Birthday Party Camp Out

What happens when your kids want a "camp out" for their birthday, and you're a family that camps?  Well, it's taken literally.  What happens when the mom is also an event planner and can't seem to get her head around "just cupcakes" or S'mores while camping (and she's incredibly busy with a large wedding the weekend before)?  She turns to PrintMagic on Etsy a couple of months in advance, a local print shop (and a pair of scissors) in the weeks prior, and a well-stocked small bag by the week of the camping trip.  With 2 adults, 3 kids, and 2 boxers on a camping trip, there really isn't room for a full spread, but a few mini-muffins, some eggless cupcakes, some homemade caramel popcorn, and S'more kits worked wonders for the wilderness.

Favors consisted of a pouch and lanyard for each child to use while hiking.  Inside the pouches were crayons, pencils, notepads, magnifying glasses, and flashlights.

Bento: Preschool Boy Girl Twins - Ladybug and Frog

Our almost 3 year old twins have started a Parents' Day Out program once a week, and it's time to get back in the swing of things in lunch-packing!
The larger purple and green containers that hold the lunches are from Laptop Lunches.
Inside are an assortment of silicone muffin/cupcake liners.  I picked up the ladybugs and frogs on clearance at my local grocery store, some on sale at World Market, and some on Amazon. I need to find some food picks to match the bug and frog theme to use in the cheese and tomato type foods.
This lunch is filled with banana chips, blueberry yogurt covered raisins, cheese crackers, Tillamook cheese cubes, Cheerios, and a grape tomato. 
Our little people like to try lots of different things, but won't eat a full serving of much of anything.  Their school is peanut and tree nut free, so I rest easy about my little guy, but I would be in huge trouble if our oldest attended school there.

Birthday Banner

I found some adorable birthday banners on Etsy, but I couldn't justify spending the money on them when I knew I could make them myself in a relatively short amount of time.  I made these last month (before the Cricut came to live in our home.)  So, these are all printed and hand cut pieces.  Each letter is 3 layers: black cardstock, red cardstock, white cardstock with printed black letters. If I were to make them again, it should be much easier and can use the Cricut to cut the letters for me.  I chose to string all of the letters for each banner on one ribbon to prevent undue stress points.  I will say that hand-tying 3 layers of ribbon between each letter took more time than I anticipated.