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Kate Landers Party Hat Give Away

November 27, 2009 by Rhonda Gales

Will you be planning a child’s birthday party soon? If so, you should check out Kate Landers Events. We found the cutest children’s party hats there, and we thought you would want to know about them. These hats are quite unique, they are made from felt and are designed to be an heirloom. They offer an adorable lion, which would be perfect for the birthday boy or birthday girl at a jungle, safari or circus themed party. Not into the jungle, they have other birthday party ideas such as farm animal, flowers, turtles and sailboats. If none of these will do, Kate Landers Events will custom design a hat that will meet your needs.

Kate Landers Events can coordinate your hat and table accessories too. They offer fabric hats as well as paper. The tablecloth, hat and napkins can be coordinated. If you want to go all out, check out the melamine plates and cups. They have fabulicious colors, green, yellow, pink, purple and many more, that will fit any child’s party decor. If you’re into one stop shopping, they can design your invitations too.

I love the cake and hat set shown. It’s perfect for a little girl. The colors are soft and the design adorable. You won’t find these hats at your everyday party or party store. If you want original for your next party, shop at Kate Landers Events. It’s one stop shopping.

Thanks to Kate, we’re giving a party hat to one of our readers. It could be you, but you must enter to win. Visit Kate Landers Events and browse her site. Leave us a comment and let us know what felt party hat you would like to win. A winner will be selected from the posts, so please leave a valid email address. This give away is open to US Resident 18+ only. It will end December 25 at mid-night. Your party hat will be shipped to winner directly from the sponsor.

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Looks Who’s Turning 2

September 3, 2009 by Rhonda Gales

Newborn – Heading to the Nursery

1st Birthday Party

Eating His Favorite Snack Last Week

It’s hard to believe that my little sweetie is turning 2 in a few weeks. I remember the day he came into this world like it was yesterday. I snapped the top photo of him when he was being taking to the nursery from the delivery room. My life changed forever at that moment, he truly became a part of my heart. There has not been one day that I have not thought about this precious baby boy in the past 2 years.

This is Gran holding him for the first time at the hospital. What a moment it was for me. He was the smallest little fellow. He weighted 5 lbs. 5 oz. I could hold him in the palm of my hand. Quite a difference from my 8 lb. daughter when she was born. I remember telling myself to be gentle, I guess I thought he would break. Everything we purchased was too big for him. Incredibly, the doctors told us that he was going to be a big baby. We were expecting him to weigh around 8 – 9 lbs. Didn’t happen. As you can see he had a head full of coal black hair, which my daughter claims caused pretty of heartburn. She too was born with a head full of hair.

It didn’t take Xavier long to make up for his weight deficit. He ate around the clock causing sleep deprivation for everyone in the household. He ended up being nicknamed Gran’s “Lil Butterball”. His legs had rolls of fat, nice little drumsticks for Gran to kiss on. I look at him and some days I see his mom. Other days I see his dad.

My beautiful daughter is pictured in the center photo at the top. She’s holding Xavier after he dived into the cake at his first birthday party. She’s the love of my life and she will always will be, but Xavier holds a special place. It’s a place that only a grandchild is allowed to enter into. There is nothing that I would not do for him. He brings so much joy into my life. I’ve heard other people talk about how great it is to be a grandparent, it’s so true. Although I want him to be raised properly, I know that I would allow him to get away with much more than I allowed my daughter to get away with. I have to restrain myself when she’s disciplining him. I just want to scoop him up and protect him from what I perceive to be harm. That includes Mean Ole Mommy and Daddy. Can you keep a secret? I purchased the set below for Xavier, it contains our secret code for Ole Mommy and Daddy. That’s right “Monster”. Remember it’s a secret. Can I trust you? Seriously, they are wonderful parents and would never bring harm to this little gem.

The past 2 years have been so wonderful and they’ve gone by so fast. We’re planning Xavier’s party for September 26th. Elmo and Xavier will be the stars. He adores Elmo and watches Sesame Street faithfully. Gran gets a reprieve this year, The Jumping Monkey will be the host. I believe the Jumping Money is popular in the southern states. I had never heard of it, and goggled it when my daughter announced the location. At first I was disappointed that we would not be doing the preparations, but now I’m looking forward to just purchasing a few gifts and enjoying Xavier and his guests. It will give me the opportunity to take lots of pictures for my next scrapbook.

The Jumping Monkey will furnish the cupcakes, plates, cups, etc. as well as the party favor bags, invitations, juice boxes and popcorn. They have games, ride on toys and bounce and ball pits for the kids. We’ll have pizza delivered and everyone should have a grand time. I know that I will.

I need to work on my skills so that I can video a few of the events. I tried videoing last week with my digital camera, OMG. I need serious help. Any suggestions from the video/vlog professionals? Please leave a few of your video tips.

I’m looking forward to my grandson’s 2nd birthday party. Stayed tuned for pictures of a few of my gifts and the party. How did you celebrate your child’s 2nd birthday? Fell free to share any of your memories.

Filed Under: 1st birthdays, 2nd birthday party, birthday party themes, children's birthday party, grandparents, Uncategorized Tagged With: Jumping Monkey, kids turning 2, Life-Thoughts, Parenting blogs, Parenting-Kids

Ambajam

October 15, 2008 by Rhonda Gales

Cupcake anyone? You can find this adorable shirt and other hip and cute onesies, trendy baby & toddler t-shirts and pants, baby blankets, quilts, and more at Ambajam. Ambajam invited Giggles & Sugar Kisses to review this cupcake shirt and their froggie pants. You must know they are both adorable.

We were able to test the quality of the shirt at my grandson’s first birthday party. Boy, did he put it to a test. We decided not to allow him to wear the froggie pants at the party. It was being held outside and we didn’t want him rolling or crawling in the grass while wearing them. This was a jean kind of day, lol. We also thought we had made a mistake by allowing him to wear the shirt at his party. Instead of sticking his fingers into the cake, he decided to dive into the cake (see photo below). The cake contained orange, brown and red icing. We thought the shirt was ruined. After the party, I instructed my daughter to soak it in cold water with a little Tide. It washed up beautifully.

The froggie pants are just as adorable and durable. The fabric is a stretch corduroy fabric in a yummy chocolate. They’re trimmed with a hip chocolate dot fabric and embroidered with a cute little froggie on the leg. The shirt and pants get 3 snaps, a booty shake and they go into grandma’s bag. We have our eye on the shirt with the little elephant for Christmas. You can’t go wrong with a purchase from Ambajam! We encourage you to check out their site for your next gift.

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