4th o July fun

Celebrating the 4th of July is one of the best holidays where families and friends get together for BBQ's, camping, Bon fires 

at night while watching fireworks, or even watching your kids laugh and play around win relatives or their friends from school.  

This year, the husband and I invited Zack's good friend form school along with his parents and younger sister for dinner and some neighborhood fireworks.  

We set off sparklers for he kids to do.

The 5 kids had the best time running around with sparklers acting like it was a flag waving behind them.  Us adults just had a friendly conversation about the upcoming school year along with catching up on small things.  Since Abby was a little small to hold a sparkler much less need her little eyes open till the beginning of the fire work show, she didn't mind getting spoiled by a little baby fix by Roseanne.  

Emma and Ella made the most if it by holding water balloons and pretending it as "babies".  These two girls are soo fun to watch and while I watched them play,  it made me think of the imagination I had at that age.  

To top it off the night with an awesome light show care of my neighbors across the street.  Us adults were planning on going to the local park to watch fireworks,  but caught up with our children's laughter and fireworks,  not to mention our biting friends, he mosquitoes.  

I am looking forward to having more play dates and adult get together a with our friends, the Brown family.  

Until next time

~Nicole

Upcycling a glass votive

I am going to admit that I am a junkie when it comes to Pinterest.  Who does not love going onto the site and just look around to see what trouble we can come up with.  It can be organizing the home to finding things to do with the kids during the long summer months. I have done this little glass votive that I cleaned out and decorated for my oldest daughter.  Here is what I did: 

The first thing I did was to put the candle in a pot of water and let the candle melt.  It took about 10 minutes or so but it went by quickly.

Then when the candle is all out of the votive, wash it out with mild soap and water.  Of course I don't have a picture for the second step but you have the idea.  

What you can do is use Mod Podge or go the effective way,  use one part or white glue and one part water.  Use any type of glitter that you may have at home or just stick to the color theme.  The possibilities are endless.  

Make sure you use a foam brush when applying the Mod Podge.  Work quickly because it dries fast.  One you coat the votive you are ready to use the glitter.

Since the glitter tube is small.  I just dumped the whole thing in a d tilted the votive so all the glitter stayed.  With the remaining glitter I just put it back in the container.  

And here is the finished project.  It took less than 5 minutes and I am planning on doing more of these as gifts and for around the house.  

Hope to give you more tutorials soon.  Have a good week.  

~Nicole