It's Friday!

Wow.. what a week! So happy it is Friday and I'm sure most of you are, as well! This week went by so quick. Dustens 25th birthday is Monday and unfortunately, he has to work, so we are celebrating this weekend! I found a coupon on Groupon yesterday for a restaurant we never tried before, The Melting Pot. The Groupon is for 40 dollars worth of food for 20 dollars! What a steal! They have a 4-course option on their menu that comes with cheese fondue for app, a salad, entree for 2 and a chocolate fondue for dessert! Yum! We've never tried that restaurant mainly because it is so expensive. We're usually Chilis or Chuys type of people, inexpensive but good. I made reservations for 5:30 tomorrow evening which is rather a bit early than usual for dining out, but that means we get to take our time and won't feel rushed to do other things before time runs out. Who knows what is in store for the rest of the evening, it's all up to him! Luckily the restaurant is in downtown Austin so there is plenty to do!


I've also been preparing for Olivia's birthday which is in a couple of weeks. This morning, I purchased a couple of gifts online. A V-tech sit and ride train that has number block that shoots out the back and a full attached book with the A B C's on it. I read the reviews as always and surprisingly they were mainly 5 stars! I also watched a couple of Youtube videos on it and it looks like fun! I also purchased a personalized butterfly/dragonfly piggy bank with her name on it. I figured it's almost time to start teaching her the value of money, especially saving! She loves to crawl around on the floor and she's found a couple of pennies so if she keeps on finding loose change, she can put it in her piggy bank and it'll start adding up! This weekend I'm also going to shop for party decor. I'm making homemade candles. Her theme is Ladybug so the homemade candles should look pretty neat! Here is how to do it:

Take old jars of baby food. Gerber, Beechnut, etc.
Wash them out very good, or put them in a dishwasher. Remove the labels.
Have about 5 sheets of your choice of color tissue paper.
Pick up some tissue paper glue at your local craft store (Michaels, Hobby Lobby, Walmart, etc)
Cut the tissue paper to fit the baby jar food.
Make sure not to have any tissue paper be inside of the jar, you don't want to start a fire.
Put little tabs of the paper glue onto the jar itself or on the tissue paper.
Wrap the jar with tissue paper a couple of times so that it won't become see-through.
Whatever your theme is, decorate!
(Mine is Ladybugs, so I will be having red tissue paper and put black dots with a Sharpie on the paper)
Let it dry. When you are ready to light, put 1 tea light candle inside.
(You can find tea light candles at Walmart. $2.50 for a bag of 20.)
Fun little craft you can do yourself or even with your little one!

Here are the pictures of the gifts I bought for Olivia:

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!


S.H.