Gunnar's 2nd Birthday - Part 2

Here's the party!  It was a monster theme.  Lots of pinterest projects and a whole day to get ready.  I'm happy, for the most part, about how everything turned out.  Some projects were better than others. It was the first time we had people over to the new house so I was stressed beyond belief.  I got all ambitious and invited people I work with...including my boss.  Everything had to look great.  I think people had a good time.  Gunnar made out like a bandit again this year.  

Cheers!

Here are the details:

These looked like bacteria to me

The goodie table.  The stuffed monsters were from Ikea and were a $1!

Monster bubbles.  So easy!

I'm going to try and make a photo number every year.

Both entries were turned into monsters.  The big orange monster is our bookcase covered in fleece.

Not the best picture of the cake, but there were monsters around the food and the frame with his picture was a monster too. 

This was a complete pain in the butt to make...

Here's the Photo Booth this year!

And here's the fun!

Like I said, spoiled!

Opening presents is serious business!

Gunnar's 2nd Birthday - Part 1

For Gunnar's second birthday, we took the day off of work to go to Sea Life Aquarium at Great Lakes Crossing.  We had never been there before and I heard good things about it.  It was small but they had really nice exhibits.  There were quite a few of those bubbles that you crawl into that put you into the action of the animals.  The touch pool was nice but my favorite was the tunnel and the big bowl that had the stingrays.  Some were trying to jump out!  

After the aquarium, we walked around the mall.  Gunnar played for a while on all the riding toys that cost a fortune.  We had A&W for lunch and he played in the kids playground and had a lot of fun there.  Then we went home.  It was a good day.  :)

Cheers!

Gunnar's First Birthday - Part 2

On the eve of Gunnar's second birthday, I realized that I never showed the party from his first birthday!  I was so proud of it.  We worked so hard to make my vision come true.  The theme was " Time Flies" so it was all about airplanes.  Almost all of my projects came out the way I wanted and we had a great group of people to share the day with.  I hope Gunnar looks back on these some day and sees how much he is loved.

Cheers!

Here comes the photobooth!!

Half way!

I totally haven't had any pop for almost 7 months!  SEVEN MONTHS!  That's longer than Lent. I'm really proud of myself.  I'm pretty sure that I'll be able to honor my New Years resolution and make it a whole year.  But, then what?  I don't think I want to give up pop for the rest of my life.  But it would be nice to only have pop, maybe, once or twice a month?  Idk.  I really didn't think that far ahead.  Just really pumped I made it this far.  

Yesterday I decided to go cold turkey on another one of my "vices".  I'm giving up my gossip magazines.  I buy them too much and they are expensive for a weekly thing.  I'm going to stick to the 4 monthly magazines I can't live without.  I hope this forces me to go back to reading books when I travel or have free time.  I hear there's a new Harry Potter book coming out at the end of the month...

Cheers!

Father's Day 2016

I think Kevin had a good Father's Day.  It was kinda hot so we tried to do fun things outside. I got him a hammock so he had to set that up immediately and we went for ice cream at the The Parlour.  They are known for giant sized servings of everything.  It was a fun day.

At The Parlour, Little Man got his very own sundae!

I think Kevin likes his present...

Father's Day pic.  This is the new spot.  (Until I plant some flowering tress by the house :)

Mother's Day 2016

Despite Schueler's restaurant trying to ruin my day, I had a great Mother's Day weekend with my boys.  Kevin took Gunnar out and gave me some time to unpack and organize, which I really wanted to do.  My gift from Kevin was new gardening supplies.  We have a pretty decent size piece of property that we own now so I want to make it shine.  I've planted a lot so far and am really proud of it.

I've also been waiting for the day of school project gifts and that day arrived on the Friday.  Waiting for me on the kitchen counter when I got home were three gifts from Gunnar!  A marigold planted in a Styrofoam cup he decorated with stickers, a picture frame with a poem and a picture from school, and a "mom's first aid" kit in a Chinese food container.  

My heart totally exploded.

Cheers!

Mother's Day pic 2016

"Art project!"