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TOY STORY BIRTHDAY PARTY!

Happy Birthday to my sweet Muffin Griffin who turned 2 this weekend!!!!

We celebrated with TOY STORY!!! His favorite!!!!

This weekend we celebrated Griffin's Birthday Toy Story Style. Griffin is OBSESSED with all things Toy Story. Especially the 2nd one.

Y'all know how much I love kids. And a theme. And a birthday. And a party. Combine all four= birthday, theme, kids, party, I. AM. IN. HEAVEN.

I started planning last year and I have had so much fun putting this together.

Here is the invite:

I made this super cute banner with the help of my Mama and the Cricut Expression. I used the Plantin' Schoolbook cartridge and the Toy Story Cartridge to make. The size of the scalloped squares were about 5.5 inches each. I found all the cute ribbon at Joanns and Michaels. Just look in the $1 bins. I splurged on the Toy Story Ribbon (download the Joanns app on your smart phone for coupons) and I bought a few yards of cow print for Paisley's dress and the tablecloth. I cut off a half yard of the fabric and cut into shreds for the banner. If you are interested in this banner for purchase, let me know!

How cute did the cake turn out? It was made by Donna Sadler who is located outside of Goodlettsville, Tennessee. You can find her on Facebook at Delicious Designs by Donna.

I showed Donna a picture of what I wanted and she nailed it! I HIGHLY recommend Donna. She is so nice and sweet and she is incredibly reasonable!

Here is my birthday boy!! I could just eat him up... I cannot believe my baby is two.

Here is Paisley modeling her Pillowcase dress and a picture of the food decor.

We held the party at Prairie Life Fitness in Franklin, Tennessee. We brought in our own blow ups (how sad is it that I own not ONE but TWO bounce houses, a popcorn machine, and a cotton candy maker?) After renting all of these things twice, I realized I could just buy it for less! ha!

Here is our sweet and precious Grace Hamilton making her debut at the party!! She was SO excited to be there! Grace is in the ongoing stages of leukemia. Y'all might remember me blogging about her. Keep praying friends!

Another close-up of the cake!

The food table. The cricut is so useful! It helped me make so many things you see here!!

Mr. Potato Head was filled with chips. I loved the fact that he was a potato filled with chips. ha! I found him at a consignment sale earlier this year! Planning a themed party? PLAN AHEAD. SHOP EARLY. That way, when you find a great deal, you can stock up!

Here is a glimpse of the banner hanging up!

I also made these sucker Topiary Trees. They turned out so cute!!! I had a candy table for all the guests. Since the party was not at home. I just brought plastic containers for candy. I didn't want my good crystal broken. And the one glass bowl I brought was broken! I was so sad!

I also set up a photo booth for pictures and made some cute props from my Cricut, sticks, and tape!

I also made Buzz's Rocket Fuel (white popcorn, white chocolate, and M&Ms mixed), Marshmallow Pops, Pretzel Rods, and Sugar Cookies in the shape of a 2. All of these were hits! We also had Pizza Planet Pizza brought in as well!!

Love my sweet Hamilton's!

My mama and my husband who were my helpers! Love these two immensely!!

My daddy being silly!

My mama and daddy! This was a test shot but pretty funny so I included it!!!

Me, Debbie, Richard, and Stephen. These are like our second set of parents!!!

Lily Kate, Jim, and Jack swimming! Yes, we bounced, then swam, then ate!

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Griffin L-O-V-E-D this huge Buzz Lightyear air walker!!! His favorite part of the party!!!

No birthday party is complete without a piñata!!! Just be careful. This quickly can become dangerous! HAHA!

Pizza time! I also used the potato heads on the table and the kids LOVED putting the pieces together!

More pics playing basketball, swimming, and jumping!

Hunter loves playing on this thing!!!

Another pic of Lily Kate!

Grace and Andrew!

This is actually a water slide that can also be used dry! The kids love it!

Cutting the cake (Yes, Griff had an outfit change! I couldn't help myself!!!)

I was probably talking to myself at this point! haha.

More eating!

Cake and candy time!!!

My sweet muffin!! I love him so very much!!!

Griffin loved the pretzel rods!! His favorite part! Picking one up off the floor!

Hope you enjoyed the pics! I love comments!! Maybe a giveaway for your next party? YES. A $20.00 gift card to Target is in store for one LUCKY commenter. One comment per person, please! Let me know what you think!!! I will draw Monday, April 9th.

XOXO-

KJ

A SUMMARY OF THE WEEK...

