Vintage Dumbo Party

A blogger friend Jessica mentioned Charlotte's Dumbo party dress on her cute blog today!  Thought it would be fun to share the original party post last July! And, when you get a chance, visit Jessica at  littlepumpkingrace.blogspot.com

http://amanda-babymakes5.blogspot.com/search?q=dumbo


And a few more of the party dress and the birthday girl!  Thannks for visiting!

Cirque de Charlotte

We celebrated Charlotte's 6th Birthday this weekend!  Does not seem possible...but her party was a wonderful celebration in honor of this most precious little girl!  I wish I could adequately and eloquently express how special this child is; she is just the light of our lives...so sweet and so kind and caring, she is so creative, her imagination is beautiful and unique! She originally told me right after returning from Disney in February that she wanted a "Dumbo" birthday....so I started thinking how we could put a fun twist with the Dumbo idea...I decided on a vintage circus theme, Charlotte loved the idea and Cirque DE Charlotte was created!  200 pictures were taken at the party so I am sorting and editing but wanted to share just a few tonight!

Be back soon with more photo fun...

Schools out...Summers here!

Summer is officially here, well, one more day of school left.  But we have had tons of rain,chilly days and little sun!  With the yucky weather, a travelling husband and saying good-bye to a very dear friend who moved to Ohio, I have not felt much like blogging lately! Looks like the weather will turn around by Memorial Day though!  Cannot wait to sit by the pool with the sun on my face!

I feel very unprepared for Summer this year, I may just try and "wing it" with lots of swimming and the hopes that Christian being one year older might be "easier"...he can play outside w/ his brother and sis and just be that more independent!  We shall see -!


The last few weeks have been busy!  Preschool Graduation / Music performance, Field Day, Olympic Day, class parties and all the other day to day...we also had some work done in our family room after some Winter water damage...it looks beautiful!  So fresh and light and calm and I can't wait to share pictures of everything!  Soon, I hope.  I am also in full swing planning Charlotte's 6th Birthday party...she has requested a "Dumbo" party (on the cusp of returning from Disney!), but we also decided to put a vintage circus twist to it...soft grays, pinks and yellows.  It is going to be so fun, cant wait to share the ideas with you!

I came across an adorable summer activity printable today that I wanted to share!  I plan to frame this in an oversized, white distressed frame and refer to it for lots of fun ideas! I also printed a few extras out and want to give to friends with a bottle of lemonade  and plate of cookies as a "Happy Summer" treat!

Take a look and share the Summer the love...


http://laurawinslowphotography.com/blog/2011/05/25/freebie-101-bits-of-summer-fun-laura-winslow-photography/