A look at the 10 yr old goodie bag :)

The best part of the parties we have is the preparation! i LOVE spending weeks and weeks looking around for goodies for the goodie bags!! I am going to post a few pictures, but some of the stuff I didn't photograph.

At Fun Haven, each child gets a card (like a credit card) and they can swipe to get into all the activities. They also have money loaded on the cards and they swipe to play arcade games. I thought with a group of 8, it may be complicated to keep track of.... so i got these springy type key chain and the kids can put these around their arms. I added a clip and I will punch a small hole in the cards (not where the chip is of course!) Each kid can carry their own card, and it is easy to know which one belongs to who as their names are on it! I had little beads with letters on them and figured this would be a cute little key chain to keep at the end!

I used my Big Shot Pro hexagon box die to make these little cupcake boxes. I put some cotton candy in a sealable baggy inside, and topped the box with a sour cherry!

I covered some packs of gum with the same paper and added a greeting. They look pretty cute!

Here are a few sugar powder sticks with a start at the top....

This is Sizzix box #2. Inside I put a Pocket Bac (hand sanitizer) with holder so they can clip them onto their school bags or purses.

I got these cute test tubes recently and I was able to fit exactly 6 jellybeans... perfect for a rainbow !!

Since we are on a colorful theme, I packaged 5 Crayola chalks in a bag and added a tag.

I prepared some Happy Birthday chocolates because it's tradition!! This one is a cookie covered in chocolate!

The usual Happy Birthday chocolate suckers. I had all the numbers up to 10! After 10, I will have to manually add the number on the blank mold... because they didn't go any higher!

A little bag with a variety of candy... :)

Here is a box of big red and white tic tacs... I covered it with matching paper and put a "got treats?" tag on it.

What's a colorful party theme without colored pencils and colored "crayon" erasers?

A ginormous sucker from the dollar store with a tag added to it....

We found these perfect shiny gift bags at the dollar store! Tons of stars, and lots of color. Perfect for Maelie!

I also prepared some cupcakes to take along.... They needed to be very colorful! A few colors are a floppy, but I am sure most kids will wipe off the icing anyway!!

Poor Maelie cannot wait until tomorrow but she is exhausted! She has been doing "nothing" since we got home from bowling.

After a bit of force, I managed to get her to at least not hide behind her arms!!



We will hopefully have an early night tonight and be in top shape for tomorrow!! We have to get up pretty early! Everyone will meet here at 8:30 am and then we will head off to Fun Haven for brunch and games!! Hurray!!!

Another show!

Last weekend, Maelie and Naomie performed another show for us! This time, they charged us an admission fee! We even had reserved seating. Sonia's mom was visiting so she got a special elder seat. This is how they identified it.... SO CUTE!
 

The song they chose to perform was sung by Keisha (Bla bla bla), hence the make-up. I so am not In-Style so I thought they had put some KISS make up!

They had a great time !!

It was extremely cute! Wonderful memories :)

They created their own routine and were able to somewhat follow it! :)



Maelie's birthday invitations 2012!

It's time for Maelie's birthday invitations once again! I found a great idea online about 8 months ago and vowed to make it for Maelie's bday this year.

Here is the popper standing up. I bought them at Dollarama, peeled off the label they had on it, and covered it wil scrapbooking paper. I added a green arrow showing which way you need to turn. The top is orange.

Once your turn, it pops and confetti comes out along with a string of circles with the invitation on it:

Details about the party are found on each circle.



It's hard to picture and to actually get the *feel* for the invitation so here is a short video of Maelie opening it up.

you can check out the tutorial from Oh Happy Day. That's where I got the idea.

Creative kids on a sunny Sunday :)

Last Sunday, Naomie came over to play with Maelie. Sonia and I had an errand to run. While we were away, the girls had a plan. They headed off to Dollarama and bought a bag of sticks and asked if they could take home some boxes. By the time we got home, they were hard at work and remained hard at work for HOURS! Sonia and I were working on our bday invitations for our daughters and other goodies. By the time we came upstairs ... they had set up a whole puppet theatre! They created their puppets, the theatre, and the script! Including a song! It was extremely cute to see.

The only technical difficulty along the way was that they could not stop laughing!! They were almost in tears since they were laughing too hard!

