Busy Week & Sugar Cookies {w/ recipe}

Ohhhh Myyyyyy!! What a busy busy week and weekend we had here at the Cyr residence. Between soccer, basketball and party preparations I am glad to see a new week come! The rain held off for our outdoor party today, the sun may have peeked through the gloom for 2 minutes... but the kids didn't care and Charlee got her outdoor party.

Instead of trying to organize games for outside, we just brought a soccer ball, lots of bubbles, ring toss game and of course the amazing Purple Pug Waterbombs! For the treat bags we did a little scavenger hunt as something to do and the kids LOVED it! 


 I have to give a huge thank-you to everyone who came today, we had a great day. Also a big thank-you to the other Cyr's, The Strows and The MacLeods for helping me set up and tear down and keep everything under control. Despite being under the weather, Bethany MacIsaac (of Bethany McIsaac Photography )came out and snapped some pictures of the party for us, I can't wait to see them! And I hope she is resting now to feel better! All in all it was great and I'm so glad that everyone was able to make it out to celebrate our little Grown-Up Princesses 4th Birthday! There will be a full party post coming this week of course.

Rootin Tootin 4th Birthday Preview

So one week away from the Jessie Themed 4th Birthday. Here's hoping Mother Nature is getting all her nasty weather out this weekend, the stress of throwing an outdoor Birthday eh? And not just outside, no that might be too easy, outside and 10 minutes away from our place. So fingers crossed for a hot sunny day!

So when it came time to start planning her party I really didn't want to have it inside, its summer, shes getting older and it would be nice if we could hold the cowgirl themed party outside. So I looked into a local Farm that hosts Birthday Parties, cowgirl...farm...perfect!But it was a little pricey and then I would be giving up all control over activities, theme food, decor.....Something I just can't do yet! So with a little more research and a trip to said provincial park....I decided that would be the place and luckily Charlee loves it there and also agreed.

I don't know if anyone else has planned a Jessie Party, but if you have you've noticed you can't really buy a lot with JUST Jessie on it. Lots of Toy Story stuff though. So I was forced to be creative and do a lot of DIY things (yay!) I did purchase a file on Etsy of Jessie "cupcake toppers" which I probably won't be using for cupcakes at all. I have been using them to complete other aspects of the party. In order to stick with the theme we are using all red, yellow and blue things, not very girly (especially for my Pink loving Princess). I decided I would give you a little sneak peek at all the cowgirl crafts I've been doing lately.


Perks of husband being a surveyor...cute free signs!




The beginnings of some of the decor.




4 Hot Dog Holders for $1 and some cute Napkins also $1 (big and small ones)




These will be the bags the kidlets use for the scavenger hunt/build your own treat bag. Bought at Walmart, both colors came in one package(BONUS) of 14 for $6. I purchased the Jessie art on Etsy to add to different parts of the party.




Cactus with the 4 will be part of a planter decoration.

 Seems like forever ago that I recreated the Purple Pug's sponge bombs for the occasion. You can check out the how to and pictures HERE. Don't forget to check out the Pug on FB and her Blog, shes amazing!

Last year for Charlee's Birthday I made some Marshmallow Pops, just simply chocolate and sprinkles, all the kids loved them of course. So this year Charlee asked if I could make them again! (she's too cute) Of course! For some reason Smores and Cowboys Cowgirls seem to go hand in hand, so this year I am making Smore Pops. And it just so happens that I found some free printables online!! YAY!! You can check them out here, and print them for your party too.

Cardboard Birthday Sign

Today my project was to finish the cardboard Birthday Banner I had started for Charlee's Birthday a couple weeks ago. (her Birthday isn't until August but I like to pick at things while I have the time, so I don't miss a single detail) I had been seeing them in a few different places online, So I decided to try it out for myself and see how it turned out. Nothing to lose, its just a cardboard box. I am so impressed with it...It's going to look great at her party.

Voila!!

The most time consuming and painful part of making this banner, was cutting out each letter, might have caused a bit of nerve damage to one finger but thats nothing! Luckily I have a very helpful Hubby and he helped cut the center out of the "b's" "d's" and "p's" Thank-you Husband! xo

 I kidnapped Charlee's Jessie doll and painted background pieces for each letter. Each background was a color or pattern that came out of her outfit.

They still have to be strung together with ribbon so it will hang as a Banner, but all in all..I am very Happy with this Crafting day.

I will be making a couple more, different letters, themes, different colors and sayings to have at the craft fair Ill be taking part in. These are just too cute to not share with people.

So if you're looking for a banner for a special occasion, please email me at breentertains AT gmail DOT com   and I can get one on the go for you!