Graduation takes the Cake

From sea to shining sea, Graduation season is here.

Parties are being planed, college decisions have been made 

and the anticipation of life at new schools is fun and exciting.

We are getting a head start on the school spirit with college logo graduation cakes...

a quick and easy way, 

to make any cake burst with pride.

Toppers are available in my Etsy Shop

EARRING-ing in Spring...A Birthday Scavenger Hunt

Today is my daughter's birthday.

It is also the weekend of a milestone 

High School Reunion 

for me in 

Southern California.

I will be home by noon, 

but I feel so guilty for missing a minute of her

12th Birthday.

She has always taken pride in her birthday being the first day of Spring.

She is also very excited about her newly pierced ears. 

 I decided to combine the two in a

Scavenger Hunt 

that she will wake up to this morning.

little clues leading her to earring gifts will be all around the house

(my son picked these out)

and these are the instructions for my husband to follow 

early this morning to get it all set up...

thanks Matt.

Happy Birthday Sweet Carolyn! 

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Turning 10 under the New Moon!

 A Twilight Saga Themed Sleepover...

10 girls sleeping under October's New Moon, 

giggling about Bella, Edward and Jacob and celebrating Hannah's 10 birthday!

Aiming to turn 9!

Look out Seattle,

Jack is turning 9 and there is going to be a

Nerf Gun War!

Party for the Peep-le

Peeps, Diorama Contest, Friends, Wine and lots of Laughs,

the makings of a memorable evening...

More Peep Party information coming soon!

Sleepless for Seattle!

We are anxiously awaiting our arrival to Seattle tomorrow...

Since we have never been there before,

 we celebrated today with a Starbucks surprise 

and Jack displayed his Space Needle Lego on a flannel table cloth...

a little salmon for dinner 

with Nirvana and Eddie Vedder in the back ground...

look out Seattle here we come!

I Scream for 1st Grade!

Invitations for the Ice Cream Social Auction Party,

that the 1st Grade teachers host for recent Kindergarten (Girl) Graduates.

It is such a fun way to celebrate summer,

meet the teachers for next year and chat with your six year old girlfriends.

The favors are an ice cream lip gloss and pencil

along with a Baskin Robbins gift certificate all in a cone cup with sprinkles.

Sweet and Cool,

just like the 1st Grade Class of 2010-2011

Dad's are Cool!

This is what we are bringing to the

Father's Day BBQ...

Ice Cold Dad's Rootbeer and a Weber

the perfect combo!

S'mores Smorgasbord

One of the highlights from a fabulous

Memorial Day weekend was the

S'mores Buffet...

We had it all...

The Traditional

(Marshmallows, Graham Crackers, Hershey's Milk Chocolate)

Reeses Peanut Butter Cups, Dark Chocolate, Short Bread Cookies,

Chips Ahoy, Petit Ecolier...

a good time was had by all...

and we needed lots of wipes!

Lights, Camera, 5th Grade Movie Night!

I can't believe it...the Future is here!

Last night was my daughter's first school "social" event...

5th Grade Movie Night.

They watched Back to the Future in the school gym,

and as many of my old friends know

I have always LOVED this movie!

It is kind of bittersweet.

I can't believe she is almost out of elementary school

but it was great to see her having so much fun with her friends.

~

I helped with a few of the party details...

~The Raffle Prize~

~Water bottle favors~

~and the 5th Grade Walk of Fame~

(a personalized star for all 120 of them!)

I wish I could go

Back in Time

and stop her from getting older!

Otanjou-bi Omedetou Gozaimasu-Japanese Birthday Party

Jack's Japanese Dinner was so much fun.

A little touch of Japan in northern California with great friends!

The cupcakes...

Golden Buddhas as favors for the Boys...

Geisha dolls for the Girls...

Japanese Flags labeled all the Japanese food...

Japanese Sodas with a marble ...

Jack's infamous limeade with a Japanese "twist"...

Waters with a Koi Fish emblem...

One of the activities...

the chopstick challenge

the person that could get the most

out of the bowl in 30 seconds

with the chopsticks won a fabulous prize!

this box held the 1st clue in the Samurai Scavenger Hunt...

the last clue in the scavenger hunt lead

to a sampling of Japanese Sushi Erasers!

and of course the pinata,

this is before they beat the stuffing out of Godzilla

He tried to attack Tokyo after all,

and we had to defend Japan!

Happy Birthday Jack Murphy!