Happy Birthday Will

Four years ago you entered the world and our life hasn't been the same since :) You are becoming so independent and next month you start school -sniff sniff. I wish you could stay little forever yet I also can't wait to see who you become. You are so kind hearted and friendly -you make my heart melt. Even your stubborn side and temper -I love you all! We are so blessed to have an amazing son like you. It has been a wonderful 4 yrs and hopefully we all will be together many more- I LOVE YOU TO INFINITY AND BEYOND, LITTLE BUZZ!!

Summer List # 1 -Toy Story 3

For Will's first movie in a theatre I wanted to do something special. We thought that he would really like to see Toy Story at our new IMAX in 3D. He loved the movie the glasses...not so much. He left them off for majority of the show. But that aside he really loved it. It was so cute to see the expressions on his face! He was also excited to get a box of M&Ms! Will really did well sitting and paying attention and we are going to try some of the free summer kid's movies.

Summer List #11 -Feed the Ducks

Even though it was 90+ degrees Will had a blast at the Duck Pond feeding the ducks. They didn't seem very hungry. We went after lunch and I think they already had their fill at that point.

Summer 2010

On one of my favorite blogs "Funny Days With Mommy and Maddie" They had posted a list of activities they want to accomplish this summer. I was inspired by the idea an decided to do the same- Here is our family list!

Mom's Birthday Gift

Here is a birthday present I made for my mom. I used A Child's Year. I chose this image because she is the youngest of three children and has an older sister and brother. She loved it!!

In The Garden

The last couple of years daddy has planted a garden at Grandma's. This year because of his back injury all the work was delegated to Uncle Terry and of coarse the kids. They had a blast planting and picking up trash in the yard. Why isn't picking up toys up home that cool?? Little Anthony just wanted to step on the plants and was not pleased when we pulled him off! Looking forward to a great harvest we planted red potatoes,sweet potatoes,tomatoes,squash and cucumbers .

Green Week #4

For this project we used plastic from a milk jug, juice boxes, straws and stickers- you know the ones that come in the mail that little ones like to stick EVERYWHERE!! Also note if making these place some hot glue around the straw for stability and crayons work a lot better than markers. Then again Will was more excited about the stickers than coloring! Cant' wait to saill them tommorrow.

Green Week #2 and #3

Here are some more earthfriendly projects. The first are some paddles that we made with paint sticks we found in the garage and left over paper plates. Looking forward to using these today since the yard is finally dry. Second we made a ring toss game from a butter tub,an old wooden spoon and canning rings. Will had more fun with the balloon paddles and I think I will too -once we start using them OUTSIDE!! LOL!

Green Week #1

This week we are going to share some earth friendly projects in honor of Earth Day. This weekend we attended our first kid's workshop at our local Lowe's. The kids were able to build a great flower box. Lowe's had a varety of seeds to pick from -we selected morning glorys. I can't wait for them to bloom! Will had a blast! The first thing he said to me first thing this morning if we could " go build some'em"(something). When we told him where we were going he insisted on bringing his own hammer from his tool bench! So cute!

Focused!

Planting Seeds

Will and Daddy

O' Christmas Tree

We made these "Christmas Trees" with pinecones and small terra cotta pots. Will was sleepy so his enthusiasm was a little low. But they turned out nice. I added some ribbon with my glue gun for some extra pop. They really make my window sills look festive!!

Going Batty

Here are some pics of some bats we made using little pumpkins,black paint and craft foam. Will has been so into projects lately and I am super excited -I never thought he would ever have the attention span for crafts. I still try to make sure they are small projects and usually we do them in stages.

Ween Party

A couple of weekends ago we had our first annual Halloween Party-or as Will calls it-a Ween Party! I had so much fun making decorations and even got brave enough to make the pinata. It had a few challenges along the way but I was happy with the way it turned out. One thing I wasn't expecting was how cold it was. I had planned a cool skeleton scavenger hunt to do in the dark but the kids were freezing. We were going to play "hot potato" with a severed hand but it scared some of the kids so we did it "old school" with an actual potato. Everyone had a good time even Will who for some reason refused to wear his Thomas the Train costume. We did,however, manage to get him to wear his dinosaur hoodie. You never can tell what is going on in the 3yr old brain! I already have some ideas planned for next year-I can't wait!!

Daddy and cousin Anthony
My Pinata
Too much fog machine!!


Cousin Morgan

Nevaeh and Ashleigh play in the yucky boxes

RJ chows down on some chicken!

Will takes a swing