Caroline's New Bed and Desk

Caroline's Daddy built her a new bed and desk over the weekend. It still needs painted of course but she was soooo excited we let her go ahead and set it up today and sleep in it like it is tonight. We will get the drawers added and paint it soon!!!! I am so impressed that he did all this in two days!!!! Its so great, better than the pics show!

The Bed

The Desk

This is how it looks all together....Its built in!!!!!

Boy was she so very excited! I cannot wait till its all painted and there are going to be bookshelves going up the wall to the left of the bed- to be built another day!!!! Boy was Daddy busy to get all done that he did! He worked so hard, and Caroline is just beyond thankful!!!!!

(this is the opposite wall from the bed)

 (this is on the wall when you first walk in...)

Of course, the room is not finished, nor is it organized yet, but I wanted to go ahead and post some pics. I am just so proud of my man!

This is a pic I LOVE and just never posted. I don't think I ever posted anything from Halloween this fall.

So here it is.

HALLOWEEN 2009

From Fall 09 Tatum

From Fall 09 Tatum

From Fall 09 Tatum

From Fall 09 Tatum

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER....

The Biggest Littlest Pet Shop Party Blog

Caroline's 6th Birthday Party-- I am doing it at home this year.... The preparations are crazy!!! But I am having fun.
I have to say I am not the most creative crayon in the box... So I am so grateful to creative mom's out there who post their ideas out in blog land!
I have found a blog that has Tip, Tips and More Tips for Moms. One of the Topics in the Archives is Birthday Party ideas.
So, I have gotten tons of good ideas and taken my spin on them and planned Care's party for this year.

(The above pic was the front of the invitations)

Here is the plan:

2:00-3:00
Welcome, come and got the the
ADOPTION CENTER and "adopt" a pet.

Take your pet to the workshop and design a house for it.
Now my friend Pauline has this awsome Cricuit machine and she let me borrow it to make these cute little boxes:

they look like this closed:

I am going to let the girls decorate the houses with all kinds of fun stuff!

They had a ball adopting and then decorating the pet's houses!!!!

2:35  Hide and Seek Pet Shop Game

(this is a game Jack made up for them to play!!!! We will hide some Pets around and the girls will hunt for them! whomever finds a Pet can turn them in to claim a prize!)

 Here are a few of the prizes so far:
1.  Pet Shop T-shirts (you can kinda see the tshirts rolled up there in the prize basket below??)

2. These  flower necklaces below, Caroline made them.

3. Pet Shop Bubbles.

2:45 Dog, Dog, Cat ( Caroline's Version of Duck, Duck, Goose)

such a fun game-- they had so much fun playing this one, and no prizes even had to be awarded with this one!!!!!

2:55 Pictures and Music Game ( I can't think of a good name for this game)--- basically I am going to spread lots of Pet Shop Coloring Sheets all over the ground and then turn some music on and tell them all to dance. When the music stops I will pull a smaller version of one of the coloring sheets out of a bag. If their picture matches they get to come pick a prize and then go to the coloring center while everyone else keeps playing..... ANY ONE GOT A GOOD NAME FOR THIS ONE?????

3:05  Food (pics to come post party)
         plan to have assorted yummy fruits, a pink sherert punch, doggie bone, and princess crown shaped mini cookies, and then the finale will be the cupcakes.

Here are the cupcake toppers for the school cupcakes, for the party I am going to make ice cream cone cupcakes I think,


the table:

3:30 Present time

3:45 SCAVENGER HUNT

  I am going to send them on a big scavenger hunt and on the end they will find their gift bags--these are my favorite part- I am proud of how they turned out!

I didn't put too much in them because everyone will be getting a pet, a house and prizes also!

well, added some stickers too!

And I got a great group shot at the end of the party:

SNOW DAY

The boys had a BLAST playing in the snow! They spent a lot of time sliding down the drive way on cookie sheets! I remember doing that when I was little and it snowed here!! Of course, for some reason no cookie sheet pics...

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Caroline spent the weekend in Charleston with Maggie and Papap. When she got home on Sunday she made a little snow man on the back porch!!

Caroline's Apple Pie - Boy was She Proud

Christmas in the Hospital Pictures

After opening a Santa present each and a good breakfast the kids all brought their stockings down to the hospital so I could be with them while they opened!!!!!

Later in the day my father and hubby drug lots more present all the way to my room so that i could continue to watch them open. We still have more to go, and I have to say overall my kids are taking it all in great stride. The balance of taking care of MOMMY and wanting so badly to open those presents they have been eying under the tree...I know its been hard on them. They are such troopers and I am so proud of them all.

Caroline's Soccer Season Fall 2009

Wow do I have a competitive little girl. She actually would cry if she played badly (which rarely happened). She scored her fair share of goals, but really we think she is blooming into a dynamite Midfielder. Man is she a good facilitator, defender, passer. She can work that field, and this is her First Year!!!! She LOVED it! And of course, Daddy was Coach!