The Joys of Boys http://www.thejoysofboys.com All things Boy: Activities, recipes, DIY, Science projects and Crafts for Boys. Sat, 18 May 2013 17:47:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Ultimate Sports Birthday Party http://www.thejoysofboys.com/2013/05/15/ultimate-sports-birthday-party/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ultimate-sports-birthday-party http://www.thejoysofboys.com/2013/05/15/ultimate-sports-birthday-party/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 23:35:50 +0000 Kara http://www.thejoysofboys.com/?p=3079
Sports Birthday Party, Pool Noodle Target

This past weekend we survived celebrated my son’s 7th birthday party with 14 of his friends.  He loves playing sports and even says he wants to be a professional basketball player when he grows up so we knew that a Sports Birthday Party was in order. As I showed you last week we made a [...]

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Sports Cupcakes

Last week I shared my son’s M&M’s basketball cake that we made for his 7th birthday.  Since his birthday fell during the week we did his sports party with friends this weekend and needed a little treat to give to them.  Of course we thought of sports cupcakes.  I will be sharing all of the [...]

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DIY cake stand

This week I shared my son’s basketball birthday cake and promised to share how to make an easy DIY cake stand. I have a nice, glass cake stand that I normally use for our cakes but I had a specific look in mind.  After looking online for a plain metal cake stand and seeing that [...]

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Basketball cake

Yesterday we celebrated the 7th birthday of one of the coolest kids I know. When he grows up he wants to be a professional basketball player so naturally he would want a basketball cake for his birthday. I love using M&Ms to decorate cakes and the last M&M cake we made was the Angry Birds [...]

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Mother's Day Stories

Can you believe that this week marks 1 year that I started my blog?  Well, maybe you can, but I can’t.  That means 1 year of Monday Motivations (minus a few missed weeks when life got in the way). Since Mother’s Day is this weekend I thought it would be fun to go back over [...]

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10 Tips for Legoland Vacation

As mentioned in my 10 Reasons to Visit Legoland post, we returned from Legoland, CA last week.  Today I am sharing some of the tips and tricks I learned to help you in planning the ultimate Lego adventure. Legoland : 10 Tips to Know Before You Go 1-Check the time/dates that the park is open. [...]

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Legoland Hotel

This past week I have been recovering from our family vacation to Southern CA.   If you have ever traveled for any amount of time with little kids, you know the week after your vacation is all about recuperating from your vacation.  Agree? As promised, this week I will be sharing my favorite things we [...]

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He's Just a Little Boy

It’s baseball season in my neck of the woods,  which means we have been spending A LOT of time at the ball park. With my two oldest playing, we are averaging 4 games/week plus practices on top.  It can get crazy but baseball is my sport. My boys play soccer and basketball at other times [...]

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White Cloud Diapers

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of White Cloud Diapers. All opinions are my own. This past week I was given the opportunity to try out White Cloud Diapers .  Walmart is currently reintroducing White Cloud Diapers as a more affordable option for busy parents.  I’ll be honest, I am a [...]

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You Are Special

I’ve been doing a bit of spring cleaning this past month and I came across this book, hiding on one of my bookshelves: You Are Special by Max Lucado.  I received this book from one of my favorite teachers when I graduated high school and as I re-read the note he wrote me in the [...]

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