I'm in my element!

Not really. But both my sons want to be Finn from Adventure Time for Halloween so I am making hats. White hats with ears. We'll see how the complete outfit comes together but for now I'm one hat down, one to go!

Lunch box love

So I saw all these super cute little lunch box love notes on blogs lately and thought I could do that. So I am. Mine are not as cute, obviously, but they are quick and easy. I got out blank 3x5 index cards and some markers and then googled kids food jokes. I got quite a few hits and found some jokes I could work with.
The finished product is fold the card. Put joke question on front. Punch line inside along with a little note from me. I've made 3 so far and we'll see how long into the school year (okay who are we kidding next week) we'll last.

Marble maze madness

So I saw this idea about a million years ago but just now got around to making it. We bought PVC pipes and joints and marbles. Cut the pipe to different lengths and Woo Hoo marble maze.
We have 6 90* elbow joints, 2 t joints and 9 lengths of pipe. We decided not to cement them because it allows us to build the maze in different configurations and also use the pipe for other things-including super cool megaphones. :-)

Red, white, and crafty!

So my kiddos decided this morning that instead of breakfast we should make fourth of July decorations. Of they aren't battling I am down with just about anything so I say okay!
We've made a flag and some firework pennants. Who knows what's next?

Eating nasturtiums

So we've been growing nasturtium in the backyard and today the boys decided to try them. They were not big fans but Mihir did like sucking the nectar out of the flower. I remember doing that when I was a kid. Nice to pass these things on.

Teacher thank you cards

I once again have an army of thank you cards to make at school end. Some day my kiddo won't have 6 different aides and I'll just have one teacher per kiddo but until that happens I guess it's mass production time around here. Three of the cards have owls and will read "who deserves a thank you?" on the front. The bee cards will read "couldn't bee more thankful" at least that's the plan. I have a few more days {read two} to get it done, write a heartfelt message, force my kids to sign them, think about buying gift cards and delivering them. Wish me luck!

Mini Vacay Day 1

So my hubster is not one to stay in a job he doesn't like. And he really didn't like the last one so he got a new one. Yippee that people think he's good at what he does. Double yippee that he decided to take a week off between job 1 & 2 and we get to go on a mini vacation to the Southern Oregon coast.
The bummer is that there is a lot of driving between our house and pBrookings, Oregon. The double bummer is that my oldest son, Kie has supreme carsickness. Like, anytime youtakeacurvyroadtothebeachandeat asnackinthecaryoubarf carsickness. And today we drove I-5 which has some moments of curvy road. And we had sandwiches, watermelon and Doritos. Not a great combo.
It's actually kind of sad. He said he though he was going to throw up and I thought he was just trying to get a sour patch kid. We had an OT tell us once that sour things can settle an upset stomach. Anyhow so we pulled over and I was taking my sweet time getting him water, a towel and out of his seat. Luckily he mostly got the towel in time and his carseat (after a bit of poured water) was saved from the explosion. His clothes did not fare as well. Which is why there is a pic of me at the hotel laundry. Yippee!
Once we got here the view from our room, and proximity of the beach TOTALLY made up for it though!