All about me & my crazy life

I plan to give you a brief down & dirty here in this post of who I am!

Who am I? Well, I maybe a lot like you! I am 32 years old working full time trying to juggle family, friends, work & everything else I have over committed myself to.

I am a fun loving fearless Gemini. I am opinionated & strong willed, which is sometimes confused with stubbornness. Honestly I don't care what others think of me, cuz it you don't like me or how I live my life than we will agree to disagree.

I am caring & loving & will go to the ends of the earth to help my family & friends but watch out if you screw me over or piss me off you will have to deal with my wrath!! I am accused of having control issues (sometimes) & maybe I do but I am just a take charge kind of gal who happens to be uber organized!

FAMILY

I have been married to a great guy for 9 years & well we have a great marriage, it's not perfect but I have learned that perfect is BORING! My hubby is a wonderful dad & a great husband even when he is driving me crazy & we don't see eye to eye.

My son is 6 years old & is the joy of my life. We tried for 2 years & had a miscarriage before being blessed with him. It was a tough road to get him here & has been a equally tough road since he has been here. In addition to other issues he has had, he began wearing glasses when he was 6 mos old & was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome when he was 3 years old.

More children are in our plan but.....we are just not sure how that part of the plan maybe implemented. Two years ago we lost a twin pregnancy at 11 1/2 weeks & haven't been successful since.

I am extremely close to my mom, dad, brother & grandparents. Whom you will hear about in my posts!

WORK

I work outside the home at a private university full time ( 40+ hours). I work in facilities & do planning & construction management. Well I love my job it is in a male dominated profession so I am constantly fighting to show that I am not just some "young girl" & even worse is that working here & not having a 4 year degree is looked down upon - never mind years of experience or job performance. I constantly feel like I am swimming up stream (but that is for another post)

FRIENDS

I have my best friend who I have know for 12+ years, she is my best friend & my son's godmother. She truly is my partner in crime. Oh the stories she could tell, luckily I have no plans to run to a elected office anytime soon unless PTA counts!

I also have a group of 4 other mom's who are a amazing support system for me & my son. We all have only children which always makes for a interesting dynamic!!!

MY PLANS FOR THIS BLOG

I am new to blogging & thought that it maybe relaxing to share my thoughts & craziness with others. I plan to blog about my life, work, what it is like raising a special needs child including the joys & struggles, being over committed & working on how to say NO.

All about Lego's - The birthday party

I planned & planned for two months Jake's Lego party & then I got sick the night before luckly I was well organized & had a plan so all went smoothly. I thought since I survied & everyone had a great time that I would share our "game plan" & ideas :)

Invites
I used Blue card stock which I glued a long (8dot) Lego to the front & two smaller sqauare Legos on the back diagonally in each corner - On the front I printed - Calling all Brick Masters to help us celebrate Jakes 6th birthday & on the back was all the details.

Decorations
We bought 30lbs of Legos which we separated by color & had in containers down the middle of children tables (which we rented) We used the primary colors as decorations with blue, red & yellow streamers & had red & blue table cloths & red napkins w/blue plates.

I also made Lego placemats using information I had found online. The placemats had information about the history of Lego how Legos are made, including the shop drawing of a Lego, Lego fun facts online & the history of the Mini Fig.

I bought 3 Lego posters on Ebay (Agents, Coast guard & Castle) which I framed with cheap poster frames from IKEA & hung up around our patio. I also got 2 large red plastic Lego signs (like the store signs) from brinklink ($9.99 ea) & had 1 in the front yard & one hung up in the back.

Games
When the children arrived it was free building for ½ hour & then lunch.

After lunch we played LEGO (bingo) with cards that we made using Lego pieces as the markers.

Then I handed out the party favors which were Lego racers & had each child build one & then we had races down the ramp my husband built (isn't he handy!!)

We had a Legoville Piñata filled with candy & a couple of brick separators & piñata filler

Party Favors/Prizes
Prizes – For Lego (bingo) I had mini Lego city sets (3.49 ea) & for the Races I found on ebay these cool small foam like lego bricks (like those stress relievers)

Favors – Lego Race cars, placemats & I was able to get (again on ebay for a $1ea) the tall Lego store cups w/lids which I handed out for there loot for the Piñata instead of bags.

Cake
It was two bricks one yellow & one blue. The nubs were mini cupcakes. We were lucky & found someone to make it for us because my practice efforts did not turn out well. The lady who made the cakes said the secret was to frost them using a whipped cream based frosting or else the frosting is too stiff!