Our Week In Hearts

Some going ons here at the Choules- Paul- Ulibarri home. Yes we have 3 different last names around here. We are hip like that.

we had a sugar cookie making party

we were in charge of the cookies- 

my mom made all the dough- me & the little ones made all the cookies- 

lots & lots of cookies

my "sort of" ikat cookie

friday nights

some V- Day staches

what we found on our wall- 

seriously how did we miss this

reyn totally falling asleep while watching HOBH- 

he obviously doesn't understand english yet

a visit from susan & her off spring- 

made some heart necklace 

this girl turned 4 on Friday!

this guy turned 14 on saturday! 

& he's all of the sudden taller than me what!!!!

2 Cakes & 2 Birthdays!

My little Elsa turned 3 yesterday & my first baby is 13 today! 13 has the word teen in it- WHAT- I have a teenager? How can this be- i'm not old enough- haha. We had a family party Sunday so I attempted this owl cake my friend Tia showed me. She made one for her baby's first birthday {her's turned out perfectly}. She found the recipe here. Mine turned out a little more plump than the pro's at parenting.com- probably cause the bowls I used where a little larger than they suggested. {its all I had} 

We decided to have a "friends" party for Elsa. It was her first & I have a feeling we won't get away without having one every year from now on. It all started with us looking through the cakes on parenting.com. She saw the robot cake & decided she wanted a robot party- so when your daughter is cool enough to ask you for a robot party you give her a robot party- right? Now I can't say my robot cake looked anything like theirs- but it looked a little like the invite I made to send to her friends. 

{& it looked way better in person}

the invite

For an activity we made robots out of large & small marshmallows- pretzel sticks & toothpicks- the kids loved it & it totally calmed them down after running around like little crazy people- just in time to eat super sugary robot dot cake 

elsa's marshmellow-bot

with Grandma Ida- eating part of her bots arm

oh did I mention I made her a robot dress

she thought it would be funny to run from the camera 

then pretend to call her daddy

we took it outside to try & get some better lighting

but she refused to stay still- they are wearing each others shoes

close up on the robots

Now for my 13 yr. old! Kaleb decided he wanted money instead of a party- but he still received a few really great presents 

{this one is from my mom- she wrapped it in pink duct tape!}

he had about 5 things to unwrap before he got to his actual present- then she put rocks in it to fool him into thinking it was something heavy

little big planet 2- {he's been waiting forever for this}

we gave him this iplunge- & a trip to visit his cousins in Kansas City this summer by himself- since new baby will be joining us & we won't be able to go on a family summer vacation this year.

{he thought it was funny to stick it on Ida's forehead- she didn't mind}

Easter Weekend

Hope everyone's Easter was fab. We went to my in-laws to celebrate 3 birthdays as well as Easter. Unfortunately about 5 minutes away from their house Little pookie totally barfed all over her Easter dress & her car seat. We didn't see any signs of her being sick so it was a really NICE surprise. My mom came as well- so that made it extra fun!
My friend Tia & I had an Easter Part-ee with some friends on Friday. Dying eggs with 7 toddlers was very interesting. I've never felt so OCD about my dinning room table. I laid down a table cloth,then towels, THEN the kids could dye their eggs. I cut up some empty toilet paper rolls to set the eggs on to dry. Not super pretty , but useful right.

After that we frosted some huge yummy sugar cookies shaped like rabbits that Tia made & then had an Easter egg hunt in the back yard. Luckily most of the snow had melted & it had turned into a nice day 53º...

Could I just take one good picture please!

These are the girls Easter dresses. I found the material on Etsy from the seller Cotton Blue Isn't it amazing. The pattern is from a Japanese dress pattern book. I'm making a bunch for the Beehive Bazaar May 5th- 8th come see if you can!

Can you see those cute little bunnies peaking their heads out.

buddy had a half day so he joined in on the tale end of our party

The kids Easter egg baskets- I bought K a tie & boxers from the Liberty of London collection at target. The cars are one of my favorite prints. I have some of the material. I bought it while I was in NYC last April at Purl Bee love that store. Can't wait to visit the new version in a couple of weeks!

*picture taken poorly with the iphone way too late at night