Happy Birthday!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb-otvB8HG8mAlBg-Jpe-ZjQ4iW2ZjaZeRshrILc3OgH_sx5bjoSJeLnzU5B96BRknIxHkgHKJk2hB_38QJfANMjHxhwy-3LKHzB0GYr9gTacSGLrU7b0LMWLJi2E_5cmWAPtY5P39/s1600/birthdayboy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb-otvB8HG8mAlBg-Jpe-ZjQ4iW2ZjaZeRshrILc3OgH_sx5bjoSJeLnzU5B96BRknIxHkgHKJk2hB_38QJfANMjHxhwy-3LKHzB0GYr9gTacSGLrU7b0LMWLJi2E_5cmWAPtY5P39/s1600/birthdayboy.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br />It's his 3rd birthday today! Can you believe it?  it seems like it was just yesterday that<span style="background-color: white;"> <span style="color: #e06666; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://designaddictmom.blogspot.com/2011/11/hes-here.html" target="_blank">this</a> </span></span>happened. Happy birthday my darling boy!<br /><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">pic snapped by friend, Tiffany Parsons.</span>

Happy Birthday!

It's his 3rd birthday today! Can you believe it?  it seems like it was just yesterday that this   happened. Happy birthday my darling b...

Read more »

Zion’s Color Me Happy 5th Birthday Party.

