Men Wax

Yesterday morning the Hubs leaves for his haircut. No big deal, he goes to one of the "quick, no appointment" joints that I will never set foot in. 

(Not Great Clips, I have begged and pleaded for him to NEVER go there again. His hairline quickly vanishes and they leave crazy amounts of neck hair. Not cool, Great Clips, not cool.)

So he is now going to what I call "a step above Great Clips". Still a quick, cheap haircut.

So I'm at home, outside with Ella and Jack and I get this text.

First, I LOVE that she offered to clean up the brows. I've done that for him once and while I may have gone a little overboard, they look much better with a good ole trim.

Second, I couldn't wait to see the newly waxed brows of my man. I was dying with anticipation. I may have had this image in my head for a minute of two though...
 

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Third, it was only $10. If my brow wax was $10 I'd be jumping for joy. 

Finally, I love that he knows the pain we girls go through all in the name of beauty. 

He went to Home Depot after the haircut and it seemed like HOURS to me. I called and begged for a photo. I mean, I had already sent a copy of that text to his Mom, Sister and two Brother's and their respect girlfriends, I needed a photo! They needed a photo. 

He flat out refused to hand over such thing. "I knew you would be sending it to everyone so no." 

Dang.

He knows me all too well.

His turned out great by the way. They are still quite "manly" but minus the crazy randoms. I've already told him if he won't get the strays waxed in the future, then I will pluck them for him because I loved the result that much. We don't want this...

Babe - if you get to this point when we are older, I will have them come to our Assisted Living condo on the beach and wax you. 

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Happy wife = happy life!

The Proposal - not mine.

A couple of week's ago I was helping plan my brother in law's surprise party. 

Only, he was in on it. Yes, you read that right. He knew about it. 

His girlfriend on the other hand did not know he was in cahoots with me.

You see, he had been planning on popping the big question to his girlfriend since last summer. He just needed the perfect proposal. He wanted something that they could share with their friends and family.

Sometime in early December he approached my Husband (his brother) about throwing a fake surprise 30th Birthday for him and he would do it there. It would surely be a time when she did not expect it. He just needed some help from me.

After Christmas, I planted the seed in his future bride's mind. "How much fun would it be to throw a surprise 30th?!" I asked her.

She took the bait hook, line and sinker. She actually ran with it. Months of planning, messaging and excitement over this birthday party.

The party was a success! They came in, everyone yelled "SURPRISE!" He had the best poker face. 

 

Then 10 minutes later he took the mic. It was supposedly a "thank you for coming speech". She had no idea.

 

She just sat listening to his speech, ready to take the mic away. Ha, ha!

 

 Then he called her up front to thank her for throwing this great party.

 And popped the question!

She said yes.

Then of course, I had to make a shirt for Jack to wear at the party. 

It say's "My Uncle Chad put a ring on it."

Now don't worry... The baby did not stay at the bar for very long. Just for the "surprise" then some photos.

It was one of the cutest proposals I've ever seen! I cannot wait for the wedding plans, parties AND another great Sister in Law! Woo hooo!

SPD '12 - We are Young

Saturday was "SPD '12" according to the back of our t-shirts. I designed our t-shirts this year and I'll have to admit...they were pretty sweet if I do say so myself. They did cause some confusion amongst the impaired that night. There were many debating what they meant.

Not too difficult...

We spent the day at the in-laws hanging outside enjoying this beautiful summer like weather MN is currently hosting. It was nearly 80 degrees out. In March. In Minnesota. Unreal.

Jack had some March Madness and decided to learn to dunk at the tender age of 20 months. The boy has some skills.

We did venture out the the "Adult Party" later that night for about an hour. They had the streets closed off for SPD. There's just something about overflowing Biffy's that makes me run home screaming. Disgusting. 

 My future sister in law was hit on by the Triple D (dancing drunk dude), she had the best denial line of the night. It went something like this:

Triple D - "Hey beautiful, would you like to dance?" with a nice blurred vision twitch.

Future SIL - "I'm sorry, I've had diarrhea all day. I don't want to get you sick!"

 An hour was long enough to hang out. Plus, the street vendor food truck man was out of Cheese Curds. Plus, we had to take home an intoxicated friend before he was sent to detox. Oh to be the responsible ones at the party.

I almost made it the entire night without an injury. 

Almost.

You know that horrible feeling you get when your going down stairs and you miss a step? You know, mid air and you think to yourself "shoot, I think there's one more step...OUCH". 

Yeah, that was me Saturday right before bed. 

My poor little/fat/swollen toe.

Sorry if your grossed out by feet. I had to show you my fat, bruised toe. Ha, ha! Oh and ignore the botch paint job. I was in a hurry.

In case your wondering, yes, I can pick up a golf ball with my toes.

I just can't get enough of this song. It's been on repeat all weekend. The video is a bit strange but whateves.

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Happy Birthday Babe!

Today is my Husband's Birthday. 

 

Oh, how I love thee. Let me count the ways.

Your the BEST Dad I know. 

