Fun "Home" Day

After our busy weekend, we needed a down day.

In the morning, the kiddos had a blast staying in their PJs and painting.

Alli painted about 15 masterpieces, Eli wrote his name without any help, and

Lukey painted his first masterpiece with a lot of yellow!!!

Alli and Eli also painted their large rocks that they dug out of the ground.

After getting really messy, they got cleaned up and the boys went down for naps 

while Alli went to play with a neighborhood buddy.

Alli was still off playing when the boys woke up so the three of us played in the bounce house.

It was a very fun and relaxing day, we need more of these!

Disnyland 2012: Getting Ready

We had been planning our Disneyland trip since February 2011 

so I had plenty of time to do lots of little projects for the family to make the trip extra special ;-)

To begin, t-shirts for the family . . .



Yes, everyone on the trip had one of these beauties, which we wore on the plane ride down.

I LOVED them and they were quite handy for finding our party ;-)



We also wore our snazzy red "Fisher Fam" shirts our final day in the park and the plane ride home.

For Alli, I designed a birthday shirt . . .

and sent all of her buddies somewhat matching shirts . . .

 The five little girls were so cute!

Aside from the shirts, I decided to put my crafty side to work and sew some reversible bags for the kids.

I wanted to be sure they had fun items to entertain them during the travel portions of our trip! 

I was very pleased with how these turned out and the kids loved their Mickey/Minnie bags!

I filled them with all things Disney . . .

 stickers, candy, playdoh, crayons, dry erase markers, and their new activity and autograph books.

Alli was soooooo excited with her goody bag and kept saying "thank you" over and over :-)

Inside the bags were two items I created over the past couple months and they were a huge hit . . .

Personalized autograph books for each of the kids (each character had its own page)

These were such a hit with our family and the characters!

So easy too, I downloaded free clip art and fonts, created it in MS PowerPoint, printed it at home and had it bound at Staples, cost me a total of $10 for both books ~ we spent more buying two character pens!!!

I also made both Alli and Eli their own activity book complete with coloring pages, games, learning worksheets, maps and more.  These were also a huge hit with the kids on the plane and at home!

I had to chuckle when someone told me, "you know you can just buy coloring books right?"

Yes, I know that but this was so much fun to do and the little fish loved it!

Tons more Disney posts to come so stay tuned!

a Fancy, Pinkalicious Party (the decorations & food)

On Saturday, February 5th, we hosted Alli's 4th birthday party at our house. 

Per Alli's request, it was a combination of her two favorite book series: Fancy Nancy and Pinkalicious.

Mommy designed the invite numerous times at Alli's insistence to make sure it had enough pink!

 Alli invited 9 little girls over for an afternoon of fancy pink fun!

Garrett and I spent much of Thursday evening and Friday turning our house into a Pink wonderland

I was pretty proud of us as we made most of the decorations from scrapbook paper we already had.

My crafty side definitely came out and I had so much fun making the birthday banner but it took so long that I decided to laminate it so we can use it each year and just change the number ;-)

For party gifts, we painted wooden frames pink and used glitter paint to write each girl's name on the frame and added pink ribbon so they could hang it.  We also made wands.  Each little girl got to decorate a wand and frame with glittery stickers and jewels.  I was amazed by some of their creations!  Before they left the party, we took pictures of each in the cupcake G made from a piece of scrap wood. 

I LOVED this and so did the kiddos!

As you can see, there was pink everywhere!!!

In addition to the scrapbook paper in fun shapes, we decorated with pink candy

that later became part of the cupcake craft ;-) 

Alli insisted that everything must be pink, including the food

That was a challenge but we managed to do okay! 

Alli's favorite part was the Pink lemonade ~ a must and right out of Pinkalicious and the Pink Drink

To decorate the living room, we simply cut out pink circles and used pink balloons. 

And of course, crepe paper for the columns ;-) 

Alli and I had lots of fun making our first batch of cake pops, which were a HUGE hit! 

Pre-made pink cupcakes for the Moms (the girls got to decorate their own) 

It was so cute, at the end of the party, we found lots of cupcake bottoms

Guess they all at the tops with the frosting and candy

Can't say I blame them! 



4th of July Treats

Our 4th of July weekend of fun began on Friday, July 2nd, when Alli and I made some very yummy red, white and blue treats while enjoying a patriotic lunch :)

Who doesn't love a star shaped cheese sandwich with blueberries and strawberries???

Alli was very excited for this lunch and project!

Multitasking ~ she gets this from her Daddy ;-)

So proud of her red, white and blue sprinkled rice krispy treats!

What to do with the left over sugar crystals?  Dip your strawberries in them of course!

The finished project . . . red, white and blue marshmallows!

Alli LOVED these and G and I decided that they make the BEST s'mores!  YUMMY!