Mommy and Son Play Date 2/6/2010

This past weekend - I hosted (along with with help from friends - THANK YOU!) a mommy and son Valentine's Play Date get-together.

Weather called for temps in the 55 degree mark - so I thought PERFECT!

We got hotdogs to grill, and other mommas brought things to share as well! I also went out and got sugar cookies for the kiddos to decorate and Valentine's for them to create for their loves, (us moms!)

Lighting the grill was a task in a half (I didnt and have never lit a grill before) BUT we did get it lit and got the dogs grilled!

The temps were NOT 55 degrees! It was a lot colder, forcing us who had them to grab blankets out the cars and wrap up in them. Most of the boys were too busy playing to actually notice how cold it was outside. We did manage to get the cookies decorated before everyone determined it was just too cold out side to stay any longer.

I sent the kiddos home with the pictures of them and their mom, and the valentine for them to create at home in the warm!

Had the temps not been so low I think it all went perfect! We had a good turn out! And the boys played great together!

We had some lovely cupcakes made by Angelena! Check her out she is FANTASTIC! http://mythreebabycakez.blogspot.com/

I am thinking on having another one closer to Easter - and chances are the temps will be a lot better!

I want to thank everyone who came and brought things and helped out!

I couldnt have done this with out you ladies!

Happy Valentine's Day!

I am so late - but I do hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and a very safe and Happy New Years!
As winter break approached we got creative thanks to a fellow momma on DFWareamoms.com who posted a GREAT, cheap and easy gift project!
I want to try to tackle some more crafts that I see, I just need to make the time to do it :)
But here is our hand at this Popper can (not sure if that is what it is called but that is what IM callin it hehe)

Here is ours:



What you are gonna need:

A pop top soup can like this:


You are going to want to open it the OPPOSITE side of the pop top part so that the pop top is still intact - so in other words open with a can opener on the BOTTOM! Dont open where the WHOLE thing comes off you want it to be still attached just not fully attached.

Wash can out and do what ever you will with the contains of the can :)

once can is open (from the bottom), washed and dried. Get out your GLUE GUN!

I just love glue guns :)

You are going to want to pick a nice paper to glue on the outside of the can, scrap paper works well - it should look like this:


Fill the can with what ever goodies you want to, candies, gifts cards, what ever ideas you have that will fit in the can that will be fun to receive :)


Next you are going to want to pick out a nice ribbon for the border, glue that on you will get something to look likehttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif this:


Time to glue the can shut! BE SAFE with this one! I found my fingers burned with glue a few times, just take your time. You are going to want to hold the top in place.
Decorate top with strings and things :) we added a tag to determine whose it was and who is was from and also directions to POP THE TOP to see what is inside!

FUN FUN FUN!

EASY and CHEAP!

Wow - sorry!

Wow! It has been a while since I have blogged - sorry! I have been sorry busy these days with work, Michael's football, Taekwondo and everything else in between it seems there are not enough hours in a day!
Football season went well, they made it into the playoffs - so that is good, Saturday's game they played a tough team *if* we would have won that one we would have made it into the "super bowl" but they did loose, it was a good game, they held the other team for a while which was good because the first time we played them it was 40 - 7 and the game was called on 3rd quarter.
Saturday's game was 13-0 so it was a little better then 40 and not finishing the whole game.

Here are some pics of Michael playing football! Enjoy!

Are you ready for some FOOTBALL!

This year Michael is playing tackle football! He asked and now he is playing. After much debating with him (because he tends to want to do a sport and then once he starts playing doesn't want to anymore) he decided yes!

He was placed on a team...the Redskins! How ironic is that!? We are from the Redskins territory and we live in the cowboys LOL hahaha

His first practice was a 2 Saturdays ago, which I wasn't able to take him but his uncle said he would! I am grateful for that! Thanks John!

I have taken a few snaps of him practicing!

Last week they worked on the plays so they didn't suit up or anything, just wore a the helmet.
This week they got to practice geared up! Which was very exciting for Michael. He loved being able to run around and hit :)

He said he enjoyed this weeks practice better then last week! We have practice again tomorrow and then Saturday as well.

We also received the game schedule today! His first official game will be on September 12th at 9am!

I will most definitely need to take off work to go to his first one!

Yay! Go Redskins! Go Michael!

This pic is my favorite so far, it is my back drop pic on my computer at work :)

Michael's 7th Birthday Party!

On Saturday we had Michael's birthday party it was so much fun! We had the party at Amazing Jakes!

Michael decided that we get the kiddos who were invited to his party gifts as well! That was a big hit and every one enjoyed the gifts that they received (I hope), I also put together little goodie bags for them as well.










Michael had such a wonderful time there with everyone!

Michael is Officially 7!

Hey everyone! Sorry I have not updated in a while, it has been busy for us!

Friday was Michael's 7th birthday he was so happy to be 7, I am guessing 7 IS a big deal!


For his birthday dinner we had a family dinner at the Magic Time Machine, it was so much fun! Money well spent!
We had an awesome waiter (Robin Hood!) he was pretty funny!
We also met some other characters!







It was a blast!

Michael's Writings...

The other day when I picked Michael up from summer camp he had a note book with him. I didn't think anything of it because he always has a notebook with him that he draws in, so it was sitting in my back seat for a week.

Today I picked it up looking for something and opened up to a page of Michael writings...it was several pages of him writing about different topics, and it blew me away what he wrote I thought they were so good and I wanted to share with you all!

I hope you enjoy them as I did and do!

Story 1:

"If I was in the Olympics I would jump hurdles. I would win all the trophies. I will run the fast because I have been working out on Wii games, no Wii Fit. If I win first place I would be very happy. And I win a trophy. I would have 3 trophies. I win a lot of money. I could buy anything I want. Like a school or a school bus or a store or a house or a car or a car store." - Michael D. White


Story 2:

"If I could live in another time period it would be...in the cow boy time. I would go back in time I would ride cows. Mooooo! Then I would go back home. I would miss my mommy and my daddy. I said when I get home I am going to sleep. But I did not know how to get home. But I found a way home but I had to walk 100 miles to get home. 50 miles later I woke up in the western days and could not get back home! So I walked 1000000000000000 miles and was not home and my legs hurt! So I rode a cow so then I could get home faster. But I could not get home. But I wanted to go home."-Michael D. White

Story 3:

"If I was stuck on a island and only had 2 things I would bring I could bring they would be a TV and a teleporter so I could go home. But it did not work so I cant get home and go to sleep. I would look around the place til I can get a way home. So I looked but I did not find a way home. But I did find a boat to sail home so I pushed the boat to the sea." - Michael D. White

Story 4:

"If I lived on a submarine I would bring like 10 things;
1. my DS
2. my computer
3. my mom
4. dad
5. paint for the submarine
6. books
7. something fun
8.
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10.



Story 5:
"If I found a hidden treasure I would take it home right away! So I can buy a new house so I can run in the house and play tag in the house and sometimes jump on couches if my dad or mom says yes, they sometimes say no." -Michael D. White

Story 6:
"If I can visit anywhere in the world it would be the ice cream truck to get ice cream. I had $14 but I spent it all on pokemon cards. So my mom had to buy the ice cream it was goooooood! mmmmmmmm! yum yum ice cream even chocolate ice cream is good to eat and vanilla ice cream." - Michael D White



I will scan the writings and put the up a little later on because his spelling of words is so CUTE! I love my lil peanut!