First Time Mom and Losing It

Since the weather has been getting warmer these past couple of weeks we decided a week ago to have the #DisneyKids Preschool Play Date at the park. Unfortunately the weather wasn't as warm as we would have liked when the day came but we bundled up and had fun anyway. We found a big picnic table and set out all of the cute Mickey and friends decorations. We scattered the Animal Kingdom little animals around the table for the kids to play with.


Since it was a quick and active play date we decided to do snacks and chocolate milk for the food. The kids loved the cute little Cars sandwich bags we got and I filled them with cookies, teddy grahams and goldfish. They kids had fun picking the bags by whichever character they liked the best. While the kids were busy eating their snacks my sister took the little animals and hid them in the grass and the trees at the park. We told the kids the animals were missing and they had to help find them. It was fun seeing them proudly find each and every one of them.




It was too windy to play any of the games we got in the hostess party pack so we decided to play Disney Charades. We had each kid think up a character and act it out while the others guessed. It was hilarious and I was amazed at how much everyone knew about a lot of the Disney characters.

We ended the day giving everyone their Disney Junior book bags with little Disney surprises inside. We let the kids divide the little animals amongst themselves for an extra treat. The kids loved the map that was rolled up and had fun looking and naming all of the little Disney character shadows in the back. The adults showed the kids the map and named everything for them. We started planning on where they wanted to go first when they went to Walt Disneyland.



It was so much fun and it was nice to be outside and active. We will be saving the fun games that came in the hostess kit for a later playdate.

Do you have #DisneyKids that love Disney in your family? 

**I received the product below free for my review. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be a good fit for my readers. All opinions are 100% my own.


Before having my daughter I never really took too many pictures. After having a baby, things in the photo department change and you want to capture every moment. Now that she is three and interested in taking pictures and modeling for me I thought it would be fun to create a photo booth for our Christmas Family gathering.

Background:
To make the background I just got some festive wrapping paper from my discount store and some over the door hooks. I threaded a long piece of ribbon through the roll of the wrapping paper and tied the ends together. Then I put the over the door hooks on the door at each edge of the door. I hung the wrapping paper from the over the door hooks and rolled down the paper to the floor.


Props:
I wanted to make it as easy as possible so I went to my local discount store to search for Christmas photo props. I found some cute Christmas ones for two bucks at one of my favorite stores, Five Below. If you can't find photo props you can download and print some out like these or these. Then you can glue some wood sticks or straws to hold them while taking the pictures.


Photos:
HP came out with the coolest paper that allows you to print your pictures out as photo strips! All you have to do is take some pictures with your smartphone and use the pocketbooth app. To make it easier I use my HP wireless printer and print them out right away. The HP Photo strip paper comes in 50 -5" x 7" sheets that allows you to create 100 photo strips! The photo strips dry instantly, are water-resistant and smudge-resistant.


What kind of photo props would you use for your next holiday party? 

Have you ever felt like the Odd Mom Out? I know there were plenty times where I felt like I was doing something against the norm and maybe even the wrong way. We all want to parent the way we feel is right without feeling judged. That is why I was super excited when Bravo spilled the beans about their new TV series Odd Mom Out.

Bravo's Odd Mom Out premieres June 8th @ 10/9c only on Bravo, but a couple of my friends and I got to preview the show ahead of time. We got together with a few snacks, some delicious drinks and got comfortable on the couch. We saw two episodes and let me tell you we were all laughing the entire time! It was fun to see that all us moms go through certain times that are so ridiculous that it's funny. Living with babies, toddlers and kids definitely has us moms busy the whole day so seeing a show like this one really gives you the time to sit back and just relax.


Odd Mom Out is created by and starred by Jill Kargman and the show is loosely based on her real life. It shows how she is forced into the rich mommy clique that lives in the Upper East Side of New York City. I love how Jill continues to be herself while being strongly pressured by her in-laws and frenemies to be like the momzillas of the Upper East Side.

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My viewing party was one of the lucky recipients to get a MiniBar mailed to us. We got a delicious sparkling wine and orange juice to make those mom-osa's.



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**I received a party pack with supplies to host a "National Mom's Nite Out" party. However, all opinions are 100% my own.


Did you know that May 7th was National Mom's Nite Out? I got my mom, sister and some friends together to celebrate the day while being kid-free! We do take the time to hang out together but it is always with the kids. While that is ok and the kids do have fun together there is always a kid asking for something or a little fight of no-sharing to break up, that us moms barely have a chance to chat. This time we got the help of the dad's to take the kids so that we could spend a couple of hours together for some movie watching, snack eating and crafting.

As soon as my guest walked in they were greeted with a table full of snacks! We had cookies, muffins and party mixes that were generously supplied in our party pack. We were also gifted some beautiful wine glasses that we would decorate later.


As soon as everyone was in, we got comfy on the couches and some chairs and watched the hilarious "Mom's Night Out" movie. It was fun to watch as we could all definitely relate to the craziness of being a mom and trying to find time for ourselves. While the movie was playing I got out some colorful puffy fabric paint and let the moms each decorate their own glass.



After the glass painting and movie we had fun with the photo props! After that I handed out the gift bags that had some HP Photo paper, Sunkist fruit gellies and some more yummy muffins from Entenmann's.



I wish the party could have lasted longer but all us mommies had to get back to our beautiful children. We vowed to have these Mom's Nite Out parties more than once a year.

Did you celebrate National Mom's Nite Out?

**I received the product below free for my review. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be a good fit for my readers. All opinions are 100% my own.

One of my favorite memories as a kid growing up was going to Disney World! I can remember it like it was yesterday. I remember searching the whole entire park for Minnie Mouse and being so excited when I finally saw her and got to take a picture with her. Then was the magical and huge Cinderella castle that you could just walk through. We also did all the rides like Dumbo, Space Mountain and Small World.


When I found out I was pregnant with a little girl I thought about all the fun we would have together playing with Disney Princesses. I made her an entire bedding of Ariel "The Little Mermaid" and hoped she would love them just as much as I did. I guess I didn't have to try too hard because as soon as she was old enough to recognize characters she became obsessed with Minnie and Mickey and then the Disney Princesses.

When I got the email that I was picked to host a #DisneySide party with a Disney Princess Preschooler theme I was beyond excited for both my daughter and I. When I saw the huge box with the #DisneySide sticker on top I quickly brought it up the stairs and teared into it. I was so pleased to see an enormous supply of Sofia the First party supplies with lots of Mickey and Disney fun things to do.


We were going to do a Sofia the First 3rd Party for my daughter in May so it was the perfect opportunity to throw a test party with my daughter, her cousins and friends. Unfortunately the horrible weather kept some of her friends away but we still had fun.


I think my nephew's favorite part of the party was the Mickey face chicken nuggets we served.


For my daughter is had to be the Sofia the First cupcakes we had fun decorating. We found the templates for the Sofia the First cupcake picks at Growing Up Bilingual. I couldn't find the link again where I printed the cupcakes from so if you know, please email the link so that I can give proper credit.


My nieces' favorite part was getting one of the Palace Pets that came in our party kit.


We then played pin the smile on Mickey that both the adults and kids had fun doing.


At the end I handed out all of the Disney reading materials and CDs to the adults. We are all starting to plan a trip for the summer so it came really handy.


What is your favorite Disney memory? How do you show your #DisneySide?