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTBJ6p-BYPd1HglZoDeOzGPzwx0BsiPS8XR4KlIju_sTqBWoWobHUyUiE4-FQi5eqTktHXQ8S_54q0Pst0a0CsUvIFAXuqWTUiCNdckvgAiSpC9l7x-dFER7bWauyHy3aS79w0OhXlPKPs/s1600-h/37%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="37" border="0" height="904" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1HzD-e2WYzyPIzPg88Me_Dae1kZT0gzD1ji0sJ25NhDm2H8nT304xujTn3JGAjygRYtegoT30TdQt7-7_3eC_8o_976zTdDYDk4lkc8x0b-IbcBweL0-fR2T7XXqq9AcD116GcoCfDM3U/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="37" width="604" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuT9ZRpGPAkcjLkaFlV3DdrVRG2Vtz_W07F6u69q-plCCfkwVwbexU-kErgAV0nAriiUc56wFInv8yMZ5LHvhgiuiesVHV-tCaw-HRdoNTzA49RlDUevTDJ-RVgDBcocoKtMA8YGyKGFNH/s1600-h/11%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="11" border="0" height="904" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghuN59Zudv4kNpg8y_J1ReRMcNkDM0w2eRh7zuCPEwThaGe8KNdktolDwr1BlX-x6baGhWTLOxOJXXglG7syZDrr-u0YjWSvahSY-YDOMTJqk6ar2cH9OF8iIeiXbFb8w9yR2teBhv5_Fd/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="11" width="604" /></a><br />We recently celebrated Zion’s 5th birthday and even mother nature gifted us with a present of the most perfect day. Besides Zion turning 5, there are so many other things about him and how much he has accomplished that also merited being celebrated. A colourful theme seemed very fitting plus that meant I didn’t really have to purchase much since I already had lots of colourful party items.  This post may be a bit long so I apologize in advance; lots of pictures!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3J8Pk2C2mA2k7cuYaFNkfrXldt460T9EgwHLsaaIPMYJIz23VuaZP_K9KCTOEZtgtgd6tiSQ1Uz9WhBjIr33pVCbVhkjd1HdNyAJ-f3RwpdS4fMyOJUSdQbMmnrJeX_SAJDo2BfJsi3cZ/s1600-h/10%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="10" border="0" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEDgg_ZeuL4o2mzEfUblPyi7X5P6q9xiFhYP6NLdATCBI5PRszF6pPJVOKBiu3VhIYtDlyyDIcTTiPzBGMXNpUrnzqLbfMsA9EpbNQjEXxR6O11_F8yd18Q-RQ4p1rC-LwzE87jpr93brs/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="10" width="700" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqeWFn6CD-nMlVbX2mc20Y6D1vohVBFt_L0esyTdAsuGxqj7T4xhEgyfqotFLLbePRtFIIKcq64FZpZlD8ueRIKeobB7x1gXjKxIUjHfDxGsewly-5EPkutnh2fGk8_DB5elv-3FFeNuKQ/s1600-h/13%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="13" border="0" height="874" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmizM4hElvVkwCaIBrzZcLVref0iRwN344rvLnARU73VZ-LAx9Nbjzlx3H7c7-hkQp8RuE1v4H6cqeQH976qP3gZJzDegfIAzqB2dER8YFjmECHbC9Hdp0jw0s3BbJchCVxZaM1B92nmI7/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="13" width="584" /></a><br /><div align="center">I was inspired by a cake I saw online</div><div><table align="center" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="width: 696px;"><tbody><tr> <td valign="top" width="348"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL-qdok95-DLJjDcwC11grkOwFpR44nO8mC50j0tWq8Ga1_1DGrecIeGeTbPtl77rgeGR7UcGR2vGFfsiZbzHrShAZxKTR9Ba_I0bUNSbvkk3C16DcVK5D8nNco8tnu2biJG_fNLCg8wG1/s1600-h/14%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img alt="14" border="0" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij2kTppcDpbfl7g2B_kfGXdL0SgO3eHGYDDQQWN3NBpPM6c37Lp-J4gTCz-jIjNO2ieoJzwAVHkzHVjQTjOtSr3f1LT_9_F5b5yiGSu-w6kWiUdpAejeojoEsRLRkRLvJ7wNGvBCPQI2rK/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="14" width="349" /></a></td> <td valign="top" width="348"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXh-baMv6jIIX4waUC0xFi-PYvj1Xg3V8iZduHh2aJJNg-hs2evecB-mPQ7Fs28gba2I8PO5nxpNuQtEwTMKIcWT6m3avClBNO4N6UVHidMo1kYl9nvQzBJxoHqLBXustiutktKQ4N681q/s1600-h/18%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="18" border="0" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeDZo5cp3fszvsk6B-t7wx-xrEvaT4MYv4k4DB6DoiOf0gx8jUui6BXjri-CSZwehn4RGCPfa9qSBAaIHU48JcF59lzyC1fXltNbuIqjCUq6dsww5Vo5lLwMiNfDJAtIBq8CECjmoDNiNs/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="18" width="349" /></a></td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width="348"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv_X-AlNHCQV9NtjtTxa0PHXG1TC9_Ud3cnQ7gGp3gvGo626BvI8aBTT-ZqdDXctxqGQMNcvcnmdx3SKzIz2ppV9dv6EH9qR8sOF6Cg8R_sx2Ia-wwgKvgL9kNBlytKhuoI2tGguBac1-M/s1600-h/15%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img alt="15" border="0" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW-d4xuBuxDs6rioIXfVjEZKNprUu_yrxI5Ue1PZkHyNwfChVaYjdgk1SOwJPQDwF_Qi1A8AW2zIGnmd_RnVKf55oTLcCg5O3-mSfYMEJXiTaQZqlChyphenhyphenQsB8Ch_midst5Asgld_iSk3i1M/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="15" width="349" /></a></td> <td valign="top" width="348"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5tx0b3WYvfJSXLpD0paAPQGkhMHg7EN_0Qp5msCOs6Qjy6xJrIjeaai0prAcy490-EoPOlqCcjB_ttRipt3VaNNf6cRzMKJ3Zn-_QBSM-Cdsq2TxQ69RmxyzSS91a1GGjHftjqrJLlYez/s1600-h/23%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img alt="23" border="0" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg546N3eDQrLppEOmV4KRPRXKc2723j1IJgSMyLl9hKmcbyakQq3isgLRd-3WwZ8_i2f11yTpIZ3ajH8iHf1GwhC75RMcZRbq7rdBxvqVue0mnrP_dpmcOUXb4E7Lknr1Q7rbwxYgKcHyyE/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="23" width="349" /></a></td> </tr></tbody></table></div><div align="center"><table align="center" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="width: 696px;"><tbody><tr> <td valign="top" width="348"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb-i-BQObeHwasdGBrsgd-t5c_Ro7uuYbFWBhorK7NtDDdUpKuU8EjbVoGkmQwxDA0smntA_Qe29STR7jkwj1zGu4UNo5qIEpRvl1S4tEQG-fLnU4uOglHzVn1CQE0c6-JL8N5rxoW40BE/s1600-h/21%25255B12%25255D.jpg"><img alt="21" border="0" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu6CTt1KjVE1hUcEXYOxrYweocEmdBRThaH21WmFfbk5xay0tpD-EoHv1vjBLO26fpFl9FRix_773dfus9P0P3YJ3VjOkNGYq6nd5IzZSEVhFTlvV_CdGg_GcG5KXag-i8Nw6nRT69220m/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="21" width="349" /></a></td> <td valign="top" width="348"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhalFrGS3KrOZj9wKsmLGa2y6CgKhJnvSzn3npLM_7uKc6AoJoRjRnF9uw9CwXvbcYe5owEqB9LPWaosq0Iwk0Fb1TB6JR6ycSmc7YYqB8sdyAZ6ZUufUQqO_oCpQDbEaKzPuGFJFz7D45C/s1600-h/25%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img alt="25" border="0" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG3zHUHt7Gu3fCDpLlvNkAdnSwBYZcgoibRHv8wnYd5DcRMkzRzBzLECiHYWUpBsDSx-D4DLgoZnXSm-78UQ3_y5x4cR4TDXfB2WhGnDnuXBWQyJEiBxG2oYetoEnM-2F6eurbRWp0cUuk/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="25" width="349" /></a></td> </tr></tbody></table></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt9iNWfxWcw6Ox6lUnybTGHsjifJD397Y_Mow3zxgoP8uOFHqVTNKoPHyAyTS8FEsynkHs5BqciYge1MIW-ewcloJhA0f4webcdj1XLFlnsac8HcSYBPnhGFQGGm3YveZKuzPZRTGXJ_l0/s1600-h/26%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="26" border="0" height="904" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEYmowzOFA7L4gzCfbcCvN95xg-qwXJ2__bkiB5xFFJNo3uEfkixTof3bnz0Rj4ChllyGHdzvPPsnBxX5pXfDttDg4K1vjXqGgO8wyBAcR7irZxbZsJezFn4sr2bGq4bpFtFxcOkkP4XRJ/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="26" width="604" /></a><br /><div align="center">A picture wall is tradition at our parties. See <a href="http://designaddictmom.blogspot.com/2010/05/moose-and-zee-themed-1st-birthday-party.html" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: #dd8484;">here</span></strong></a><strong><span style="color: #dd8484;"> </span></strong>and <a href="http://designaddictmom.blogspot.com/2012/11/ians-carnival-inspired-first-birthday.html" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: #dd8484;">here</span></strong></a><strong><span style="color: #dd8484;">.</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color: #dd8484;"><br /></span></strong></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtrF_TEHpgpCqJsNHtRylAlu_M44bY-Ix3AFPu-KN9_2JxthKqXzYPzMmud3FpYo4GihGopevLFaWFvjzZ-T9lqL7pwDjIZy4vVJuSQOsX85seYzVzzNDHLTRJ_YMGbPf9_UK1UA7Yb5EU/s1600-h/28%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="28" border="0" height="904" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmWLeQjls5qAJYxZn3ITczS58-o8MZtCmnv1GfnJj6kCMWWowgHnyNuCmHFcUR-EtlLyHvG7JE0V2Xrzx8L8_PH-lIkqhreazDMZFGna3UJxqwHKzJz-TrFQjhljfN_L4XGI2I7O3eYjl2/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="28" width="604" /></a></div><div align="center">I made Z’s initial from these look alike light bulbs I scored at AC Moore. They are still mounted on the wall…</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKECs-f3ovxf13o9dGqgMKAm278iDMNGnZxPNDgQtuyZDaOYqHeR1HMXwrrigoxgZLf4Wokc_TmE0oo0aQrA-yvFIKFODhRPr01wqj6D9D9tN2HWNx2s6qbBnlb92arNt8bXcAoi7PpjZI/s1600-h/33%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="33" border="0" height="904" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFp-BZtxeDVAfZyZf5Dad9AtzuBhuT_N96RH8-5MIJVvujANylkRzGIRurasHZM7ApvzyQUN50X38qhON-jWVZaxJ_IeBrwtGfFvT4M5S5yteo1TOBmu-JUDwQ2GHXzYCv07BnklwTnoUz/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="33" width="604" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicb6Xu_M0bvqPjxDD3ukOsCt6r-szNBlic24exTIyusPnZ2EZR2rYRU87cdnrZigCGPh0C1RT1n_awoY64OPqXxWBYNMEMlQwp96yI-YPbImT63QlPD0EHpEAM1gX9qmtg5d1MYtfkgiD9/s1600-h/30%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="30" border="0" height="904" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLJ3a6Oiwb1UOAzsu7R_eFKpvkL63fylDrPw6HdCC5K7BEABZME7ETKu8nucS1FKgyAWuSdjlC-eu6iQbFTdmxz5WEuS6xNnWhINhBgT7JLyPZvQJwZHeiYuYtOhmOtZHyre7cWvcDaV4Z/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="30" width="604" /></a><br />I purchased coloured cups from the Dollar Store and made a back drop for a photo booth. It was time consuming, but so worth it! Everyone loved it too!