A LEGO Birthday Party For Cheyenne's 5th Birthday.

It feels like just yesterday I was telling you that Cheyenne was born. And now we are celebrating her 5th birthday. Unbelievable! She is a master at LEGO building and is absolutely LEGO obsessed, so I thought it apt to incorporate some LEGO aspects into her birthday celebration.

I guess I owe being a chicken Mama for inspiring this idea. I thought of using over 100 of  these egg cartons(since in my brain the undersides mimic the look of LEGO bricks) to create a 3D wall/backdrop that look like LEGO bricks. I almost regretted this idea because it was so time consuming, but it was totally worth it. This wall was the perfect backdrop for the party. I plan on reusing the cartons for Easter craft activities and of course for egg storage. 

The cake was a hit! It was made by the lovely Jenny from local Blue Pineapple Bakery O.K., get ready for picture overload. There were so many fun moments!

Awwwww

Happy, happy birthday sweet girl. You are such a blessing to all of us. 😘😘💕💕

 

Birthday Girls

 

We recently celebrated our birthdays -three days apart. It's never lost on me what a blessing it truly is to be able to celebrate another year of life, blessed with good health. Gratitude is always a theme here. For a look at some pics for Cheyenne's birthday you can click HERE and for mine, click HERE. I will try to pop in again before Thanksgiving, but if not I hope you have a blessed and safe Thanksgiving. HERE is a fun Friendsgiving I hosted a couple years ago. xx

photography- Jennifer Cochran

Weekend Recap- Birthday Shenanigans

I feel like it was just yesterday that I was telling you about the birth of Cheyenne and now here I am telling you she turned 1. It sounds cliche but the time flew by so quickly! There are really no words adequate enough to describe the joy she has brought into our lives. She is truly remarkable and we love her so much!

Many of you know she's a rainbow baby,  and her personality is as colorful as the rainbow, thus the idea of a rainbow party to celebrate her was born. Here are a couple pics...

that side eye though!:-)

Hanging out with Glory the fig

The rainbow cake was made locally by Sweet Boutique Bakery. I've used them here and here to celebrate Zion and Ian's first birthday parties. They are amazing!  I ordered the rainbow print as e file from Tess Guinery, then had it printed and mounted at a local Fedex store.

I also celebrated my birthday this weekend:-). It was a very special time for all of us. xx

almost all the images: Lea Hartman

Highlights From Zion's Roblox Birthday Party

Zion turned 8 years old on Saturday-can you believe it? It feels like we just celebrated his 5th birthday! Anyway, he wanted a Roblox birthday party and I panicked briefly because I am not well versed in Roblox and I could hardly find anything Roblox related to buy for the party.  I spent days researching and talking to the boys to learn more about Roblox...

Upon researching, I learned about how the Roblox characters changed their skin color and like the image shows above, the different colors are represented in a grid and then I got the idea to replicate it as a backdrop for Zion's birthday party.  I love getting creative with backdrops and this Minecraft one I did for Zion last year is a fave!

And over 500 post its later, we have a Roblox backdrop, our own skin color changing grid. I have to be honest though,  it took a looong time and I kept asking myself why I didn't choose something less time consuming.

But it was totally worth it! Zion loved it!

Thank goodness for Etsy! I was able to customize this invitation bought here and Z was excited to give them to his friends!

The hubs drew a Roblox character on this mini chalkaboard and I made a garland from foam, added some mini Roblox peeps and decorative honeycomb Lanterns and the mantel was ready for the party!

Etsy was a life saver in helping me to incorporate Roblox graphics. I bought these graphics from this etsy store as a pdf file, then printed them at home on adhesive paper. 

The balloons were a hit! I bought packages of balloons from the Dollar Store and each came with different shaped and sized balloons. 

Ian getting his face painted

A local face painter-she did such a fantastic job. If you're local, I highly recommend her. Check her out at Carnival Ink.

the birthday boy, our Prince attempting to cut his cake:-)

Dada and son

The bounce house was a hit!

Ian looking so adorable as a lion

I printed these Roblox graphics (bought from Etsy store mentioned above) on cardstock paper, punched a hole in each, then tied each to a favor bag and voila! xx

The Big 40.

When I was a little girl, if you were a grown up who was 40, you'd be a rather old one to me. Now that I am 40, besides the grey hairs, I am still very much young at heart. I am thankful for my little family and all the blessings that God has bestowed on me.
Throughout the years I've learned that laughter is magic for the soul, to breathe deeply, and to do all things with love. I am immensely grateful to be alive and healthy.

 Spongebob knows what's up!

I am naturally not taking this birthday for granted, so a baby sitter is lined up to watch the boys, and this 40 year old Mama is going out to celebrate!

Some pretty flowers are in order...

My Mom sent me this picture of my kindergarten graduation. This little girl is all grown up now...

Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. 

Oscar Wilde

top pic: Lea Hartman