FROZEN movie party

It seems that the last few weeks we have had almost a weekly gathering of friends and family....
a party a week...

I love it!

Entertaining is a joy for me and I love preparing special/fun things for those who come.  I always wanted to have a home that people could gather at, we try to create a welcome vibe where all are welcome to come in. It is such a pleasure to bring a smile to another's face and have our home be filled with people we care about.   I also love to bring smiles to my ladies faces, so we planned a FROZEN movie party and it rocked!!!!   I think everyone had fun.

The girls and I did a lot of the preparations together. We made up a ton of blue kool-aid and poured some into the plastic popsicle molds we had. We made little goodie bags for our friends using the cute quote from Olaff "I like warm hugs" and Amelia set to work writing everyone's name on them(hahaha printing practice).  We also made snowflakes to decorate with, who doesn't love using scissors?!  I also have a ton of crafting supplies from when I was teaching (teachers buy a lot of their own supplies you know),  I have huge jars of sparkles from those days so we decided to pick up some little treasures from the dollarstore.  We then froze them with silver sparkles in ice cube trays.  We greeted our friends at the door and had them smash the ice cubes to find the hidden treasure. It was awesome!!!!  Again, the smiles that we saw made the effort totally worth it.

 

There were a few highlights at the party but one big one for me was when we had the kiddos form little groups and make toilet paper snowmen with one another.  I had precut the coal buttons and carrot nose.  We asked for volunteers and ended up doing two rounds because most wanted to take a turn.  It was adorable!  They were darling in their efforts to wrap their friend and those who got to be snowmen were tickled.

 

 

I would also say the 'icicle' pops were pretty darn cool too!

When we decided to have a movie party I immediately thought it would be fun to ask our friends to bring laundry baskets and stuffies to watch the movie in.  It is so simple but makes it special.  To see the dozen children all tucked into their laundry baskets, captivated by the fun movie just made me beam.  Again, all worth it!  The adults served them popcornin their laundry basket and I was so impressed that they kept the corn to the 'movie' side of the basement.  They were fabulous!

Fun times!!!

~ Momma P


Sleeping Sweeties

 

This has been the scene at our place the last few weeks.

Last time we went to visit Gramma and Grandpa Hinko's, the girls got to share a bed.   It has been a wonderful help with Little S, shaking up what had become a tough bedtime routine for her.  It is lovely to have them share and have each other at bedtime.  I get them to ask one another, whoever brings it up first and they've taken turns, hoping back and forth every few nights. Usually during teeth and potty is when the plans get made. It is super sweet.  Love them so darn much.

 

~ Mrs. P

Closet Party Coolness

 

A closet party goes like this...everyone goes through their closet and brings gently used clothes/purses/shoes/accessories they no longer use. Each person then shows the pieces they brought and if someone is interested, they take it. UNLESS (and here is the fun part), more then one person is interested in the piece.  Each person then rolls a dice and the highest number rolled gets it. Such fun! It can get a little crazy, some people have crazy luck.  We actually had 16 people come with bags and boxes and laundry baskets of things to share.

 

All of the jewellery was laid out on the kitchen table and it got a little heated a few times over some pretty pieces.  There was a brown faux leather jacket that 6 people wanted, that was the hottest item of the evening.  I am pretty sure everyone had a blast!  I came away with a couple adorable cardigans, one makes me think of Ms. Honey from the movie Matilida, it is sooooo sweet. I also scored two pairs of jeans that I plan to make into cut offs, yeah a success!!!!!

 

~ Mrs. P



their striking eyes

These ladies make me laugh pretty much every single day.

We have some new nicknames for them; 'Baby Blue Eyes' and 'Brown Eyed Beauty'. It just fits and has sort of evolved. Amelia totally has my expressive, crazy eyes and Stella totally has Graham's colour but my shape.  There is something beautiful about seeing bits of your self in your child....well beautiful and scary at the same time!  Sometimes I just plow through bath time rushing to get them tucked in at a decent time but sometimes we take it slow and have some laughs.  I like the nights when there are laughs the best.



 

Oh these bathing beauties with their striking eyes.

~ Mrs. P



dress up divas

I have been thinking a lot about technology and how much screen time, how to monitor, how to empower, how to teach self-discipline, how to guide them in using all of the 'stuff' that is part of our lives....iPads, Leapfrog Explorers, iTouch, the computer and tv.....sigh.  I'll need to sum up my thoughts on that when we formulate a plan for our family, I've been asking everyone what their families do.  

 

So I  really love when imaginations run wild and the little women choose to dress up!  Often it is character we know, specific to a costume we have but not always.  Recently both girls have taken to making up pretend names and being different people, it is hilarious.  For instance Amelia just came to me and said her name was 'Maousa', totally a pretend name and character.  Often the names end with an 'a' sound like both of theirs do.  It is rather sweet.  

 

 

I must also admit that I never refuse their requests to wear crowns.  We purchased the FROZEN movie this week and I bought them each a new little tiara.  The movie and crowns were BIG hits!!!!  I love their girlieness and cherish these princess years.  We always talk about the attributes of a princess and I remind them that they are divine daughters of God, real life princesses.  I hope they internalize that and never lose sight of their great worth.  They are so precious and worthy of royal treatment, I pray they never settle for less.  They also have a responsibility to act and treat others in a way that is becoming of a kind, good princess.

 

 

I just love these goofballs. 

It always such fun with them. 

I have a cute video of Stella clucking like a chicken in Jacey's old costume.

 

~ Momma P

 

 



breakie in bed for dad

 

This dude wasn't feeling good, so a day full of napping was just the remedy. We decided to stay casual too.  Also, breakfast in bed always brings a smile to the recipients face, case in point.  He sure is a popular guy.

 

~ Mrs. P



here comes the sun

 

The promise of spring, I love it and clearly so does the rest of the family.  See the dirt in the back of yard, yes we still don't have a yard....hopeful grass will be in pictures soon.  We sure have enjoyed our deck though.  We snuck out after dinner when Mr. P was home, blew some bubbles and had some laughs. I anticipate many an evening spent with the setting sun.  They love when we are all together.  Where there tears when it was time to head in for baths? Yes, but the togetherness before the crying was worth it.

 

~ Mrs. P