I am so proud that their imaginations are so wild and creative!! They never have a minute of boredom when they are together.

Thanks for the entertaining show, girls!! Even if we didn't understand the plot so much....!! :)

Hi & Low tournament

Maelie and Makayla placed for the Hi & Low tournament this year. This tournament has one kids with a higher average team up with a kid with a lower average. They play against other bowling alleys. The team with the most pins over average wins! I am so pround of both girls... they WON!! with over 250 above average!! :)

Way to go Maelie and Makayla!!

St-Patrick's Day is done...Easter's coming!

It just dawned on me that I didn't post in quite a while!! St-Patrick's Day came and went with not too much hype!! Lack of time is what the problem is!

Lisa woke up early that day and she made some shamrock cookies.... :) They disappeared quite fast! 

My college friend Jacinthe thinks of me on two occasions... St-Patrick's Day and Remembrance Day! I guess they never knew much about St Paddy's in french schools. I was in an english school though and we learned about leprechauns, pots of gold and shamrocks, and all that magical fun stuff!! She mailed me a St-Paddy's card this year!! How sweet! :)

As usual, even if Maelie doesn't believe in leprechauns now, she does appreciate when I dye the toilet water green and pretend the leprechaun used it... ! I may do that until she moves away from home!

On to other holidays..... Easter!

I sewed my Easter curtains for the front door and the washroom. The patterns are pretty cute :)

.... and yes, I have joined the tacky club!! I officially have rabbit ears on my car! and a rabbit tail attached to my trunk! :) It's official... i am THAT type of mom!!  There ARE others... so I am not the only one!!

 

I have a few other Easter projects I hope to have time to work on... but Easter is so soon this year, I will have to craft overtime!

Happy birthday Lisa!

We celebrated Lisa's birthday a day early this week since she was not going to be home the evening of her actual birthday. 26 year-olds have better things to do than hang out with family on their birthday! LOL

Maelie had prepared Lisa's cards and gifts on the couch and we blew up some balloons. We had some sweet treats in the fridge and picked up some sushi!

Here are Maelie's cutre treats that she wrapped on on her own. She gave Lisa a gift card to Ardene :)

Happy Birthday Lisa! Birthdays DO become better as you age! :)

Hex bug house

We found a shelf at Michael's for 2$! Maelie immediately saw the potential for a Hex bug house. I told her she could pick up some colored paints and paint it herself! She was ecstatic!

Here she is hard at work.... very very very colorful!! Maelie is the queen of bright colors!

We also bought a couple of vinyl tiles for the flooring. Here it is all set up!! Great job sweetheart!!

March Break 2012

For March break this year, Bill was off work to stay home with Maelie. Unfortunately he got gastro-intestinal issues... therefore the events were not too exciting!

Maelie decided to invite her friends over to play. Rebecca and Lorry came and we made goo. A ton of colors! Almost used up all of the ginormous glue container!!

They had a blast blowing bubbles

I love the bright orange one!!

It was quite robust... even punching it didn't pop the bubble!

For a little snack, I made them Pillsbury cookies. I make a batch every occasion because Maelie adores those cookies! I usually burn a bunch of them so I was proud that I managed to make a whole batch burn-free!!

I think Maelie ate 9 of them!!

After the twins went home, Sierra was coming over for a sleepover. We had a fun evening playing with goo, chatting, riding the plasma car, playing with Hexbugs, and crafting. The girls decided to have a Pyjama dance compteition. My partner was Peluche... and our song was Dancing Queen :) Maelie and Sierra wond though according to the judge Bill!

The next day, Maelie ended up with some gastro intestinal issues of her own! She was sore and quiet most of the day but did muster up the energy to go sliding a little at least.  I thought Sierra would get bored, but she didn't seem in a rush to leave at all! LOL So i was relieved.

The girls worked hard on a few Easter chocolates.

Very colorful! :)

Here is Sierra's basket :

Here is Maelie's basket:

Ta-Da! All in a day's work :)



Poor Maelie ended up not feeling that great until Friday. Then Friday I was the one knocked out with a bit of a sinus cold. Maelie said she wished she had been sick the week BEFORE March break so then she could have enjoyed her week off!! All in all I think she did fun things .... even if she was sick :)