful day.




I am going to stay as a mom-blogger. I do not have a future in full-time food blogging. These photos do not give the meal justice! The pasta is to-die for. My godmom labored all day.

The pasta was our first course.
The crabs, corn, rice and veggies was the next course.

paddington party ~ guests and pinata

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for part 1 of this paddington party post series, head here.

Now for the guests and "photo booth" diary. The signs came from here.
Paddington toy set from here.


The second part of this post is pinata time. My mom started making pinatas for her grandkids' parties 4 years ago. Scroll and watch the action shots of the serious pinata-hitting. Pay attention to the other older children practicing their swings during Sebastian's turn. I also love their faces once my brother hit the pinata and the candy finally spilled over! I spy lots of starbursts and gum.

Lucas' Paddington Bear party

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part 1 of the paddington bear birthday party series
Lucas' shirt c/o Tita Lady
shorts, exact one here
cake, thanks Kroger
fruit tray, my creation
paddington bear toys, c/o Auntie Feli
photo props, here
big unionjack flag, thanks hollowayfamilynorth
FP mocs, our present for the big boy!


photos taken by Tita Lady

my fairy princess {party photo diary}

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Beautiful pictures c/o my sister

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fairy princess costume, similar here
wands, exact ones
wings, exact ones

fairy queen mother

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Open cardigan, kohls ~ comes in 4 different shades of gray!
Valentino rockstuds, inspired-ones here and here
Saint Laurent Wallet on chain, pink ones here for less
Dress, nordstromrack
Tights, zulily

happy birthday, my june baby! {peppa pig party}

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Lucy's birthday outfit
Peppa Pig Dress - made by her Tita Lady {she's so talented! and very patient}
Saltwater sandals
Bathing suit, Janie and Jack {see below}

For her birth story, head here.
For her first birthday, head here. Theme: watermelon party









My sweet Lucy turns TWO.
What I love about her ~
The way she calls me mummy... the way she calls her daddy...
Her voice
Her sweet smile {which is hard to get when she sees my phone cam or big cam or any cam}
She loves being photographed. She photobombs my outfit photos.
She watches Bones and JAG with me.
She loves her baby brother.
We share the same fave foods {panera fuji apple chicken salad, cream of chicken and wild rice soup and green smoothies}
She is not a picky eater. She will eat what we cook/make/order. She even tries the spicy foods I eat. She says "spicy, spicy" pointing and asking a bite from my plate.
She's so stinking cute!

Lucy's watermelon party {photo diary}

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Lucy's dress, Target

Isabel's watermelon dress, thank you @r4lmarket

 
  

  

Theme: Watermelon party

Colors: Red, green, black

Cake: Thank you, Marsh bakery. 1/2 white, 1/2 chocolate.

Food: Lucy's summer salad
Blue Cheese | Mandarin Oranges | Strawberries | Walnuts | Mixed Greens | homemade Strawberry Vinaigrette 

Filipino merienda: pancit and chicken adobo and rice

how we party as a first grader

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As room parent, I get to organize class parties. My first graders had their 2nd of 3 parties. (First one was Halloween -- but I missed it since I had to work. hence the lack of photos).



There were 4 stations. I had two other moms volunteer so that helped me and the first grade teacher. 



Station 1 - Christmas cards
The class made cards to give to  children hospitalized at our local hospital. I am so proud of their work. I brought the cards last week to the charge nurses of the surgical unit and the general peds floor. They were thrilled to receive such thoughtful cards. I wish I could share the photos of the nurses or the children getting these cards -- but we have to protect their privacy. 

Station 2 - dress up Santa
I asked the parents to donate black and red streamers, bags of cotton balls and masking tape. The children each took turns getting dressed up as Santa. They had to be creative making santa's suit and beard etc.  (I was in the other room so  I have no pictures to share)


Station 3 - no sew sock baby Jesus
I followed Lacy's craft. 

I bought all the materials from Walmart.
rubber bands
lunch paper bags
cotton balls
boys socks size small - crew cut/long ones
yarn
scissors (from the class)
not shown (pink and black sharpies)

The first graders were so proud of their baby Jesus. I taught them how to swaddle their baby. They wanted to draw Jesus' face on their own. One even had hair peeking out of the hat. 


Station 4 snacks!
Christmas cookie and popcorn and juice


The children had so much fun. It was another successful party!


--Join me tomorrow for the What we wore on Christmas link-up. I'd love to see your reds and greens and golds! If you'd like, share the Christmas feast and treats and the gift wrapping clean-up or aftermath of Christmas morning! :)

see ya. 

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fit for a princess {photo diary}

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Is it a surprise that my Isabel asked for a princess party?

I am thankful she is not into pinterest yet... or else she would have expected more from what we gave her (ha!) all in all, she really just wanted to celebrate with her friends. She wanted to play and have a princess party.

Thank you to my husband for picking up the cake! whew glad I ordered it before my ward week started.

Thank you to my mom for the princess cake plates, princess balloon and putting together the treat bags. 

Thank you to my MIL for the Ella dress (similar here). 

Thank you to my FIL for taking photos!

Thank you to Isabel's friends for celebrating and eating cake with her!

Check out the thinker -- aka the pouter. 

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