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.

 

 

 

 

 

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.

Wreck It Ralph Review!

 

Storyline

Follows an arcade game Bad Guy determined to prove he can be a Good Guy.

Wreck-It Ralph (voice of Reilly) longs to be as beloved as his game’s perfect Good Guy, Fix-It Felix (voice of McBrayer). Problem is, nobody loves a Bad Guy. But they do love heroes… so when a modern, first-person shooter game arrives featuring tough-as-nails Sergeant Calhoun (voice of Lynch), Ralph sees it as his ticket to heroism and happiness. He sneaks into the game with a simple plan—win a medal—but soon wrecks everything, and accidentally unleashes a deadly enemy that threatens every game in the arcade. Ralph’s only hope? Vanellope von Schweetz (voice of Silverman), a young troublemaking “glitch” from a candy-coated cart racing game who might just be the one to teach Ralph what it means to be a Good Guy. But will he realize he is good enough to become a hero before it’s “Game Over” for the entire arcade?

On Blu-ray & DVD:	Tuesday, March 5, 2013 Released; Now Available Buy or Rent Availability
Director:	Rich Moore
Cast:	John C. Reilly . . . Wreck-It Ralph Jack McBrayer . . . Fix-It Felix Jane Lynch . . . Sergeant Calhoun Sarah Silverman . . . Vanellope von Schweetz
Companies:	Walt Disney Pictures& 1 more
Rating:	PG for some rude humor and mild action/violence.
Runtime:	1 hour, 48 minutes

My Review:

Wreck it Ralph is an awesome movie! Disney has done it again! Instant classic for sure! Its a heart warming animation about the bad guy, from the classic game Fix It Felix Jr., Wreck it Ralph. And a little cutie pie named Venelope von Schweets. They become friends and have an awesome adventure together! This movie is said to be the best animated film since Toy Story 3. It is terrific and I am in love with it and so are my kids! And if you want to play the 3 main games featured in the film you can on your computer and do some other super cool stuff on Disney.go.com 

 

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!

Green Rice Pudding

Green Rice Pudding

Ingredients:
1 3/4 cup milk
1/2 cup instant white rice
2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons raisins (optional)
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 egg
1/2 tsp vanilla
2-3 drops green food coloring

1. Combine milk, rice, sugar, raisins and salt in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Reduce heat to just below medium and simmer for 6 mins. Stir occasionally.

2. Beat egg and vanilla in a separate bowl and add the hot rice mixture to the egg mixture a teaspoon at a time until the they are at a warm temperature. About 6-7 teaspoons.

3. While constantly stirring add the egg mixture to the pot with the rest of the warm rice ingredients. Cook on low heat for 1 minute without boiling then remove from heat. Stir in green food coloring. 

4. Let stand for 30 mins. Garnish with a sprinkle of cinnamon. Serve warm or chilled, store any leftovers in the fridge.

I love rice pudding.

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.