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-tB_sByRVlwiBPXQo4E-z1urDhLyQtVjOeUC4qXgq4iKkqI3h7_clO6h0jeqZQchBYCh86TH4Vj9bxsktxaNpVcB00t65dlBJKqaYcMX-J_nGjZDBXdnGJQQX4GpjzATTfE9wKCr_nVOD/s1600-h/48%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="48" border="0" height="889" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU_pFPiGW9HvTVo0-pHRRkuPl-2quqOgOoVwhtACnGdRxuo19ixd_yH9mQmQb2mycA9Pj-w46Ttp1vxZqNJv-qUq6o8xWOzyvwjsuJToc8bSjDSlyQ3IlGMjBImL4ZHQMTAuSWzl9sS7KA/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="48" width="594" /></a><br /><div align="center">Little <a href="http://designaddictmom.blogspot.com/2013/01/baby-ians-diy-bookcase-pantone-emerald.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #dd8484;"><strong>Ian’s bookcase</strong></span></a> was used to display the food. It was perfect for the colourful theme.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNnNFBvuTSngo_QhuHBD9i3p6ram-KygBkDE0VarVNqc388MdwX2F7TPYbkGm1ecQJoMB6rvGkyBBFQjZncGLhi897ln6E_GUbkd5EZKRigZGa04m2Ey3_axTthbXfKaqh_Lc3kSxmuBWf/s1600-h/44%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="44" border="0" height="904" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQDf9s23UEe8HBl9AyjI5AfW4KgV1lyUGSyzcefBPn54XxNUvQWkrGihnR7unNuUzcp7U-AK6_8j3y7aD6Auqgzjq6cPo9735Iir6H-5_42Wi09OwvGYzyhzdht6OTNeiD2AYlX_hctkfH/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="44" width="604" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO4-28QtMjE8SVEW5iAqvaD-luQ0WFnw9lECDqTVFg2F73xxqdNp3lo06Bct9d1I56Qnz3lsBtjXrkUDMCmAjVwmkiu1t9DoFs1cmXtAFyjYixK-tT4GqlI1lgYhyphenhyphenCemK6Ow3qhpHZou6M/s1600-h/53%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="53" border="0" height="904" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqDwVC8P7RcyPmsCIhFrhT2mHQPFn8GBiU58TcYDswSTTaRY9m9YBOqJPdOxjTAP8GgFuW7CnfhWvhzBwd2Mr6zl-aVlFuSFP7INhTxYeWXrXmQAuFMFgeED5PainlLay1DH3lcmLoGWgG/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="53" width="604" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEwWgwQW9xpzjgaLaC3hf1cv5FcB22J_WQ7ZUA1l8X9P05YtMPuKq2FZODB_5tXd52nMQjPQlta972yo36gLvVVImu69zW-4V5T8J3pVWJlzaFe_DctOijXYiCHHTcz6ukHiTir82ma1CY/s1600-h/66%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="66" border="0" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghrVPKPV175-3rjzD_-blQWFVdnX3T_lgxja4MSVJyVx2T3E9pJ7AYQwkwbS2uAqkdbTFfnu1U7VmHStCOSyO6zzYyUuz6xuhwCv8STLh8Xj-LrG8vSL_zE-_I2_7pMSEzweG0h4pbzNV1/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="66" width="700" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXWeSFZBa8RKLMju_-88FOxEJDYZyroULoGi0reU28mvJ8Pp_ue3kri5J4Kv9TnlCkMzEkbWZqmwjwYLIZG5qeUhgZ1Btz3IWjYYoi38_0oFgnyYF7xldlAoOWXkQn41TF2YNp9yQlBBkT/s1600-h/67%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="67" border="0" height="874" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRAD5sQdyThG8y2BBf-V5ttcP9rXFGaJDW07TXUGQOf-wvTq44fVr-JzPoRE9u8xeUbstSuz1_rSOvpvbwSYpzWYiRM82ipxlrnvme76WiGBsWXSn0FKiLRCJfMvNcoa2IA8_vPWj25LSY/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="67" width="584" /></a><br /><div align="center">In addition to a bounce house, there was a balloon maker who also doubled as a face painter. </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhflJhIvS2-6BuJCE1RfGAn1-Ny3ZJdG84VQYXKcDdgc83F0q5EzhN6UXL5oBPfXlXdRGUCCx1z4Fw-4luhG4BfOq7pHufKajATVFmEH62TYZK2pBUOe29gY_yAaxgAcSChKarByXoR6vm/s1600-h/63%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="63" border="0" height="904" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeZUJWkvKuKUHzPJ6arcxJM1PR3x1pRSQFZP-OERPR4i66gM-VnlB45FGz_RQFM8q_Kb1lP8lFpvRRcTFsNyDYm9k3paX0vbJ62gNttlPeaeSwaQ6U_av3ptTyXFrLhbKpKa33-tl1t1VM/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="63" width="604" /></a></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkuqH6h6PU9N0ZzXQdfkz-HpwpPbe-o1cQfYeH9qWQCl6Osbs_DhcbO49bX7g851sPHi2OwHaqIT2cRv-1kR7JwHgpQX_Qa2jKru9ypdL24_fGOUFW0Q2eXV6xbgOWs0xcBEIs96wgVoeL/s1600-h/4%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="4" border="0" height="904" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY7d0PGhuR2tlpAzSGYz8EdvN5VtLmgAuYPYAjwZ42aSv8A-VGVuzw1VAX7CX9EV8SaJuYq3TA8nyZdfrK6P8kxdf3_0yz1QPkyW5EYp4WHqSGhh4MVZEAgFC8U-xShzbgFkfhxhtQAVIa/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="4" width="604" /></a></div><div align="center">The favor table. </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><table align="center" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="width: 696px;"><tbody><tr> <td valign="top" width="348"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGvbGe9OmcYv2LUIl9wY7vFXXx9TDWj0rVeXA7XMZUrLQk9UlpzasAJkVHTOu6Zdtlhpj4k02gl2Uk1px5fasXYKpCSuxtCnmvXWVyucfzgLKkXcrsuxXf9QTCnUcz0mKK51j1Oxvb5kA4/s1600-h/8%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="8" border="0" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJq6jPLn6NwNj6zTTmn8E01-BvfTTFLm4xAsvP1ZOmgmmqHhMyrvg3TuV6B0S4GLt8uBOC4OQG9gbAZ9pOcOSFQPHjDba0Qyc90XQ4uFkCVlJ7QvxjnfoKq49rrnv-Js9pUZ7AA6UAb8E2/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="8" width="344" /></a></td> <td valign="top" width="348"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivyhv0EUhg8xmTqJVhM8E3PXEBQILfCgx742rR__6qDBDpOMsA-ktAM709jEraq1Z6RFqGObKCahw2kG1hx4p1Bj1BURZQNxmNbmSedYL3bdjCHCTEId0QjaJozAjW66SB0IsH-6hy8u4K/s1600-h/6%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="6" border="0" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM71UTzXZS-Fah0tzOMKfjMsuz34fGzGZomttERVeHEDRl039I8iAFmuDUn4XePiAi5pgU4OIspfmQxHHyuGL-8LcqwzgML7wwLwBQAF1hTnuFq_Ca6CF-CH3ZmN6szCaZJCnh-f0_DrNn/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="6" width="344" /></a></td> </tr></tbody></table></div><div align="center">Each child received a rainbow colored magic spring.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrD4ZXn6fNMh-kkzxzI-KiXeXYviTIE7rKVZEPe_aLzC3Q6bjHBh2IHbRxunJIKq44RpMIEWJEdkxLdUNzCG2JMOZQJQQE_FgdSPqmxzjv_Zz3y_14uZddKAljoi6UC3YuG4y436geaaDD/s1600-h/2%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="2" border="0" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJZ77yZuKGNIA2JieQvJQ2KuealVnHvkPCQ_Zcz2ETbPEQbXV5d1-JgBBKJ9HaqY5emtNCJSQWragZ17ygsIbF7yX-N1w-5HRmrrvImXXA3-xDyYBhw7JI10riChC35KJMHoM4xLpSz2ap/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="2" width="700" /></a></div><div align="center">These balloons were an easy way to add festive cheer to the front of the house. They were kept in place by golf tees.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6kjlIoij6LOd3daqtwj4grSrNPmk9k6CtcHWQedI6RhJCPfplf2QFKqm6fn7gdxiHcEfCD3MYcoChLbmSi2vn-IRNV36J9qKiH7ivx76NcWMsaRyhWR8VVU9ZUUtPEQfOTA97_exA2l6w/s1600-h/1%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="1" border="0" height="904" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBuyNFZ6udXa8G8Vq5eY0BZR_JnJzhqeQ2ZKeGruWAveekzosbFLKQcF6f4zvCbspYNQIUMN4pEf9evhmi9nMqDd5ehw4-vE_1gxxN5L-7wNjZ-T2Sv62Q-BvW3_mpnX2IZEP7jNipzY0p/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="1" width="604" /></a></div><div align="center">A number 5 wreath was the perfect addition to the front door. It even lights up!  Though, I have many more pictures, I think I should probably stop here with the pictures. The party was really fun and I am thrilled I enlisted the services of photographer, Patty of<strong><span style="color: #dd8484;"> </span></strong><a href="http://www.pattykphotography.com/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: #dd8484;">Patty K Photography</span></strong></a>. She did a superb job capturing it all. xx</div><div align="center"><br /></div>images©<a href="http://www.pattykphotography.com/" target="_blank">Patty K Photography</a>