 

You can do a pretty decent underwater handstand.

 

You are a sucker for a board game.

And apparently, the dunk tank.

You carry my purse when I ask...

You put up with my competitive side.

 

{We were cheering for different teams, I may or may not be the person giving his hat the finger...}

No explanation for this one.

You always say "yes" when I ask to play Ultimate Charades.

Most of all.

Your the best friend I could ask for. 

Happy Birthday Babe! 

Cheers to many more! You + me til the end!

SMOOOOOOOOOOOOCH!

The prettiest cupcakes you'll ever see....

Saturday morning, my girls decided they wanted to do something "fun". 

My answer was "isn't every day  filled with fun around here?"

So I sent them to Pinterest. To find whatever desert they wanted to make. I told them to find something we could make for the Hubs birthday treat. His birthday is coming up so I thought this would be a good idea for a trial run!

Remember I told them to find what ever they wanted, anything.

I crossed my fingers and hoped for the best. After searching all the pretty desserts and finding a nice rainbow jello shot complete with a cherry, (I made her unpin that one, told her that little jello treat included alcohol) they found their project of the day.

Tie Dye Cupcakes

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This will be the cliff note version so bear with me. If you need more detailed instruction, go to the link above.

You'll need: 1 box of cake mix, 1 container of frosting, cup cake liners, food coloring and frosting tools (piping bag and tip).

1.  You just take your basic box mix, prepare batter as directed. 

(We used a box of Betty Crocker Yellow Cake Mix.)

2.  Divide batter into separate bowls. The number of bowls will depend on how many different colors you want. 

3.  Next, the fun part. You make each bowl the color you want, with food coloring. I would say, the brighter the color the better. Our pink was more of a dusty rose. Meh.

 (We did 5 different colors total, but the original yellow batter we counted as a color.)

3. Get your cupcake liners into place, then put a spoonful of batter in each liner. Do not mix them, just place the colors on top of each other.

4. Fill the liners 2/3 full.

5. Bake as directed on the box.

6. Completely cool the cupcakes.

6.  Now time to get your frosting colors ready. 

Divide your frosting into how ever many bowls you have for different colors. Add food coloring to make your desired color.

7. Add a spoonful of each color of frosting to your piping bag. Think of it as a circle. Add in accordingly. Make sure you add  a color to the middle too. Don't stress about this part though. It will work out in the end. Trust. Frost away!

(I didn't have a piping bag so I used a baggie and cut the corner to make my own. It did the job.)

(I need better frosting tools but whatever, this worked. I'm a rookie.)

8. Do not frost your cupcakes until they've cooled. They will turn out like this:

(I kind of like them like this.)

Overall, I thought these turned out pretty darn good for our first go at them. I found myself biting into a few of them just to see what the insides looked like. They were literally fun to eat. No worries, I gave most of them to my Hubby to finish. Your welcome babe!

Both girls have already requested these for their Birthday treats! 

I think we'll have to keep looking for another Birthday Treat for the Hubs though. These don't exactly scream "Happy Birthday Dad" to me.

A Blog Award - Whoop, whoop!

I received my very first blog award this week! 

What award is this you ask? Well, let me tell you...

This award is given to bloggers with less than 200 followers, and of course, when you pass it forward good things will happen :) I'm all about good karma and fun games so let's do this.

{1} Show your thanks to the blogger who gave you the award by linking back to them!

{2} Grant the award to 5 of your favorite bloggers with less than 200 followers & link them!

{3} Post the award on your blog!

{4} Bask in the love from the most supportive people on the Internet--other bloggers of course!

{5} And best of all--have fun & spread the karma!

 

Thank you Ophelia for the sweet shout out. If you don't know her, check her out. 

She's adorable, I swear. And she likes hockey. 

Now it's my turn.

My nominees are as follows:

1. KB @One Big Happy Family...Usually

2. Jessie @Lovely Just The Way I am

3. Erin @The Swanky Southern Yankee

4. Mama B @Life with The Bruneaus

5. Christina @And for good measure...

Product of the Week - Pure Illumination Lip Gloss

Product of the Week - Pure Illumination Lip Gloss

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I was introduced to this little gem last weekend. Not sure why I didn't think of it myself. This lip gloss is saweetness.

Pure Illumination is made by The Lano Company. Click here for their website. They even have light up nail polish...

There is a mirror AND led light built into the packaging. Let me tell you. Need to apply that gloss after dinner, all without leaving for the bathroom? Your golden. Sure the boys may make fun of you at the table and all the girls in the restaurant will stare with pure envy BUT you won't have it all over your face. This is pure genius I tell you. 

{That is pretty much what you'll look like while applying.}

They say my lip gloss is poppin'

my lip gloss is cool  

All the boys keep jocking  

They chase me after school

The gloss itself is made up of lanolin, jojoba, sweet almond oil and vitamin e.  So smooth on your kisser.

$20 for this beaut but if you want to splurge or need a unique gift idea for a girlfriend, this is a very good option.

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