Turkey Cupcakes

If you thought this post wa about cupcakes made out of turkey, I'm sorry to disappoint you. ;0) This is actually about cupcakes made to look like turkeys.

First, bake a bunch of cucpcakes using your favorite cake batter flavor. (I used yellow.)

I to make them look like turkeys, I needed chocolate frosting, Candy eyes, nutter butters, red frosting (or gel), orange M&M's and candy corn:

Use the the above ingredients except the candy corn to make the turkey body:

Add the candy corn to make the feathers:

I made these for Riley's scout pack and they LOVED them!

They were a little time consuimg, but fun to make!

Frozen Party

We had Lily's 7th Birthday Party the Saturday before her actual birthday. Since she (and millions of other little girls) is obsessed with Frozen, she HAD to have that as her theme. We got this awesome Frozen balloon bouquet at Party City. 

My niece made this adorable tutu Elsa dress for Lily for her Birthday. She just made a long tutu that fit around her chest, added ribbon to tie around her shoulders, and another silver ribbon so tie around her waist. I made the cape out of sheer blue fabric with silver snowflakes glues on and then safety pinned to the dress.

Lily LOVED it!!

We had Frozen themed treats out for people to snack on before dinner.
Sven's Carrots were actually Cheese Puffs because Lily hates carrots. :0)

Kristoff's ice cubes were blue raspberry Jell-o jiggles cut in to squares.

We used pretzel sticks as Olaf's arms:

I dipped marshmallows in blue candy melts to make Elsa's snowflakes.

And of course, Hershey drops for Anna's chocolates since she loves chocolate! 

I made all of the tags myself just by using free Frozen clip art and then copying them and pasting into my word documents.

We also had melted snow for our tasty drink, otherwise known as Blue Raspberry Hawaiian Punch. 

Lily really wanted a picture of her in her dress with her Elsa and Anna dolls.

My sister Mary made Lily's cake. After looking through several online pictures, Lily decided she wanted Elsa's snow castle. Mary already had the pieces for the castle, so that was good for us! She used sugar cones in frosting and edible blue glitter for the turrets, then added blue candy snowflake mints. We ordered the Frozen character set from Wal-Mart to place on the cake. At first Lily did not want the evil Hans on the cake at all, but then changed her mind and wanted it to look like he got kicked off of the castle. So he's on the bottom in a snow bank. ;0)   

The cake itself was white with blue sprinkles throughout!

After dinner (hamburgers, hot dogs, chips, fruit, and Lily's favorite, potato casserole), it was time for presents!!

She got a lot of great things! She is one lucky little girl!!

She could not wait to blow out her "7" candle!!

Making a wish.....

She had a GREAT time at her Frozen party!! :0)

**I also found a table cloth, plates, napkins, and a Frozen ring for Lily at Party City.

We were leaving town for a family reunion on Lily's actual Birthday, so we went out to the restaurant of her choice (Red Robin's) the night before with her friend Averie. 

We didn't leave until after lunch on her Birthday, so we had mini apple pies to celebrate her actual Birthday.  

 

After Jeff came home from work, but before we left town, we let Lily open her presents from us!

She got a new Elsa dress. (Ordered from Lulu Bug Bowtique)

Cinderella & Belle's Princess Pets:

And to help along her new obsession, Ever After High book and....

dolls!

Lily, we hope you had a great Birthday(s). :0)

Summer Fun List 2014

School is out for the kids this Thursday!! I am always so excited for school to be out. In all honesty, by the end of May I am completely over meetings, homework, signing folders, and rigid schedules. I am always looking forward to sleeping in, fun activities, vacations, lazy afternoons, and spending time together. (Ask me around August 1st how I feel about summer, and you will get a completely different answer though!) ;0)

Since school will be out this week, the kids and I made our annual Summer Fun List! It's a list of all of the fun things we want to squeeze into our summer. Some things we will do lots of times and some only once. This list helps me be more intentional about our time and the things we do during the summer so we don't end up with a lot of "I'm bored!!" if I already have things planned out ahead of time. (I still get the "I'm bored" stuff, but it's not as bad.)  So here it is, Summer Fun List 2014:

• Art Projects
• Science Experiments
• Cooking
• Drive-In Movie
• Water Park
• Sprinkler
• Swimming
• Sprinkler Park
• Play at the Park
• Picnic
• Water Balloon Fight
• Branson & Silver Dollar City Vacation
• Fireworks
• S'mores & Bonfire
• Summer Reading Program
• Botanica
• Palace Movie
• Glow in the Dark Night
• Star Gazing
• Sponge Bombs
• Scavenger Hunt
• Egg Shell Painting
• Make Popsicles
• Outdoor Projector Movie
• Play with Shaving Cream
• Farmer's Market
• Exploration Place
• Bowling
• Family Game Night
• Family Movie Night
• Science Day
• Summer Snow Day

The kids are excited to start our Summer Adventures!!!