Tuckered out on the car and singing your praises

As we drove home from church the sweet little girlies fell asleep in the car. As they sleep in the car to avoid the transition of going in the house, I plug my iPhone into the player of the car and listen to my worship music . Thank you God for all the blessings you have given me in my life. I love you and praise you. Please put the worlds troubles at rest.

Dora Birthday Party

I had so much fun planning Deanna's 3rd Birthday!.
Pinterest was my friend a few months ago putting some ideas togehter. I thought I'd post the pics and ideas from her birthday bash in case any other mama's out there are planning their cuties big day too....

Here is the link to my pinterest board...
http://pinterest.com/bethannmccann/dora-birthday/
Tons of my inspiration and ideas came from items tagged in pinterest

 The goodies in the favor bags

Bandaids, silly bands, toothbrush

tattoos

We used paper bags and cut up Dora scrapbook paper to decorate them up a bit

 For the Dora cake I used my pampered chef batter bowl... turned out pretty cute

Dora tummy ticklers for the drinks as well as another giveaway

Binoculars out of tp rolls... put stickers and crayons on table too but didn't get much use out of those

What's a party without a bounce house? 

52" Dora Balloon ... cute but when filling the arm had a hole... boo on you party city

I'm the map! Love my silhouette machine that helped me make the face -- 

The silhoutte machine totally rocks and helped me make the map... so easy!! 

Parachute Paradise... first stop on the map

Giraffe Pond... 2nd stop... we used water balloons and had them pop it

Rainbow tree --- 3rd and final stop on the map...

Nacho bar... simple, easy and great!

Our birthday girl!
 Dress from http://www.etsy.com/shop/BabyThreadsByLiz

Lessons learned:

• The tattoos in the goodie bags went unnoticed and could have done without...
• Have your husband know where his phone is when he is doing the ice run so lines of communication are left open
• Always give yourself even more setup time than you think you need... no matter how organized you are...
• LOVE the silhouette machine! Get one! I could have done so much more but sometimes it's hard for me to start projects when the house is messy...

Fun times!