Monday 25 March 2013

Ogoplay Party!

 
So my little girl had her 3rd birthday party at Ogoplay. It was a blast! Ogoplay is West Kelowna's first indoor playground. It consists of a huge play area with like 4 different levels, probably around 20 different areas to explore within the playground, 4 very fast red slides, a swirly green slide, a small yellow slide, a small zipline type thing you see at most school playgrounds, and numerous obstacles throughout. Outside of the playground they have a dragon bouncy house, a toddler area with soft easy to climb around on structures and a small, soft slide, a merry go round, a miniature Ferris wheel ride, a ride on Lightning Mcqueen, toy dispensers, candy crane, and of course the concession! The prices are very reasonable considering what you get for your money. 
 
 
 
Hours
  • Monday Closed Except Holidays
  • Tuesday………. 10am – 6pm
  • Wednesday….. 10am – 6pm
  • Thursday…….. 10am – 6pm
  • Friday…………. 10am – 7pm
  • Saturday…….. 10am – 7pm
  • Sunday……….. 10am – 5pm
 
 
 
Admission Rates

Toddlers under 3 years…$ 5.95
Children 3 years and older…$10.95
Additional Adult/Teens (16+)…$ 2.95
 
Membership
     
Family Annual Membership – based on family of four (2 adults and 2 children)… $259.00  * Each additional child + $59.00.
Kids (3yrs and older) Annual Membership… $139.00
Toddlers (under 3yrs) Annual Membership… $79.00
Kids (3yrs and older) 6 Visit Punch pass… $55.00
Toddlers (under 3yrs) 6 Visit Punch pass… $30.00
 
 
These are the awesome goodie bags I made to go with our Ogoplay theme! They turned out really good!
  
 
 
Here is my little angel before the party, I bought her this really cute iron on from ebay that says "Its my 3rd birthday" with her name on the bottom. She looked so cute!
 
 
Here is the sign they had for our party room!
 
 
My son in the bouncy house.
 
 
Brooke taking a quick break before running to play again.
 
 
Brooke in the bouncy house. 
 
 
 
 
Brooke and Ashton bouncing in circles.
 
 
 Brooke riding on the Lightning Mcqueen ride.
 
  
 
 
 
 Ashton striking a pose for the camera.
 
 
 
 
The super fast red slides. 
 
 
 
 
Brooke and Ashton on the merry go round. 
 
 
 
 
 
Some of our party guests. We had 8 kids there. 
 
 
Me and Brooke 
 
 
The Birthday cake! 
 
 
 
 Brooke sitting on her dads lap to open presents. 
 

 
 
 
 And that was our Ogoplay party! We had a great time and cant wait to go back. For more information visit www.ogoplay.ca!
 
 
 
Easter is coming and I need to decorate a little bit. But I will not buy any decorations. So we made our own eggs to hang on the wall with just construction paper and crayons. It doesn't get any easier, or cheaper. The kids really enjoy seeing their art displayed around the house, they love making them, and I save money. Now that is a win win!

 
 
 
 Brooke made the purple egg and Tyson helped me with the yellow one and did his own green one. Very cute!
 
 
 And of course we cannot forget my sweet baby Troy. He is growing like a weed and is such a good baby. He is going to be crawling in no time. He is now 4 months old.

 
 
 Make your own baby wipes, check out wellness mama.
 
 
 
 
 

Friday 22 March 2013

Soothing Foot Bath and Cream


We all need a bit of self care these days. Take the time to relax your feet and make your own DIY foot soak and foot cream!

Soothing Footbath:
  • 1 tablespoon sea salt
  • 2 drops lavender essential oil
  • 1 drop rosemary essential oil
  • 1 drop geranium essential oil
  • 1/2 cup epsom salts
1. Fill the tub or soaking pan with nice warm water enough to cover the feet.

