Kate's Pancakes & Pajamas Party

Kate's 6th (!!!!) Birthday Party was on Saturday.

She (we) picked the theme over 6 months ago to incorporate 2 of her favorite things...Pancakes & Pajamas!

She wanted the colors to be Purple & Green (her 2 favorite colors)  

 Here is the invite that I made:
{Available HERE in my Etsy Shop!}

I made the all the decor & had it revolve around the invites.... lots of purple, green & chevron:









{Banner made by my talented friend Heather}

The party was from 10:30 until 12:00, and all of her guests wore their favorite pajamas!
The first thing the girls did when they arrived is make a fruit loop necklace: 

Then it was time for pancakes! 

 

Kevin manned the griddle:

Kevin's Kate's House of Pancakes:

Lots of Pancakes for those sweet girls!

Toppings!  Syrup in a squeeze bottle is the way to go!

 I also had other food besides pancakes:

For the mom's that stayed, I made a Hashbrown Casserole

 And, Baked French Toast:

 Drinks....For the kids:

For the mom's:

And, you know one of my parties isn't complete without a desserts/sweets table!

 The banner I made:


On the table I had:





And, of course....the cake. If you've been reading my blog for awhile, you know that my mother in law makes the cakes for my kid's birthdays. Her cakes are amazing. Here is this year's cake, made to match the pancake on the invite:


After the girls ate pancakes, I had them do their craft. I bought a bunch of plain white pillowcases so they could decorate a pillowcase. It was such a beautiful January day in California, so they played in the backyard and made their pillowcases:

We ended the party with the cake!

 For the favors, I had "pancake" cookies made at our local bakery.

I love how they turned out!

 I put them in brown lunch bags tied with ribbon & added a sticker that I made.

 It was such a fun party & super mellow. All 14 girls got along so well.

Kate has meet some really sweet girls this year. Kindergarten is such a fun age!

I can't believe Kate will be 6 this week!

Nothing Finer than a 49er

If you know me, you know I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE sports.

(You've seen Luke's nursery, right?)

I especially love my beloved University of Colorado Buffaloes, San Francisco Giants & my San Francisco 49ers.

Kevin & I both grew up rooting for the SF Giants & 49ers.

It has been such a FUN year for our teams.

First, in October the Giants won the World Series!

And now, the 49ers are going to the SUPER BOWL!!

Today's game was a nail biter. 

We were down 17-0, and then I put Luke in his 49er outfit that he wore last week when we beat the Packers (Yes, I am a tad superstitious)

And, I am not kidding, a few minutes after I changed Luke's outfit, we scored. 

Guess what Luke will be wearing on Super Bowl Sunday?

Lucky Luke Larson? I sure hope so!

(My Lucky 49ers shirt)

The last minute of the game was intense. I just love a fun ending. Wow.

The Niners are going to the SUPER BOWL!

 It's been a good year to be a San Francisco fan!

If we win the Superbowl AND the World Series I will totally freak out.

And, how fun is it that we play the Ravens? 

Our coach Jim Harbaugh versus the team his brother John Harbough coaches, the Ravens. 

Gotta love the Har-Bowl. 

On my bucket list was to go to a World Series game that the SF Giants were in.

I crossed that off in October 2010 (read about it HERE)

Another thing that is on my Bucket List is to go to a Superbowl that the 49ers are in.

Well, that isn't happening this year (anyone want to hook me up with a ticket? Ha!), but I am just so excited that the Niners will be playing in it.

Can't wait for Superbowl Sunday...February 3rd can't come soon enough!

Who are you rooting for? 

We can still be friends if you say the Ravens. Maybe ;)

Let's Go NINERS!

P.S. Thank you SO much for all the book recommendations you left me on this post!!! WOW! You guys sure like your books. Love it! I now have a list of about 20 books I want to read ASAP. I think I will start with the Divergent/Insurgent Series and then Gone Girl. You guys ROCK!

Tell Me What to Read.

One of my goals each year is to read more books.

I try and read one a month.

I usually end up only reading 10 books a year.

I LOVE to read, but with kids, teaching, blogging & an Etsy shop, reading sometimes gets put on the back burner (among other things)

When I was a kid (and before I had kids!) I would stay up SO late and read. 

I just couldn't put books down.

I want to get back into reading and I would LOVE to hear what your favorite books are!

These are types of books I love!

I have read the entire Harry Potter Series. Loved them

I have read the entire Twilight Series. Loved those also.

Hunger Games? Obsessed. Read all 3 books in 5 days.

I love reading things by Mary Higgins Clark & Jodi Picoult.

So, as you can see, I have a random assortment of books I like!

 The last book (besides a Bible Study book)  in August right before Luke was born (yikes!)

So, it has been 5 months since I read for fun. 

The last book was Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult:

It was SO good!

So, what are some must reads? 

(And, don't tell me 50 Shades of Grey, not my style)

I would love to hear your favorite books that you have read in the past year or two!