Construction Birthday Party

My son turned 3 years old. So, after his second birthday last year, I began planning this:

The real challenge will come when the lil' guy gets to choose his theme....until then, I'm having fun!
One of my favorite things about decorating this party was the "steam" coming from the Sprinkler/electrical box on the front lawn.The little workers took home hard hats, and work belts with "tool stickers", trail mix, granola bar, timecard, and toy tools.Blocks were just one of the stations they could choose to use their construction skills onA leveler was a great centerpeice and balloon weight. Grammy & Tati bought the birthday boy a truck that you could build...it didn't last on the table very long. Blue prints were great table cloths and wall decor!

birthday continued....

I asked Mr. Thurgood to make a wrecking ball for the kids. The kids seemed to enjoy it.

I have yet to produce a traditional cake for my kids birthdays. This year...dirt cake...worms included.

A toolbox was perfect for fruits and veggies. Parents received sub sandwiches as well as bottled juice and chips. Children had brown paper sacks for their lunch breaks with a PB&J sandwich, juice box, gogurt, and fruit snacks.

Kids can be mighty creative with a tire. We also had a small bounce house as well as a wheel barrel with packaging peanuts for the kids to dig in.

birthday continued again....

Styrafoam and golf tees made a great pretend hammering station.

And black and decker worked for other hardware needs.
Invites were time cards. The Envelopes were adorned with tire treads.

Classroom Treats

My son is attending a mini preschool class one day a week for a couple of hours! With his birthday a day later, it was the perfect time to celebrate with his classmates. I began thinking of things I could send or make for the special celebration but I was stumped. I searched online only to become paranoid due to food allergies etc.

A note was sent home with instructions, but nothing specified restrictions, so I decided to send a few items. I ended up making "Stick-wiches" thanks to an idea found on familyfun.com , and accompanied that with capri suns & a granola bar!

I thought the little sandwiches were so cute I wanted to share it with you.

Kite Bummer

The weather started to perk up the week Mr. Thurgood was gone, so while the kids and I were outside I decided to "make" a kite for us to fly.

I am that person that doesn't really enjoy putting things together while reading instructions, or doing crafts i.e. sewing etc. I feel like it takes too much time & I simply want it to be done.

So I scrounged up what materials I thought would work best and put my magic fingers to work.

The result. a duct tape pile of junk! the only thing that was flying were words of what a brainiac idea it was for me to waste time trying to do it!

The Mom Song

As my single-mother week drew to a close, I received this video via email from my old roommate Becca (thanks girl, just what I needed).

To All Mothers...I hope you enjoy it as much as I do :)

Daddy Time

Is it apparent I am on a, "We Need Daddy" kick? My mom sent me this commercial today, and I love it. Wanted to share it with you. Because you know how passionate I am about fathers being "involved".