I used them to decorate the favor bags, and in garlands with die cut flowers. 
I used them for a "Pin the bow on Hello Kitty" game (pictured tomorrow), and to decorate a can-thing for a bean bag toss game. It totally beats the price of the Hello Kitty stuff you can buy at the party store.


(This picture also shows the table that I bought ages ago & HH cut down for me. I've been collecting stools for a while now, and we finally got enough. HH cut down the stools this week and we got some painted & the rest will be painted to match but not in time for the party. Wait until you see the party pics with 7 cute little preschoolers sitting there! It was perfect.)
The table was decorated with a thrifted bedspread (?) which worked as a great table covering. On that, I sprinkled some confetti & die cut "3"s. I had the favor bags, plates, napkins, forks, and a picture of Chick with a foam "3." 
And of course the cake. I'm not a cake decorator, so it is with no small amount of pride that I tell you that the cake turned out as I'd hoped! I will be honest, though...this is a cheater design. I didn't have to smooth the frosting, but gave it texture instead (which is way easier). The jelly bean flowers & face, as well as the candy whiskers & fabric bow, meant that I didn't have to do any details with icing. And, so that I didn't have to worry about a neatly iced bottom edge I edged it with jelly beans. And the kids all loved it, which is the important part.

K, I've got to get to bed! ciao ciao.





Hopefully this isn't copyrighted, I found it
After:







This was another port that HH & I had been to on our first cruise. The first time we'd gone sea kayaking and snorkling. We knew enough of the island to know that we'd want an official excursion, and though we loved our experience last time, we wanted to do something different this time. HH actually tried to get into a scuba excursion, along with a brother & BIL, but they were too late. So, what we did instead was a cultural tour with my sister Laura & her husband Randy.
We had a really great time! The tour lasted for half the day, and then we did some shopping (and eating, of course) for the rest of the time.
Our tour was mostly about the Garifuna, who were originally slaves there. As slaves, they kept getting sent out to war for the island, and finally the women dressed up as men (and the men dressed like women dancing with masks back at home). When the enemy saw that they were really fighting women they quit fighting them because it was unethical. Because the Garifuna had ended the war through their cleverness, the island granted them their freedom. 
They still tend to keep their same culture, despite changing times. They eat flat bread made from yucca roots, and we tried fish soup, and other various bready things.
Roatan is pretty poor. They have some wealthy people (the ones that own the fishing companies), but most of the island is poor. The tourguide talked about the poverty as being in the past, so they must be better than they were, but compared to our standards they are still poor.
Our tour took us past some shipwrecks. One of the boats had the metal taken off of it and made into another smaller boat.










Here's a video of the dancers. Mostly the video has the male dancers, because they are more lively. Towards the end the boy is playing a conche shell, and there's a little bit of a female dancer at the very end (and just that little bit is all that the girls ever do, so you've seen it all).
