Happy Valentine's Day!

We didn't send out any Valentine's Wishes- so here's what you get! 

Hope you had a great day with your loves. We didn't do much, but had a fun time anyways. 

If you're wondering, I got Kevin a phone charger for his car and he got me a fold up lawn chair for relaxing at the summer baseball games. We're so romantic- don't be jealous!

Little Brother was part of all the action at Big Brother's school party.

The line of boxes waiting for Valentine's at school. Can you guess which one was Big Brothers?

Was this your guess? We made these from recycled items- a round container from dishwasher tabs, oj containers, styrofoam bowl, can and paper towel rolls. I say he turned out mighty cute!

It's like a 2nd Halloween. I can't believe all the candy they get for Valentine's Day!

This was an idea I took from here. The boys loved it and they loved the chocolate kisses!

Hope you had a great day! I had to end on this sweet little love note...

Trick-or-Treating with the Force

Well, since I couldn't sleep tonight, I thought I'd catch you up on a fun Halloween with my Star Wars Boys. We were blessed with warm temperatures again and had a fun time collecting loot from the neighbors! The boys enjoyed themselves, but are enjoying the 2 huge gallon-sized baggies of candy even more!

This was the first year big brother wanted his face painted. He requested to look like Darth Vader when Luke takes off his mask at the end of the movie. He said it would be better if he was bald- but we had to draw the line somewhere!

Little Brother got in on the Star Wars action too. He made a pretty cute Yoda, I must say!

 The boys started out with our next door neighbor who gives them handfuls of candy! 

We caught up with some of the neighbor kids and actually had to have an "intermission" to drop off candy and gear up for the other half of our street. There wasn't too much whining- well, nothing a little lollipop couldn't handle!

The boys love to play with their lightsabers in the dark. I played with my camera and we came up with this photo!

These Halloween Lights were made with empty milk jugs, sharpies, and a string of Christmas Lights. Found the idea out in cyberspace somewhere! Big Brother enjoyed making the faces.

Of course, our Star Wars Halloween is not complete without Star Wars pumpkins. The larger is the pumpkin we grew ourselves from a seed! It's a stormtrooper and the smaller is Yoda!

Well, until next year! I wonder what the kids will be into by then?

Happy 6th Star Wars Birthday!

It took a couple of days to recover, but here are the photos from the big day on Saturday.

It turned out to be a great day and I think the kids all had a lot of fun! Until next year! 

This was the invite I made. I blurred out my personal info since this isn't a password-protected site!

It was nice for his birthday to fall on a weekend. He opened family gifts first thing in the morning and played until party time! The 2nd photo is showing off some karate moves after the party.

He started a tae-kwan-do class with Kevin, too. He was the only student this week and got a lot of attention. So far, he likes it. We thought it might be a good intro to see if he wants to try it out.

The party clan!

Daddy was a good sport and let the boys fight off Darth Vader. It got out of hand quickly. Good thing these were inflatable swords!

This pretty much sums up the party. Lots of little boys dualing with their light sabers. 

More party fun. The pinata was a bummer. It cracked after one small hit from the birthday boy. Nobody else even had a chance.

Little brother was intimidated by the big boys, but found some fun of his own. A few Star Wars gummy snacks always cheer him up!

The death star cake Kevin and I "created". Not amazing, but did the trick! A story to go along with this later in the week!

Lots of fun gifts and generous friends. 

If you're interested in more details- see below. If not, thanks for all you did to make his day so special! Once I get the house back in order from a couple of weeks of neglect, we'll be getting our official thank-you notes out!

Inflatable Lightsabers from Ebay

The party spread

Star Wars gummies and the goodies the kids left with (a personalized Star Wars notebook, chocolate covered pretzel "lightsabers", and candy from the lame pinata!

An example of the notebooks. Each one was a little different, but same idea!

Had the idea for edible lightsabers. We bought blue and red chocolate (Wilton) and melted them. Dipped in our long pretzel sticks. Wrapped the end in foil and there they were! Tasty too!

This was a first ever in the 15 years I've known this man! Decorating cookies. Had to prove it with a picture. He did all the stormtroopers and darth vaders. Pretty good! I told him he could be the baker over at King Soopers.  :-)

A close up of the cookies. (Star Wars cookie cutters are from Williams Sonoma)

A banner I made to string along the awning of the shelter. Just a bunch of star wars papers strung up on some rope- but turned out cute!

It was fun to see the boys having so much fun. Until next year. I wonder what the theme will be for number 7?

Star Wars Room Surprise

After working all day and keeping him banned from his room, Big Brother finally got to unveil his surprise. His very own STAR WARS ROOM! Many photos below show some of the details. It was a lot of fun designing and creating his new room. I think it was a hit! (The photos were taken at night, I'll try to update them in better light soon!)

A vinyl above the bed, star wars pillow case and a handmade bulletin board with photos of friends and family.

close up of bulletin board

My favorite view of the room

Love these vinyl letters (from Ebay) that say "May the force be with you"

His name made on wooden letters with Star Wars paper modge podged on!

I love the planet mobile from Pottery Barn Kids. The shelf is full of Lego sets he's created and photos of having fun with family are above the shelf.

A banner I made that didn't look good anywhere else- so ended on the bed!

More Lego Star Wars space ships to come here!

We spent the night looking up into the glow in the dark stars and planets. He loves his new room - can you tell?