Kate's Birthday Cake

Kate turned 4 yesterday. I still can't believe my little girl is already 4. Time flies. I think time has somehow sped up as I've gotten older. Anyways, Kate decided she wanted to have "A Bad Case of Stripes" birthday party. "A Bad Case of Stripes" is a children's book by David Shannon. If you haven't read it, you should. It's very good, and it's Kate's favorite story.

It begins, "Camilla Cream loved lima beans. But she never ate them. All of her friends hated lima beans, and she wanted to fit in. Camilla was always worried about what other people thought of her.

Today she was fretting even more than usual. It was the first day of school, and she couldn't decide what to wear. There were so many people to impress! She tried on forty-two outfits, but none seemed quite right. She put on a pretty red dress and looked in the mirror. Then she screamed."

The story goes on to describe just how bad Camilla's bad case of stripes is. The doctors are stumped, as are the specialists and the experts. Then a sweet old lady knocks at the door, and thinks she has the cure. To find out what the cure is, you have to READ THE BOOK! I'm not telling!

Anyways, this is the cake I came up with for Kate's "A Bad Case of Stripes" party. The green dots around the bottom are supposed to be lima beans (even though they look more like peas). Kate couldn't tell a difference.




Anyways, it's a cute story, and it sends a great message. The message I got from this story:

NEVER BE AFRAID TO BE YOURSELF!

If you've read the story what message did you get?

Super Saturday *EDITED*

Since I've had so many requests to find out where I got the plates and the camelback board, I thought I'd just post the info here instead of answering every email.

I found both the plates and camelback board at a shop in Lindon, UT called Simply Splendid. I live close enough that I just drove there and picked everything up. However, they do ship as well.

The plates included the plate and the vinyl lettering.

The camelback board included the board (it comes in 2 different sizes, we did the large), vinyl lettering and the star. I had to provide clear liquid nails to glue the star on.

Simply Splendid does have a website dedicated to enrichment projects: http://www.enrichmentprojects.com.

Hopefully this helps everyone. The website also has their contact information. Have fun!!!

This Saturday is our Ward's Super Saturday event. For those of you who've never heard of Super Saturday, it's basically a day where all the women in our neghiborhood get together and do a whole bunch of crafts.

I was recently called as the Enrichment Leader in my ward, so that means I am in charge of Super Saturday.

That means I am in charge of deciding what crafts will be offered, making sign up sheets, collecting money, and basically getting everything ready for Saturday.

Here are the crafts we are offering this year.

Camelback Board $15.33 each.

The board comes unfinished, you paint it what ever color you want, put the vinyl words on, and glue on the star.

Metallic Christmas Plates $5.21 each.

The plates come in Red, Silver, or Gold, and the vinyl can say Believe, Peace, or Noel in Gold, Silver or Black. You just put the vinyl on the plate, and you're done.

Wood Blocks with Vinyl Letters $1.00 per block.

The blocks come in 4"x 4", unfinished squares. You paint them whatever color you want, choose from black, beige, white, or gold vinyl colors, and they can say whatever you want.

Some people have ordered Merry Christmas in white vinyl, Family in beige vinyl, Santa in white vinyl, Star in Gold vinyl, their children's names, dream in white vinyl, ect. You get the picture.

Flowerpot Nativity $4.00 per set.

You paint the pots, heads, hot glue on the heads, and head scarves, paint the manger, glue in the hay, and baby Jesus. Pretty simple.

Here are the other things we are doing, too. The tile picture boards are $13.50 each, unless you want to supply your own pictures, then the price goes down to $8.50. The Large Christmas Tree Countdown will have a scripture scroll in each box that contains a part of the Christmas story, and is $8.00. The Small Christmas Tree Countdown has ornaments that are put on the tree everyday, and is $4.00. The Pajama Pants come in pink snowflakes or blue snowmen, and are $4.00 for children's sizes and $8.00 for adult sizes.

Here is a close up of the Pajama Pants.

So, until Saturday night, when Super Saturday will be over, this is all I am doing. Buying, organizing, dividing, setting up, and making sure everything goes as smoothly as possible. So, wish me luck, and pray for me not to be to completely stressed out!