Zion’s Color Me Happy 5th Birthday Party.

We recently celebrated Zion’s 5th birthday and even mother nature gifted us with a present of the most perfect day. Besides Zion turning 5, ...

Read more »

Zion Turns Five!!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ26IMnhpGV1QuWnJzy-u-8Hv458CY7PBly0bgpeEHAWD5Btr6iueQL-kdf5Q7qRZma2Kvj6t0nHOGye8G_VSt3Bomr5ERz4Y9YQ4_O7TdmYPdjetrfPAuKoflknruLgOnps5iRhBt0akE/s1600-h/Photo%252520Mar%25252017%25252C%2525203%25252057%25252054%252520PM%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Happy birthday Zion" border="0" height="777" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM7O1KguO-F1F9jJ1RUOhRaqWYbAMLomnGF7PbQcwSHhMyD9kGxFfVEE_8bp6B57hmQLRxaBHsQM-eW3gC9LyDRMJuQmXrMszDoMZoD1N5eBtWWiaIdE0h2nnA_GvPNUO4jBOsfQsA9C6O/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Photo Mar 17, 3 57 54 PM" width="584" /></a><br />Zion, my prince, turns five today and I cannot believe it!  Happy birthday Zion!  You are so loved my sweet boy. Muah! <br /><br />I have been in party planning mode as we will be celebrating Z’s birthday on Saturday. You can probably tell lots of diy-ing is taking place just based on that post it oversized number five above!  Those are left over post its that I used for my <a href="http://designaddictmom.blogspot.com/2013/12/christmas-at-our-home.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #dd8484;"><b>alternative Christmas tree</b></span></a> last year. Happy Tuesday! xx</div>

Zion Turns Five!!

