Aidens Party!

Hello!

Sorry its been a whole week without posting!  My sons party was last weekend and I had been VERY busy making his party extra special for him, as well as keeping up with my orders!

Lets start off with some exciting news...Here is the new button I created for Inked Treasures Digi stamps!  I am releasing FOUR new digi stamps today so head on over to the store NOW!

Aiden doesnt officially turn 3 till this Saturday but we needed to have the party on the 3rd so alot of people could come and help him celebrate.  I still need to get his 3 year old pictures taken but its harder now that hes in school everyday.

This picture is out of order but here he is blowing out his candle.  His theme was "Ball Party", so we had lots of ball themed items.  He wanted to blow out the candle at least 3 times...it was pretty cute!

We had the party at my grandparents since its in our hometown and easy for everyone to get to.

Here is some of the table decor.  

Here is a closeup.  I made the centerpieces.  Each one had different themed ball in them.  I did the napkin rings and the photo cubes that have pictures of him throughout the year.  And we made cake in a jar favors for everyone to take home.

Here is a closeup of the napkin rings, again each one had a different ball on it



Here is the birthday banner I created for Aiden. 

 Outside sign to welcome people to his party.  I kept the sign pretty plain so he could use it in his room or for more parties, so I just stuck with his name.  Loved this!

I made cupcakes in Chocolate and Strawberry, each one is a different ball/sport

*Football

*Baseball

*Tennis Ball

*Golf

His cake was french vanilla/white and was a 3d soccer ball cake sitting ontop of "grass".  I loved making his cake again this year!  

My sister in law was in charge of taking pictures of him opening his gifts since I sat on the floor with him and helped.  He loved his party and keeps talking about it!

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Preschool and 35 Months

 Hello!!  This week and last has been bittersweet for me...Aiden started preschool.

I am not too sure why he insists on growing up?!  His first day was August 10th and he did pretty good.  In fact, he didnt cry until Friday, which I assume is because I wasnt there and my  nephew (whos 4) was and didnt have school yet.  Who would rather go to school than stay home and play?

Now he has started crying, actually yesterday was the worst and today got better.  It breaks my heart. I actually left with a teary eye today :(

Here is Aiden getting ready for his first day.  We have been working on the smile thing can you tell?!

Although he still does this, which is really precious in real life LOL

Goodness I love this kid!  I cried the first day.  I admit it, bawled.  It was terrible and I miss him being home all the time with me.  Hopefully this gets better?!

While I am at it, it is his 35 Months Recap:

Aiden,

This month is bittersweet for mommy and daddy.  You have done several things that just shout I am not longer a baby but a TODDLER!  We started potty training and you are doing SO SO SO good.  Although we are working on the big potty.

You also started school this month.  I know its scary at first when mommy drops you off but at the end of the day you are SO excited and are doing your little yoga poses (they do this!) against the wall waiting for me.  I love when I see papers in your backpack.  Each and every one is on the fridge so far.

Aiden, you amaze me more and more each day and I love you more (you have started saying this...it melts my heart!)

Wearing 3T mostly in clothes

Still love chicken, mac and cheese, chips, pretzels and cookies.  And yes, we still give you vitamins and pediasure to make up for that diet.

NO MORE DIAPERS!!!!!!!!!!!!  You look adorable in big boy underwear!

Love being outside

Always talk about wanting to go to your grandma Nancy's house (monkey).  And you are always calling her on the phone and talking about Ipad and Angry Birds LOL

Still loves playing in the sand box, going to the park, and taking bubble baths.

You are obsessed with movies for 2 weeks at the time then switch and then go back

*Cars

*Bee Movie

*Elmo Potty

*Madagascar

*Rio (thanks to your other grandma Beth!) Which you call the movie Angry Birds

Back to love reading books! YAY!!!

Love you so much Aiden!

Love, Mommy

********** Did you see the newest sneak peek at Inked Treasures??

Still dry!

Yes, the title means Aiden is STILL dry!!  YAY!  It seems so weird not changing diapers anymore and I am amazed at how quickly he caught on.

Here he is putting some stickers on his potty chart.  At first I was worried he would still be 5 and wanting stickers and prize but we havent put stickers on the chart since Sunday...so looks like we are good.  And he hasnt really asked for a toy from the bag since that day as well LOL...so who knows!

Yesterday Clare's order went out...she requested the cowboy theme for my Etsy shop.  I just love the colors together!!

Also I am so proud of myself..I created a button for my website when I sponsor challenges and to put on my blog.  Did you know Inked Treasures has a blog where I list more details on the card samples??? Check it out!

You can click the button and see how it moves...for some reason blogger isnt showing the button moving....it flashes the characters and the address again! 

Time to make lunch for Aiden and I...come back soon!

And the name is.........

INKED TREASURES

Yes....I can finally tell you the name of my NEW digi stamp company!! 

I also just logged into my blog "dashboard" and I realized I had over 40 comments throughout the past week-2 weeks that hadnt been published until I said they were ok...which is weird because I didnt have that moderation clicked.  Oh well..So THANKYOU for all your kind words!

Click here to see the new shop!

Here are the 3 characters that make up Inked Treasures:

And because summer is fastly coming to an end and school starts soon....here is Back to school Ellie.

Perfect for fun cards for your child or sneak into their lunchbox and even create teachers gifts with!

On a personal blog note...We embarked on potty training with Aiden this past weekend.  I officially started on Friday the 29th and it was a mess, literally

Aiden didnt understand when to know he had to go to the bathroom and it was bad.  We were both tired, cranky, and frustrated and I was ready to give in.  Do you know how hard it is to NOT ask if he wanted a diaper change, which of course he was asking for them as well.   :(

Saturday-  I had Brents help and it was SO much easier.  Aiden had a few accidents but quickly caught on.  He really wanted to look at our prize bag and get a sticker. 

Sunday-  I felt confident enough for me to leave to my grandparents real fast, well I thought it would be real fast.......... until I was ready to get in my car and I couldnt find my keys.  Yep, they were locked in my car right in plain view in my cup holder.  I am 26 and have NEVER done this and of course I had to call Brent (we live almost 1.5" away") to come with the spare keys.  I was upset because that meant Aiden would have an accident and we messed this up.

Anyways...of course we are having troubles with the other car and they got stranded and could go to Kroger (thank goodness for air conditioning close by!)  I had to borrow my grandparents car, come and get them, head back down, borrow a truck from Brents dad and we made it home)

Aiden didnt have an accident......he held it and went before we left to my grandparents, at my grandparents and at Brents dad!!!!!!

I am so proud of Aiden.  Alll we need to work on now is going "poo-poo" in the potty..he still isnt a fan of that! LOL