scooby doo birthday party

 if you've been around here before - you know how much i love to plan parties for my girls.

selah is 6 now and she wanted to celebrate with a scooby party!  

i was happy to oblige...

i didn't love the colours of the current scooby party supplies in stores, 

so i chose the colours i wanted to work with and went from there.

orange, purple, teal and lime green.

usually i work with 2 or 3 colours when planning a party,

but using 4 gave me even more options with decorating!

scooby pull apart cupcakes:

i didn't have a tray large enough to place all the cupcakes on, 

but around here we have many canvases...

so i painted one and used it as the tray.

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i will admit, i am a bit controlling with my party planning

(i like to do it all, by myself...),

but who can resist two willing and able little helpers

emery cut the flowers we used to decorate the walls 

and selah had the idea to colour scooby print outs, 

one for each doggy bag.

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speaking of doggy bags,

i picked up a dozen bags at michael's and 

printed out a personalize label for each one.

a little inspiration from pinterest goes along way...

this is what else was in the doggy bags for each guest at the party:

scooby dvd

mello smello food stickers

scooby gummy snacks

a ghost pop

and a balloon bopper 

(to catch the villains with)

as friends arrived, they joined the craft table

where they could try some bones

(chocolate covered marshmallows and pretzels),

work on a scooby maze,

and bead their dog collar with fruit loops...

yum.

here is glimpse of the table when 'scooby snacks' were served:

 on the menu was:

pizza (a scooby favourite)

popcorn

groovy grapes

veggie sticks (not so popular)

veggie straws (a little more popular)

green apple juice and blue water complete with bone shaped ice

and...

scooby snacks!

(i picked those up during our last visit to the states to see my sister)

so there it is, a glimpse of the prep that went into this party...

i'll share a little more about what we did at the party in my next post.

in the mean time - you can check my pinterest board 

if you're looking for more inspiration for a party.

thanks for checking in!

growing up...

who can guess what selah is holding in her hand?  

a quick fix

another find on kijiji this week...

it just needed a quick fix and it was good to go.

selah was very excited to watch me sew, 

because she was very excited to make use of the special item!

(thank you jude for capturing these moments without even being asked!)

scooby dooby doo, 

where are you?

the girls are both loving scooby these days,

so when i found this costume for a great price on kijiji i couldn't resist...

and if you haven't noticed through my pins on pinterest

we're thinking of doing a scooby doo party for selah this year!

zoinks!

i think it will be fun...

have any scooby stuff hanging around your house?

twin day

it was twin day at school on friday.

my girls were panda twins, 

with matching necklaces, feathers and tattoos...

i just love that they chose to do be twins with each other!  

super cute...

linking up here today:

home for a day...

selah was home 'sick' today.

she woke up with a ton of boogies

(but some how i did not see even one the rest of the day).

she stayed home to avoid sharing the germs.

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here's a few snapshots from our day together:

 these were taken during her 'nutrition break'

(i packed her lunch this morning out of habit).

 while eating blackberries and raspberries

(some were sour, or spicy as selah would say)...

 barley let us know that the mail lady had stopped by.

selah wished that there would be something for her.

i told her she needs to write letters, to receive them...

 turns out,

 i was wrong!

someone remembered when she had shared 

this hope for mail a few weeks ago.

selah got a postcard from grandma today!

 she was so excited and couldn't wait to tell emery that she got mail!

with so much free time today, she decided to write a few cards.

one of them was for grandma!

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i'm so glad i had my camera handy today...

presenting the spider princess...

i had so much fun pulling together these simple costumes this year!

selah was a spider princess... 

 emery was a cheetah...

last year emery was a peacock - see last year's images here.
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once again, we trick or treated with our friends katie and ainsley.

we had a great night!

happy halloween everyone!

1914 fall fair

last weekend the girls and i went back in time to 1914...

the local museum and heritage park was hosting a fall fair, 

complete with carnival games, animal shows and wagon rides...

well, the horse guy didn't show up, and we missed the animal show, 

but we got to play 2 rounds of the carnival games

and saw a little more of the village than we had seen before, 

including a pig trying to make it's escape!

 it was a fun afternoon, just me and the girls.

we just recently became members at this museum. 

the passes can also be used at the bruce county museum in southampton

(where my parents live).

how perfect is that?!

an amazing summer

the girls are asleep in their beds, 

ready to start school again tomorrow.

crazy!

we were talking tonight about highlights of our summer.

we packed a lot in, and there are many great memories...

camping, day camps, day trips, play dates, swimming lessons,

southampton, museums, beaches and lots of ice cream!

it was fun and it went fast!

there is one more experience 

that i want to share photos of from this summer.

friends of ours had passes to a trampoline gym 

that they weren't going to be able to use.

they kindly offered to share them with us

(THANK YOU).

i took the girls there the other day, and the loved it!

definitely worth checking out...

what was a highlight from your summer?

santa's village

earlier this month we had a super fun day in muskoka,

at santa's village!

 we went with my brother and his family:

dave, angela and aubree.

 dave wanted to try all the rides...

 as you can see, this mini version of drop zone made my stomach drop!

 emery loved it - but i was only up for one ride!

dave wanted to give it a try too...

 i think his stomach dropped as well...

 this is angela - my sister in-law and great friend.

selah's favourite part was the animals (no surprise).

she could have spent hours with the goats!

 emery, who is in the 'avoid the camera' stage, enjoyed the rope climber.

and just in case you've never seen one,

this is a zedonk!

 being at santa's village brought back memories 

from my trip there when i was 7, with my dad.

this is me 'driving' the boat!

 and this is the very same driver, still at it!

he has worked there for more than 30 years.

any visit to the village wouldn't be complete without a candy cane,

and a visit with santa!

we had a great day - perfect spot for our girls and anyone younger...

have you been?  any stories to share?