Crafting all day long...

I feel like all I ever do anymore is craft, craft, craft!

 Since I painted the canvas hearts for Valentine's Day, I've been busy. I had a request from Addy's resource teacher to make 3 more hearts for her children's teachers. And then I had another request from Addy's kinder teacher to make 10 cowboy boots, one for each of the Kinder teachers & the aides to hang outside their doors for open house. (They were studying Texas.)

Here are 2 of them. I painted each one a different color at the bottom & stenciled the teacher or aide's last name on it.

Then the assistant principal wanted something too,
so I made her a cowboy hat.

I've also been working on a few things for a baby shower & Easter decorations of course! Stay tuned & I'll share those with you too when I'm finished.

That's all for now, I have to get back to crafting!

Happy St. Patty's Day

Today is St. Patrick's Day & don't worry, we all remembered to wear our green so that we wouldn't get pinched!

And here are a few St. Patty's Day decorations that I have around the house...

I hope you all had a great St. Patrick's Day today!

(And that you didn't get pinched, lol!)

It's a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse...

After a lot of discussions & changing his mind over & over & over again, Alex decided that he wanted to have a Mickey Mouse birthday party this year. I did some google searches & looked on Pinterest for ideas & here is what I came up with...

The invitation

I made it on Powerpoint.

The Decorations

I painted this Mickey Mouse on canvas & hung it on the front door.

circles cut with the cricut & tied together with yarn

cupcake table & birthday banner

styrofoam balls painted black & hotglued together

cut with my cricut

balloons

make your own treat bags

homemade Mickey Mouse ears

The Guests

Addy & Alex & Airglider Mickey

Daddy & an upside down Alex

Mommy & Daddy

Mommy & Daddy

Mommy & Jessica

Maryse & her boyfriend Kennin

CiCi & MawMaw

Boone

Uncle Michael (with his gangsta Mickey ears, lol)

Aunt Kelci, Chloe & MawMaw

PopPop, Daddy, Uncle Wayne & Granddaddy

Jules, MawMaw, Aunt Tracey & Grant

Chloe

Jessica

Molly, Hannah, Clark, Brooke, Jared, Charlie, Peyton, Luke, Sophia, Clarie, Will & Sam were all also at the party but it looks like they were hiding from my camera, lol!

The festivities

singing Happy Birthday to You

picking out which present to open

opening presents

playing with his presents

All the kiddos opening & playing with Alex's birthday presents

Thank you everyone for coming to Alex's birthday party! We had a really great time & were so glad that you could all come & celebrate our sweet little boy with us! He told me the next day that he had the best birthday party ever!

Happy Birthday Alex!

It's hard for me to believe that my baby is 3! Happy birthday to the sweetest, cutest, funniest, silliest & wittiest little boy I know. You amaze me everyday with how much personality you have & you keep me laughing all day long with everything you say!

Here are some things about Alex on his 3rd birthday...

 He loves his family!

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He loves to sing and I love to listen to him sing! He sings all day long!

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He loves to lay in mommy & daddy's bed & watch cartoons on Netflix.  And they have to be on Netflix. He knows which remote works Netflix & if you don't use it, he says "No, not on there. On the black one." (The Netflix remote is black.)

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He doesn't like to eat meals but he loves to snack!

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He loves to go to the playground.

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He loves to play on the iPad, especially when Addy is already playing on it, lol!

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He loves to ask "Why."

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He LOVES LOVES LOVES popscicles.

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He loves to say "that tickles", even when it doesn't tickle, lol.

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He thinks he can drive!

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He loves to play dress up.

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He loves to take a bath.

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He loves to be naked & is most of the time that he's at home! (I've learned there's really no use putting clothes on him because he just takes them right off!)

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He loves to do puzzles & he's really good at them!

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He's got this silly little laugh that he does sometimes. It makes me laugh everytime I hear it!

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He takes after me in the patience department (which means he has none!)

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And now: An interview with the birthday boy ...

(I saw this on Pinterest & think it's a really great idea, so I decided to do it.)

Mommy:" How old are you?"
Alex: (while showing me 3 fingers) "3, just like you Mommy!" ~ for some reason, my son really thinks that I am 3 years old, lol

Mommy: "Who's your best friend?"
Alex: "Clay" ~ we're going to be a sad sad family in 2 months when our great friends move :(

Mommy: "What's your favorite color?"
Alex: "Red! And Tolee likes red too!" (Oh wow, I didn't know that Tolee likes red too, lol! Btw, Tolee is from the cartoon Ni Hao Kai Lan on Nick Jr.)

Mommy: "What's your favorite food?"
Alex: "Rice" (that's funny because he hardly ever asks for rice)

Mommy: "What's your favorite toy?"
Alex: "Mr. Dinosaur"

Mommy: "What's your favorite cartoon?"
Alex: "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Mike the Knight too!"

Mommy: "Where do you like to go?"
Alex: "To the grocery store with you."~ I'm training this boy right, lol!

Mommy: "Who do you love?"
Alex: "Mommy, daddy, Addy & Rysa"

Mommy: "What do you like to do?"
Alex: "Go to the playground & go to Chuck E Cheese"

Then he interrupted our interview & asked me a question:
Alex: "Who is a big boy?"
Mommy: "Alex!?!"
Alex: "Yep, me!"

Mommy: "What's your favorite candy?"
Alex: "hershey kisses"

Mommy: "What was your favorite thing about your birthday party?"
Alex: "eating candy & playing"

And there you have it... Inside the mind of my crazy, wild, very spirited and sweet 3 year old boy!

Happy Birthday Alex!!

Playtime

Just want to share a some pictures of what we've been doing lately...

 

jumping in rain puddles (in pink cowboy boots, lol!)

playing at Chuck E Cheese

 

jumping around the house in pillowcases

playing on the iPad

playing on the new swingset

 

jumping on the trampoline at Clay's house

playing trains with Clay

 

putting together puzzles

playing in the sprinkler

playing with a frog

 

having a picnic

playing with dinosaurs

playing on mommy's phone

 and of course drawing!

And there you have it. We've been playing, playing & playing some more!