First ever surprise party

This Saturday, my friends threw me my first ever surprise party.  Too bad it was a going away party, but that's life.  My bestie, Jacqui, said that we were going out to celebrate her birthday (which was earlier in the week).  Since we didn't have a sitter, Bobby was home with the boys.  I texted our other bestie, Maggie, and asked if she was coming out.  She said that she didn't feel good, so no.  After eating dinner at Jacqui's house, we left to meet her SIL at Hickory Tavern.  As we walked into the bar, I saw Maggie and a bunch of our friends there.  I still thought this was a surprise for Jacqui's birthday!  I walked over to Maggie and told her that she "got me."  Then I looked at the cake.  I thought "oh, that's a pretty purple cake."  Then I read it....It said "We'll miss you Shaunda and Bobby."  I was so shocked, I think I just said "what?"  Then I looked around and just broke into tears.  It was the sweetest thing, and I never imagined that this party was for me.  I dried my tears and went around and hugged everyone who came.  I was disappointed that Bobby couldn't come (he knew that the party was for us and tried really hard to get a sitter, but couldn't.)  I had such a great time chatting and drinking with everyone.  It was so fun!  A few of us ventured downtown after the party and went to the dueling piano bar.  Fun, fun!
I am so grateful for my friends that I have made here in Charlotte (Rock Hill).  I will miss you all, and I will be back to visit, but I really want you all to come down and visit me!  I mean that!!!  :)

Party pics:

Playroom project-ABC wall

The teacher in me wanted to do an ABC wall in the playroom of our new house.  I googled ABC walls to get some ideas, pinned them, and decided that I wanted to do a little something more than just letters.  I decided to create letters using objects that begin with that letter (B is for buttons, P is for puzzles, etc)

So here's how I made the letters.  Pictures to follow.   (I am not a person that usually goes around showing off their work, but I am really proud of this, and I thought that some others may like the idea and want to know how it's done).

I painted an 8 x 10 canvas, printed and cut out full page letters from http://printerprojects.com/alphabet/ (I recommend doing this unless you are excellent at free handing letters-I ruined 2 canvas's before coming up with this idea), then traced the letter using a pencil onto the canvas, and used glue or hot glue to glue on the objects.  So, after hot gluing some of the objects, they fell off.  My friend told me to use E-6000 (sold at craft stores) instead, and all have stayed on!  My son helped me with a few of the buttons, but lost interest after that.  :)

That is all that I have done so far.  I will post/pin pics of the finished product when we move and get it on the wall in our new house!

I have finished!!  This project took a while and bit of trial and error, but I am proud of the way it turned out!  Here is the finished project!