Small update on us

That's the craft I did for Xander's kindy class last Friday. They loved it. I cut only 8 pink ones. That was not good. They were all gone by the second round. Pink is very popular with 5 and 6 year old girls. I love those huge paper clips. I got them from Walmart.

Maxton also had his birthday. I ended up not making his cake. I'm a bit burned out and I didn't want to resent having to make a cake. He was pretty stoked about this Costco cake with dinosaur toys on the top. So, it worked out well. Here he is gazing adoringly at 5 pounds of chocolate:


He also loved his presents! He has such good reactions. He got binoculars, a Power ranger, Kung Fu Panda, and shoes from our family. He got a yellow Power Ranger from Melissa's family and from Grandma and Grandpa he's getting a quilt. He's wanted one from Grandma for a long time and he is super excited.

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This is just too cute not to share!

Don't you just want to eat her up?

I've started a new blog: Come follow my crafting adventures on my new blog. Find me at: creativeirony.com.

100 Things

I pulled this from my friend Kristy's blog. I bolded the ones I've done. Thanks for posting yours, Kristy!

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band (Well, I guess it was more like an orchestra, but I'm counting it)
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland /world
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch (or way more than one)
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning (I couldn't eat chili for years)
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty (that was an amazing experience, except not much of a view from the top)
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you're not ill (Senior year, anyone?)
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person (also a pretty cool experience)
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo's David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved some one's life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Read an entire book in one day (I do this one with frightening regularity)

I've started a new blog: Come follow my crafting adventures on my new blog. Find me at: creativeirony.com.

A few funnies. . .

I love this one from Griffin. I was helping him get dressed the other morning in a polo shirt. He wiggles into it, then indicating the buttons, he said, "Can you do the finishing touch?" I laughed a little and then he told me, "The finishing touch means the buttons." Yeah, I caught that one. I was laughing so hard I almost couldn't do the button.

Also, the other day, Maxton asked me, "Does Santa exist?" What kind of almost 5-year-old phrases it that way? I think through my series of wily questions, his doubts were put to rest. I also told him that Santa won't come if he doesn't believe. That pretty much sewed up his belief for now.

I've started a new blog: Come follow my crafting adventures on my new blog. Find me at: creativeirony.com.