I recently picked up a Smash book from The Scrapbox, right after they came in, which was very lucky of me, as they are selling out crazy fast everywhere. If you haven't heard of Smash,
After I brought mine home, I was thinking that this is a book that R would love, because
So I made him his own Smash book using materials I already had on hand...
like some cardboard and 7Gypsies tape for the cover. And fun bits of paper that I had in my scraps basket...
and sheets of Kraft paper that I used fun border punches on...
I stuck in some Kraft envelopes to hold his secret treasures...
and used plenty of lined paper so he can work on his writing skills over the summer.
I just kept adding pages and adding pages until it had that fun, random feeling that the Smash books have. I bound his book using three big binder rings so his book is actually more practical, as he can add pages {or brochures, clippings, or maps, etc} to it, as he goes along.
R loves it! He started using it right away - he journaled what he has been up to so far on his summer break, and he glued in a movie stub he brought home after we saw Cars 2... 
He and I are sharing all the Smash embellishments that I bought, since each pack came with plenty. He has been using the journaling prompts and tucking things in the little envelopes...
I think it is a great way to document our summer fun, and it's a great 'project' for us to work on together. 
{I got into BIG TROUBLE when: I threw a water balloon at my MomBest ADVICE I've received: Always wear clean underwear}
{Because really, before I know it he will think he is too cool to scrapbook with Mom}!
but I wasn't sure the kids would really want to eat it, so we had {our favorite} cupcakes too. Purple flowers and green grass inspired by the scene in the movie when Rapunzel finally leaves her tower...
Miss S, R and I made each guest their own pet chameleon Pascal, so they could stick their tongue out at Flynn Rider too...
and we gave them out as a 'thank you' treat, with a canvas and a set of paints so they could paint like Rapunzel did in her tower.
I loved using the details from the movie to decorate for the party! It was a great theme for a little girl party. {And it's kind of ridiculous how excited I get over having a princess party. I know.}
and Miss S passed them out on the school playground {totally ignoring my instructions to give them to her teacher to put in mailbags}!
including this super size one that we used to play 'Pin the frying pan on Flynn Rider's nose'...
We hung some outside too...
We also made some banners for inside and out, like the ones in the movie {there were lanterns too but I forgot to take a picture}...
And my favorite decoration, the Rapunzel braid. It is seriously hard to braid 18' of 'hair' without it getting a little tangled {cheesy pun intended}...
It has been a while since I've done any 
R at two. He had the rosiest cheeks I have ever seen. He was potty trained before he was two. He was full of questions and loved to look at books. He talked on the phone to Grandma. He already loved hockey and played it on the driveway and in the basement all the time. He loved his baby sister. He wanted to name her Baby Elmo. He amazed me...
