Arghhh. Talk Like a Pirate Day

September 19th is Talk like a Pirate Day! Every year, it is an amazing opportunity to fill your children with junk food for free. Yippee! Oh, and also an awesome homeschool opportunity to learn about pirates. ;)

We had a couple swords in the dress up box, so we used those. (Remember, Halloween clearance is an awesome time to stock up on pirate goods for next year.) I made hooks by cutting a hole in the bottom of a plastic cup and inserting a metal coat hanger. I then wrapped the cup in aluminum foil. The eye patches are just black construction paper with ribbon tied on.

This year, we took advantage of the free fish basket from Long John Silvers and the free dozen donuts from Krispy Kreme.

Learn more about the pirate insanity here: http://talklikeapirate.com/.

Squishy Baby Turned One! Dr. Seuss style!

Last semester our Co-Op used "Oh, the Places You'll Go" as the theme for Kindergarten graduation. I decided to save a little on decorations and use the same theme for my little man's first birthday! It turned into more of an all out Dr. Seuss experience.

 

I used Oreo cookies with lifesavers and crème savers stacked on top of each other with icing to make "Cat in the Hat" snacks.

 

Green Eggs & Ham!

I had two different kinds of green eggs. I just made deviled eggs for one and soaked the whites in water with green food coloring before I filled them with the yolks.

 

For the other "eggs," I took white Wilton melts and put them on top of pretzels. They melted in the oven at 300 degrees for about five minutes and then I stuck on a mint green M & M.

 

 

 

Jelly beans made great Truffula seeds and the ham to go with the green eggs was just ham sandwiches on Hawaiian rolls.

 

 

One Fish, Two Fish.... Red Fish, Blue Fish!

Goldfish with Swedish fish and gummy sharks.

 

 

 

 Truffla trees were made by wrapping cotton candy around dum dum suckers. The only problem I had with these was that the cotton candy started dissolving really quickly, so wait until the very last minute to make them!

 

 

My amazing friend, Stephanie, made glittery rainbow cake pops and a perfect smash cake to make the party extra Seuss-ical!

 

Tables were decorated with Dr. Seuss books and  sprinkled with puffy craft balls. I hang lanterns from the ceiling and used the truffala trees my awesome friend Emily made for  Kindergarten graduation. She used colorful snack cups and glued a piece of floral foam. She then made the top of the tree from tissue paper and attached it to a dowel rod. She stuck the rod in the floral foam and sprinkled paper craft grass on top.

 

 

 

This precious boy had an amazing day! And his mommy did too.

 

 

Hulk Smash! Middle Baby's turning three!

My middle baby loves Hulk, so he wanted a green party for his third birthday. This was one of the easiest parties I've ever done! 

 

 

I purchased two different kinds of green juice and Sprite.

 

 

We had lots of pickles because they're his favorite! I found green licorice straws at the dollar store and mint green M & M's. I bought the green containers at the dollar store as well and filled them up with green fruits and veggies to serve with guacamole, spinach dip and a cream cheese fruit dip with some added green food coloring.

 

 

I found mint green cookie dough, green pear applesauce and green Jell-O cups.

 

 

I also made a pasta salad using green and white noodles.

 

 

These were cups of key lime and vanilla pudding turned green with food coloring. Hulk's "hair" was chocolate chips and I just drew the faces on with a permanent marker.

 

 

My amazing mother-in-law carved a Hulk melon and added grapes for his hair using toothpicks to hold them on and raisins for his eyes.

 

 

And this was the happiest birthday boy I've ever seen!