Weekend Celebrations

Hope you all had a great weekend and an amazing mother's day. Could we work on making the weekend a 4 day weekend?? who's with me! (hey a girl can dream). We had so many things going on I'm going to make it short and sweet. Friday we took the boys to Barnes and Noble they had fun reading some books and playing with the toys they have there we then picked up pizza and wings after that and just chilled at home. Saturday morning we went to have breakfast at our favorite Mexican restaurant, went to a few stores, boys went swimming then home to rest for a bit, later that evening we took off to Red Robin to celebrate Omar's birthday. He had so much fun that day tried our best to make his special day wonderful! Sunday was a bittersweet day for us, we all met at my sisters house to celebrate mothers day. The hubby made BBQ and some yummy desserts (desserts were store bought). It was hard not picking up the phone to call my grandmother we miss her terribly. We released some balloons in her honor. Short summary of our weekend celebrations.

Construction Birthday Party

I have a bad habit of being late don't I? On March 28th we celebrated Joaquin's 3rd birthday by throwing him a party. This is what I try to do to get ready for the big day. I select a theme about 6-7 months before the party and then try to shop specials sales, seasonal clearances and of course use coupons. So this years theme being Construction I wanted to use yellows, black and hints of orange and that not only represented a construction party, but Halloween!! So after Halloween 2014 I went to Target (duh) and hit the clearance section... let me tell you I was able to stock up on paper plates, cups, napkins, décor, and candy that I knew would hold on a couple of months. I also used my 40% off coupon at Hobby Lobby as much as I could they have an excellent Construction party décor section. Party's can get pricey like so many other things so take time to plan and check to see what holidays are close to your child's party so you can use some of those colors or décor for the party. I also save a ton of money by making the cake and doing the invitations ...its so much fun!! Here are a few pictures of the party.

Throw Back Thursday

So I was cleaning my closet and found an old camera that by hubby had gifted me 7+ years ago. I brought the memory card with me to work thinking it was random pictures but to my surprise it was pretty much a hidden treasure.