Baby Shower Games

What is a baby Pigeon?
Name all of Sarah Michelle Gellar's children.
Play a game of baby bingo.
How many blackbirds were baked in a pie?
Name all the children from the Camden family in 7th Heaven.
Figure out this well known children's book title: Emerald yolk with pig meat.

Hey guys!
A very quick post about the printable baby shower games I just added to my store.

The entire set includes: Nursery Rhymes Quiz game, Celebrity Baby Names game, Baby Animals quiz, Baby Bingo, Children Book Titles quiz and TV show families quiz game.

There are also GIRLS, BOYS and GENERIC versions of the set and you can also get any of these baby shower games individually.

Hope you like them and let me know if you used them at your baby shower!

*EDIT - I just added some new Baby Shower Games to my store. You can check the post here and my store here.

P.S. The answers:

A baby pigeon is called a Squab. Sarah Michelle Gellar has 2 children - Rocky and Charlotte. There were four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie. Eric and Annie Camden from 7th Heaven had 7 children - Matt, Mary, Lucy, Simon, Ruthie, Sam and David. Emerald yolk with pig meat is Green Eggs and Ham

Daily Doodles

I've completed a few more sketches. I didn't think daily doodling would require a lot of work! But when you've got a full time job like mine, it does take a bit of extra effort. Which is why I've decided to only do a couple of sketches a week. Yeah? Two or three? Maybe one? That will become my new challenge. It is more achievable and I'm almost certain I'll be able to do at least ONE sketch a week! Fingers and toes crossed!

Here are the new sketches:

Burn

Holiday

Family

Geisha

Tangled

Thin

Fresh

Let me know which one you like!

XO Mel

Take One Minute

For the past couple of weeks, things have been quite stressful and sad for me, and the people around me. We've gone through some tough moments and will go through more tough moments in time to come. Diseases, sicknesses, hospital trips and tragic accidents have been a few of the things that have happened to good people I know and have affected a lot of loved ones around me. I think everyone out there has gone through some or most of these things, or know those who have.

I've grown to realise and appreciate every minute I am alive on this earth. Every minute you're able to breathe is so precious and I thank God that I am able to wake up tomorrow. And I'm thankful for loved ones around me who are also able to do the same.

I want everyone to do something for me right now. Just take one minute and text message or give a quick call to your partner, mum, dad, sisters, brothers, anyone you love in your life and just tell them you love them. Just spend one minute writing a simple "I love you" text message to those loved people around you. We don't say it enough to each other, and you never know when those people will have their last minute on this earth. Don't have any regrets, don't wait til tomorrow and don't hold any grudges. Time is precious.

Twilight gets under my skin!

If you’re crazy about Twilight and can’t see anything wrong with it, read no further (it will probably only upset you).

I do have to admit, the whole Twilight series had me hooked (and a little bit obsessed) but not ALL for good reasons. Yes, it was incredibly easy to read and yes, it was a great ‘story’ (about teen love – good vampires vs bad vampires vs humans), but I was a little shaken (and stirred) about some of the messages it portrayed. So I’m 23 years old and I’m not in the demographic, but I know a lot of people my age and older who are avid Twilight fans. The biggest beef I have against this story is the fact that Bella was so willing to turn away from family over this boy(vampire)!! She had a good, caring, warm and loving family and it was ALMOST as if she didn’t even have to think twice to turn her back on all of them so she could run off, live forever, get married and have babies (I know this was an accident and each thought impossible but the message is still that)! Don’t forget she was also willing to give up her friends, social life and school! Is that what kids are taking away from this story? That even if you’re that ‘in love’ with a boy, it’s okay to run away from loved ones, get married, fall pregnant before you’re even 18!?

I know it’s all fantasy (for those who have not realised yet – vampires do not exist) but the whole concept of such strong teen love is not fantasy. The messages that lie within this story are very much real!

At this point you’re probably wondering then, why I managed to read through all 4 books. Why is it so popular and why to me did I have an urge to finish it? I was obsessed because of the good and bad reasons. You know when something’s so controversial, it angers you but you still read it anyway? (I was also bored on the train and I travel 2 hours every day to get to work). I didn’t totally hate it though, I did like reading it but I am worried and angry at how selfish Bella was. The whole husband/baby/family life I can related to because I want that some time in the near future (not all at once however!) but I know girls who are 12 years and younger who are just as obsessed! I suppose you’re saying to yourself right now “well she had no choice – vampire life is where you HAVE to give up everything!” and in some ways it’s true. But she was a teenager and unlike the Cullen family she had a choice whether or not to live the life of a vampire and she was so willing to give up her HEALTHY human life (i.e everything) for it! Yes I know it’s for love, but does that make it okay? Doesn’t anyone else think it’s kind of selfish as much as you love Twilight? Maybe that's why it's so popular....

Anyway I conclude with this:
1. I do not think Robert Pattinson is sexy at all!
2. I am on team Jacob and not Edward.
3. Bella is selfish and annoys me but I love her name – Bella Swan
4. Dying to see the second movie none the less.
5. Has anyone seen Interview with a Vampire? Much better Vampire movie – although a lot different.
6. Harry Potter makes a much better teen/fantasy/love/school/life story. Don’t even compare.
7. Robert Pattinson is much sexier as Cedric.
8. Dying to see next Harry Potter movie too.

So comment whether you agree or don’t agree! I’d love to hear your thoughts!

Meet Bourbie and Toby

Bourbie as a puppy (above) Bourbie now (below)

Bourbie is my bf's dog. She's a maltese terrier x shitzu and was about the size of a rat when we first met her. Bourbie barks at everything - the cuckatoos, dogs on tv, the NRMA ad, when you come home, when someone knocks on the door, when she's stuck in the garden, when she wants to go outside, when she wants food, when you're chasing her and when she wants to play with the ball. She acts like a toughie but when there's a thunderstorm she hides in the cupboards and shakes so much her fur falls off (not literally). If you hear thunder and can't find Bourbie, chances are she's climbed into one of the holes in the entertainment unit, or hidden herself in the tupperware cupboard.

Toby as a puppy (above) Toby now (below)

Toby is my dog. He's a german shepherd x husky x dingo (i think). He's definately part dingo because he howls when he hears police/ambulance sirens on the street. One weekend, the fam and I went on a holiday to a remote farm taking along Toby. The little barn that we stayed in was surrounded by big black cows. The cows were so nosey that they were standing as close to the fence as possible looking at us to see what we were doing. Every morning Toby decided it was his job to run outside and tell the cows off. He would run along the fence barking at the cows, but cows being cows they wouldn't pay any attention. Then every night while we were playing Monopoly, he'll curl up next to the table right in the middle of the floor and sleep. The family was safe inside and his job was done for the day. He's as big as a sheep but a big softie inside.

I'm a dog person, dog lover, dog everything!!! These are my 2 faourite dogs in the whole wide world and I love them to bits!!!