Minion Party Kit for my Son's Birthday

My son's birthday falls on  school days so ever since he started going to school, we always  celebrate it in school with his classmates.  He asked us  if he could have a party for his 8th birthday and  hubby is considering it. I am excited that I got this Minion party kit because  this is a good  birthday theme for him as both of my kids love the movie,  Despicable Me .  The Minion Kit party  include streamers, candles, cutlery sets, plates, beverage and napkins, cups, straws, decorating kit, table cover, balloon, ribbon, banner, and hats.

These straws are super cute.  It has 24 straws in a pack which is perfect for the number of my son's classmates and friends.

I would have to buy  additional cups because one pack only has 8 cups in it.

An additional pack of hats  is also needed because there is only 8 of them in a pack and it is not enough for the number of his classmates and friends.  Luckily, I have a code to use  to enjoy a 10% discount.

There's two of this minion foil balloon.  A birthday is not complete without balloons, right?

I love this turquoise and orange crepe streamers.  You can definitely decorate a whole room with these.

There  are two set of napkins in a kit, you get the beverage napkin and the lunch napkins.  When you are serving  food for  kids, napkins  is a must have.

There are two set of plates as well, one is 7' and another is 9".  Each set has 8 plates.

The bright yellow cutlery set includes 8 forks, 8 spoons, and 8 knives.

I love that the kit includes a whole set of decorations which  would really accentuate the whole minion theme.

My son wanted to blow up this  18' foil balloon already but I told him to wait till the party lol.

The table cover  is great to have especially if we are going to serve the snack in school.  It would keep the mess off the table.  

The Mini-on kit also include a roll of orange  solid curling ribbon.

The Despicable Me jointed banner would be so cool to use to  complete the  Despicable Me Decorations.  All I have to do is to order the cake and I can  stick  the candles in it and we are good to go.  

I can't believe how time flies.  My son is turning 8 yeas old already in a couple of months. I am just glad that I have the opportunity to spend my time with them.  I am grateful to my husband that he supports me being a stay at home mom and he doesn't  mind that  I am stay at home mom.  Soon, my kids will be grown up and that's when the time that I will branch out.  For now, I want to focus my time  for them and my husband.

Update 1/15/1015 - today my son turned 8.  I started decorating  although the party won't be  till this Saturday.  

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Honoring Heroes on Veteran's Day 2014

The kids are off  from school today for Veteran's Day.  The kids wishes that  they could spend their day off with the Veteran himself but Daddy has to go to work.  The company doesn't give the Veterans a day off during Veteran's day.   It's sad to think that not many gives a special recognition to Veterans who  have spent  their lives working away from their families just to protect the country and  give us our freedom.

Anyway, the kids made some special things for their Dad and Pap.  I will let the photos  talk.

Rye Bread's short article

EJ's article 

Cards they made.

Happy Veteran's Day to all those who served and protected us including  the heroes in our family, late Uncle Paul (Dad's brother who fought, died, and was buried in Normandy France).  Him and Dad both served in WW2 and another brother, late Uncle Blair (was sent home after  Paul died).  Dad  spent most of his  Army days in Asian countries just like  what  my husband  did for 20 years in the Navy.

To all the Veterans, thank you so much for your services!

Halloween 2014

This year's Halloween once again was rainy, just like last year.  I wish that the City of Weirton would look at the weather situation and somehow schedule trick or treating  on the day where there's no rain.  I mean, some places have done and I think that it  is excellent that they think that way.  Trick or Treating without rain would be so much enjoyable for kids and for sure, they won't get sick.  Anyhow, rain or shine, our Burritos are ready to do it.  

 Ms. Burrito was wearing  Toy Story's Jessie costume  and the little Mister was wearing George Washington costume.  I wasn't able to   buy the  wig for  GW costume so we had to improvise.  I used  the wig for his MJ costume from last year and put some  powder on it to make it white.

 We only went  a few houses because the candies are not really worth it of them getting sick  due to the rain.  We went to our neighbor's houses first.  Below is a photo of them with Lolo and Lola Fancher's.

 At Bob and Alicia's house.

 With Tita Angie.

 With Tita Anita.

 We went to  Marland Heights in the hope of finding their  classmate but unfortunately we didn't see them.  They went trick or treating  to some houses and then we went home.

 It's funny that my daughter is not even into sweets but she was very eager to  get some candies.  She gave it all to her brother which I think is very sweet.

I hope that next year, Halloween wouldn't be raining. It would be much enjoyable.  

Baby Bath Free Games

I miss when my kids were little.  Giving them baths is one of my  favorite times I spent with them.  We always end up having  wet floors because of too much splashing in the tub or  whenever they enjoy their bath toys.  When my daughter was still little, I used to give her a bath in my  father-in-law's kitchen sink.  She enjoyed it so much that  my Dad's floor would be in disaster most of the times. Google offers a  free Baby Game  app that you can download.  Your toddlers can enjoy them.   Being a  full time Mom to my two kiddos is the best thing that ever happened to me.  I wouldn't trade it for the world.  

Saint Day for Fourth Graders

 The fourth grade class have celebrated their  class' saint  day on September 30th.   The mass was celebrated  for their class saint, St. Francis of Assisi. I meant to  post this earlier but I have never got around it.  Anyway, here are  the phtos I took during the mass.  They were exempted to wear their uniform that day because they were  the ones who  did all the readings and other parts of the mass.

 Here's Ms. Howells, their Religion class teacher.  She is a very good teacher.  She just started this year and the kids just love her.

 The mass were attended by kindergarten through 4th grade classes.

 Gad both of my kids did not   get my  stage fright lol.  They are very comfortable in front of people.

 They sung a song after the mass.  I wasn't able to   record it but they did a  very good job.  Ms. Howells did a great job  teaching them the song.

My daughter loves it when they have a special occasion and they can dress up.  Wearing a uniform everyday makes them  excited to have opportunities like this occasion to dress up.