Avengers 1/2 Birthday Party

Hi Foxy Friends! I'm here to sort of talk to you about Baby Fox's Avengers Party. As always I fail at taking pictures when I'm hosting the party!  Oh well! The fun part of planning this was Baby Fox was totally into it. He wanted to come with me to pick out the party supplies and wanted to help me decorate. While we were decorating he said, I love decorating with you Mama...melt this Mama heart.

I didn't even get a good picture of the background I was doing! What, total blogger fail! I even started taking pictures to do a tutorial...and then totally failed. Luckily I have another tutorial that is very similar, just different building shapes. And I used grey windows instead of yellow because Baby Fox wanted me to, and I thought it would make it more dramatic.

I took this picture thinking I'll take another one when people aren't in it, then the night rolled aorund and I forgot and then the very next day it feel down so we just took it down totally forgetting to take a picture, darn!

I bought the Happy Birthday sign and the webs and spiders were left from last year. Getting two years using some of the same party decorations is a definite win! Got our money worth out of that one.

The food was Mexican, yum! Pork, chicken, beans, nachos. Then I added some fruit to be healthy and some hotdogs for those kids that don't really eat Mexican...namely the birthday boy! Again no pictures, blogger fail! I always say I'm going to be better...not this year apparently.

I bought this sign, and hung part here:

And the other part here, since the one wall that could fit everything was currently being used.

The rest of it we added above the French doors.

Baby Fox insisted that we have these streamers, it was one of the first things he put in the shopping cart. Plus we had some left over from our Spiderman Party last year. Baby Fox picked the exact location of each streamer and I hung them up.

Even the ones outside he showed me where to put them.

The Bam, Boom, Ka-Pow signs were left over from last year. You better believe I'm keeping these for another year...can we say three-peat?

These signs were left over from last year and we put them around the house, these were simple goodie bags, bought the bags with Avenger theme and then added a small coloring to-do book and some crayons and then put a bunch of candy it is to fill them up.

I think the best part of the party was the cityscape and then the cake! Remember his birthday cake for his actual birthday in December? Well I did the same inside but I totally different outside...he was in awe of it. I think I was too, carpal tunnel city, but worth it! And there is this electric thing I could have used, that of course a friend told me about afterwards, never again will I go through that pain! haha...

Those are those homemade Oreo Cookies that are always the first thing to do...my friends all call them Woopie Pies and basicaly expect them when they come to a party at my house.

Back to the cake, a close up, I followed this tutorial and in case you were wondering I used a #16 icing tip...

Hulk symbol

Thor Symbol

Captain America Symbol

I spent so much time on the icing that I completely forgot what was on the inside, so when I cut it open, it really was a surprise to me too! haha...

I followed this tutorial.

Cake was a huge hit, and I'm so happy that everyone liked it, especially the birthday boy!

So that was our Avengers/Spiderman Party, although people at work tell me that Spiderman is now a part of Avengers...so, I guess we're okay on that front.

It was hot, so a pool party was the perfect way to start the Summer. And then we'll end the summer with Mini Fox's party in September...I'm thinking she's going to with Little Mermaid...or maybe Frozen, but that is a distant second.

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Create 28 and Hair Challenge Week 25

Hello Foxy Fashion Friends! Today we're back at it with another week of Create 28. Go check out this weeks recap on The Blended Blog, everyone did such a fabulous job this week!

This week I actually styled two looks! I know I can't believe it either. I was just feeling inspired! First up is Sunglasses Styled. Funny enough I rarely wear sunglasses. I am definitely not one of those people that needs to wear them as soon as I step outside. But I was just recently looking through my scrapbooking closet (and when I say that, I mean I can't find anything because it's so full), and found these pair of sunglasses Mr. and I had bought back in the after Christmas sales at Express. So here is the outfit I styled...

Without the sunglasses (man it was bright outside, all the pictures I took I was squinting...I guess I really did need the sunglasses).

These jean shorts, the most comfortable shorts EVER! I bought it when I was out shopping with some of The Blended Blog ladies, seriously, worth every penny!

And the hair...I actually wore this outfit on Saturday to Baby Fox's half birthday party...I knew it was going to be hot, so I wanted it all up, perfect excuse for this Knotted Mohawk style. I didn't feel like I had enough hair at the end to complete it how she did, I'm fairly certain she has extensions in, so I just left it in a ponytail which I think works just as great.

My second look is the Pinned It and Did It look. I have lots of outfits pinned, but I had been wanting to try a  to cut an off the shoulder t-shirt with one of my t-shirts. After getting my Chico's T-shirt from the blogging conference, and I knew I probably wouldn't wear it as is, I thought, this is the perfect t-shirt to try this with. So I followed her youtube tutorial and I think it turned out pretty good. I wish the t-shirt was a little bigger, but I think it still worked.

For the hair I did a twisted half do, and added some extra twists to cover up the rubber band. I think that it turned out great, I'm really into doing twists right now, not sure why, but I think they are just so pretty.

Onto my hair for the week...

Last Wednesday I did this simple braid...can you guess...it was day 3 hair, so a braid is necessary.

