Cookie Bouquet

I made another cookie bouquet today, and I wanted to show you the final result.  This time I used a tin can for the base, and I loved the way it turned out.  Enjoy!

We're Going to Disneyland!

We are going to Disneyland for the first time with the kids!  Woohoo!!

We decided to tell the kids by having a Mickey Mouse dinner.  My mom picked the kids up from school so that we could have plenty of time to prepare.

On the menu:

-An apple with two orange gummies for the "Mickey ears."
-Red peppers with two mushrooms for the "Mickey ears."
-Pizza with pepperoni and olives.  (I tried to strategically place the olives on the pepperoni to make......you guessed it -Mickey ears! :))

Then we had Mickey Mouse Oreos for dessert!

The plates were also placed on the table to look like Mickey Mouse.  The kids loved it!

When the kids first arrived, we had them do the following puzzle:

☼    ☺            ♥    ♦    ☺              ♣     ♪    ♂    ♫    ♣

√      ♪            ↑    ♂    ∑    ♫    ☺    &     #    ♥   ♫    ↑

----------------------------------------------------------------------- 

☺             ↑            ♫            ↔           ♣           ☼  

E              D            N             R           G           W

♥             ♪              √             ∑             ♦           ♂      

A            O              T             S            R           I

&            #            

Y            L

Obviously, if you put the correct letters under the correct symbols, it spells out "We are going to Disneyland!" So fun!

We also gave each of them a Mickey Mouse water thermos, as well as Mickey Mouse coloring books.

Here are the pics:

Wedding Shower Gift Idea

My friend had a wedding shower recently, and I wanted to do something more than your usual towels and washcloths. So.... I made a "Your Love is Better Than Ice Cream" romance kit.

Have you ever heard that song by Sarah McLauchlan?  No?  Well, you should listen to it! It's awesome, and it went perfectly with my gift idea.

Here's what I did:

I got a box, and wrapped it with red cellophane to dress it up a little. (I also put hearts, etc., under the cellophane, just to add a little more romance.)
Then, I put two towels (the ones the couple had registered for) at the bottom of the box.
Then, in the center I added a basket full of ice cream toppings.
And around the basket, I placed items that would go great with a romantic bath (which also just happened to have ice cream pictures on them to tie everything together.)

Perfect!

Feel free to steal the idea!  The couple loved it!