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Adi’s Chef birthday party

December 17, 2013~ PARTY

We had a chef birthday party, requested by my 6 year old birthday girl.  We kept it small & intimate and invited some of her friends from school.  Each kid received a chef hat upon entering the party and we went straight to cooking!  They rolled out their pizza dough and got to put their own toppings on their pizza, and while we waited for the pizza to bake, we played games and played outside.  After eating their pizza, they each received their own cakes to decorate and take home!  I made an oreo ice-cream cake, Adi’s favorite cake in the world which is so easy to make(oreo pie crust + oreo ice-cream + whip cream + oreos on top), and finished the party with opening the presents. 
Being the lover of party planning, I wanted to make an apron for each child with a matching fabric chef hat, but I knew it’d be too much for me to handle right now, so I didn’t.  And you know what?  I am so glad I didn’t.  I’m a huge fan of simplifying life lately and saying no when needed(which is really really hard for me), but I’m getting better and I’m pretty proud of myself!
Happy birthday my intelligent and kind-hearted 6 year old girl.  I love you forever.
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Ana’s Power Ranger party

March 27, 2013~ PARTY

Our girls have been into Power Rangers as of late so it was no surprise when Ana asked for a Power Ranger birthday party.  I’ve always told my daughters that there are no such thing as “girl toys” or “boy toys”, and if you like playing with trucks or tools, go right ahead.  If you like princesses and dolls, go right ahead also.  I tell them to not let anyone tell you what’s weird or appropriate to play with if that’s what you’re interested in. So I was more than happy to plan this birthday party for Ana.
rice krispies sushi as a party favor
power ranger cupcakes
fruit swords
spam musubi
healthy veggie & fruit juice
sandwich sushi w/ pickles, ham & cheese
rice krispies sushi on a platter
After everyone ate lunch, we started a Power Ranger training camp.  There were 5 training courses, each course representing a member of the Power Ranger and their strength/talent.   In order to become an official Power Ranger, they had to complete each course.
Training course #1 was STRENGTH which is the green Power Ranger, and they had to compete in a tug of war to prove their strength. 

I forgot to take pictures of the next two signs because I was too busy running the party but training #2 was LOYALTY which is the blue Power Ranger, and a bad samurai came to the party to recruit any bad
guys/girls to join his team.  All the trainees had to prove their loyalty and pick which side they were on.  Fortunately, they all picked my side(the good side of course;), and threw water balloons at the bad samurai to chase him away.
his appearance alone made two little girls cry and they wanted to go home.  oops….
he would catch some of the water balloons and kept throwing them at me! bad samurai!  
but in the end we conquered.

Training #3 was LEADERSHIP which is the red Power Ranger, and for this game we played Simon Says.

Training #4 was POWER which is the yellow Power Ranger and a sensei came and taught the trainees some karate moves.  He had a little helper too.

Training #5 was LOVE which is the pink Power Ranger, and not pictured, but for this course they had to complete an obstacle course.  They had to climb under a chair, then grab a ball that was sitting on the chair which they had to kick or hold while they ran to the trampoline.  Once they got to the trampoline, they had to jump as high as they could 10 times, then climb up and down two slides in a row, then run to the kitty pools that were filled with water floating with many “bad guys”.  There was one “good guy” that was drowning in the water and they had to find it and save it by scooping it up with a net.
after they completed the training camp, each trainee received a Power Ranger certificate, a sword & a belt.
then time for some cupcakes!

For the kids birthday parties I always set a budget of $100, and I went $30 over the budget with this party due to the high number of attendees(every single person we invited came to celebrate with us, all 15 of them!).  But I tell myself since I bought bulks of ingredients to make the food and snacks at Sam’s Club with lots of left over ingredients that we will use, it winds down to roughly $100. 😉  

Ana’s sister Adi told me after the party that for her birthday party she wants a yellow Power Ranger birthday party.  So I might be doing this same exact party all over again, but in yellow!

Links/tips: Rice krispies sushi, sushi green grass from ebay, sushi box from a friend who owns a sushi shop, power ranger cupcakes from Walmart, sandwich sushi.

