Goodbye 2012

I apologize for the lack of update. Let me recap the last few months of 2012 that I have completely missed blogging about.

Okay, let me see…

We attended a Halloween Party at the Paley Center in Beverly Hills.

Daffy Duck, Scooby Doo and Bug’s Bunny were there. There were tons of activities for children, things to see and freebies. Even hubby and I had so much fun!

We used our second visit to Legoland and it was so worth it! I love it there!

My Grandma came to visit and the children fell in love with her immediately. I miss her already.

More than ever, I’m learning to be even more thankful of every single thing that I have, no matter how small. It was a great Thanksgiving!

The hubby took the kids to an amazing park called Vincent Lugo Park. The kids had a blast!

The hubby and I got to dress up to attend a cocktail party in Studio City.

I turned 35 and decided to celebrate at work by wearing Hello Kitty for a day LOL

The kid’s watched The Fresh Beat Band live in concert as an early Christmas present.

We moved…

My daughter was the STAR in their Christmas play.

My son received an Academic Effort Award in school.

He was also a hit in his School Talent Show.

We were able to enjoy Christmas in our new home.

The kid’s had an after Christmas treat in Kidspace.

My parents took the kids to San Francisco to watch Lion King the Musical

My hubby turned 35 as well.

Hubby was home for New Year’s Eve to celebrate with us, yay!

We were able to go to see the Rose Parade floats for a close up view on New Year’s Day!

And the kid’s made their first Aaron and Elle show for 2013!

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Tangled Birthday Party

This weekend we celebrated my niece’s 7th Birthday. It was a Tangled Birthday Party!

A friend made the banner with her Cricut. My brother in law made chocolate chip and strawberry cupcakes!

My SIL made the Rapunzel tower Orange boats!

She also made some tissue poms and rice krispies. My mother in law prepared some yummy brownies.

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Yo Gabba Gabba Party

Our niece Angela turned TWO this summer.

Her party was Yo Gabba Gabba theme.

My sister in law made rainbow fruit kabobs.

Popcorn was served in colorful cones.

My brother in law made 5 kinds of cupcakes.

I made some Yo Gabba Gabba Chocolate dipped marshmallows.

For the dessert table backdrop, I made some giant tissue fans.

My sister in law made the celebrant a rainbow tutu.

It was a very bright and colorful party. The kids all had a great time!

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Elle’s Cowgirl 4th Birthday Party

It has been a week since My DD’s 4th Birthday Party. We celebrated it Cowgirl Style.

We were super lucky to have found the Little Barn on Google.

It’s located on 130 s. Beaudry, Los Angeles, CA

I was able to put together a simple dessert table.

I used some crates and chopping boards to hold the goodies.

We were very lucky to have my brother in law make some very delicious cupcakes for the party.

These were chocolate cupcakes with yummy cream cheese frosting inside.

I made some Marshmallow Smores.

I stuck a marshmallow on a stick, dipped it on chocolate and then on crushed graham crackers. It was a hit. And I loved how easy it was to make them.

I also made some chocolate rice krispy treats.

I dipped them in chocolate and decorated them with a ribbon flag on a toothpick.

For the giveaways, I chose bandanas to hold the little favors.

They served a dual purpose, the actual goody bag and an extra favor as well.

The birthday girl had such a great time.

It was fun to have family and friends come to celebrate with us.

This is my favorite shot of her and her birthday cake.

The family picture we took before we left Little Barn.

We had an amazing time celebrating the sweetest, smartest and best little girl a mommy and daddy could ever ask for.

Happy 4th Birthday to our Dearest Daughter, we love you and thank God for blessing us with you!

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Emily’s Hello Kitty Party

Emily had a great Hello Kitty Birthday party!

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Angry Bird’s Birthday Part 2

Aaron’s actual birthday was his last day of kindergarten.There was no opportunity to have a party in school, so we decided to hand out goody bags to his friends.

Aaron loved his Psalty’s Bible and Wii’s Udraw.

Later that night we went bowling as a family.

Hubby hooked it up with a yummy angry birds cake

Family Picture Time

Happy Birthday Aaron Kristan!

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Aaron’s Angry Birds Party @SVFC

Aaron turned 6 this year. One week before his birthday, he tell me he wanted an angry birds party. I scoured the internet for tips and ideas. Some are amazingly cute, but most are not as practical as the ideas that I needed.

We were gonna have a celebration with the Sunday School kids at church and it had to be an easy set up and easy take down.

I personalized a cupcake stand to match with the angry birds theme.

Here’s the shot of the cupcakes on the stand.

I downloaded these cute guys and the kids had fun stacking them.

We had a simple set up, but I wanted the birthday boy to have a wall so festive that he could take pictures with.

I used a banner I used 2 years ago from a previous party and I made a pennant banner which I can reuse for another time. The foam initials of his name was an amazing deal for a dollar each.

The kids played a game of find your partner, and the headbands doubled as a party hat. lol

Then the kids played knock over the piggies. Hubby found some green raffia balls and I taped the faces on them. The kids had to knock them over the blocks with bead bags. They had so much fun!

And of course we had to have a pinata.

Cupcake time!

Popsicles to end the day?

It was a successful simple angry birds birthday party!

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Aaron’s Transformers 5th Birthday Party

This year is an extra busy year for us. Instead of throwing Aaron a big birthday party, we ended up celebrating throughout the week. And since he was in school for his actual birthday, he had a Transformer’s Party in school.

Transformer’s Cupcakes, plates and drinks

Birthday Boy sporting his Transformer’s Sunglasses

Little Sister happy to be an Autobot… LOL

Blinking Bumblebee Birthday Banner!!!

Some of his friends!

The kids thought the rings were so cool!

Even the girls!

With his friend Matthew.

Cupcake Finished!

And each friend was able to take home a Transformers picture book or an activity book!

School parties are the easiest to put together and clean up =)

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Elle’s Tinkerbell Birthday

Our Darling Daughter turned TWO last saturday.

The party was at Fremont Park and we were blessed with really nice weather (considering its been raining just a few days before).

We had a Tinkerbell party. The decorations included a blown up picture of one of her fairy portraits, purple and green balloons, buckets filled with candy and a pinwheel and cupcakes with Tinkerbell picks.

Her cake was a special purple cake called UBE. We got it from a local Red Ribbon Bakeshop. And it was so yummy!

The kids and parents were entertained by Sara from Music with Sara.

She introduced children to music and some basic instruments. They moved, danced and had so much fun. All the parents were very impressed.

She even did an awesome job in face painting the kids. More information available on her website: www.itsmusictime.com

Elle’s 2nd Birthday was a success, but I’m all Tinkerbelled out! =)

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Thomas Birthday Party

Our nephew had a Thomas the Train themed birthday party.

Look at Elle enjoying the chilly weather.

Attack that cupcake!

Aaron even made him a card.

Happy Birthday IJ!

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