1. Super excited about my Asics Gel Tri Noosa's. They are crazy bright, but really fun. They even glow in the dark. I am all about workout gear being fun because somehow that makes working out easier...Can I get an Amen? My sweet husband found them at that shoe store over by Belmont, The Athlete's House. They always have shoes when no one else does, and they are usually way less than Fleet Feet and Dick's. Thank you husband! :)

2. How cute is Griffin in his little seersucker blazer? It is a 6-12 months and down to his knees. He will be 2 in a few weeks. He is a little shrimp. I love him so much. He is SO bad at times, though. He bit his sister right after this picture was taken. Anyone have any advice on biting? He only bites her. It is so weird!

3. Here is an Instagram picture of us eating pizza one night this week (I am too lazy to get up and download all the photos off of my Canon) and see how sweet he can be sometimes? He loves his mama. I wouldn't take anything for my mama's boy. And PS-He is currently side kicking the dog as I write this. I hope he bites him once. He kinda deserves it. HAAH!

4. Here is a sweet one of my girl dressed up as Rapunzel. She LIVES in princess world. And I do mean, LIVES. Her favorite words are magical, fairies, castle, party, etc etc etc. Basically she is me just a near five year old version. Too bad I don't look as cute as she does dressed up like a princess. The Rapunzel hair is one of her prized possessions!!!

5. One of my current obsessions: Annie Sloan chalk paint. Not to be confused with chalkboard paint. You can get this at select furnishing and paint stores. It basically gives a distressed look without distressing. There are lots of tutorials on using this stuff online. Check it out!

6. Paisley and I met our friends Erika and Camelia this weekend and painted pottery. Paisley chose a mug for her daddy and I painted the cutest serving piece that has cupcakes on it. I have to pick it up tomorrow. I will be sure to show you all a picture once I get it back from the studio. Paisley was stressed out the entire time. Bless her little heart. She is such a perfectionist! She had a complete meltdown and we had to start over about 12 times. She is so her mothers child. I couldn't get on to her too bad because I am the exact same way. But we finally finished and I don't know if we will do that again! Not without a Xanax first. I kid I kid.

7. We have had lots of rain this week! I feel like we need an ark! And yesterday, this beautiful rainbow appeared in the sky! I love rainbows! Did you know that God gives us rainbows to remind us that He will keep his promises to us? He is there and he is listening! Thank you Lord!

8. My sweet Paisley and I went on a ice cream date Wednesday after school. We went to our favorite place, Menchies. Do you have a Menchies in your area? It is THE BEST! We see country music singers there all the time! Its kinda fun! I love the Cookies and Cream and the Cheesecake.

9. I found this great art piece off of Craigslist this week. Griffin is about to get moved to his big boy room so we are redecorating thanks to Pinterest and too much time on my hands! HA! I love me some Craigslist!!!

10. Speaking of Griffin. I cannot believe that my sweet boy will be TWO in a few weeks. This was him at 2 days old, and dressed as my little Easter bunny. I love this picture so much. Maybe one of my favorites. He will hate me for it one day I am sure! HA. I hate that my kids have to grow up! Why can't I freeze time? I hope they know how much I love them.

What's going on with you? Leave me some comments! You know how much I love them!

XOXO-

KJ

HAPPY FRIDAY!!!

Please go here and vote for my friend, Ken Johnson, for the HAWTTEST WEATHER MAN!! You all might remember Ken, he made a cameo in Borat a few years back. Ken and I grew up together in Mississippi and we all want him to win. I rarely ask for things like this, but y'all help a brother out!!!

Happy Friday!!!!

XOXO

KJ

ENCORES MURFREESBORO SALE!!

I went to the Encores Consignment Sale tonight and shopped the Pre-Sale and found sooooo much cute stuff......

These New Balance? $7.00

Also found this precious Matilda Jane set for $30.00!! SCORE!!

How cute is this Boutique Dress? Loved it! For $15.00

I also knew my little princess at home would love this Cinderella swimsuit. $6.00. It was a big hit!!!

And this was my favorite: A Matilda Jane Platinum piece. $35.00

I thought this was such a great deal for $12.00. SO cute for Seaside or the beach!!!

And I love this bookshelf!!! $80.00

Y'all should definitely come and shop this week! The sale opens to the public at 10am on Wednesday, and is open everyday until 7pm. Everything goes half on Saturday.

The sale is being held at the TN Expo Building in Murfreesboro. Check out the Facebook page, Encores and More Consignment Murfreesboro.

GO SHOP!!

XOXO-KJ