2. Stir in the oils and epsom salts until the salts dissolve.

3. Soak for 10 mins or more, you can keep adding more warm water and sit til your satisfied.

Foot Cream:
  • 1/2 cup grated or shaved beeswax
  • 3/4 cup almond oil or coconut oil
1. Place the beeswax and oil in a double boiler over simmering water. Mix until they are well blended and the wax is melted.

2. Remove from heat and pour into two 4 ounce containers with tight fitting lids.

3. Allow to cool before applying to feet. Spread on feet before bed and cover with soft cotton socks. In the morning your feet are going to feel amazing.

After my feet are relaxed and super soft I clip my toenails and apply a strengthening clear coat to keep my nails looking nice. You can always apply color of course, I'm just not a colorful toenail kind of girl!

Do your kids love finger painting as much as mine do? I hate buying finger paints because they vanish so quickly and can be pretty costly. So I make my own for next to nothing.

Wednesday 6 March 2013

Fluffy Golden Coin Pancakes


Ingredients:

3/4 cup of milk
2 tablespoons white vinegar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup all purpose flour
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 egg
2 tablespoons melted butter
6-7 drops yellow food coloring

1. Begin by adding the milk and vinegar to a large bowl. Stir an let stand for 5 mins to "sour". After 5 minutes stir in sugar, vanilla, egg and melted butter.

2. Add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt. Stir until all the lumps are gone. Add in your food coloring til you get your desired color.

3. Cook by 1/4 cup of batter at a time on a large skillet or griddle on medium heat until bubbles appear on surface, flip and cook til brown on the other side about 2 mins.

You cant really tell from the pictures how beautifully yellow or golden they are but trust me they look nice. You can garnish them with something green like kiwi, honeydew, or a mint leaf for that added St. Patricks Day touch.


This is a really nice fluffy pancake mix. I have tried quite a few because I love pancakes and this is a winner!



I am in desperate need of a new skillet. This one has seen better days!


Here is my lovely stack of golden coin pancakes! Yummy!

Monday 4 March 2013

Hanging Shamrocks


Hanging Shamrocks:

You will need:

green construction paper
crayons
glitter
stickers
or anything you want to decorate them with
scissors
string

1. Cut out as many shamrocks as you want or need, I made 4 just because. You can find a template online or just freestyle it like I did.

2. Decorate your shamrocks any way you like. We just colored ours with crayons and markers. The possibilities are endless, you can use glue, and green glitter to make them all sparkly, use themed stickers etc.

3. Poke a hole in the top so you can thread some string through to hang them.

4. Now thread the string through and hang them where you want.

Simple and super cute!


Here is my freestyle shamrock, pretty good if I say so myself.


And my little girl and I got hard at work with all our markers and crayons.


She scribbles away very focused on the task at hand.

One of our favorite things to do is color so we had fun!


And here is what they looked like when finished.


Pretty cute.


My oldest passed out on the floor while we did our art work.


And my youngest was supervising!
All in all a pretty successful craft.


Saturday 2 March 2013

St. Patricks Day Glossy Rainbow

For today we did our own St. Patties Day decorations to keep the kids busy and try and make my little guy feel better, he loves to paint. 

I recently read this cute post on www.Icanteachmychild.com for making a shiny rainbow by painting with corn syrup and food coloring. So we did that today and kept things simple:

You will need:

blank paper
corn syrup
food coloring
paint brushes or q-tips
cotton balls (optional)

1. Begin by adding dollops of corn syrup either in seperate bowls or on a plate. In each dollop of syrup add food coloring and stir. Use more or less depending on how dark you want your colors.

2. Let the fun begin by letting your kids paint their rainbows, or whatever you or they feel like painting. I chose a rainbow because I am trying to stick with the st. patties theme. But you can use this method to paint anything you like. It looks stunning when it dries, its so shiny.

3. Let dry and enjoy your artwork. Be careful though because it is syrup it will never completely dry out. It will remain sticky. 






That's my rainbow and my sons. My daughter went the freestyle route. Hope you had some fun today!