Kaleb's 3rd Birthday!

What a fun birthday celebration we had for Kaleb's 3rd birthday. He was obsessed with IronMan at the time and so we had an IronMan theme. We do fruit sculptures for the kids until their 5th birthday when they can have their choice of birthday dessert. Kaleb's birthday has proved tricky because it's the dead of winter and hard to find in season fruit. Fortunately for me... IronMan is yellow and red! Bananas are always easy to find. And he loves them.

We also let the kids choose their birthday meal. Kaleb knew just what he wanted. Macaroni & Cheese and Dinner Rolls made from scratch. Do you see the yellow theme we have? It's his favorite color!! :)

Snack Bags

It's been awhile since we have done this and I'm anxious to do it again because it made life much simpler when we were on the go. With the summer weather here and playdates at the pool, park and Carowinds, it is handy to have something quick and healthy to grab on our way out the door. I went to Trader Joe's and purchased a bunch of our favorite snack foods. This time I bought: Cheerios, Banana Chips, Snap Crisps, Pretzels, Raisins, Almonds, Dried Apples, Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips, etc. Then I allowed Kaiya to take small baggies and make up snack bags with whatever she wanted in them. We made morning snacks (w/ cheerios, almonds and raisins) and then snacks for later in the day w/ the veggie chips, crisps, etc. Here she is filling up her bags! When finished I just stored them all in the pantry and we could grab and go as needed.

Halloween 2010

For Halloween this year, we had a little monkey and a go-go dancer. Actually, I'm not entirely sure what the actual definition of a go-go dancer is. Hmmm... hope it's not inappropriate! :) But suffice it to say... she had on a sparkly, tutu-ish get-up on. They each requested their pumpkin pictures... Kaleb is a big fan of Mickey right now and Kaiya had fun drawing her own face on the pumpkin. It was a fun night of trick-or-treating... the kids got tons of candy which I pre-negotiated a deal for. They could have their choice of a DVD or toy for trading in all their candy. We let them eat 2 pieces before the trade, Kaleb for a Wiggles DVD and Kaiya for a Barbie. And I may or may not have eaten most of the chocolate that evening.