Lizards, Chameleons, & Snakes-- Oh My!

The McCarthy house was filled with family & friends to celebrate Christian's 8th Birthday this past Saturday. This year's theme-- REPTILES! We hired a little shop (REPTILES UNLIMITED) in Long Beach to come to our house and give about twenty kids a one hour reptile show. They brought some lizards, an itty-bitty chameleon, and SNAKES *shivering*. I stayed clear of the scary looking ones as did most of the adults that attended the party (lol) but the kids were right up in the mix. Christian amazed me. He held every reptile with NO FEAR. Ally was fine as well- casually strolling by to see what was being presented and then bounced right back over to the jumper- which she called HER jumper. It is funny how a few REPTILES and a jumper (it's NOT a party without the jumper) can put smiles on the kid's faces! All of the time spent preparing was worth every smile I saw this weekend :) Here are a few pictures of our day in Sunny California.

We are having a party over here!!!

Goodie Bags: Little Chameleons. They took awhile to make but QUALITY work- lol

The Army of Chameleons

Jumper Fun- Andrew sneaking in the shot of the girls 

Christian wants one- could you imagine this thing loose in the house?

All Smiles

Ally Kat showing NO FEAR

He is familiar with these little guys- Uncle Mikey has had a few chameleons over the past 10+ years

Happy :)

Showing off the turtle

Looking so grown up

Bonnie the VERY heavy snake

Birthday Buddies ❀

Fun Times

Ally Kat ☼

I like to... Move It Move It :)

The Snake Cake: Made by Mommy with LOVE ❤

Christian's snake cake filled with vanilla pudding & fresh bananas laying in a field of toasted coconut (thanks Daddy for toasting the coconut) - YUM

Birthday Boy & Mommy ❤

Happy 8th Birthday Christian

Mommy loves you :)


Thanks everyone that came to celebrate with us and Christian thanks you for the wonderful gifts :)

- Simply Me ♡

Hello Blogspot

So I finally did it. I finally started my blog- YAY!!! This one is going to be short since I have so much to do. Christian, my son, is turning the BIG 8 on the 10th and I need to get started on all of the fun stuff.

Christian: The Birthday Boy

Parties for the McCarthy family consists of a lot of homemade, crafty things and of course FOOD- go figure having 2 chefs in the house. I have been told that I do sometimes get carried away with the small things but I love to make little goodies for the kids and bake- ohhh how I love to BAKE. I can't help it if I like to get all "Martha Stewart". This weekend is going to consist of shopping, cleaning, cutting out little chameleons (it's a reptile party- what fun huh), some more shopping & a little football considering Sunday is Super Bowl. 

Wish me LUCK!

 -Simply ME ♡