Zion, my prince, turns five today and I cannot believe it!  Happy birthday Zion!  You are so loved my sweet boy. Muah! I have been in party ...

Read more »

Birthday Boy…

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWxnASUVcBEl3NKDltpg28RBE_OpFmvZ3TpYf1XeVZR3f_yCQ_MaSvJeeB_2VadNkYbllu_Ls5c9F17G1HrJ6IJDEmS1T3pQxdTZ26mmOXRxkJKoJuas5qKJIKlGw7uBlEysJujv_gNatX/s1600-h/Photo%252520Oct%25252017%25252C%2525206%25252049%25252021%252520PM%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Photo Oct 17, 6 49 21 PM" border="0" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7RArS5GCiPmCb3DEQysfVhwna7fa_FDLV1YpS8p-HHdA4zHnTgaLKxe0h8N1YlykcHEFLFXjpf3w6QMJGzyPeh_EahnydXYjH3J0LWpkdzQ5_gDsdPLKUaBekvmWZjP0gHOs1PtlHwNOG/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Photo Oct 17, 6 49 21 PM" width="694" /></a><br />if you look closely you’ll see that he was crying because mom snapping a gazillion pics wasn’t his idea of fun. he busted out smiling when I started to sing one of his favourite songs; my inability to carry a tune and his love for that song were the winning combination to warrant a big smile<img alt="Smile" class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ip6KLytOqNU/UmKMzcCHdyI/AAAAAAAAIGQ/XqID7JZESzM/wlEmoticon-smile%25255B2%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none;" />. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBDpoQZoXTP3vtTUC6d9JJqH-lUiZ8J8ahZx0AB4-EbuDBhO6_jAbn5fhmer-_LSX70qgxpqpio2t9ubHzBCMgvg9Zr7KY76265nOtnp2hw5H4MhJCQHLBjuvDMCzsknCefwNIkLp20lBG/s1600-h/Photo%252520Oct%25252017%25252C%2525206%25252057%25252007%252520PM%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Photo Oct 17, 6 57 07 PM" border="0" height="904" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWsoJS385XLuAl82jnTkj48-3FdPvsBk0hEowL7nbokrK7pH7YHMFWxWxyDgk0eOspQzFimX9x1VVUch06F2qAsdr1oAuJIATwaheBw1PQFtqgI9-S3A4iQA724jI6n1PmgjMVjjLjfHHW/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Photo Oct 17, 6 57 07 PM" width="604" /></a><br /><div align="center">He turned two on Thursday and I almost cried! Where did the time go?</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="background-color: #8064a2; color: #dd8484; font-size: x-large;"><strong>Life with Ian</strong></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAIhnMCJlk23ASHJKTza68eOb8cd5N2HTDwXU6GI9u0_TbbE46Fe6AMOENgKnMo6BcQAEgtM2GlScbzk7Ance8OAGdEwSoRFAv6iv-9s0JBVeBHRDQVlOUFO-lrXEjKoSkRSL2jT3-J-vK/s1600-h/Photo%252520Oct%25252019%25252C%2525208%25252041%25252011%252520AM%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Photo Oct 19, 8 41 11 AM" border="0" height="782" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4RcoI3ROLnkfFsVCPRm1WXvo6yfzY1YAK7D8ZfRa8ulrX6QCUj0te3_wao-939R3dNw9uxWjjincrKgrJLF4zQKe4gCUPgWz1-hBsTwBFfEfg43G0-VjHH_i9qi6birDziGqglTuj5Czg/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Photo Oct 19, 8 41 11 AM" width="604" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2hgF6FYzxo9wcTEWpVZIUwSwZJaijvZtY3h4HutrdG-H3xCKgrIj61FgKSwQ53rUE3GJy7bbiXtUEu12I7EQr-cSvRlolw4lHxCDhC3pIGJYrro4NuHG6OyDWCnbXfHELS2D83J5yfVRi/s1600-h/Photo%252520Oct%25252019%25252C%2525208%25252050%25252005%252520AM%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Photo Oct 19, 8 50 05 AM" border="0" height="804" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPCChMDBu9FI2q5Vr-3FGt5W1yoX8h8W6vnvBTzsU1RQ-ZluVgziEFHg22qsPlr8RczYN07ou2c3kdqxTl82UFOtCltT6DCs6uHdCKx1Tngo1A5XfhExoEp53epNElQ1YYgxp3LGgivQph/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Photo Oct 19, 8 50 05 AM" width="604" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwG89wJVIfeP2N-Wa7ojX5N4tDv87k-P2NOvyGDx5K8NvTCNw1AOleMmGnO-7xC_CrdtyMpZWXf7NtezcH_VkPq7rKTqbo4sMMsWjzGIudJoSQ7rVt2cI_GIl5ftlenFodnAARxdV9z2GD/s1600-h/Photo%252520Oct%25252019%25252C%2525208%25252047%25252007%252520AM%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Photo Oct 19, 8 47 07 AM" border="0" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL-AHM_aCbB2ZpFAYrqOwid1IQWX3WrB2MwjkzFIDDiFepO3SDWkBPt7ZMqQYCJ4g-TLde8JIv2ouf-rj5sRuIXuKoUgRbz5pUIRDz5uzLDMlm56ZszLk-0G_NDBaC-uySqWmDvGOWMRO3/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Photo Oct 19, 8 47 07 AM" width="700" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDp_AaMb3pgZFSsdWMcvYHwhYhQZ3rfTYbj5NHAAO0nVgpkdg8zI3_qb3_iNK7q4DrBYH1hmX-7IdsFhlUzctvSxf0veHFTZkUsR6f1Ye-IaSJE4dFckd1Y7fAi1-wiY3SC52nxhdPoFx8/s1600-h/Photo%252520Oct%25252006%25252C%2525201%25252020%25252035%252520PM%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Photo Oct 06, 1 20 35 PM" border="0" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMJBIt15myylvp_PoXZGOBT6PxMNxVRUliciMH_AIxXeV_b1b01T0MRrUOK71Hf49IkuUfmYdtnQOpngKoZyWd3z8H-hlhXmebERk30x0sk-DFHP_JdlIr07MAPbyMLpLu32FourqG7W-S/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Photo Oct 06, 1 20 35 PM" width="700" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb-yFiJRYv-IuQoyG76yiA2Lu9suSu6KVAcAqOHNt3yAslwmvaFItXi_dok2NjllgtAdtskzpT2fQTeLh_1da3vhoju4NI5f8m7V37VTtyIKxpzKHi4N91eRzcTMst01tyPv2DyW9hUTAR/s1600-h/Photo%252520Oct%25252015%25252C%2525208%25252031%25252024%252520PM%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Photo Oct 15, 8 31 24 PM" border="0" height="804" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSRUepukJIm6KUa8lcpvblUEiFIswFRwjG40le2XXF-NVi01WZMcPr9sBfMym3PLZsoWbPWwyENvH4vUfpj8Ao-qhrQk4XzjhjGmjrNx7kgJfZh6aui7_QhbZcDFXbwFwHn0uS6hLr21oZ/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Photo Oct 15, 8 31 24 PM" width="604" /></a><br />There’s never a dull moment. He is a very happy fellow whose laughter and smiles fill my heart with joy! More than anything else, he has enriched our lives and has been the best baby brother to Zion. They are the best playmates! How are you all doing? Whose going to High Point Market? I won’t be able to make it this Fall and I will be blogging about the showrooms that are on my radar so stay tuned! Happy Saturday friends! xx

