Mason Jar Picnic

I teamed up with a couple of my awesome blogger friends, Our Thrifty Ideas, Girl Loves Glam and Happy Scraps,  to participate in a product of a month post. This month we were assigned mason jars. When I heard the assignment I was excited to share this fun picnic I did a couple years ago. You can also find my vintage painted mason jar tutorial HERE.

Now onto the fun picnic all you need is mason jars, paper, computer and printer, I used some burlap and bakers twine, some utensils and whatever food you want to bring.

For the main dish I did Beanie Weenies. Easy I just heated them up right before we left and put them in the jars and they were still warm when we got to the park. I attached a fork to the jar with some bakers twine. And Labeled the top just printing it out from my computer and taping it to the lid.

For a side dish I made us each a salad in a jar. I put the dressing in first, then the harder vegetable and then the lettuce on top so nothing gets soggy then when you are ready to eat it just stake it up and it is perfectly mixed and crisp. Again I attached a fork and labeled it. Also I color coded our food. Ty's were blue, Mine were yellow and Maddux was red.

Next I did two jars of cut up cantaloupe for all of us to share.

Then with our drinks I just put Ice and the kind of drink we each wanted in it and attached a cute paper straw.

And very last even the dessert was in a jar. I made a cake in a jar. I simply baked cupcakes and then I cut them in half and then layers cake, frosting, cake, frosting, cake and then topped it with frosting and sprinkles. Attached a fork and oh man was it delicious.

We took it to the park, set out a blanket, took off our shoes and enjoyed the food on a beautiful summer evening.

Like I said we did this two summers ago so yes, that is my little Maddux at one, he is now three. I can't believe how fast they grow. What a sweet boy and it was fun to look back on these pictures and all the fun we had. I need to do this again this year.

After the food, we of course had to play on the slides and swings. Now go and make your own mason jar picnic it is fun for the whole family. Your kids will think it is really cool and it really is so fast and easy.

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Picnic with Baby M

It was finally nice weather yesterday and I had no plans

So as soon as I did Insanity, showered and got ready 

(all while Maddux was napping)

I then decided to get a little picnic together for baby M and me 

This fantabuloso picnic was out in our ( Ty's grandmas) backyardI couldn't wait for him to wake up 

hungry and ready to party picnic with momma!

Our food!

Baby M loves those dino nuggets let me tell ya

We get them at costco and they are a hit

I of course had a PB and J 

with some yummy homemade jam I made my very self 

With the help and supervision of my MIL of course

It was so pretty

the flowers were blooming

the grass freshly mowed

the trees bloomed, big and beautiful
giving us the perfect proportion of sun and shad

and the birds were seriously chirping all around us

He gets so excited when I put those nuggets on his tray

This little man has been addicted to Apple juice and 

won't drink his milk

that was not ok with momma

Milk is so good for you

so he is on a little juice fast 

and he is doing awesome

and drinking his milk like a champ

He is a big boy now

He likes me to give him his string cheese whole

I used to break it up for him

But he is like no way mom 

I can do it myself!

He doesn't exactly say that 

but since he east it better that way I assume that is what he is thinking 

He is so happy he thought he'd entertain me with a little solo

haha

After lunch...

we played BALL

This guy might be little but he surely knows

how to throw and catch a football

already :)

Daddy has been teaching him some fun skills lately

And he loves playing BALL it is his favorite game

We even read a little story

There is nothing like reading in the great out doors

A book just seems better reading it outside in the 

warm sun, barefoot with a slight breeze

don't you think?

I think I have created a monster

He is a milk-a-holic now

At least he will grow strong 

instead of have a million cavities from his juice

don't you just adore this face?!

I do 

and I get to kiss it 

everyday all day long

We spent about an hour and a half outside 

both happy as can be

We ate

We played

We laughed

We took pictures

We smiled

We read

We pointed

We moved

We danced 

and most of all WE had a blast doing it all

Hope you are having a beautiful day
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