Ever Have One of Those Days....

...we do! Our afternoon was "One of Those..."

Needless to say, my children have both been sound asleep since 7:10, so they were TIRED!
Hopefully we all wake up on the right side of the bed tomorrow, and todays 4 year old shots don't affect Molly to much tomorrow!

But... even cranky they are still pretty cute! :)

Birthday Bedroom Balloons!

For Molly's birthday I wanted to do something with balloons, since my girls LOVE balloons. First I thought I would blow up a bunch of balloons and fill the floor in her room with them, but then I rethought that idea, since I would probably end up policing the 1 year old all day not to play rough with them!

Then I saw this AWESOME idea (well surfing Pinterest) from A Girl and A Boy to thread a strand of balloons and hang them from the ceiling!!! LOVE!!!

I bought 3 packs of balloons at Walmart for .97 cents each, had my husband blow them up, (thanks babe) then just threaded them into three long strands. Instead of hanging them with thumbtacks, I used Command Decorating clips since Molly's walls are smooth and I wanted to be able to remove them. So Easy!

We actually did this well she was sleeping since she is such a heavy sleeper, and in the morning she was SO thrilled. Both her and Nora were laying in her room staring at the balloons all day! This will definitely be a new tradition!

Happy Birthday Miss Molly!!!

Happy 4th Birthday to our amazing Molly!!!
I feel so blessed to be her mom, and so grateful for the miracle that helped her to reach 4!

I quick made this shirt for her to wear this morning, the same way I made these.
I just used pink flower fabric, Steam-A-Seam, and a white t-shirt. :)

She has felt very special today, and even got to pass out a birthday treat at school! Now we are heading to a birthday dinner of her choice with just mom and dad, she picked Chinese buffet, smart girl! :)

Pink Crayons!

For Molly's birthday party with family this weekend, she choose to have a Pinkalicious Party. So, to go with the coloring pages I printed for her and her cousins to do, I wanted to have a box of all pink crayons!

But, since a custom box of crayons is $10.99, YIKES! I knew that wasn't going to happen in this stay at home moms budget! So, instead I bought 24 boxes of crayons when they were .20 cents each during the back to school sales, and switched the colors. Now I have 24 boxes of crayons, each with there own color! So instead of spending $263.76 for 24 custom boxes of crayons, I spent $4.80. :) Yeah, for a good deal!

And now, instead of looking everywhere for a black crayon, or a red crayon, we just get out that box and have 24 to choose from. :)

Apple Rice Krispie Treats!

Since today was the first day of school for Molly, we made these fun Apple Rice Krispie Treats for an evening snack!

We found the idea and recipe for these over at Gourmet Mom on-the-go. They use marshmellows, butter, cherry Jell-O, and Rice Krispies. Then you add a tootsie roll and green taffy for the tops. (to make the leaf, I just used a kitchen scissors to cut up a green air head) The Jell-O makes them SO yummy!!!

Molly was a HUGE fan!

And Nora loved getting sticky! Seriously these were super easy, and yummy! Even dad ate two!

1st Day of School!

This morning was Molly's first day of 4 year old preschool! She was very excited! I think she is looking so much older that the first day of school last year! ( I tried to talk her out of the scarf, but this girl loves her accessories, lol! )

She literally ran up to the school, so couldn't wait! She has been asking everyday if it is time to go to preschool yet!

She was excited to find her locker, and see her teachers. She has the same teachers as last year, so she was happy!

And just because this silly girl can't pose for pictures with out doing funny poses...

I had to add these pictures, because they are cracking me up. I think she is teaching Nora how to be silly in pictures!

Crayon Wreath!

To go along with our "Back to School" decorations, I made this fun crayon wreath!
I got this fun idea from Katie at A Listmaker's Life. :)

I got a foam wreath form from the dollar store and hot glued a green ribbon around it, then I just hot glued crayons onto the front, and used push pins to put a ribbon hanger on!