Birthday Boy…

if you look closely you’ll see that he was crying because mom snapping a gazillion pics wasn’t his idea of fun. he busted out smiling when I...

Read more »

Happy Birthday!

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYoQzNcZMfGI8I16M-DNCW_nnZ33vXK7Yzm6n-Sbk3mtui1bB-WF1U-Q-dTQ0VRV-eytJLUMZLmtLo7h7qd99nPL8FhxZrh_ruO2oMvFg-FHTgQfcKdZDJKIfoj1ZIo3FhFKimfMOmn-8A/s1600-h/bdayboy1%25255B15%25255D.jpg"><img alt="bdayboy1" border="0" height="795" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgV763cmVmcne8z0WUGtpQvU9qfH3A6j3f-Ol4Rfr8RpeNIwIKnYmrwIJlXTLi_h_NM89mZizbXg13lkhbeEK6ZuOawlVGFkcBQzLy8iF3k92QCY67IPJZx4Wan1_rjoXwLGpoBWNwqgbV/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="bdayboy1" width="507" /></a><br /><div align="center">Can you believe Zion is already four years old? Happy birthday to the boy who forever changed my life(for the better). My heart is bursting with love! Muah! </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">P.S. I have been away from the computer spending quality time with the hubby and my boys. I will be slowly catching up with everyone. Much love and a warm welcome to my new readers. Blessings and Happy Monday. XX</div>

Happy Birthday!

Can you believe Zion is already four years old? Happy birthday to the boy who forever changed my life(for the better). My heart is bursting ...

Read more »

Some pictures from Zion’s birthday.

