Monday, January 31, 2011

A night at the spa!

This past weekend Felicity and I hosted a girls night at our house. The house was full of love and laughter, and it was great. We had a pizza party, and I will be sharing some of the pizzas we made over on my food blog this week. After the pizza party, we put the boys to bed, and had some quality girl time. The theme for this girls night was homemade spa treatments.
Some of the girls brought a spa book with them, and we decided to make a conditioning treatment for our hair from the book. The treatment consisted of bananas, honey, and egg yolk. The book said to mash it all together, and then apply it to wet hair. The first group of girls had a very hard time getting the small chunks of banana out of their hair, so we ran it through the blender before the second group of girls went. After applying, we wrapped our heads in saran wrap to let it set for 15 minutes. Felicity wasn't too sure about it.



Here's one of Felicity's cousins! Isn't she pretty? Saran wrap and all!



We also made face masks by blending avacado with honey, painting it on, and letting it set for 15 minutes. Lizzie did a great job for her mom!




Felicity made a sugar scrub for our hands by combining 1/2 cup of sugar with 2 TBSP lotion. We rubbed it onto to WET (it totally hurt if your hands weren't wet enough) hands and then rinsed off with water, and applied some more lotion.



Felicity receiving her hand scrub.



We rounded out our treatments with manicures and pedicures! Felicity and Lizzie sharing the foot soaker!




At some point, someone might have put a little too much soap in the foot soaker. The bubbles added to the fun of the night!



The little girls made it until almost midnight before they crashed on the floor and the couch. We spent the rest of the night chatting, relaxing and laughing. It was a perfect girls night....that didn't end until 5:00 in the morning! Thankfully the boys slept in until 8:oo! I had a blast, and the lack of sleep was totally worth it.

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Happy (late) Birthday Kermit!

WAY back in August Kermit turned 3! (I had his party on time, just never got around to blogging about it!) He has a love for animals, and since we had just moved to Kentucky, a party at a horse farm was perfect. Luckily Kermit has lots of cousins nearby who were able to come celebrate with him. The party started out with horseback rides for all of the kids. Kermit looked so cute on the horse with the stirrups pulled as short as they could go.



Felicity was in heaven! She loves horses and had been begging to ride for years. It lived up to her expectations!



Froggie even took a turn. He was the most apprehensive of all the kids at the party, but he did great.



After all the kids finished riding the horses, we got to go on a hayride. I was reminded how pretty Kentucky really is, as we rode through acres and acres of farmland.



Once the hayride was over, we headed up to the fire pit/picnic area. While Farmer Ernie started our fire the kids had the chance to pet and play with some farm animals. There were goats, bunnies, etc. Here's Kermit checking out the goats.



We had a hot dog roast for dinner, and then I laid out the makings for s'mores. As if that wasn't enough sugar, I also made a birthday cake with some help from Kermit's Grandma Linda. Honestly, she is SOOOO talented! I learned so much about fondant, and we had a blast making different farm animals. The cake was ridiculously huge. I think we used five cake mixes. There was lots of leftovers! Here are several shots of the cake.





A close up of the top.



After a lovely rendition of Happy Birthday, Kermit blew out the candles and was quite pleased with himself as he managed to spit all over most of the cake!!



After cake it was time for presents. Kermit loved being the center of attention, and he got WAY too many presents. A big (late) thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate with Kermit! It was a great day, that he still talks about.




Dear Kermit,
I can't believe you are three! We waited for such a long time to welcome you to our family, and the time is flying by. You are the most fun, little boy I know. You are constantly happy, and you never cease to amaze me with your kindness. I love you, and I love the little boy you are becoming. You are the best big brother, and are always trying to teach froggie new things. You adore Felicity, and run to the door every afternoon when she comes home from school, just to make sure you get the first hug. You make our family better just by being you! I love you, and I hope your birthday wish comes true!
Love,
Mom