Easter Eggs!

My mom, Landon's Nana, came to visit and to color Easter Eggs this weekend! We had talked about coloring Easter Eggs the weekend before with my sister (in-law) and nephew but I was afraid Landon would drink the dye or something kooky like that. However, my smart brother pointed out that it is probably non-toxic..... wish I had thought of that last weekend. None the less we still had a great time with Nana coloring eggs.... oh and Landon did in fact try to drink the dye and lick the spoons!

This was our first year coloring eggs since I was a kid..eerrrr.... highschool kid... lol we colored eggs at my house well into highschool. But I found some really cool tricks on Pinterest for some little ideas on coloring Easter eggs! We used Muffin Tins for some of our coloring dye and the empty slots we used them to dry the eggs. We also used only vinegar in half of the colors and just a little bit of water in the others. The ones with only vinegar were BOLD!! the ones with just a little bit of water were a little bit lighter. I mostly loved the bold colors- but the light green was almost a lime green and it was beautiful!!! Here are some of our pictures coloring eggs at the picnic table having tons of fun!

Secret Valentine Revealed!

We revealed our Secret Valentines at work today! I had so much fun making my Secret Valentine presents!! I can finally post them since the secret is out! haha

 I was Soapin you'd be my Valentine

 To a Pop Pop Pop-ular Teacher!

 Thinking of you gives me the Skittles!

 You are one Hot Tamale!

 Cookie cutter- You're cut out for me!

 Chocolate covered strawberries

 I am Fortunate to have been your Secret Valentine- a chinese take out box filled with goodies!

The final day of surprises!

Baby Shower

We had an amazing shower for one of my best friends and it was so impressive! I can't take much credit for the shower, there were 3 of us and the other 2 girls definitely had all of the talent! I just contributed the diaper cakes, balloons, fruit, and sausage balls. The other amazing items and things all go to the genius party pallners of my two friends :) Just had to share because they are so impressive! One girl at the shower said, "Who is this shower for, the president's daughter?!" haha

Homemade Gifts-I'm a DIYer LOL

Here lately I have been obsessed with Pintrest! I love finding new ideas! I love to be crafty but I wouldn't call myself "creative" But I am great at borrowing other people's ideas then twisting them to make them mine :) So one of my most recent finds have been Valentine's Day ideas. At work we have drawn names for a Secret Valentine. I drew a fabulous name of a super sweet girl! I made her oreo cheesecake on Monday of last week- also another pintrest find. I'll post that picture later and add a recipe for it too. At the end of the week I put this in her box.

 It's a hand soap with a tag that says, "I was Soapin' you'd be my Valentine!" Isn't that adorable!? I thought it was so clever.

My second item was for a baby shower. I didn't get this idea from pintrest, but I thought it was equally as cute! One of my girl friends from highschool is having a little boy and her shower was last weekend. This was my gift!

I use this in my bathroom with my little boy, everyday! It's fabulous to hold everything you need in one place for bath time! The bag is an Initials, Inc Get a Grip- this one is in the Mum Stripe pattern. I was hoping it would look "manly" enough, but still cute :) I added some bath essentials- lotion, oil, powder, qtips,in the middle are diapers and petroleum jelly,  and on the side you can't see is shampoo and body wash. She loved it so much that I just bought a couple more for some of my other girl friends that are having babies! It's like baby palooza- there is a baby being born amongst my friend one a month for the next 5 months! haha I love it! You can get the Get a Grip at www.myinitials-inc.com/BrittanyQ  Starting February 1st, when the new catalog comes out, it will be in more patterns and they will also offer it in a bigger size! Exciting!!

Landon's Birthday Party

I just had to share some of the pictures from Landon's 1st birthday party- of course it was Mickey Mouse themed! He loves Mickey Mouse!! I pretty much made everything you see. I found so many ideas on My Pintrest !! Which by the way I am obsessed with!

 I did buy the cake pops, and they were amazing!!! My friend from high school sells them on the side and she is incredible! I totally recommend her, check her out at Great Balls of Flour. 

I made these cupcakes! Those are the oreo minis to make Mickey ears and I found the red and white polka dot cupcake paper at Michaels. The chocolate ones I used a fancy tip to make the icing look fancy :)

Here is Landon's very own, special, one year old cupcake that he got to destory!

Here are the cake pops I was telling you about! Sooo cute!!

This is how I displayed the cake pops! I made it out of two styrofoam circles with paint and ribbon. Then I stuck the rods down it them with the letters of his name and put in the cake pops!

Here is the gift table! Complete with two 8x10 frames of pictures from the hospital when he was born and recent pictures as Mickey Mouse!

That's one happy baby!

This is an activity I had my guests do where they filled out their wishes for Landon. I found this fabulous idea on Pintrest.

Reading cards and opening presents

One year old!!!

These were the adorable bags I made for each guest! Mickey and Minnie themed of course! I found the black bags at Michaels and then decorated them with scrapbook paper.

Made from styrofoam balls, paint, tooth picks and rods! Then I stuck them in a vase layered with jelly beans :)