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjknyYiym8AWvE4Vt5glWYr9q838e27THhyphenhyphenjPAEJyGu4EkeoyJHsEeRV4CNH9UOoZvkV042tK0A1xllvS-JewGzfn-eLj_18DnOJLu3M49D-PLkxUw0DVscBLfklMT7Kb30bHzkINkEKKL6/s1600-h/IMG_8875%5B4%5D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_8875" border="0" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4jNd8Ed2VNH5ehj0IruU2ixTFpkTMshLsEOCtr38PPOZdZYS9NT0B48sy6pQ7gK1KqcCTCHemz8ptev9y31oppoH6zara3o3T-uOvWMBQpNf2Bpbvw4CgzKTwB9K8jnhNFukwbHUWCALz/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="IMG_8875" width="694" /></a><br />Baby Z’s(guess I have to stop referring to him as Baby Z since he’s now 2) birthday party for his 2nd birthday was simple. My goal was to use what I already had so I referred to the party as “Springing into two,” since I already had many colourful items.  I had a ton of lanterns and I focused mainly on the colours, green and yellow. I wasn’t very consistent with that either, but Spring is about all colours, right? <strong><em>Funny story</em></strong>: the lanterns on the mantle on the fireplace above were originally hanging next to that yellow one below, but they all fell down just before people started arriving, so I placed them on the mantle. I think they looked just fine there and no one was the wiser.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv_FoqtJJskIxH-Ws_hiRqGCX0fvaAaLOnf9iBmEyaGRmBx8Mf46VuHaj5f0uKQsv-tjXSSrpdgfR_w1fRHG9FmhMfMKrf-xWEqH5PzgaBpHDTg0qIpuBwTbAx7x7GPWfU9nmyDNEwvEBn/s1600-h/IMG_8878%5B4%5D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_8878" border="0" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiufF7Ti7lRBT2ppTI1gDNgYPqIapReG9lhg56XsGpFMbitodbFlNpopJzGzlFFvUfMzc2mUAlFxKkn_g5KanB-dn1MKoQSogBUSScmBjlam6oWBdjPsK0c92wMVaZ5wKelF0MHMt7lI_xy/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="IMG_8878" width="694" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUTcqiET_G_FvFD7zFGwuc9sImRBFyF0LsnwsvwmUPy_kSUxZmQIotNc-mWQmxshNbfCrSroGL7YSaylQtvMxS4ELXiWSS5t3kWaS-Ogm0SmKj9GHeZq4gDwU0zWFtnINwob1GjB8bG40y/s1600-h/IMG_8879%5B4%5D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_8879" border="0" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVGaytt3TrJJBNxdrwFcnLTyA3P7vcqli7yourtSC23lmwChF_lu5v8jG6RWgJQwGt8tSB9eyZnyH_Nwgf2mdcnI96PEfdG2zWOw87-t6PgD899UAMh6TRBOHAr0I7khC62vn2ygvwvFkD/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="IMG_8879" width="694" /></a><br /><div align="center">these glasses were a hit with the kids, although Zion preferred to chew on/dismantle his…</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Mi8KMoiNCsKQB83YM32gfHLQ9-pK6PZJ3hqLhkvT55Nvs4U7s3SjSB8_IlFvhH7_K_3o9ynvsog6dJ23GWlkNX64jdsse4_3VSHWUF4YbtfBl23-zn96Pgr2-hoWRT3CgSxtN_c9dQa3/s1600-h/IMG_8895%5B4%5D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_8895" border="0" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1ZjjO8gGIK5s9LOtyZsAY8wzwZ1bMT2QHz6Z55QuCqUlBKDffgea2XbOhrnxtMWGM-xWsS-uWUnRsg-HnIX0tDQdP2iP6iNA8LjWXpsKY_z-IsKbIp6lwcf5TKiyRnbE-mlxpRV8V7_nW/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="IMG_8895" width="694" /></a></div><div align="center">I always love big balloons so I ordered the 36 inch green ones seen in the pics online.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyryIcEwkcUZNBYoY1hAMRQVGX_n_qBlSXRpgycBlSCG7IeHkcVdNnDO1bXHu6uaj7reI16Ht_uCN_us61_lPeK2yBKyM7OnVcjyfT4mQSeLfX5Su4E_KrLjugLcb882MFAdqyHeouyz2i/s1600-h/IMG_8885%5B4%5D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_8885" border="0" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ2Njswb302TJZVquTxjAa7LWDFzLMxtVddtJjpiH5SABonSyOI-SYQLlgmP6xLBTreS6hPqkNsdOd-DoyOT4o4UoMGeueXs6ayojA1veaJMhwXDx19dS4C5ahLhya-MI966DGfHAHA0Ve/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="IMG_8885" width="694" /></a></div><div align="center">another hit with the kids was this bounce house that we rented. I even had a turn-so fun!</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5vjp05L4HOl4nED8njwp_0tqvLESg8gPAyRpHMKvTuIU5h8ZZPXeyHRixF5JAqWZBv-sU00xDygU6NrwAlftuHJBorL3ENZ-mXLB5ZeOKeme-L0gCWe96JrYxfghrRy4ubKjpyCHUQPjI/s1600-h/IMG_8900%5B4%5D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_8900" border="0" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXJAccOrlUSjkG6mj9BKu7BWy4xiwxJZo9M9jLEE0r5QYwnmeLuz6HaHANqKrPSaTosLpWv-_t5ZnfN_POyfe5D9L7a51p6sbR5-ZSjxhKQ5AlCw4hdJdtI-5XufZx2J_uQQ1wOmbhAQDi/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="IMG_8900" width="694" /></a></div><div align="center">Baby Z was actually very sick on his birthday and is only just recovering. He had a high fever coupled with the cold, no appetite(for days) and an ear infection. Therefore, he was not having a fun time<img alt="Sad smile" class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-sadsmile" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_jj8N_UQrbmM/TZFGJ3B2ltI/AAAAAAAAB2A/Qat3UYhUSy4/wlEmoticon-sadsmile%5B2%5D.png?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none;" />. He actually went to sleep shortly after we sung him happy birthday. I didn’t have a smash cake for him this year, so I gave him a cupcake with the # 2 on it and that tool in his hand was his cupcake cutter. I’m not sure if he minded the downgrade… </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><strong><em>In case you’re wondering, the colour on the walls in the pics is Benjamin Moore Revere Pewter. </em></strong><a href="http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/90147465"><strong><em>The flower light fixture</em></strong></a><strong><em> in the great room is from Ikea. I fell in love with it and had to get it. The other above the table in the kitchen is the </em></strong><a href="http://www.ylighting.com/krt-fly.html?KEYWORD=fly%20pendant%20light&account=local&jt=1&jadid=7382678231&jk=fly%20pendant%20light&js=1&jmt=1&jkId=8a8ae4cc21b2b3dc0121de17ee971576&jsid=11337&&gclid=CM763_Hc8qcCFcZe2god5XHdbg"><strong><em>FL/Y suspension pendant light</em></strong></a><strong><em> that I purchased from DWR.  Have a lovely Tuesday my friends.  </em></strong>XX</div>

Some pictures from Zion’s birthday.

Baby Z’s(guess I have to stop referring to him as Baby Z since he’s now 2) birthday party for his 2nd birthday was simple. My goal was to us...

Read more »

Happy Birthday Baby Z!

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYN9Idrb9LXPHqAF22Sp14yE4D-P5tGH4GHpn8p3x38pLmXBLu2KBbC9AW_Hbd7G0f6t9szaPyTp-p0wY7LF-TbCmSbqUGbJU7RMVgXiQC_Rla8kL6mAjB0qxTNx9pjHdIQTOyxOTIklJi/s1600-h/IMG_8807%5B5%5D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_8807" border="0" height="804" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGiDzB-GV1w3GWf7lL5wq-Ht6u0t9kdrjpnyGMo6Zjl95ujV9KiZlpU_LE_BPa68UD5fTJ6SeEoCHnhBbz2GUldvvxmxqRjG_rx31HLBL59O3BXtLURalcbEzzv8e0Q8exgmiD9uQHkz_m/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="IMG_8807" width="604" /></a><br /><div align="center">Baby Zion, my sunshine, my life, <strong><em>turns two today</em></strong>! Happy Birthday Zion! Mommy and Daddy love you more than you love bananas!. He could eat bananas for breakfast, lunch and dinner<img alt="Smile" class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_jj8N_UQrbmM/TYKwp0iLaqI/AAAAAAAAB1I/ZbttVSM37G0/wlEmoticon-smile%5B2%5D.png?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none;" />. I hope everyone has a spectacular weekend and a warm welcome to my lovely new readers!  XX</div>

Happy Birthday Baby Z!

