HOLY LOVE GAME, BATMAN

It seems that a lot of ladies think that Valentines Day is all about US. We get the gifts and the flowers and the fancy dinners but what about our gentlemen friends? Let’s be honest ladies we can be a hand full! Our men deserve a special day just as much as we do! Jake even more so since I am a hand full but like the hands are that of giants! Of course, men are simple we all know what they really want come February 14TH!! But how to spice that up Valentines Day style …

I saw THIS idea and had to do it! Her’s is super cute but I wanted to put my own spin on it and you guessed it … that spin is BATMAN! Lord help me the day Jake is sick of Batman!

If you are attempting this which I hope you are cause … well … All the world needs now is love sweet love! You’ll need a fitted sheet (I just used an old one I had) some markers and the shape of your choice … the hardest part for me was finding time when Jake wasn’t home!

If you are OCD like me you can use some tape to help with your spacing. It also helped because I had to do it on two different days, like I said Jake was always home!!

Now start tracing your template. I printed out the Batman logo on some card stock which worked fine, you can use any ol’ shape you can find!

A few things to note: Be sure to have something UNDER the sheet to protect your mattress! If you see the original post you might notice that she has SO MANY squares! Like 60 or something! I was a little intimated trying to come up with that many ideas so fast so I was very liberal with my spacing. I only ended up having like 18 which was NOT enough! I guess I had more ideas then I thought … when we get a bigger bed in the future I’ll make this again and it will be even more awesome! I also I ran out of room for the game title … maybe more planning was in order!

I did get him a legit gift and planned to give it to him if he landed on the right “bat” but then I thought .. what if he passes it?!? I can’t give it to him for no reason! Trying to be sneaky I added some bats that said “back 1 bat” and “forward 2 bats” making sure he would land on it!

Here is how it went down! I used a Valentines heart box as the game piece and just stole a die from another game. In order to make the game last if he rolled an odd number he got to move one space and an even number two spaces … Jake didn’t like this because he kept rolling odd numbers! Each bat has a 90 second time limit so we didn’t get carried away! The rest you can figure out for yourself!

I love the skyline with the bat signal! Not only was this totally FREE, I can throw this bad boy on the bed WHENEVER I want to add a little somethin’ somethin’ to our night!

Here are a few of the Bats up close!

If your husband is really into sports I think doing a football field would be so cute!! I also like the original one with the red! Good luck ladies! Try not to be such a handful this week!

HAPPY WEEZER DAY

This morning I had a Pinterest WIN! I made these for Jake – his favorite!

I just need to tell the blogging world how much I love my husband! He is amazing for so many reasons but today I love him because he makes me laugh!

I came home to find him studying like this!

HE.IS.AWESOME!

It was on this day many years ago that Weezer had their first practice so happy Weezer Day to you!

BIG DAY : FINISHED PRODUCT

Even though no one mentioned it to me I gotta believe that everyone was green with envy over our sick sign-in table. The clouds, the bubbles and the posters … oh the posters! How could they not be?! I have made countless posts about bits and pieces of said table and today I would like to show you the finished protect as captured by My Camera Loves You. Thanks Brown for helping me set up.

I made the banner with fabric paint and hand made stencils. Click the following read up on the nitty gritty details.

BUBBLES

CLOUDS

LETTER CAGE

POSTERS

SIGN-IN BOXES

THE KISSES

Jake and I just celebrated his birthday and since it was our first one as a married couple awesomeness was a must. One thing about Jake is that he is so sweet and always gives me everything and anything I want so when I asked him about his birthday it came as no surprise that he told me that whatever I wanted was what he wanted. He says that all the time and it’s so sweet but it was HIS birthday! In order to make it easier on both of us I designed some “menus”!

The photo is one of our favorites and the kisses … well … there is a reason for that. Last year, his birthday was on a Thursday but he had plans so he came over the night before. I tried to make him a Batman cake, since he loves Batman but it ended up being a hot mess! After a few minutes the frosting for the logo smeared all over the place and it looked … yikes! I am a good cook but baking is different, oh it is different! During the wee hours of Thursday morning Jake and I talked and talked and then he kissed me! It was adorable and thinking about it makes me ear to ear smiles! Jake’s birthday is also our first kiss anniversary hence the kisses!

I made him his favorite breakfast and presented him with a gift and the menus for the evenings dinner and entertainment. Later that day I sent him a text saying that work was keeping me late and that he would be home before me … bwahahaha I actaully left work early so Whipple Scrumptious Cakes could deliver the cake that I ordered to surprise Jake, I wanted to get him a legit Batman cake to make up for the one a year ago! It tasted better then it looked which is saying a lot, check it out! Julie never disappoints!

With the cake ready and dinner in the oven Jake got home totally surprised and the rest of the night went perfectly. Happy Birthday Jake, I am so grateful for you and all the kisses, oh the kisses!