Spy Party Fun
My middle son Oliver recently turned six. I don’t throw the boys a “friends” party every year but this was one of those years for him. At Christmas time the boys got Spy Gear and loved it; then while looking at party ideas I came across a laser maze idea, I was inspired. I then googled “Spy Party” and came up with plenty of sites of Mom’s who had done it, yay! I sent the invites out via Evite, not my first choice, but it’s so fast and convenient I caved. Here is what the invite said: Your mission should you choose to accept it: You have been selected to…
First Time Family Pictures
We finally did it! Thanks to Facebook, I recently saw some gorgeous photos of families I know. I just had to get ours done too. We have never had professional pictures done, now I couldn’t resist. I wanted some nice pics of the whole family. So we did it! I contacted the photographer who took the pictures of the other families, her name is Lisa with LiLo Photography. She set us up to meet at a local Museum that has a working farm, great place to snap pics. Can I just tell you that I LOVE the pictures? I was so nervous because honestly I didn’t know if my boys…
Fun with Shaving Cream
Recently I discovered another amazing blog! This one is called Meet the Dubiens. I have seen so many things on this blog that I want to do with my kids. Very inspiring! Our first inspiration we did today. She mixed food coloring with shaving cream and used it as paint for her kids bath time. We did not make it for bathtime, just craft time. I let them play at their little table and gave them some utensils. I do wish I would have had primary colors, Oliver was mixing colors and discovering new colors, would have been more effective with primary colors. I am still trying to use up…
A Rainbow Layer Cake
My middle boy, my sweet, sweet Oliver had his 5th birthday party. When planning his party I came across a blog post on How to Make a Rainbow Layer Cake she was inspired by this post and this post both on Rainbow Cakes. I was so happy because Oliver loves rainbows! I also wanted to make the cake for him. It isn’t perfect but I like it overall and it was made with love and a lot of frosting :O) I followed her directions and bought 2 cake mixes and 4 containers of frosting, I used Pillsbury. I did not buy food coloring because I had some at home. I…
A is for Animal
After checking out a ton of homeschool blogs this summer I was looking for an alphabet activity for Oliver to do, I came across an idea at totallytots.homestead.com. It is called Now I Know My ABC’s and it shows pictures of animals made from each letter in the alphabet. Here is what Oliver has made so far: He is keeping them inside of clear sleeves in his very own ABS’s book… he likes it so much!
School Pictures – My Super-Cute Students, ok so I am a little biased!
I have been participating in the Not Back to School Blog Hop that is being hosted at http://heartofthematteronline.com. This weeks topic is School Pictures. So I haven’t really had a chance to cut the boys hair and get them all “spiffy” so I pulled some pics that were taken while we have been enjoying our summer the past couple of months. Also, here is a video we made of our kids and other family, I hope you enjoy! Be sure to come back, next week’s topic is “A Day in Our Life”.
Sweeter than most?
Is it possible that some people can be sweeter than others? In taste I mean. Well, ok, let me explain. I am kidding about taste but my poor sweet little Oliver is constantly the target of bees and spiders, every summer his lil body gets nasty bites and bumps. I feel so sad for him, his brothers are completely left alone. On Thursday he was playing on the playground when a bee flew up his shirt sleeve, became trapped and proceeded to sting my lil baby 3 times! Friday night after his bath, I noticed a huge ruddy and red spot on his shoulder, it was about 4 inches…