Maddie turns 3

As many of you know Maddie is obsessed with Sleeping Beauty. She dresses like her everyday and plays - touch the spindle and fall asleep everyday - I have to be the prince and come kiss her to wake her up !! So
we planned a Sleeping beauty party for her, it was a small, very fun party.

The cakes :

I had originally planned on only making the castle cake for Maddie's birthday, but after talking to her about it she insisted on an actual Sleeping Beauty cake. The castle was just not going to do. Well I endedup making them both. The castle one I put Maddie's little sleeping beauty doll on the top and loved how it turned out. So a couple days before her party we went to DI and bought a barbie. I baked the dress part with a cake mix and then stuck barbie right inside the cake. A little frosting and decorations and she was done. I thought it turned out so cute. I made the cakes while the girls were at church and Noah was asleep (he was not feeling well at the time). Maddie came home and found the two cakes sitting on the table and the look on her face was priceless. She was so excited. She was so excited that she sat (with her sleeping beauty dress on) right by the table the whole afternoon until the party. Just smiling and as happy as a three year old could be. It was worth the three hours it took me to make and decorate those two cakes.

The party was so fun. We first let them decorate a crown and a wand. (Each of the little girls wearing a different princess dress). We then played a game. I had made a spinning wheel and I can't believe I didn't get a good picture of it. But the girls each took a turn touching the spindle and then falling asleep. I then handed them a rose to hold just like in the movie. I also had looked up the movie music on my laptop and had Patrick play it, especially the part where the bad witch tells Aurora to touch the spindle. Patrick was such a good sport about being Prince Phillip. I bought him a Kings hat and had a make shift cape for him to wear. He went around to each of the girls and woke them up with a kiss. The girls loved it.
They played it a few times before it was time for presents and dinner. We had pizza, jello and princess punch for our feast. Then it was time for the cake. We sang and Maddie blew out her candles. It was a birthday I will never forget and Maddie still talks about her sleeping beauty cake !!

The Niebuhr's Project Life Album

Project Life Gallery

Some of you know that I am doing Becky Higgins book again. Last year it was Project 365 and this year it is Project Life. In this special Scrapbook I am recording the average everyday happenings of our lives. I have posted some pictures of the pages of my book the Becky's Website so that you can see them if you want. I will probably continue to add to it as I go on. ( I don't have them all uploaded yet). So take a peak. The link is above. Hoping to post about Maddie's birthday soon.

I am finally getting around to posting about Katelyn's birthday party. She wanted a dinosaur party and I spent a lot time getting ideas and things ready for it. It turned out great and a lot of fun. One of Katelyn's friend, Christian, came dressed in his dinosaur costume and Katelyn immediately went down and got hers on. I had set up some of Katelyn's dinosaur play things and the two of them played dinosaurs for a while. The games came next. The kids were
told that there were eggs that needed
to be returned to the nest before the mommy dinosaur found them missing. The catch was that they had to transfer them in their spoon. The kids loved it and wanted to do it over and over. The next game was pin the dinosaur in the right spot on the poster(got at the party store). Another hit. The next game was the paleontologist dig site. I had filled two rubbermaid containers with dirt and buried some toy dinosaurs, play money, and then some real bones (Chicken bones) Thanks Patrick for taking care of the bones for the kids. I have to say that it was great to see the kids having so much fun and getting so excited when they would uncover something. I found the kids hats at Michael's and made them name tags that said junior paleontologist. They turned out super cute. I also gave the kids a fossil digging kit that included a tiny shovel, a paint brush, and a magnifying glass. I think they could have played in the sand all day !! But it was time for the cake. I originally was only going to make cupcakes for everyone to enjoy but I was adventurous and attempted to make a dinosaur cake. Katelyn had no idea I had made her a dinosaur cake and to see her excitement made all the hard work worth it. She was so excited about her cake. But back to the cupcakes. I have to say Thank you to Grandma Niebuhr for finding the dinosaurs for the top of the cupcakes and then mailing them to me from St. George. Thank you so much, they turned out perfect. And also a big Thank you to Grandma Merrell for baking and frosting them. They were so so good. Oh I forgot about the gifts, we opened gifts before we had cake. She received so many wonderful gifts, and I think they were all dinosaur related. Thank you to everyone. One of her favorites was the dinosaur house. She was so super excited to get it. ( She had wanted it for a while now). All in all it was a wonderful day and wonderful party. I know we all will remember it for years to come.

P.S. After the party Patrick, Noah, and I went down to the Insta Care. Turned out I had a Sinus Infection and Noah had another ear infection. We are all well now though. It was so hard to get things done for the party because I was so sick and my whole left side of my face hurt. Sorry, I will stop complaining. Stay tuned for Maddies's birthday party in a few weeks. Can you guess what she wants for her party? It includes a lot of pink.

Digital Scrapbooking

I have been following the well known scrapbooker Ali Edwards for years now and about a month ago she posted on her blog a weeks worth of info and this free digital template. So I jumped at the chance to try it out. I had taken these shots of the girls coloring and thought that they would be fun to put into this template. I have to admit it was fun and something different. I could have added more to this layout but I don't have any digital embellishments. So I printed it out in 12X12 on my new printer and it turned out great. Thought I would share.

Happy Heart Day

Sending you a little love from us to you. Happy Valentine's Day.

Splish Splash

Noah has learned how to splash. So cute that I wanted to share it with you all. He was having so much fun in the tub the other night. He sure does love the bathtub.

This next video is of Katelyn skiing. Make sure you pay attention and don't take your eyes of the screen. It's hilarious.

Seven Months

Giggles and Smiles and MA MA MA. Babbles and Grins and BA BA BA. A need to shove everything in his mouth. Can out eat his sisters when it comes to bananas. Squealing, well maybe more like shrieking, for no apparent reason other than to hear ones voice. Nicknamed
Pterodactyl because of it. Loves to dive at objects that he sees (which is anything and everything, we think he might be an olympic diver. Gabber mouth first thing in the morning. Joy in seeing his sisters. Crying in the reality that he is being hugged to tight. (Courtesy of Maddie). Smiling at his own reflection. Army crawlin' it. Loves to bang on things, enrolling him in drum classes. Has discovered Ice Cream. And getting quite efficient at it. So easy to tickle. Loves my singing, it makes him laugh. Especially rap. A preference for paper that I have to dig out of ones cheeks. Dislikes sitting still, can anyone say ADD ? Partial to remote controls, phones, computers, ipods, chords. AKA - the geek !! Precious, handsome, a ray of sunshine, and above all my baby boy. Love ya.