Friday, May 18, 2012

Here are some ideas for a little boy "Tangled" birthday party...or "FLYNN RIDER" as we called ours. I had such a hard time finding anything with Flynn on it. So these are some ideas that I had (with the help of friends and family) to make it a special Flynn Rider party. I had heard someone say that Disney wanted Tangled to be geared to the boys as much as the girls...well then I say lets get some more BOY Tangled stuff out there! But anyway here are some of our ideas!


The Snuggly Ducklings
The Sword Party Favors
An iron on shirt! :)


So I decided to post some pix from my son's birthday party on here, since this is a blog for moms...I was having such a hard time finding ANYTHING for my son's birthday party that was Flynn Rider themed. Of course all the Tangled things were for girls so I just kinda came up with a few ideas to make it more BOY related. So here are a few of the pix from his birthday!

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Tangy Broccoli Salad
3/4 cups Miracle Whip dressing
2 TB sugar
2 Tb vinegar
1 bunch of broccoli cut into florets (about 6 cups)
6 slices of bacon, crisply cooked, drained and crumbled
1 small red onion, chopped
Mix dressing, sugar and vinegar in large bowl.  Add remaining ingredients and mix lightly and cover.  Refrigerate one hour before serving.
I also call this Broccoli Coleslaw.  :)  I found it in a Kraft Food and Family magazine and I LOVE IT!  It is a great side for BBQs or church pot lucks.  So yuumy!!
Butterfinger Delight
2 cups crushed graham crackers
1 stick melted butter
2 TB sugar
Mix these together and press into bottom of 9x13 pan

2 small pkgs instant vanilla pudding
3 cups milk
1 qt vanilla ice cream (softened)
Mix together and pour onto crust

Top with large container of Cool Whip. Crush two large Butterfingers, mix with some more crushed graham cracker crumbs and sprinkle on top. Store in fridge or freezer.

I make this recipe once a year. For my hubby's birthday. Poor guy he requests this every year for his birthday cake (he LOVES ice cream) you would think I would make it more often since his face lights up every year when I make this! :)

In the past I stored it in the fridge like my recipe says...but it was kinda pudding-y. Since Matt likes ice cream so much I decided this year I would put it in the freezer. He LOVED it this way! So your preference on where to store. If you like an ice cream cake store in the freezer, but if you enjoy softer pudding texture the fridge will work.