Carter's Friend Birthday Party

Carter wanted a Build A Bear party for his birthday, but honestly, I'm not a fan. Yes, the store is cute, their stuff is cute, but I hate the way the parties are set up. I hate that there is no where to go, besides the mall foodcouart, to open presents and eat cake. So, I found a great store online that I was able to buy adorable animals and stuffing. They even had little stars like Build A Bears hearts.

We went the whole orange theme because it's Carter's favorite color.

Carter Family Birthday Party

Welcome to Carter's Candy World:


Remember the flower pot from Paige's birthday party? I refurbished it:

The candy buffet:

The only things this boy loves more than candy and snacks are cars, trucks, planes and trains.

Whitney and I bought cute coordinating outfits from Gymboree to go with the theme, but Paige was having nothing to do with a picture together.

She prefered the slide:

He opened some presents before I was able to snap a picture.

Back to Preschool

Carter started preschool again this month and was so excited to go back! He adores his older brother and wants to be just like him.


The best part: his first day was also his birthday so he got to take treats to all his new and old friends at school.

Have I said lately how much I love this boy? Because I do!

First Grade, Here I Come

Brace yourself, everyone...after taking the summer off, I'm finally posting again.

I can't believe my little Ty is in first grade! This is his first year in all day school and I was not excited about letting him go. He is now away from me long than he is with me and I had a hard time accepting that he is now going to have so many outside influences on his sweet little spirit!


Waiting for the bus with his little brother and neighborhood buddies...



While he was gone Carter and I made Ty a "Happy first day of first grade" cake and shared it with some of the neighbors when they got off the bus.

We made these cute apple-shaped cake pops for their teachers. A little bribery never hurt anyone.