Last weekend, we took the afternoon and headed to the beach. We have beautiful lakes around us. We are about 15 minutes only from Lake Michigan, and also have several lakes here in LaPorte too.

Packing a Picnic for the Beach can be lots of fun, but sometimes tricky, because you don’t want to take food that will melt, like chocolate, or food that will fill you up too much and make you feel heated in the weather. Even though I REALLY wanted to take some Beach Cupcakes with us!

While the kids were getting their “gear” ready, I cut the bread with cookie cutters for sandwiches. Then while I made a late breakfast, the kids put the sandwiches together.

They made Peanut Butter & Jelly, and some Ham & cheese. We also used a Melon Baller
and made some Fruit Kabobs with Watermelon, Cantelope, Strawberries and Blueberries.

Sorry, my pictures are from the beach, not at all fancy this time. But a very good lunch though, my son said…”I love this lunch, so simple, yet just perfect!”

I added some bottled water with Mix’ins, that way we covered both bases with drinks, a bag of chips and some snack crackers.

The kids had fun playing in the sand, and we all built a very “lovely” castle.

Are you a beach lover? What do you pack in your Picnic Basket?

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It’s been such a long time since I’ve shared a Wordless Wednesday post, and I had these great pictures from our weekend at the Lake, I just had to share. Plus, you know, my other blog, It’s A Blog Party…we have Wordless Wednesday every week! So I just had to join in the fun!

One of Doug’s part-time accounts, let us use his Chalet for the weekend. The kids enjoyed fishing, and swimming. I enjoyed laying around, most of the time. We went to our Hometown Parade, that has over 100 units. And of course, fireworks.

How did you celebrate the 4th?

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Last weekend, my oldest son, Andrew, graduated from High School. We had just a small party, but I still wanted to decorate for him.

I used an orange and black piece of fabric, because those are the school colors. And simply added items that had meaning.

• Trophies that he won
• A Rock Band guitar, because he is a big game player
• Pez that he collects
• Monopoly, his favorite game (Nightmare Before Christmas Edition)
• A Nightmare Before Christmas Figure
• A T-shirt from Camp in 4th. grade
• Some movie mylars ( he LOVES the movies, and works at the theatre)
• A book that one of his classes made this year in school
• A drawing that he did several years ago
• And the MOST amazing drawing he has ever made (self-portrait)
• And of course, his diploma

You could most certainly change this to fit any Celebration!

• A Birthday
• A Promotion
• Anniversary
• Any milestone…maybe even Summer Reading program

You could also change it, and place some items on a table, or shelf. It doesn’t have to be a Mantle. Have fun and think outside the box for your own Celebration Mantle!

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