Birthday Planning Aholics

Dave's birthday party is one week from today. Against the advice of the lovely Alisha (who thinks I should hold everyone is suspense regarding our plans and general craftiness surrounding the day), here is the run down of all the little things we are doing/making for the party. ... so you can see just how crazy this has gotten:

First, this is the happy birthday sign Alisha and I made.

We also made a sign for his high chair yesterday, but it's in the car and Luke took the car so I can't take a photo of it.

Here is the super cool party hat, modeled by a very wiggly David. I need to add some elastic to keep it on his head.

Next, I made this bib for when he eats cake.

We've also been working on the food list ... Alisha will be making him a gorgeous cake, so that's taken care of. The rest of the food ...

-- Chocolate covered bananas!

-- Veggie tray/ dip

-- Meat and cheese tray (made by me because buying one is waaaaaay pricey, unlike the veggie tray which Ill be buying from Costc0)

-- Punch

-- Monkey mochas (made by me ... basically a coconut/chocolate latte)

-- Some other sort of snacky/salty thing. Chex mix? Pretzels? Unclear.

-- Paper products from the dollar store

Now I know you are asking "Ms. Budget lady -- what about your budget???" ... well, we DO have a budget for the party. So far I am under it, and the above food should be around $30. Our budget for the shindig is $100 (you only turn 1 once!).

So, stay tuned (next Saturday!) for the party details and photos and ... fun. All sorts of fun.

Taking on the Sewing Machine

I bought the machine. I checked out "Sewing for Dummies" from the library. I visited the fabric store. I decided that I should sew some reusable baby wipes and some decorative burp cloths.

And then I started.

And it was beautiful and fun ... I read the instructional manuel and practiced sewing straight stitches on the wipes and it was great! But then, suddenly and without any apparent reason, the thingy that holds the foot on the machine FELL OFF -- right in the middle of the stitch! And so help me, but I canNOT figure out how to get it back on.

So we'll get someone to help me with it tomorrow.

Meanwhile, here are some photos of my decorative burp cloths ... there are six in all with three separate prints.