Living, Loving, Learning

So here are some People pictures from Lucy's party.  Look how nicely they queued for the pinata! C-A-N-D-Y! SNACKS! TOYS! FRIENDS! PETS! BABIES AND PUPPIES! FAMILY! I think everyone really did have a great time. Thank you to all our dear friends who were able to come.  We are so happy to have you all as such an important part of our lives!! Big Baby...really, there is no way to explain. 

I have to say,  Bruce and I totally knocked ourselves out to throw Lucy the best Dr. Seuss 4th birthday party that we could and I am pretty proud of the results!  It was a wonderful day for her and hopefully for all her friends that came. Our kids have LOVED the story The Lorax for a while now and were so excited to go see the movie.  Bruce had a brilliant idea to make his own truffula trees .  With some PVC pipe and spray paint he put these together.  I made the tops out of tissue paper (tutorials widely available).  Of course, once I got started on them, I just had to make some extras to hang around the dining room.  I used the extra paper to make a super colorful one for the front porch.  These were so easy and cheap to make, I highly recommend them as party decorations for all different types of themes!   I printed out some of my favorite Dr. Seuss quotes and gussied them up with some fancy paper cutters (Thanks, ...