*disclaimer: I googled “power ranger certificate” and found an image that I just printed for the certificate and the training camp signs my husband made with Photoshop.  I no longer send the certificate because I have no copyright of the image and feel dishonest if I send it out.  I get emails frequently about this and I had to turn down every single one, so please understand and I apologize about that!

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mermaid: under the sea birthday party.

November 7, 2011~ PARTY

 

we had adalie’s 4th birthday party over the weekend.  the theme was a “mermaid: under the sea”, requested by the birthday girl herself.  princess ariel came and paid a visit and all the little girls invaded ariel’s personal bubble the whole time from the moment ariel walked into the house until the moment she left.  they just loved her and smothered her all over!  ariel read a story to them, sang some songs, made princess crowns with them, and taught etiquette on how to be a true princess.  one of my favorites moments of the party was when ariel finished the little mermaid storybook and ended with, “and they lived happily ever after.” and one of adalie’s friends yelled out, “just like the three pigs!”  my other favorite moment was seeing adalie hop around in her mermaid fin that she wanted me to make for her birthday.  she refused to take it off and just hopped around as if she was in a potato sack race.  it was pretty darn cute.i think it’s safe to say all the girls had a lot of fun at the party, especially the birthday girl.

*for the treats i used a rice krispies on a stick recipe, dipped pretzel sticks in chocolate and sprinkles, blended graham crackers for the sand and put gold chocolate coins in a star shaped bowl,  made blue raspberry jello and stuck swedish fish in the jello and topped it with an umbrella, and used a towering sand castle cake recipe and added mermaid dolls and white chocolate sea shells and starfish i made using a mold.  and we hired ariel from a party company called pirate & princess parties.
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adalie’s dora birthday party

November 18, 2010~ PARTY

even though the party planning was stressful to say the least,
it turned out great.
oh and i warn you, there are a ton of pictures.
the party started with a table full of dora crafts for the girls
and b.b.q chicken quesadilla, homemade cinnamon chips and fruit salsa,
steamed soy beans, and lemonade.
then it was time for the scavenger hunt.
me saying, “who wants to go on an adventure with dora and boots?”
love ana’s enthusiasm and her excited scream.
each girl got a backpack with things to help with their adventure,
like this dora adventure hat.
girls waiting for everyone to come outside. the weather was perfect.

“who do we need when we don’t know which place to go?” “THE MAP!” everyone yelled out, so they all got their maps out from their backpacks.

1st on the map was to find the tallest tree.


once they reached the tree, they had to put on their special sunglasses
that lets them see the bubbles that they had to pop.
the next on the map was the rubber ducks.
there was a croccodile coming towards them so they had to save the ducks.

then the troll bridge. they had to solve a riddle that led to the swiper.
 then the swiper came and scared them with some fireworks smoke.
even the smoke was pink.
 then we all yelled out, “SWIPER NO SWIPING!” 3 times
and the swiper said, “OH MAN!” and walked away.
then the girls all cheered.

 our 3rd and last destination was the treasure box. there were binoculars in the backpacks to look for the treasure but i completely forgot about it! 🙁 but once they saw the treasure, they got so excited and all ran towards it.our 3rd and last destination was the treasure box. there were binoculars in the backpacks to look for the treasure but i completely forgot about it! 🙁  the treasures were diamond rings, gold chocolates, and candies.
 i think adalie’s favorite part was the map. every picture of her is of her looking at the map.
adi showing off her bling bling.
they all completed the mission so well!

 they each got a dora “we did it!” certificate with their name on it and dora stickers.
jay says he had more fun watching me than the girls
since i had to be all enthusiastic and animated.
then it was time for some strawberry ice-cream cupcakes.
 opening her presents
I would stress/plan it all over again for you adalie girl. happy birthday princess.
I love you forever.
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Hello! My name is Sarah and I am so happy to have you here! Here you'll find DIY sewing, DIY home building & decor, honest and vulnerable posts of motherhood and snippets of my family. We are building our dream house and will update you regularly on our whole process from start to finish and I am also starting a mother-daughter sewing series. So I hope you stay awhile!

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