AARON'S 2nd BIRTHDAY!!

Well Aaron birthday was a blast everyone had a great day!! I thought the cake and the pinata was the best part the kids loved them!! All our family and friends were there it was a great day!!

 

                                                                      Filling the pinata....

                                                         aaaron opening his presant... blocks...

                                                       A sketch pad thing...

                                                      Drawing.....

                                  Started to do the dinosaur cake will look good when finished

                                             Dinosaur cake finished... not bad

                                                   HAPPY BIRTHDAY AARON XXXXX

                                                 presants..........

                                                more presants

                                                   playing with my cousinsin the park

                                              dinosaur egg pinata home made!!!

                                                 Took a while to get broken open the kids had a blast

                                                                mine mine mine.......
I have been think of starting a party cake making little business for kids partys just making certain cake i know i am able to make and maybe doing lollie bags up aswell maybe even pinata not sure yet but could be something for me to do seeings i dont work and i live in a small rural area i think it would be fun!!

More party stuff...

I have finished the pinata today just have fill it on the day and put the lid on!!

This was as i was stating to cover the pinata in tissue paper i covered it in large strips of green tissue paper first let it dry completely then started to do the finish it with the dots and frilly bits!

For the frilly bit i just got a strip of the green tissue paper and cut strips making sure i didn't cut all the way up i left enough room to glue it down to the pinata and made sure i didn't glue over the dots!

finished pinata not too bad for a home made one i thought!


I also made my own happy birthday banner instead of buying one and this i can reuse for next year!

For this banner i went and bought 2 pieces of green and 2 blue big bits of cardboard from the newsagents then i found 2 different size bowls not too (big though) then traced around them alternating the colors for each one cut them all out laid  them out so they green blue green blue... then put the smaller circle of the opposite color on top then i just done the letters and glued them on punched holes on each side of the circles and tried together with ribbon!!

Fun in the sun!!

Fun in the sun

Yesterday we decided to go over to Tin can Bay  to go fishing and have a day out of the house! It was great to get out of the house and be in the sun.  My son Aaron had a ball playing in the water and sand. My husband Stephen had a good time fishing even though he didn't catch anything but we all had a great day out!!

Today i have been working on the pinata and banner i have been making for Aaron's birthday on Friday and party sat!!

Aaron will be 2 and we are having a Dinosaur party so i thought instead of buying a pinata i would attempt making one i thought a dinosaur theme i would do a dinosaur egg pinata. so i blow up a balloon,cut up some news paper into strips and mixed up some glue with 1cup plain flour and 2cups water mix together place a strip of news paper into glue and remove excess then place on balloon i done a layer at a time let dry then did another layer but put the paper the opposite way to make it stronger then for the batten i just masking taper 5 empty toilet rolls together and paper Masha that a few times! To decorate it i bought some tissue paper yellow and green i will cover it with the green tissue paper then add yellow spots hopefully it works out doing a few more layers before i start to decorate it!

wanting a simple life

Since i have started looking at blogs i have really gotten into the simple living and home maker ones how to live life simply and get the most out of it so i have started to change my way of thinking and living i no longer see the house work as a chore anymore i see it as making the house a home that's loving and clean and its somewhere my family feels safe and comfortable in and i am really enjoying it. I have been baking a lot more instead of just buying baked goods saving a lot of money there.Buying a lot more fresh fruit and vegetables and eating a lot more healthy and cooking different foods instead of the same stuff every week! I think i am at a stage in my life where i have to change the things i am doing for a better more healthy life for me and my family. it is amazing the inspiration you get from other blogs i have found it so good! I have also being looking at craft blogs which have also given me great ideas of things to make and do which has saved me money as well. my husbands birthday was was last month and i wanted to do some thing different for his cake instead of the plain boring one he is made about fishing so i decided i would make him a fish cake looked up a few ideas on the net and this was the end result!

Every one thought it was great!!!