A Swashbuckling Good Time!

Well, Mally turned 3. Like every other year we had a big birthday party, the only difference this year is that she is more vocal about what she wants and what she doesn't want. What does she want? Well, pirates of course! This year I intended for this party to be somewhat simple, stress free and well, let's be honest... cheap. All of that went out the door at the start, after all what's a pirate party without all the necessities pirates, a ship, a plank and pirate food! It didn't end up breaking the bank, we thrifted our outfits and you'd be surprised at what you can do with some cardboard and spray paint! Although, when you're a procrastination specialist like me, you can be sure of rough seas ahead. Luckily for me I work awesome under pressure :)  Wednesday I started painting the decor and pulling together or outfits. Thursday was Malaya's actual birthday, so we focused on the girls all day. Matt was off of work and we headed out of town to get our bounce house on! We all had a blast for a couple of hours for only $5.00, can't beat that. We were able to stop by Party City and pick up party supplies. Friday we picked up a refrigerator box from our local Home Depot and got to work on our pirate ship, I also made the cakes that night. Saturday, out of some miracle we pulled everything together and had us a pirate party, even the rain couldn't stop us! In the end it was A LOT of time consuming work for a party that lasted only a couple of hours... but creating good memories for our girls lasts a lifetime and that's all that matters. ARRRR!!



So hard to believe she's grown so much




Silly Face Pose



She wanted pancakes :)



Another one bites the dust

Cap'n Malaya and her first mate



ARRRUGGHH!?!

 

WOO PIG SOOIE!

Diy: Pallet Shelf

I'm pretty excited about the outcome of my pallet shelf. It's been up for a while now, but I just pieced everything together over the past couple days. I scored some cute crocheted potholders at an estate sale last weekend that seem to fit nicely. I also found some small hooks that helped displayed some of my mugs and freed up some cabinet space.

Picky eaters

I may have the worlds pickiest eater living in my house. In fact I may have 2 of the worlds pickiest eaters living in my house, Matt being one of them and Chesa the other. Chesa likes the most random things. Most of the time she will not eat strawberries or blueberries, but will scarf down a whole plate of homemade kale chips, so odd to me. Anyhow, we've been on a juicing kick since the new year and that's usually the easiest way to get veggies down my children! I recently took a fellow mother's advice on IG and added spinach to the girls juice, although juicing spinach you don't get much out of but at least I know it's in there. I'll try kale next week. I've also tried a few pinterest recipes, my latest zucchini pizza bites. They ended up being delicious in my opinion, the girls on the other hand didn't quite appreciate them as much as I did.

Juice your veggies first then add apples. Keep testing and adding more apples until veggies aren't tasted. It's alright to trick them, it's for their own good! Here, I used carrots, celery, spinach and apples.

Zucchini, olive oil (not shown), pizza sauce, grated cheese and mini pepperoni. Slice Zucchini, paint both sides with olive oil and grill (or broil) for about 10 minutes.



Dab a bit of pizza sauce onto one side, add cheese and pepperoni (if you please). Grill/ broil for another 8 minutes. pull out and enjoy!



Nom nom nom!

A bit of Nature

Last week we didn't get out much, so I ended up contemplating whether or not I was going to be able to handle the two wild girls alone on a hike. A hike that just so happens to be on a trail 30 minutes from town. I ended up taking a leap of faith, like I do often in life, and said to myself "A couple of hours won't kill me." Thankfully I was right, we had a great time and the girls were surprisingly cooperative.
P.S.- I'm pretty sure I saw Ryan Gossling hiking out there as well, ha ha.

Follow the leader

Stopped to pick up rocks

Checking out the dry creek

How life is with her, a blur.

On our way out

Vintage Love

A few pretty little things I just adore, vintage baby clothes. Looking at those colors and dainty detailing makes me all warm and fuzzy inside.

Bedtime stories

Today the girls didn't feel so well. Chesa has a bit of pneumonia in her right lung and her chest X-ray also showed she has asthma, poor girl. Mally has also been complaining about some tummy aches, so she will go to the doctor tomorrow morning. Let's hope everything will pass soon and we can get back to normal life. Whatever normal is.

"When you were a baby, you were light. Mother could carry you easily.
Now that you are big, you are too heavy to carry."

"How heavy are you?"