Cooking Mag Mommy

A few days ago, I blogged about Rylynn's birthday party...in July!  In keeping with the catching up theme, I'm blogging today about Eyrleigh's birthday...in November....in, you guessed it, February.  Oh, well! This past August, our family traveled to Glacier National Park in Montana and during that trip I decided Eyrleigh's party was going to incorporate hiking somehow!  I wanted a party idea that was fun for both boys and girls as many of Eyrleigh's good friends are little boys.  We have been super lucky with great weather for her birthday every year and I was counting on that this year.  One of the county parks near us has a mixed paved and dirt wooded trail system and I knew it would be perfect for a hiking themed party.  I sprang the $100+ to reserve the pavilion to guarantee I had the space to myself and in the event of rain.  I love tinyprints.com and changed out the words in this Thanksgiving dinner invitation to fit what we needed.  link to invitation

 Blogging about your child's birthday party is much like giving wedding gifts.  You have a year to get it done!  Rylynn's birthday is in July and it is only February so I am well within the time frame:) Both of my children's first birthday themes have been based on their nursery theme.  Eyrleigh had butterflies, hence a butterfly birthday.  Rylynn had Peter Rabbit and so I knew that had to be the theme of her first birthday party.  I could not have chosen a better theme for a simple party on the road.  This year we were up at my parent's home in New Hampshire for Rylynn's birthday so I had to have simple decoration and food ideas.  My parents live in a pretty rural area so any party supplies had to be brought with us or purchased from the very limited selection at the small grocery store near them. *While I'm mentioning it, you may notice the pictures for this blog entry are much better than any other post on this blog....there is a reason for that.  My inc

A small sampling of the Super Bowl desserts...complete with napkins I bought on clearance years ago  The problem with posting your ideas for themed Super Bowl desserts after the big game is this...Will these two teams ever play each other again in the Super Bowl so I can duplicate this idea?   Chances are slim but I suppose it's possible.  Last night's game didn't hold a lot of intrigue for me.  I'm a sports fan but two weeks before I was entertained by the possibility that my home team (the New England Patriots) and the team of my home (the Atlanta Falcons) would play tonight.  After the disappointment of neither team making it, I was a bit underwhelmed by the thought of watching two teams I've never had a particular affinity to. Lord Baltimore "Whoopie" pies  My solution?  Have fun with the desserts if you don't care about the game!  My dear friend had invited me to her dad and brother's home theatre store (think t.v. in the restroom ki