Dress Up Disney Days Polynesian Resort

We have a large family. Summer finds our family spread out in all directions. We still want to spend fun quality time together. We thought it would be nice to begin our Disney Dress Up Days project.

With Dad working and three children away, four of us set out to explore Walt Disney World's Polynesian Resort!

We planned our trip including a special dress up day. We thought it would be fun to wear summer dresses for the ladies and a Disney Hawaiian shirt for the young master.

We found the resort to be nicely themed, fun and it smells incredible. The aromatic lobby is filled with the wonderful scent of the Polynesian restaurants. Oh it smells so incredible.

We walked around and took a few snapshots of our visits. We were sure to swing by the front desk to request a lei for each of us. We may even wear hula skirts next time! We had a great time! We especially love the lit torches in the evening and the food!

Dress Up Disney Days

We are a Disney loving family! There's really something special about crossing the threshold of a Disney theme park or resort. Set free the everyday stress and worry.

Visiting Disney has been a family favorite destination since before our family was established. We love to have fun, enjoy family quality time and just let loose.

As we tend to visit Disney, dream of Disney vacations and simply enjoy a fun, family friendly environment, we thought of a fun vacation idea.

I love that when you visit Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park, many guest tend to dress for the occasion. It is common to see individuals wearing khaki shorts and similar "Safari" style clothing.

We decided that we would enjoy dressing up to visit not only the theme parks but perhaps the resorts and BEYOND!

Over the course of our visits,  we shall plan fun family dress up days! We are looking forward to Disney Dress Up Days!

Happy Independence Day America

The Mommies and Beyond family wish you all a Happy, fun and safe 4 th of July!

Win An Awesome Sewing Machine

As you know, I just love doing craft projects! I stumbled upon an opportunity to win a sewing machine!

I love to sew by hand, embroider and cross-stitch! However, I am not a skilled machine sewer. I would love to learn how to machine embroider and to use a sewing machine!

If you would like to throw your name in the hat, enter to win a wonderful sewing machine. Enter Here:

Summer Cool Homemade Treats

Summer days bring hot weather. Beat the heat with a fun no cook treat. Gather your littles to whip up a treat.

My children enjoy getting into the kitchen to give a hand. Let your children enjoy the time in the kitchen creating an Icecream treat!

When I went to the grocery store today,  I picked up a publication that the grocery store offers free to shoppers. Publix featured recipes for making your own ice pops including chocolate cream pop, watermelon layered pop, Kiwi Peach Pop, Bounty Berry Chunky pop, Orange Cream pop, and a coconut cream pop! The pops look fun, cooling and delicious! I definitely plan to try out some of these recipes. In the meantime, I'm going to play with what's in the pantry!

When I was a little girl, we had the plastic containers to freeze your own juice to make popsicles! I currently do not have any of these fun containers so we improvised!

We found a few muffin tins and homemade food picks/cupcake toppers that were leftover from a holiday crafts show. We whipped up both instant chocolate pudding and vanilla pudding.

I had two special helpers! Miss.S. and Mr.K. helped me with each step of the process.

We made the pudding, filled the muffin tins,inserted the food picks in the center of the pudding and then placed the pans in the freezer.

After dinner, we enjoyed the pudding pops while watching Big Brother!

Frozen Birthday

My Miss. J. celebrated her 17 th birthday recently. It seems like just yesterday I was sharing her 13 th birthday with you on my previous blog Mommies and Beyond dot com ( before losing my url.)

She has grown into such a wonderful and intelligent young lady. I am very proud to be her mother!

Happy Birthday Miss.J.

I Forgot The Happy 4th Of July Banner

I am still playing around with my Cricut and Craft scraps. I gave away the majority of my craft supply when we moved. Unfortunately, I just love doing crafts projects. The lack of supplies and a zero craft balance really limits my creativity. However,  thankfully, I have my scraps!

So, I decided to throw together a 4th of July banner. It helps to decorate my office and can be seen as you enter the living room.White walls can be so boring and blah.

So, I worked with the resources that I have and created a little banner. I still have a lot of practice to go before my banners will meet my approval but in the meantime, it is fun and great for my soul to create!

I think this one could be better. It is definitely lacking something. Perhaps, it would have been better as one strand if a banner rather than three? It actually hung on the wall for two days before I realized that I actually forgot the Happy. How could I have forgotten the Happy?  What was I thinking ? Anyway,  I wish everyone a Happy and Safe 4th of July!