Friday Night Fun

The grandkids stayed over on Friday night and Saturday.  We had a really fun time.

I decorated the table using the Mickey Mouse plates and glasses from the Disney Store.  The blue placemats are from Dollar Tree.  Yes, I only paid $1 for each placemat...such a steal and a nice compliment to the plates.  Perfect for outside.

I used the balloon napkin ring holders to hold the napkins in place.  The grandkids were very excited to have a party.  We served them Little Caesar's pepperoni pizza with sweet tea and French vanilla cupcakes with buttercream icing.  Homemade of course!

#lovecupcakes
#lovepizza
#lovetoparty

I love these Mickey Mouse glasses.

#lovemickeymouse
#lovedisney
#iwanttogotodisneyworld

Aren't these cupcakes adorable?  I've had the liners and the fun toppers for at least a year or two.

Mr. W loves to have a party!

So do these two!

The trick of the day was to see if you could stand on the floats, do splits or flip each other over.

This was a surprise to see Mr. W on a float.  Just a few weeks ago I tried to get him to float and he would have nothing to do with it.  It's amazing how peer pressure will make you do things you are normally afraid of...he was not going to be left behind!

Do you think he was having any fun?

Sweet P is trying to get her sister to flip her.  She was trying to get everyone to flip her.

After dinner we set up the projector and the screen so we could watch movies outdoors.  We hooked up my laptop to the projector so we could choose movies on Netflix.  For sound, we used our new JBL smaller speakers to have a surround sound.  It was awesome!!!  You could be at the end of the pool (farthest from the projector) and still hear everything.

The kiddos watched Power Rangers for a while before we watched Echo.  After Echo we watched Yours, Mine and Ours.  They had their Mickey Mouse popsicles while floating in the pool.

We roasted marshmallows around the fire pit and made s'mores.  Don't worry the snacks were spaced out over a five hour time frame.  And you know how hungry they get when they swim!

#smoresaresogood

Mr. W was tired so the hubs laid down in bed with him until he fell asleep.  Only the hubs fell asleep with him!  All the while Sweet P is outside waiting for her Paw Paw to come and get her so she can go to bed, too.  We woke him up and he put her to bed.  Ms. A and I finished watching the movie and were done at midnight.  Truth be told, we would have easily watched another movie outside but we didn't want to have to bring all of the stuff in by ourselves.  :)  So the hubs helped us bring everything in and went to bed.  Ms. A and I watched Captain America.  We didn't get to bed until 2:30 a.m.

#weloveoutdoormovies
#wastiredonsaturday



I love this picture of them sitting on the sofa watching Zootopia.  It's a rare occasion to see them sitting in birth order.  :)

Sweet P put together the Snow White puzzle with a little help from me.  She had it put together in no time at all.  I don't know how she does it.

#shelovespuzzles

We had a great time.  But I must say, it was nice and quiet after they went home.  :)

I hope you are having a good week.

Take care,

xoxoxo

Debbie

Our Backyard Movie Theater

Last Saturday afternoon we kept Ms. A and Mr. W while Sweet P went to her gymnastics banquet.  We grilled sliders, turkey patties, sausage and ate outside on the patio.  It was really nice.  The temperature of the water was perfect.

We watched "It Takes Two" and made s'mores.

Mr. W patiently waiting to eat his s'more.

I had more lanterns to put out.  I just forgot to get them before we set up the screen.  :)

We really enjoy watching movies while floating in the pool.

I hadn't seen this movie in a really long time.  It was super cute.

Here's what it looked like after we put everything up and picked up all of the floats.

We had a really good time and are looking forward to the next time!

Hope you are having a good day,

xoxoxo

Debbie

Weekend Recap

I hope you had a wonderful weekend.  Ours was really busy except for Friday night which was nice and quiet.  We were able to have the fireplace on and that always makes me smile.

I made these meatloaf cupcakes for dinner Friday night.  Aren't they cute?  I had the recipe pinned on my Pinterest board.  You can find the recipe at Cincy Shopper.  They were a huge hit with the hubs as he is a fan of meatloaf.  I used 1 lb. of ground turkey and it made 12 cupcake loafs.  Its is very inexpensive to make.  I made the mashed potatoes from scratch and piped them from a zip lock bag.

The hubs, Brooke and I ran the roads on Saturday.  I finally found the perfect lamp for the foyer at Hobby Lobby on sale for $34.00.  (I'll share that with you later.)  We got home just in time for the kiddos to come over and spend the night with Maw Maw and Paw Paw.  I really wanted to go out and do something but it was too cold to be outside for any length of time so we decided to have a movie night.

This was the first time Mr. W has come over since we packed up Christmas.  He was so puzzled as to where Santa Claus went.  We kept telling him he was in the attic and will come back next year.  I can't tell you how many times he asked.

I was trying to take a selfie with Mr. W.  You can tell I'm not used to doing this as I almost cut myself out of the pic. :)

He and I were watching Home while Paw Paw, Ms. A and Sweet P were getting movies, candy and popcorn.  He is so sweet.  I love it when he wrinkles his nose.  Ms. A used to do that when she was little.

He loves this movie.  I have to admit it is becoming a favorite of mine, too.

Here's Ms. A and Mr. W watching Hotel Transylvania 2.  It is such a cute movie.  We all enjoyed it.

Sweet P is always hanging out with her Paw Paw.

After Hotel Transylvania the hubs, Mr. W and Sweet P went into the bedroom so Ms. A and I could watch Tomorrowland.  Mr. W passed out on the bed....

while Sweet P laid on the floor watching her show.

I carried him to the Grinch room.  He was sleeping so hard he never woke up.  (It looks like the overhead light is on but it is only the lamp.)

On Sunday morning Paw Paw made pancakes and bacon for breakfast.  He started crowing like a rooster and Mr. W was copying him only he was saying "honk a doodle doo".  He is so funny!

The girls are watching Star Wars from Netflix.  Yes I still have my Grinch comforter set out.  I am leaving it out until winter is over.  :)  It's way too cute to only have out for a few months.

 

Brooke has two containers of Beanie Babies in the attic.  Sweet P is on a kick to grab a couple every time they spend the night.  They each walked away with at least three of their favorite ones.

  We had a great time.  We hope they will always want to "hang out" with Maw Maw and Paw Paw.

How was your weekend?   Did you do anything special?

Hope you are having a great day....especially those of you that have been snowed in.  Stay safe and warm.

xoxoxo

Debbie