Groomsmen Ties & Vests

There were two of us sewing for this wedding.  I had the easy job of the dresses for the girls and the ties for the boys.  Sue's sweet, sweet mother had the difficult task of sewing her wedding dress, (phew I could have never taken that on) and the boys vests.  Don't they look handsome!!

I love the above picture of Tato, we had just put the binoculars away that he wanted to play with and was letting me know that under no circumstance was he going to pose for this picture.  And as Auntie Nana's should do, I quickly informed this sweet little boy of the impending cupcakes (you got it I bribed my nephew) and he quickly decided he was game on.  He & I had some funny conversations while he was here  I love that boy.

I made the ties with a tutorial I found online but the link no longer works for me to share it with you but there are tutorials all over the blog sphere to use.  Isn't my buddy boys handsome!

I loved that Sue's mom took the creative liberty to insert super hero fabric into the inside of their vests.  Seriously when Buddy Boys got his vest he asked "Papa" (John, my kids call him Papa too) if this was his to keep.  Papa told him it was and in his four year old mind I'm sure he thought he was invincible now.

Dying Easter Eggs

I love spending time with my kids, but I also love spending time with my sweet nieces and nephews!  My brother and I got our kids together to color Easter eggs.  For the most part it went off without a hitch, (if you consider child #3 breaking a glass before it even begins and child #6 having a melt down because said egg was put into the green food coloring when apparently said child didn't want it to be so).  But isn't that what makes these family events memorable?

Isn't Tato the sweetest little boy, he was totally posing for pictures with his finished eggs when we were all done and he was so stink'en adorable.  I love that kid! 

We hard boil our eggs so that we can have them on toast the next morning, which means the eggs are really hot and the wax crayons just melt right on to them.  Makes for some sweet designs!

I sure hope you all had a fantastic Easter and created some of your own family memories this Easter weekend.

(My brother let me use his super fantastic camera, now I may have to get one of my own!  John if yours is missing I likely didn't take it and it's probably not at my housee.  Just saying) 

Tato's Thomas Birthday Cake

My sweet little nephew whom I affectionately call "Tato" had his fourth birthday. Of course as every little four year old boy should be, he too loves everything Thomas. I told my brother that I would make him a Thomas cake. What was I thinking offering to make a fondant cake a week before Christmas. His face was much trickier to do that I thought it would be. But let me tell you, it was all worth it when I saw how excited Tato was to see his cake. He had a super fun birthday party and enjoyed his cake. I thought the smoke coming out of the train was a cute added touch.
Happy Birthday Tato, Auntie Nana loves you!