On my mind.....

Yesterday I got my weekly dose of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Anybody close to me knows this is one of the ways I get my weekend groove on. I know there's a marketing and charity side to it but Ty and his team are definitely angels! Who doesn't like the idea of someone coming to your house and turning things around. The episodes I watched this weekend touched my heart deeply;  two girls with SMA ( a muscular disorder), and two other girls that are amputees. And it made me take a deep look at my kids and appreciate God and them. My son is a ball of energy and it is very easy for him to start to grate on your nerves because he never stops moving and my daughter just started walking and she is picking up words really fast as well. A dear sister of mine told me once that parenting is about sacrifice. and the greatest sacrifice you can give your children is being the best of you that you can possible be. Our children need role models and the first role model that they see is their parents. It is very easy to invest all in our children and forget about ourselves but when your child looks at you what do they see? do they see a run down mum, struggling to keep things together? or do they see a strong African woman in touch with their generation?because whether we like it or not we have to be involved in our kids' lives. Don't let the only thing they see is you in the kitchen or at the ironing table. There  Their generation moves at such a speed. If you want healthy children, then you have to be healthy as well. If you want children that have a habit of reading, then they have to see you reading. You have to surround them with the culture of reading, a culture of healthy living. The girls from Extreme Makeover were extremely bright and positive and when I think of it, I'm sure their parents  had a lot to do with it.

Post Divalicious Taralicious Birthday

Wow! And the day's finally come and gone! After much preparations, tears and burns (yes burns from my trusted hot glue gun!). Tara's Birthday is on August 12th, and we decided to throw her a pinkalicious divalicious 1st birthday. Still can believe my baby is one, and she's growing every single day. So pre-birthday i went craftomanic, Bowties for the boys

Pink Hair bows for the girls

A Punch Box i saw on acasarella.blogspot.com, you can get the step by step on how to make yours and it was a hit with the kids.

Finished product!yay!

We had the diva cake going on.she had 2 cakes and Temi got a cake as well courtesy mum so he gets a bit of the spotlight and balloons, because nothing screams birthday more than balloons. So my babies woke up to see this. 

The Party invites, just paper and pink ribbons

I made a wreath for her. My inspiration was pinterest.com