Summertime Pooltime!

This was yesterday - the boys hung out for awhile around lunchtime and then again in the evening when one of Logan's friends came over for a sleepover. Callum is so in love with the pool that he generally goes in multiple times a day. In fact, I'm posting this from the pool deck now, while he plays in the water! :)

Last day of school!

Wow! We finally made it!!

These two kiddos were only 15 minutes late on their last day of school. Whoops! :)

They were also really grouchy and uncooperative about me taking a pic to commemorate their last day. Oh well. I'm still super proud of them - they both had a wonderful first year at their new school!

Looking forward to a fabulous summer ahead!! :)

Every girl should own a crown (of some sort)

You can see how wiped out I am. It's been a long week (and day/night). But, the party was a success and Jon and I had a great time meeting so many fun people!

(This was actually probably my favorite of the props I made, so I grabbed it on my way home to keep for myself. Heehee)

A Progressive Party

I've never been to a Progressive Party before! But it's quite a sight actually. ~80 people basically walk from the first (appetizers) house, to the next (dinner) house, to the last (desserts) house! And since we were all dressed up, it made it even more fun I thought. Kinda like Halloween (which this neighborhood also gets into!).

Togas Everywhere!

I was quite impressed with the number of people who showed up dressed in togas!! There were a handful of people who either didn't get the memo or didn't care ;-) but the majority came dressed to impress. Just another reason why I like this neighborhood so much! :)

Toga Party Decorations

I was assigned to, and helped with, the first "appetizer" house, of our Neighborhood Progressive Toga Party tonight (part of a fundraiser for the school district). We didn't really plan out what we would do for food and decorations until last weekend, so we basically had a week to pull it all together. And, we had a tiny budget! But we made it work. Phew!

This is the view from our neighbor's house (the appetizer house) - and this gorgeous display of wine was dedicated from one of our other neighbors who owns a vineyard (in South America!).

We also thought it would be fun to make a "photo booth" - and since I'm the wanna-be crafty one, that was my assignment, to make it work. So, I created a bunch of theme appropriate props (or found them cheap, like those awesome goblets you see on the table), hung up a sheet and tablecloth as a backdrop and voila! Photo booth time!

My biggest chore of all the props was creating that fake column - can you guess what it's made out of?!? Pool noodles of course! ;-) (and some leftover paint, plywood, etc.)

It was a bitch to make and all week long I kept doubting myself, not sure it would really pass for a prop, but I got several compliments throughout the night about it, so I guess it worked ok!

Can Medusa show up to a Toga party?

I wasn't going to make these, but I'm really happy with how they turned out!