Bless this nest!

                               I LOVE THIS ! So simple! Clean! With a whole LATTA meaning!

Alexa's 4th Birthday Party Thoughts! 1.20.12

Alexa's 4th Bday is coming up on March 1st. I have been thinking of cute ways of doing everything on a budget. Things like party favors , decorations & food ideas.
For party favors I was thinking of using baby food bottles & filling them with candies & tying paper /ribbon around the lid part. But I would hate it if one of the kids drops & brakes the glass jar. :( So I'm still thinking of kid friendly party favors. I do NOT like pinata idea at all!!

Theme : Im thinking of doing Strawberry Shortcake - thats only if I can find someone to bake a cake that I fell in LOVE with. I first need to confirm with Alexa what is it that SHE wants as her birthday theme ;).

How cute would this be ? Only if it read " Come to my 4th Birthdya & Party ! " <3

So these are just some basic ideas, I need to remind my self that this all has to be done on a very tight BUDGET!

For food part - Im debating between home : Pizza & cupcakes or Johns Incredible Pizza! Think, think, think!!!

Training Alexa to sleep in her room! 1.20.12

Today I decided that Alexa should be sleeping in her own room once & for all. She is turning 4 in March & its kind of getting to a point where its getting uncomfortable sleeping with her. Not to mention we have a new co-sleeper - David with us! Alexa has gotten so tall & she is one rough sleeper!! I dont know why I decided to do this tonight , but I did & guess what ?! It totally worked! When we told her she has to sleep in her room , she got very upset & started throwing a BIG fitt! I tried talking to her about a friends birthday thats coming up soon ( to get her thinking about something fun) she wasnt having it. So then I told her   Iwould read her as many books as she wanted before. She then decided to help me clean up some clothes. Then she tried on some dress up clothes I had recently bought her - she danced around in that for about 10 good minutes ( you see how she is streching time out ;) ) She then refused to get changed into her pajamas! I somehow again managed to talking her into getting her one peice pajama on & getting her settles in bed. Once in her bed - I read her about 6 books - she asked A LOT of questions - which I a was very happy to answer as long as she remained in her bed :) ! After reading her the 6th book I decided to tell her that it was bed time & I was going to pray with her & then she would have to go to sleep. She got very upset again  & started kicking the book shelf.  Here I am  %95% through the process & everything will go down the drain ... I started thinking of ideas & quick . I told her we can bake cup cakes tomorrow is stayed in the bed. She said didnt want to bake anything. When I told her we can make jello - her eyes lit up!! I'm thinking " THANK YOU JESUS!" She stated she wants to make purple jello , I said no problem , She asks for me to show her . I go in the kitchen bring her purple jello & set it on her book shelf near her bed. She then finally let me pray with her & to my surprise asked me when I was going to leave after I sat there for a while . I asked if she wanted me to leave now & she said yes! When leaving her room she wanted me to turn off the lights , so I did. I feel like giving my self a high 5 tonight! Hopefully I wont be making jellos everyday :) but hey if thats what it takes then so be it!

My First Blog! 1.17.12

 I finally did it! I've been wanting to start blogging for such a long time , so I finally did it! :) Im super duper excited to share ideas, thoughts & most amazing memories of mine !