Everything You Need for Game Day

We’re Ravens fans and would have loved to see them return to the Big Game this year, but it wasn’t in the cards. We’ll still be watching the game, enjoying some yummy food, and laughing (or sometimes crying) at the new commercials.

 

'P' is for Party! Dr. Seuss ABC Birthday Party from Birthday Express

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Owen’s 1st Birthday is just over a month away! I can’t believe my baby is almost a year old already! It feels like just yesterday we were having Charlie’s 1st Birthday party! Just in case you can’t guess, he had a Dr. Seuss Party!

For growing up big, and growing up tall, the Dr. Seuss ABC party theme takes almost no planning at all!
Kids will love the bright decorations and inspired treats and you'll love the nostalgic twist in sharing your favorite Seuss characters with your little one. Here are some ideas on how to throw a stress-free Dr. Seuss party when you use the Dr. Seuss ABC party theme from Birthday Express.

Cookout Safely with Kids

With summer here, there will be many opportunities to host a cookout or attend one. These tips can help keep kids safe while enjoying the party.

Prep & Set-Up

Before guests arrive, take a walk around the deck, yard, or wherever your cookout will be taking place. Make sure to pick up any large sticks or rocks that could be a hazard to little ones. Put away any garden tools or chemicals that may be in the area. These things may be obvious to adults, but to children, they’re dangerous.

The grill is probably the most dangerous thing at a cookout. When setting up your grilling area, make sure that you’re putting it out of the way. You don’t want the kids (or anyone really) to keep having to go past it to play or while running around. If you can, make sure you the wind isn’t blowing in the direction of where people will be sitting. This will help the smoke from blowing right into everyone’s faces. If need be, consider putting a baby gate around the grilling area.

Ninja Party: Goody Bags

I received products from Oriental Trading for review purposes. All opinions are my own.

Charlie’s 3rd birthday was an awesomely themed Ninja Party (his selection). No birthday party is complete without goody bags!

Charlie is big enough now that he helped me fill his favor bags for his party. He thought this was extra special!

 

Ninja Party: Food & Decorations

I received product from Oriental Trading to facilitate this review. All opinions are my own.

For Charlie’s 3rd birthday party, he picked a ninja theme while looking through Oriental Trading’s catalog that we receive in the mail regularly.

Decorations were quick and easy to check off my to-do list with a little help from Oriental Trading! Oriental Trading offers a pretty nice selection of ninja decorations.

We picked out the Ninja Warriors Vertical Pennant Banner.

Ninja Party Fun & Games

Like any birthday, there was plenty of fun and games. Charlie is really into playing any kind of game right now. When I asked him what kind of games he wanted to play at his party, he said “racing game”. So we had a piñata, a “racing game”, a decorate your own ninja headband, decorate a ninja cookie, and “Sensei Says”.

Piñata

I received this dragon piñata from Oriental Trading for the purpose of this review. All opinions are my own.

The Dragon Piñata from Oriental Trading was a hit, of course! The kids loved it and everyone loved watching them take a whack at it. I had read a few reviews that people said they couldn’t fit much candy in this dragon piñata, but I have no idea what they’re talking about. We fit PLENTY of candy in this; you just need to shake it around so it spreads out throughout the dragon’s body. I will say this is not an easy piñata to break. That could be a good thing or a bad thing. I think it’s somewhere in-between: I hate a piñata that can’t take a whack, but even when the 11 year old got ahold of it to knock it open, we still needed to tear it apart to really open it up.

Ninja Party Shirts

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You’ll see pictures of the boys in their shirts at the party, but I did want to share a preview of their shirts.

I found Owen’s on clearance at Crazy 8.

Ninja Double Sleeve Bodysuit - $5.99
Retail Price: $12.95
You Save: $6.96

 

I looked everywhere for a cute ninja shirt for Charlie. I found one on Etsy that was perfect. It was a size 3T ninja shirt! For $9.99 plus $3.00 s/h it’s totally worth it. The shirt is a Garanimals shirt, soft fabric, and the fabric and stitching outline is adorable. Check out Lil Ladybug Creations, she has shirts for just about everything and will custom design them!

I love having themed outfits for themed parties! I’m in love with both the shirts and they were both a great buy! Sure, I could’ve made Charlie’s myself, but this was so much easier and for the price- totally worth it!

3rd Birthday: Ninja Party

Charlie’s 3rd birthday is less than 2 weeks away! I still can’t believe my little boy is going to be 3! At his request, he’s having a Ninja Party. Ninjago is very popular right now, but he picked a regular Ninja party. While looking for Ninja invites, I found a Ninja image at Rook no. 17 and I decided to make my own.

This was super simple to make using PicMonkey. If you’re not familiar with PicMonkey, go play around with it now! You can do so much for free, but if you decide to upgrade, it’s only $33/year.

I then added the date, time, location, and RSVP information.

Using HP Photo Card Paper, I printed these out at home on 5x7 cards and off they went!

Stay tuned for all our Ninja Birthday Party fun: Games/Activities, Food, Goodie Bags, Decorations!

Friday 5: Dr. Seuss Party

 

In honor of Dr. Seuss’s birthday on March 2nd, I thought I’d make this week’s Friday 5 post about Dr. Seuss.

For Charlie’s 1st birthday, I went all out Seuss style! Here’s 5 pictures from his party:

I ordered these awesome plates and tablecloth from Birthday Express.

Our #DisneySide Celebration

*I received free products in order to host the Disney Side @Home Celebration. The opinions expressed here are my own.*


On Sunday we had way too many people in my little townhouse, but it was great! Everyone has been eager to get out of their house and socialize thanks to all this snow we've had lately.

You can check out what all came in the DisneySide @Home Celebration Kit.