A Garden Party

This past weekend Ellie turned 8!!! It's hard for me believe that I have an eight year old. What in the world! Anyhow, every year the kiddos pick a theme and this year Ellie wanted vegetables. I see our garden tending is rubbing off on her positively. Yay! Here are a few snippets from her big day...

I must say my favorite part of the whole party was ellie's cake. The Mr took on the task and he and KJ came up with this! I was rather impressed. I also hear it tasted amazing!!!

Throughout the house I made watering can bouquets with flowers, vegetables and herbs from the garden along with roses left over from a friend who is a florist. She sold them to me on the cheap. Talk about perfect timing!

Of course, worms had to make an apperance. It was a vegetable garden party after all.

I always try to include at least one fun activity for the kiddos to do. It keeps them busy and helps with keeping their rooms from being pulled apart bit by bit. We went with decorating pots to grow herbs. Loved getting to see everyone's personality really shine here. A few just splattered paint everywhere while others were meticulous to the very last detail.

As everyone left they received dirt, seeds, and a gardening set to take home with them. The two babies of the group got tiny watering cans that were a tad safer.

I must say I really lucked out when target marked all their summer gardening supplies down to 75% off. It enabled me to go a little above and beyond for take away gifts on our budget. I also found the water cans for the bouquets at Target too and again they were 75% off!  Thankfully everything we used to make this party a true gardening party we will be able to use years to come. I used a coupon for all the pots at Micheal's and they ended up being around a dollar a piece. Not too shabby.

Eight

This little lady turns 8 this weekend. Eight seems like such a big number. She went to horse camp all this past week and she had a blast. Was exhausted, but had a blast. She has the sweetest spirit, is a prayer warrior, and finds the good in everything. I wish I was more like her most days. She is calm and collected and when she let's loss she can dance with madness. I am blessed that she is mine.

Six {a birthday party}

KJ turned 6 this past Saturday. We had a family party which included his and I's best friends that we have had for what seems like forever. It was small, but it turned out to be so much fun! KJ had no idea his birthday was this past weekend. We may have led him to believe it was a week away. The Mr took him out for the morning doing man stuff and when they returned a party was awaiting. He was utterly shocked!!!! Ha. He wanted a red and blue party so I ran with it all the way down to the cake. The fabrics I had laying around the house from previous parties. Everything else was from either party city, the dollar tree, or things I, again, had around the house. We are on a huge budget, obviously. KJ loves to catch bugs so when I spotted the red and blue bug catchers at the Dollar Tree I knew they would make perfect party favors. The part I loved most though was the huge prints I had done at Staples. They were under $5 a piece and are done on copy paper. I did one for every year of his life. He LOVES them and it was hard for me to take them down. He really wants them in his room though so I shall oblige. I really can't believe my BABY is six, whaa...

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