Stetson's 3rd Birthday

I really really really don't like to throw parties. I hardly like going to parties anymore, and throwing them makes me sick, LITERALLY to my stomach. However I had quite a few friends and my hubby talk me into throwing a party for Stetson, due to the fact that he wouldn't care how many decorations I had, he just would have fun. That, my friends, sunk in. It isn't the amount of decorations or money I spend, it is the atmosphere of friends and family that he would love. It really helped that I found a bunch of fun pirate stuff from someone elses pirate party on sale ( and a bunch of items were handmade!) So armed with Stetson's favorite decorations in hand, I decided it was going to happen. 

This picture, is the day before his birthday. We decided to give him our present a day early so he could have fun with it. And BOY did he! He loves it!

That night ( still the night before his birthday ) my in-laws took Lucy, Stetson and I to the Pirate Dinner Adventure in Buena Park. SO MUCH FUN! I already blogged this picture before but I had to add it in since it was a celebration of his bday.

 Both kids got their faces painted.

The food wasn't half bad! We had great seats!

A few scenes from the show.

 I was shocked that there was all sorts of talent there.

Then finally, Stetson's BIRTHDAY! ( don't worry he only kept the earring on for the picture, his choice )

 We rented our clubhouse in our community so that we could have more room than our place, and we could go swimming as well.

 I got HUGE, WONDERFUL cupcakes from Cinnamon Productions. They were totally well priced. Only problem is the pastel sprinkles. Oh well!!! No one seemed to notice!

 I am pretty proud of myself for spray painting these ceramic flower pots to be our utensil holders. :)

Yummy white chocolate popcorn....

and my favorite caramel corn, thanks to Maw and Paw's Popcorn.

 Stetson's new thing is water guns! My brother and him were fighting most of the party.

Some of the fam....

Sweetheart Celee 

Troy and Christine's daughter Brooke-Lynn

He loved the popcorn so much he ate it while swimming.

His favorite present of the day!!!!!!

One of the best parts of the day for me was how interested he was in reading every card. 

Stetson loves his Uncles!!! Uncle Mike ( my brother )

and Uncle Bryce ( Troy's brother ) Here they are pretending to be Captain Hook!

Hello, Monday !

This past holiday/birthday weekend was SO fun!!! I am now glad that I had Stetson on Memorial Day weekend because I am realizing we will always get a three day weekend around his birthday and it will probably always contain a bbq! That's super fun! 

So today, even though it is almost Tuesday, I am saying HELLO to Monday! 

Hello to it being the last week of school for my kindergarten class. We are moving to our newly modernized school, so everything has to be packed by Thursday our last day. Hence the poor empty room in the background. 

Here is an example of how we present our writing in my class! They all want to stand on their chair.

 A sample of what they were reading to each other. I love that this boy came into kinder not even speaking English! 

 Hello to my little brother graduating from Cal State Long Beach. So proud of him!!

 Hello to our talent show! I was floored by the talent! This is a first grader who ROCKED at the drums! And how cute is it that they are his size????

 Hello to sending every project in my room home! We made these, yes, the first day! Inside are all their pictures of me, their room, their friends, the school and so on. They got a kick out of how funny their writing and drawing looked! This project is from one of my favorite websites and sellers Miss Kindergarten at Teachers Pay Teachers. If you want to check it out click here.

 Hello to my little boy turning 3 yesterday!! Birthday post is coming tomorrow!

 Hello to going to the most awesome place, Pirates Dinner Adventure with my in laws to celebrate Stetson's birthday.

Have a GREAT week!!!!!!