Summer Lovin!

Summer! Summer! Summer! Bike rides, time spent with family, Soph's first birthday, fresh veggies from my garden and a few DIY projects for home AND my classroom;)



Sophia's birthday party was a bLaSt:) She is one luck little girl to have so many caring people in her life! The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle is the book we used to set the theme for the party!

The birthday cake and the smash cake were both made by Andy's cousin, Katie Scott. They were fantastic and PERFECT. The happy birthday banner was super easy to make. I printed off triangular banner letters and then glued them to colored card stock paper and cut them out. I used mini clothespins from Walmart to attach them to the brown twine that we used to hang them from. The fruit plates were easy as well. I made copies of the fruit from the actual book and then glued those onto white card stock paper. I used a paper punch to make the wholes in the fruit and then put a large kabob stick through the paper fruit pieces. The other card stock rectangular/square pieces were used to write the quotes on from the book. 



Two new recipes that I MUST share this week:



Better than Sex Chex Mix: I made this for our trip to Wisconsin and it was heaven.

You can get the recipe here!



Meatball Sub Casserole: So good, Andy even had the leftovers the next day. WHOA. *I used garlic cheese bread instead of french bread*

You can get the recipe here!



Check out the DIY page for a few new projects!
Have a great week:)
~Stephanie