Brighton's 4th Birthday Party

Our little Brighton turned 4 at the beginning of this month. Crazy. We went with a generic Super Hero theme since she's really not the fairies and Barbie kind of girl... yet.

Our Super Four-Year-Old!

A shot of the stuff before the party actually started. We had to keep all this out of reach of 10 young children. Yes, 10. We did a drop off party this year and each of Brighton's closest friends was able to make it. Dale and I survived! It actually went REALLY well.

Party Decor- painted boxes to look like buildings! Complete with Super Heroes and villains.

Brighton and Mason getting excited for guests to arrive. As the kids came in we had them color for a little while a the table.

Comic book pages turned into a garland.

The treats, away from the kids, up high on the counter : )

I made a mini cake for B to blow out the candles but gave the kids some cupcakes. Dale and I ate this one on our own later.

Supermom!

Superboy! Flexing those amazing biceps.

As more kids arrived, we moved them over to the table to decorate some cookies.

They could either eat them or save them. Of course, B ate both of hers.

Then back to the table!

B was very happy to have all her friends there. She'd been telling everyone about her party for several months and it was finally here!

First activity- leaping over tall buildings in a single bound! These kids can jump so high!

Look at her! She's floating!

And J was moving so fast we barely managed to catch it on film!

Next activity- Stomp Out Crime! or rather, balloons...

Followed by- Shooting Practice at the Super Range.

to be cont'd...

Hiking Mount Pilchuck

Dale and I hiked Mt. Pilchuck on what we thought may be the last good weather Saturday this year. It was a gorgeous day!

We got up early and made it to the mountain about 8 am, so as to beat the heat. Still a little too chilly for me!

I thought I was up high then, king of the world, but not even close.

I feel like this is a Where's Waldo picture- where's Dale?

My mountain man!

Seriously, I couldn't believe how beautiful it was once we started getting higher than everything around us.

Being silly and diva-esque.

Gorgeous views! I actually appreciated all the trees and how green it is here while on this hike.

Almost there!

Gorgeous view! (Mountains or Dale, take your pick!)

We really liked these rocks with all the dried, gross, mossy stuff. So much so that I had to take a picture with them.

Finally at the top, at the look out.

Walking out on the edge! I actually was really scared on that little rickety step.

And there is still snow up here. Crazy.

I couldn't believe how great the view was- complete 360 of the entire area.

It really was amazingly beautiful to be up that high with nothing in your way to just see everything. The hike was worth it!

Dale and I at the lookout still. We hung out here for a little while, talking to people, eating, drinking and taking pictures.

And that's where we live! Way down and out there...

The lookout. We had to climb up all those rocks to get up there. And there's even a ladder to FINALLY get into the lookout.

Seriously, this rock almost fell.

Thanks Dale for taking me out on a fun hike, enjoying the scenery and spending the morning with me! It was really a lot of fun.

Baby Shower Gifts and Decorations

This was FOREVER ago, but I still wanted to share it with you, and my mom and sisters have asked me about the diaper cakes so enjoy!

I made this crib quilt from this book that I have, Denise Schmidt Quilts. I really like the quilts in this book because they look a little more modern in their design- and she uses some pretty funky fabrics and colors in her stuff. It gets you thinking about how you can make something look just by the fabrics you pick. For this one, I just used scraps and fabrics that I already had in my stash- make what I had on hand work for me.

And here's the back.

I sewed some ric rac along the seam on the back.

I also dyed a onesie brown and added some butt ruffles. And I also added some yo-yos to the front. It's hard to tell, but they're just stitched randomly on there.

Of course, one of Kim's famous tag blankets needed to be given as well!

So I made all this for a girl I used to work with, and I was also in charge of decorating and putting together a prize for a diaper raffle at her shower. I decided on a cupcake theme for the prize and then just went from there.

These are some cupcake toppers that I made:

I used modge podge to glue some tissue paper to card stock and some paper doilies to card stock as well. After that dried, I used a small circle punch and then glued one of each together with a toothpick in the middle.

But it just wasn't enough! So I brushed modge podge on the doily side and sprinkled with glitter. I let that dry and then glued a rhinestone to each one on the flower side.

I also embellished a kitchen towel.

Then put it all together with some cupcake-y things I found and a cake stand.

And here are the diaper cakes! I prefer to roll mine all together, rather than each individual diaper, as you can kinda see here. Then I decorated each with some scraps of whatever I could find.

I wrapped a very large rubber band around all the diapers in one tier and that's it! I used pins to secure the tiers together. I've also seen people use chopsticks or straws to keep the levels from shifting. Super easy and a fun way of giving someone a pack of diapers at their shower.