christian's fifth birthday

On 2-18-2011 my little brother turned five. He was so excited that now he could stop looking at clothes in the toddler section of the department store, but now when he goes to the boys section there is a size five just for him! Now he feels so like a big kid and is starting to get a little tough guy attitude on the side. Now the reason I'm righting this post, is because, I wanted to share a few pictures with you guys from his birthday!

The morning of his birthday I got up before he did so that I could decorate the kitchen and dining room with all the toy story party decorations that I had bought.

To go with the toy story theme christian put his  favorite tee on along with a toy story ribbon I bought for him to wear.

The day before I made him a toy story cake that he enjoyed eating on his birthday. The toys that I used on the cake believe it or not cost me fifty bucks. Man toys are expensive but I got them because he wanted them.

 For his party we served the kids pizza from dominoes, and I made green colored punch out of kool aid, pineapple juice, ginger ale, and sugar.

The kids got to watch all three of the toy story movies, then later it was time to play toy story freeze.
Then last but not least he got to open his presents. He had such a good time taking his presents out of their packaging. All but two of his gifts were toy story related because he is in that toy story phase right now.

All in all he had a wonderful birthday, and I am so glad that I got to help put it together for him.

T

Travel Mug with Personalized Fabric Insert

A family friend recently asked my to make some custom coffee cup inserts for her so she could give them to some of the women she works with. I was so excited that a new project was given to me because I had been wanting to use the  embroidery part of my sewing machine but didn't know what to use it for first. I made seven total coffee cup inserts, five for her friends at work, one for her, and one for my mother. Here are a few pics of the first one  I made.

my new favorite food... its green inside, it's a fruit, it's not kiwi it's... Avocadoes!

I used to hate avocados with a passion but now I absolutely  love them! Now I want them in my sandwiches, tacos, served with chicken or by themselves! It's so delicious! So today when I was trying to find something for lunch, noting sounded appetizing, until that avocado popped into my head. An avocado for lunch sounded just perfect! Now I know this is going to sound rather strange but I wasn't in the mood to eat it plain. I sliced it drizzled a little bit of lemon juice on it, then sprinkled some cilantro and cayenne pepper, and last but not least smothered it literally with Tabasco sauce. I know weird right, but oh my goodness it was so tasty! The thought of putting Tabasco popped into my head because I love it on pretty much everything savory. The creamy avocado kind of mellowed out the spiciness of the Tabasco, but the Tabasco gave it a great flavor! So if you're reading this post please try it out, who knows maybe you'll be amazed by how great it taste!