Baby Zion, my sunshine, my life, turns two today ! Happy Birthday Zion! Mommy and Daddy love you more than you love bananas!. He could eat b...

Read more »

Yellow Curtains + Final Birthday Sneak Peek.

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIB3GTRpobfBS2g6FixgAQpllWvqWE4dGKHB2qdO8NkQVGD_b43EBbuWGrOXQ7bsMJd2CgCSHM7Booxt9B_8bNUTDMG9rU5SVZRZ9VIZsVVr47eqs654h7gJOM_hwFINaKotBc_j2VG41Z/s1600-h/curtains%20001%5B14%5D.jpg"><img alt="curtains 001" border="0" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ae6s2q6di2VXIjGgGLcBjIsiJZpRP7W9BwOxKfg_38rkdxo3etfKVgdIeGWDcc5abwaQhrmSw80jw_JHxF-aqn59Lfgc-CwGN_V9rI4uP4WCqZX3So9Zj6U8dOqAKRxrGv7R7rFuvoWY/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="curtains 001" width="644" /></a><br /><div align="center">These are the yellow curtains/drapes that I referred to in my <a href="http://designaddictmom.blogspot.com/2010/11/yellow.html">yellow</a> post last week. I really do love ‘em! </div><div align="center"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj0pfF1G_GrYpd9pkipfs4avjpvDNvgogfB-dWz_Zot9alspzSMSqUkOOgrlnCTVzIYWCCu0T_cGZQ24PsvpKWJLrb8nWflOH-CY4TsauL-M2X6kvWuqjpgiGWsFAgZEqWYa-GzWVC0OJZ/s1600-h/Birthday-34%20080%5B12%5D.jpg"><img alt="Birthday-34 080" border="0" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZW2_63zm5EkFf9cqVdALOcKFcPMArvW2kwH0BzkwvJaYlAqPbOsScdwCKGJ0s3eX2kX5RjPCPC9Q-ThYaK_1jTNcLnNyqRZ3guPzTL6ffqIAwt9UZIZaXtxCgBKAlTwBnZkvW8iknZkiE/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Birthday-34 080" width="644" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipJx1ZhndOL8jR0JJZdnwc7BWzrc-GmNrE3EYqBMngTvShDGH-gWSJnW5wW0PCuGx7LqF-KdCJHj_YpEhfIxhMaCdW3TEapWFbXCAlFudU3iphWdto-l40JPKXXKvlXpJV1ra0XgJq-ORA/s1600-h/Birthday-34%20067%5B12%5D.jpg"><img alt="Birthday-34 067" border="0" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLv6i5KroKjF_O3qrfrKGJkkMTcM0tSkrQzi294ifWHaWoOTVlu1BnaSaAXx7XKmGka5gqq0fBNscL2bDFTUvunPFF6b8VInUbx5fZPGSkQm-PfPufuMNlA-v2Y6rm2j0dRdQ23Zl-1R6H/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Birthday-34 067" width="684" /></a><br /><div align="center">Yesterday, i posted <a href="http://designaddictmom.blogspot.com/2010/11/birthday-peek-part-1-featuring-jaclyn.html">part one</a>, now here is the finale:</div><div align="center">The hubby, baby Z and I had a lovely simple birthday celebration at home. I decorated with stuff from around the house and I paid about $6 for the balloons.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="width: 700px;"><tbody><tr> <td valign="top" width="350"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7tPgrUn5o6XBKtZ4oVELgyatPB4ob5rQRP099EOvWZfOg9mdFfy3uFRI-mTqTWh2aiQYpQpdJKtgvl1tKxjzeVkUYQDnccIokyEx_Sa_5S3-XsvhyphenhyphenumPVSLxoZLJSllJ9vpUNuHjLWUTG/s1600-h/Birthday-34%20077%5B12%5D.jpg"><img alt="Birthday-34 077" border="0" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ179XY7emJ4glLy8jvGT3FXh817tqCoKw8CeA6XQp3EEUcpibFrpaAwfcVl6GdUs1O_RgN53dlPOkfu9f8UvQOTuDcgI33A8sUdDu2EEF_8gMKsX_P1AsvndCSPCH40QeVfbOtHMgrzWk/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Birthday-34 077" width="324" /></a></td> <td valign="top" width="350"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsADix1GiL6WLIvK0lYYQmvFuqfQV55cXmRLPJ0310nQ3jABNsDjA1H6_X7jB7i0Ijo44wpBkrDeDwcOAgK0UT6LJppFlWvhOndcFV0o3lCHEz8XNg5zQBIyYIvBRpTDKGVEwBB5Vc1bsZ/s1600-h/Birthday-34%20073%5B16%5D.jpg"><img alt="Birthday-34 073" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrMs6uUtQS-7uXu53gNLpRFaHqHiLOfHl5pa2frVOl_JczbanMnLfwwEC6WC69yDY9NDc34ZrGGx45K8QFvnADG2mKVrGpJvll-D-Vo-0HXtkrD9gyU5JjqJGgClKHh3Et9wD3IRU_V-24/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Birthday-34 073" /></a></td> </tr></tbody></table></div><div align="center">On the menu was some jerk chicken(Jamaican style). The hubby is a master chef and makes finger licking good jerk chicken! We had salad, roasted corn, baked potato  and mango sorbet rounded out the course as dessert.  Red stripe beer and wine were the beverages of choice<img alt="Smile" class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_jj8N_UQrbmM/TOnuvbMscGI/AAAAAAAABlA/zHggzJUWC_k/wlEmoticon-smile%5B2%5D.png?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none;" />.  My birthday celebration is officially over, I promise! Happy Monday everyone! XX</div>

Yellow Curtains + Final Birthday Sneak Peek.

These are the yellow curtains/drapes that I referred to in my yellow post last week. I really do love ‘em! Yesterday, i posted part one , n...

Read more »