Gentlemen Start Your Engines!!!!

Amazing how fast time flies isn't it? One minute you're in the hospital giving birth to that bundle of joy, and the next you're throwing his third birthday party! I can relate to that! My youngest son just turned 3! We celebrated his birthday by having a Race Car Party. No Race Car Party could be complete without Lightning McQueen! On the table you will find a Lightning McQueen costume that I made out of cardboard! That's right- cardboard. I didn't realize cardboard could be formed to curve exactly how you wanted it to bend, but it can! This costume would later come off of the table and our birthday boy would wear it for a race with his birthday guests! The cups I ordered online! They are the cutest things I have ever seen!



















Construction cone cups complete with their own straw! I made place card holders out of mini trophies that I bought at a local party store. I also used a bigger trophy on a stand with the birthday boys initials for one of the centerpieces. I wanted to get a real traffic light, but I did not have the time to order one, so I made a fake traffic light out of a cardboard box, a trash bag, and colored paper. For the party we played a pit crew relay race where you had to change the tire on Lightning McQueen, wash his windows, and fill him up with gas in his gas tank. We also had a tire rolling race, a bean bag tire toss, and played red light green light! We had cars set up for the kids to play with on a mat that looked like a little city! He had a Race Car Themed cupcake tower with race car and checkered flag toppers. One the top was a six inch cake with a trophy topper! All and all it was a great party and we can't believe our little one has zoomed through another year!!

Party Themes

Running out of time and ideas on what to do for your child's birthday party? All too often the stress of putting together a memorable party for our children make birthdays a less than enjoyable task. Who has the time to search online hour after hour? With the rising cost of gas, who wants to drive around to several local shops to coordinate all of the decorations, games, favor bags, etc. ? Not to mention, you don't want the same Wal-Mart party packs as everybody else do you? Let Mommy Mogul do all of the work for you while you take all of the credit.! We don't mind! We have wonderful party themes for girls, boys, and coed parties too! Many of our items are custom, so you don't have to worry about the same old thing as everyone else, and we have really creative and fun tablescapes! Our fun, interactive parties amaze parents and children alike. Can you imagine all of the great pictures you can take at our parties? Just sit back and enjoy the party!

Out themes include:

Royal Princess Tea Party - Let your little one be Princess for one day! This celebration is fit for a queen! Everything is themed perfectly to make this a royal tea party celebration. Custom games and favor bags that pay attention to the details. All games are perfectly themed and includes an interactive story with props that the little princesses can be a party of. Princess sashes, crowns, and capes help set the mood too! From Cinderella to the Princess and the Pea, everything has been thought out so that you don't have to do a thing! Invite the boys- what princess doesn't need a prince? The color scheme for this party is light pink and lavender.



Enchanted Fairy Garden Party - Do you believe in fairies? All you need is faith, trust, and a little pixie dust. This party is simply magical! This package comes with fairy wings, tutus, and magic wands. Whether it's a craft, the interactive story to help the tooth fairy, or any of the games- they are all themed to fit this party perfectly. Invite the boys- pirates and peter pans will only add to the magic. The color scheme for this party is lime green and orange.
Pamper Me Spa Party - Every little girl needs to be spoiled now and again. Why not for her birthday? The girls will experience facials, mini manicures, mini pedicures, and more! This makes for a very luxurious party! The color scheme for this party is lime green and hot pink.

Lavish Luau - Aloha! Welcome to the islands! This party is full of surf, fun and sun! Among many fun themed activities, kids will learn to surf (mommy mogul style)! And what luau would be complete without a limbo contest and fabulous fruit platter! This party is fun for boys, girls, or coed. This party is bright with the many colors and activities.

Dinosaur Dig - Great for your little paleontologist! We will search for dinosaur fossils, discover dinosaur eggs, and so much more. This party is full of the fun and adventure that your child needs! They will get their own tools to dig for dinosaurs!

Spy Party - Your mission . . . if you choose to accept it, is to have the best birthday party you have ever had! This spy party is all about learning to take the clues given and solve the crime. We will lift fingerprints, learn about reading DNA evidence, using spy equipment like James Bond, and finding trace evidence. We will learn all of that to solve the birthday crime of the century! This party comes with custom money bag gift bags!

Sweet Candy Shoppe Party - Got a sweet tooth? You won't after this party! From the decorations to all of the activites, it is nothing but candy, candy, candy! Look out Willy Wonka! It will be like a kid in a candy store!

