Balloons, Dinos and Princesses...Oh MY!

Landon went to a birthday party last weekend for Princesses and Princes and while he was tickled ...uh, yellow with his balloon when we got home, he cried for the first 30 minutes of the party. It's sort of his thing. Don't know why he does it. It's been his trademark since he was a year old. So, we just smile and hope this phase will end before he's in high school.

Behold! The Pouty Wallflower!

Post Birthday Cake: Behold! A Sugar High!

I have a sort of tradition of making a hand-crafted gift for Makena, the birthday princess pictures above. So, of course this year was no exception. The crown below started as a white canvas, is distressed with some inks and a graphic printed on a clear address label, covered with melted wax to give an aged look and adorned with a little pink bling. I actually learned how to make this on Sonoran Living. Very fun project!! And easy to change for holidays, different graphics and utterly customizable!

Back to Landon, his current fascination wavers between the toy you see below. Why is it always the cheap Happy Meal Toys that keep their attention so well? Forget the money we spend on the educational, more expensive variety!?!

Pardon me, I digress. ....back to fascination wavering between this toy and dinosaurs.

It started a few weeks when we went to a show called Walking with Dinosaurs. A Paleontologist- narrated trip to the time of dinosaurs and how they lived and what they looked like. Huge life like machines made to move like they would have when they walked the earth.

Landon keeps asking to go back and see the dinosaurs and "that guy who says they stink". Translation: Dinosaurs are extinct.

I'm not going to lie. It's too cute to correct, so for now I'm sure he thinks they reek. It's just like Pumpa-munkins. Who wants to rush a lifetime of pumpkins, when you can enjoy the sweet sound of the pumpa-munkins?

Now to a Houston update. Mom and dad FINALLY got power back at their home yesterday. A mere 11 days after they lost it in Hurricane Ike. Dad says it wasn't as much as an inconvenience as it could have been, because their next door neighbor let them feed a line from their generator. This allowed them to have a fridge, a light and a TV.