Wee Festivity is excited to shine our spotlight on Ivanna of
Snap Parties.
Ivanna found my blog recently and began leaving lovely comments on many posts and an email exchange was quickly born. It turns out that
Snap Parties and Wee Festivity have a very synergistic philosophy about how to throw a party.
I wanted to learn more about Ivanna and luckily she agreed to answer my interview questions.
Guess which one is Ivanna? :)
I wanted to find some other party planning mamas to share ideas with and get inspiration from. So I did a Google blog search and found you!
On your About Us page, you mention you have four little boys. How do you balance all that male energy?LOL! Very carefully! My boys can get rough wrestling each other and running around the house, but they also have a very compassionate sensitive side where I can spend time cuddling them. Also, giving them some crayons, scissors, and paper makes them real happy and quiet. We do hope to have another child and hopefully put a daughter into our family.
You mentioned in a comment on my blog that you are Sicilian too. Do you speak Italian and are your boys learning any?I did speak Italian but I'm losing a lot of it as I use less and less of it, unfortunately. I could understand it fairly well still. My boys know a few words here and there, especially words that we just all use as a family instead of the English version. A popular phrase in our home is "non en boca" (not in your mouth).
You plan a lot of parties for your children. What does a perfect celebration for your birthday look like?We love celebrating people especially the friends and family that help make us who we are. Our perfect birthdays include lots of people, great food, happy children, and of course a birthday boy who is absolutely excited that everyone is there for him. We especially love to make everyone who comes to our home feel our love for them. Perfect parties are when everyone has a great time and feels special to be a part of the day.
What is your go-to dinner on a weeknight?Taco salad. We probably make it once a week. I must say, though, that I hardly do any cooking. I'm not that bad of a cook but my husband just loves cooking and is really good at it. That being said, our taco salads always have fresh home made salsas (one spicy for the adults and one not for the kids). Very yummy!
What website do you wish you created?Diaper Swappers. It's a social message board for cloth diaper users and really any mom. I love everything cloth diapers. Plus the website now has over 50,000 members so the owner is making really good money selling ads on that site. Darn, why didn't I think of that.
What is your favorite kind of cake?Carrot cake with cream cheese frosting.
What is your favorite song right now?I seriously do not have a favorite song right now. I usually only put the radio on in the car and often am too distracted to even listen.
What toy in your house drives you crazy?Anything with lots of pieces. Pieces everywhere to pick up. Ugh! The noise making toys are kind of annoying but they are always short lived as we never put new batteries in them.
Before you were a mom and the owner of Snap Parties, what did you do?I was a teacher. I taught 5th and 6th grades in the inner city public schools. Very rewarding and difficult at the same time. One of my former students actually just found me on facebook last week. It was fun finding out how he was doing.
Wee Festivity highly recommends clicking over to the
Party Planner section of Snap Parties where Ivanna answers party planning questions in blog format and even gave us a little
link love there!
Thank you Ivanna for taking the time to share a little more about yourself with my readers today.
