Quick & Easy Bow Holder

This is a quick project that turned out really cute! It only took me about 20 minutes to make!

You'll need:

a canvas

piece of fabric to cover canvas

4 coordinating ribbons

wooden letters

paint

stapler

glue gun

1. Lightly sand (if needed) the letters & paint them. I actually painted them the night before so they would be ready.

2. Iron the fabric & lay face down. Put the canvas face down on top of the fabric. Pull the fabric tight & staple the sides to the back of the canvas.

3. Take one strip of ribbon & stretch it across the front of the fabric covered canvas & staple to the back. Cut off excess. I measured mine to make sure it was centered.

4. Place the 3 ribbons that will hold the bows & staple to the back of the canvas.

5. Turn the canvas over & hot glue the letters to the front. 

6.And that's it, you're finished!! Hang it on the wall & put all your bows on it!

Nature Scavenger Hunt

Last night the kids & I went on a nature scavenger hunt.

I made up a list of items to look for & printed it out.

Addy grabbed the list, Alex hopped in the wagon & we were ready to go explore the neighborhood. I knew we wouldn't be able to collect everything (like the clouds) so I brought my camera & took pictures of all the items, so I guess it was really a photo nature scavenger hunt.

We didn't find everything on our list, but we definitely looked high & low for them.

We searched the ground for rocks & grass & we looked high in the sky searching for clouds, birds & nests. Here's what we found...

grass

a tree

leaves

a flower

rocks

a stick (which is great for drawing in the dirt)

We didn't find a turtle on our scavenger hunt, but we found this one on our front porch.

So Addy & I decided it counted!

We even found some nature items not on our scavenger hunt list,

but worth taking a photo of.

a lake

a magnolia cone (don't know what these are really called)

a tree stump (that is perfect for sitting on)

some kind of cool looking tree root

a tree that has been cut right down to the ground

(would this still be considered a tree stump??)

the sky as the sun was setting

the ground is so dry that there are big holes in it

I was expecting to find clovers around the school fence, but it looks like FBISD is getting ready for school because the playground was freshly mowed. Not good for our scavenger hunt :( but good for the kids since we stopped and played for about 45 minutes.

Addy pushing Alex on the swing. (What a sweet sister!)

Addy pretending she was a bird.

We had so much fun last night, that tonight when we left for our walk, Addy grabbed her list again & made me bring the camera. Here are a few pictures from tonight's scavenger hunt...

And guess what, we finally found a clover, Yay!!

Busy, Busy, Busy

Nick left on Saturday for a week (for work, of course.) So to keep myself distracted I decided to organize! I started with cleaning out my closet. MAJOR purging & organizing took place! (So if you want to look through my bags of stuff I'm getting rid of, just let me know.) Then I moved on to organizing & cleaning out Addy's & Alex's closets & dressers and rearranging their rooms a little. And then the bathroom closet & the trunk at the end of my bed. And then, I IRONED!! Curtains, curtains and yep, more curtains! (If you know me, that's a big deal. I don't iron, ever, anything. Matter of fact, if my shorts ever need a slight pressing of the cuff, I use my chi iron, lol. Sad but true.) And before I knew it, 3 days had passed, Yay!

On Tuesday, Maryse & my wonderful in-laws came over. Maryse & I went to the Ke$ha "Get Sleazy" concert in the Woodlands while Pat & Eddie watched the kiddos for me. My friend Britany & her stepson Blake went to the concert with us. I could have done without the opening group LMFAO, but Ke$ha was fantastic!

And today we went to the Houston Museum on Natural Science. Alex was excited to go see the dinosaurs. I think it was a little overwhelming for the kids. So much to see & some of the stuff was a little over their heads. But the dinosaur bones were definitley cool & of course, Addy loved the animals of the savannah. While we were looking at the lions, another little boy walked up to look & Alex told him, "No, go away." Lol! He thinks he's the boss of everyone! And while we were looking at the gems, Alex kept saying "Let's get out of here." He ovbiously wasn't impressed by them. We only spent about an hour at the museum, but I still had a good time. And thank you Molly for the free tickets!

Dinosaurs!!

"Look mommy, zebras!"

Shark teeth!!

a giant clam

Ok so, there was a movie of the building of the museum playing on a lcd tv. It was playing in a super fast speed & Addy was ENTRANCED by it. I had to literally pull her away from it.

the pendulum

watching a virtual reality movie where you are flying through a valley with dinosuars

Playdate at Clay's

On Tuesday afternoon, we went to Britany & Keith's for a playdate with Clay & some of Britany's neighbors. Britany filled up an inflatable pool for the kids to play in. I forgot to bring Addy's & Alex's swimsuits so of course, they both ended up naked!!

(So I'm ovbiously not posting any of those pictures!)

After about an hour, we came inside for ice cream!

Alex loved his ice cream, vanilla with chocolate syrup & sprinkles,

but told me it was "too cold!" Lol

Of course, Addy didn't eat any ice cream, she decided to read a book instead.

Then the kids went back outside to jump on the trampoline.

They LOVED it & Alex didn't want to leave!

We 'll definitely have to go back to Britany's again soon to play!

Markers

Marker Mumps

Marker Moustache

Marker Toenail Polish

 & Marker Warpaint

Thank you Crayola for making markers WASHABLE!!!