NFL Rookie Training Camp Party - Welcome to the NFL Draft! What an exciting day for a rookie! Each rookie will go through the draft (complete with shirt and cap of team they are drafted to) and media pictures before they are shipped off to rookie camp. They will go through rookie camp representing their team!

Grand Prix Race Car Party - Gentlemen start your engines! This party is for your race car champion. It comes with construction cone cups! All race car activities and games are themed with nascar in mind! Whether it's Lightning McQueen, or your favorite nascar driver, this party is for you!


more themes coming soon!
Western Party
Mermaid Party
Pirate Party
Safari Party

It's all in the details

I found this party on Party411. It was an Ohio State Bar Mitzvah. Talk about fabulous!!!! The attention to detail was impeccable.


Check out what they did with the place cards. They attached the placecards to squeeze hot dogs and put them all on a fake grill that had fake flames.!

They even had a locker room and a bus! I love that a lot of thought was put into this party. It makes it that much more special for the guest of honor and all of the people that attend. Special touches are what give a party that custom one-of-a-kind designer feel. Think about that at your next party. At Mommy Mogul, we like to put that special twist on our favor bags. Our cars theme, for example, have personalized tool boxes for the favor bags. Not only does a tool box go with the cars theme, but it is a great keepsake long after the party is over. It is the special touches that make a party special!
There are plenty of party books out there for you to personalize your next event. Hello, cupcake is a wonderful book about themed cupcakes, that may be a way you can add a special touch to your party. Do what they did at Party411, have place cards with a themed twist!
No matter your theme or party event, it's the tought that goes into that counts.

Royal Princess Tea Party!

We are excited to announce that we have been improving all of our party kits! We have started with the Royal Princess Tea Party. We want to make the parties even more creative, from the favor bags, themed cupcake towers, to the invitations and games. We are in the process of revamping our Royal Princess Tea Party, and so far we are pleased with the outcome! We already had a wonderful party package on our hands, and now it's even better!

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We have entered a Pumpkin Cookie Recipe that is just delicious!

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Moms get homework too :-(

My eight year old son came home from school today to inform me that the teacher had given ME homework! Teachers usually use this phrase (about giving parents homework) to help the kids remember to tell them something important that they would like done. So of course, I assumed that I would have to fill out some kind of paperwork- no problem! I was quickly corrected, that I had a homework assignment. Not only did I have a homework assignment, but it was due the next day!


EXCUSE ME!!!!!!!


"O.k. ," I replied. "What is the assignment." He began to tell me that I had to bring a snack for the class. "Is that all?" I thought to myself, I will just go to Wal-mart or somewhere like that and pick something up from the bakery. My son broke my train of thought when he added, " it can't be bought. It has to be homemade."


EXCUSE ME!!!!!!!!


Does this teacher not know that I work a full-time job , own my own business, and have three other children besides the one she teaches? Does she not know that I already have a busy day of basketball practice, orders to fill, laundry to wash, meals to cook, and rooms to clean?


How does MOM get homework? I have enough homework- I'm always working when I'm home!!!!!


After I mentally blew a fuse, I began to try to figure out what to make. Since I am a Type A Personality Mom, I had to make it GOOD!!!


My son LOVES pumpkins and so I decided to make his favorite cookies! Pumpkin cookies!

It's a simple recipe, they always come out just right, and most importantly they are delicious!! Pumpkin Cookies it is!

If you want to the perfect cookie for Santa this Christmas, no matter what variation you decide to make (no raisins, frosting, no frosting, etc.) these cookies are soft and delicious! Now you can really say, " My dog ate my homework!"



Enjoy!

Pumpkin Cookies

1 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 cup pumpkin pie filling (half of can)
1 egg
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup raisins (you can use more or less or none at all)

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.Mix shortening, sugar, pumpkin, and egg.
Blend well. Add the remaining ingredients and mix well. Put on ungreased
cookie sheet by the teaspoonful. Cook in a 375 degree oven for 12-15 minutes.

Frosting *optional*

3 Tablespoons Milk
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 cup powdered sugar
3/4 teaspoon vanilla

Melt brown sugar and milk in saucepan over medium heat.
When melted, take off of heat. Add powdered sugar and vanilla.
Mix well and spoon over cookies.

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