(Regan’s second naptime in the “new” bed. The camera crapped out for his first nap so I used my cell. Those pictures are much worse quality.)

Regan: lost some more weight (just shy of a pound. boo!) – got the side of his crib changed up so it’s a toddler bed – saying lots of fun things (like “poop” when he needs a new diaper) – cutting new teeth without batting an eye – cuddly and cute as ever.

(Being super hero’s. Going to have to make her a cape I think. And a mask. Orange of course.)

(After I got done changing out the hardware on Regan’s bed and moving beds around Kaylee decided that she needed to fix her bed too. )

Kaylee: helping me do LOTS of stuff – hanging out with Carter – informing us that dogs (and ALL animals) are scary because they will EAT her (we’re working on that, but it’s nice to know why animals FREAK her out so much) – ridiculously excited about her “orange dinosaur happy birthday to me” party – feisty and sweet as ever.

This is their new room layout. It FEELS bigger this way. We love it. I moved my nursing chair into the guest room to be a reading chair. And the children’s little table into their room for reading and coloring. I also took off the turtle on Kaylee’s quilt and put ruffles on it. Regan will get the turtle on his future quilt. And since Regan is a mover and a shaker I rolled up a couple of blankets to act as a bolster to help keep him from falling out (he did not care for that experience. haha.) Keeps him in while he is sleeping, but is easy for him to climb over to get out of bed when he wakes up.

And this is Kaylee’s piñata for her party on Sat. When she saw the finished product (decorated it after she went to bed to avoid her “helping”) she said, “My eyes! It’s beautiful. Thank you SO much Mama. Let’s break it!”

Yup. TOTALLY worth the hours (really wasn’t bad. about 6ish hrs. over a few days.) I spent on this bad boy girl. She holds in her belly 2.5 pounds of sweet yummy sugary goodness.

Piñatas were always my favorite part of birthday parties growing up. So I like to have them for my children. Store bought ones look lots nicer, but I can’t bring myself to spend money on something that’s going to get beat and smashed.

This piñata was my most expensive one to make so far costing with candy a whopping $6. And that’s only because it NEEDED to be orange, and that’s only an easily found color in the fall. I ended up buying a ream of florescent orange office paper.

Usually it’s just the cost of candy (around $3-5 depending on what you buy). Much better than paying $12- 20 for an empty piñata and then still needing candy for it.

I did find triceratops (her favorite dino) piñatas online that I used as my inspiration. But to find an orange girly one. Well……… that’s a bit harder to find. All in all I am SUPER pleased with how crapstastic it turned out.

It’s SO ready to be beat with a giant stick!

***I sent e-vite’s to everyone that’s in the greater St. George area that has kiddos, but I don’t have everyone’s e-mail. So if you wanna come and beat up a piñata just let me know and I’ll send one to you with all the info.***