I fully admit I watch stupid TV, it's mindless and I like it...but I was watching Young and Hungry and Gabby had something similiar I was trying to copy, but it didn't quite work out like hers, but I went with it.

Back with more twists on Monday, it was 107° here, so fancy pony tail for me.

I wanted to do some twists again, but decided to do a braid instead, this wasn't exactly the look I was going for, but hey it will do :) It was still easy to wear and comfy all day long.

Random fact: See that white background behind me? If you see it, it means I'm at work, toasting my bread for breakfast... The toaster is in a corner of the building right by a window where no one walks unless they are using the toaster...perfect spot for a selfie.

This is our last week of Create 28, I can't believe it's coming to an end so soon! No fear we have something else planned for the summer months, plus something really fun for Fall. So stay tuned for details once we've hashed it all out. In the mean time, don't forget to hop on over to The Blended Blog for a full recap of all of the this weeks outfits. The prompts for our final week.

Link up one of this weeks prompts or any outfit post, hop around and meet some new people! Thanks for joining in on the fun!

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Where Will You Be In 10 Years?

Hi Foxy Friends. The ladies at The Blended Blog were reading What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty and thought, where do we think we'll be in 10 years. So every third Tuesday of the month, we're hopping 10 years into the future and trying to predict where we will be. Guess who's first? That's right, ME! So hop on over to The Blended Blog to see how old I'll be, where I think I'll be living and what I think the kids will be doing.

Where do you think you'll be in 10 years?

 

Feel free to use this graphic if you want to participate, just link back to my blog or The Blended Blog for credit. Thanks!

 

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$10 Target Haul: June Edition

Back linking up with Becky, Beth, Courtney. Elizabeth, Rachel, Stephanie, Tif  and Whitney to show what we got for just $10 at Target.

I was all set to get up early, go to Target by myself...as I'm sneaking out of my bedroom, I hear a familiar *Thump*, sigh...Baby Fox is awake and has heard me sneaking out. He cracks his door and I see a big smile..."want to come with me?"   YES!

Here's our $10 stash.

So we were at Target, and of course stopped by the $1 section first. Baby Fox found these Legos, so we bought one for him and one for his sister, we didn't currently have any girl Legos, she's obsessed with them.

Then I found some magnets, you can never have enough cute magnets for the fridge, and then I FINALLY found those pens everyone has been talking about. I do admit they are really nice to write with and for $3, can't be beat. Baby Fox had his half birthday party this past weekend and I know those beach balls would come in handy. Although blowing them up...man that was hard! Usually those things aren't that hard, but you had to hold it a certain way, upside down and standing on one foot to get it to work, seriously, not even exaggerating one bit...

And now for the price...I did have a giftcard for $10, so I could have technically bought something for $20, but I decided to use the gift card another time, so the total was...$8.51. As I was paying, I thought, dang, I over estimated the tax...I could have bought one more $1...darn. Oh well, better luck next time!

 

 

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Friday Favorites #74

Happy Friday Foxy Friends! I'm off today and prepping for Baby Fox's Half Birthday! It's a pool party and it's suppose to be 90°! After having several weeks of 70's, I'm not sure if I'm happy it's going to be hot, or dreading it...at least I know everyone will have fun, at least I hope so!

Monday: Let It Go Summer Fun - How to have a summer the kids will remember
Tuesday: How to go 3-5 Days Between Washing Your Hair
Wednesday: Create 28 - A Swing Dress
Thursday: I give you 5 tips on what to do after you buy a house

 This weekend we're hosting Baby Fox's half birthday, So excited to set everything up. Baby Fox is so excited to help me decorate. This is the invitation I made, I think it came out pretty good.

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 This week, Mr. came home with this...what's better than Chocolate Malted Crunch? He said when he got there, there was a wall of Rocky Road and no Chocolate Malted Crunch in site, but he kept looking and found this one in the back behind all of that Rocky Road, phew!

Baby Fox was complaining about his books, so the moment has arrived, I thought he was ready to start reading Harry Potter. We've been reading about one chapter a night and he's loving it...He started on top of the covers....

And eventually worked his way under the covers and hunkered down for a good read...

In other news, we're getting rid of that pacifier in her mouth...today! We're giving them to a baby we know...she's passing them on, I hope it works! Party on Saturday with a kid with no binky's...we might be in trouble! But no weekend is a good weekend right? Fingers crossed for us please. We've been prepping her for this for months...

 Some random pictures from the week...

I got one workout in, because....

 

Mini Fox started ISR (Infant Self Rescue) swim lessons. We need to get her water safe this summer. Coach C says that she's doing great, and that she's doing stuff with her that he normally does weeks later...and it's her third day. I hope it works! I snuck this picture, we aren't supposed to take pictures...not sure why but what can you say I'm a rule breaker....

 

Dinner with my parents, it had been a couple of weeks since we had dinner. We needed to order all of the food for Baby Fox's party, so we figured, order food, get dinner...win. They still had their Cinco Dey Mayo stuff out.

Oh and after that work out I did up there...we went to In and Out, yep I was still in my workout clothes...haha.

Hope you have a great weekend! See you on Monday with my $10 Target Haul!


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