*This post contains affiliate links. My son is six. This is his 7th Christmas, and since the second, everything he has every really wanted for Christmas (or birthdays, for that matter) has fallen into one of three categories: Dinosaurs, Cars or Puzzles. Seriously. My mom always asks, "What does he want?" I say, "Dinosaurs, Cars, or Puzzles." She says, "I should have known." He loves ...
Birthdays
How to Plan the Perfect Dinosaur Dig Birthday Party
So, Dino Boy turned four yesterday, and we HAD to celebrate. For a few weeks, he toyed with the ideas of other birthday party themes, but true to form, he finally said, "I just want another dinosaur birthday party!" Last year, we had a dinosaur egg hunt, which was easy because his birthday was pretty close to Easter and eggs were in easy supply. We decided to ...
Tangled…the movie was better than the cake.
In anticipation of Disney's new movie Tangled, my daughter decided to have a Rapunzel birthday party. We sent invitations, we planned party games, we made favor bags...everything was ready except for the cake. Things got crazy that week, and I found myself on Friday wondering how on earth I was going to get a cake made by Saturday morning. And then everything went wrong. The buttercream wasn't ...