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...a Playroom, Little Boy or Little Girls room.

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Ty Allen's 1st B-Day, BARNYARD BASH

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Kelly's Korner is continuing her home tour with children's birthday party ideas so I thought I would pull out Ty Allen's 1st birthday Barnyard Bash pics.

I really enjoyed planning Ty's 1st birthday party and chose a Barnyard Bash theme because my mother-n-law and father-n-law have a Miniature Donkey Farm,Short&SweetDonkeyFarm.

I found the cutest little one-piece jumper that Ty wore which matched his barnyard theme. Online, I found some really cute invitations with a stable and a lot of animals including a donkey that we used.

Other items included:

-Wire baskets and red bandanna's

-A red and white gingham tablecloth

-Barnyard plates and cow print cups

-Cow printed pencils and custom barnyard candy wrappers that said Thanks for coming the Ty Allen's first birthday. I attached the pencil to the candy bar with strands of hay.

-Ty's large cake was a barn with animals and of course he had his own small cake!

-We ordered a large blow-up pin the tail on the donkey game on eBay and the kids really enjoyed playing it!

-To top the party off, we watched a video,The first year of Ty Allen's life. This was really sweet and everyone enjoyed all of the pics from the time he was born up until he turned one,very sweet!

IT'S A BOY!!

My husband, Joe & I found out Monday that our second child is a BOY!

With excitement, we headed home to show Ty Allen the sonogram pics and tell him he was going to have a little brother. When we arrived, he was just waking up from a nap with Grandmother and we said, look Ty, a baby brother! He just started crying and said, I don't want a brother, I want a sister! I want a girl!!

It was so disappointing so Joe reminded him that they could play baseball, go fishing, hunting and other boy things they could do. Later that evening, Ty came running to me and said, Mommy, LOOK! I brought my baby brother some stickers and he stuck them all over my tummy!!!

The next day, I took him to preschool and he ran in telling all of his teachers and friend he was going to have a baby brother! SO SWEET!

Due Date is December 4th.

(picture taken at Ty's 1st preschool program)

Sunset...

What a beautiful sunset we had this evening!

I've been tagged...

Pansy Cottage Girl tagged me so now I must tell you 6 things about myself...

1. I am a twin with Jana and that is why my name starts with a J. Jana and I are totally opposite as she has blond hair and blue eyes and I am a brunette but we are very close.

2. I love going to the pond with my little monkey so that he an throw 5,000 rocks in. He loves rocks and sticks!

3. I love anything old and chippy!

4. I enjoy watching birds and love to decorate with birds and bird nest!

5. I love little fairies,especially the ones my MIL makes. They are cute to decorate with and place anywhere!

6. When we built our home, well.....we built a special room for my husband to put all of his "prize possessions, deer,bobcat,fish,etc...

Let Freedom Ring...

Preparation for the 4th is in full force and I was so excited to find these precious

Let Freedom Ring Tussie Mussie cones

at one of my favorite etsy stores, Paper Eclectics.

They look so cute hanging from the chandelier in the breakfast room & I just can't wait to take more pics as we prepare for our 2nd annual 4th of July Party!

Sunset view of flowerbeds....

THIS EVENING, I WANTED TO SHARE A FEW PICS OF OUR FLOWERBEDS AS THE SUN BEGINS TO SET.... THIS IS THE 2ND YEAR OF GROWTH FOR THE BEDS AND I AM AMAZED AT THE LOW MAINTENANCE OF THE BEDS. ALL I HAVE REALLY HAD TO DO THIS YEAR IS ADD A FEW FLOWERING PLANTS AT THE FRONT FOR COLOR, ADD NEW MULCH AND TURN ON THE SOAKER HOSES! WE HAVE REALLY ENJOYED THESE FLOWERBEDS WITH THE VARIATION OF COLOR!