Cowboys and an Indian!!

This weekend our church had their "Family Reunion" and the kids got to dress up in their costumes. Reece was an Indian and Wyatt and Seth went as Cowboys. We had a great time. There were almost 50 baptisms, which prompted some questions from Wyatt, so that was great. The boys had a great time jumping in the inflatables, climbing the rock wall, and getting their face painted.

Seth did great on the rock wall. I knew he would because he does so well on the one at our park. Wyatt got a little nervous. I think Seth will be our dare-devil child and Reece will probably follow right after him. Reece would have climbed the wall, but there was a weight limit for the harness and he was too small.

Reece got Indian Stripes painted on his face
Wyatt and Seth both got a tribute to our great family secret painted on their faces. You know the secret, the one that their daddy is really Spiderman and goes out to fight the bad guys at night while they're asleep. Let them tell you all about it. You might just end up believing them; they can be really convincing : ) I don't know where this came from, but they totally believe it and if anyone steers them away from it I will seriously have to hurt them. They've started asking if I'm "Wonder Red Spider Girl" and what super powers I have too. So, that's pretty cool too.

Muffin Tin Monday

This week the boys' muffin tins had:

Spoon for the Cottage Cheese, Cottage Cheese, Tortilla Chips, Apple Slices

Candy Corn and Pumpkins, PB&J, Queso, Carrots

Juice, Animal Crackers, Raisins, Ranch

Seth ate everything except the queso, it was a little spicy
Wyatt ate everything and declared, "Look mom, I'm eating carrots, just like the guinea pigs!" Usually, we have the little baby carrots, but since I have a huge bag of big carrots for the guinea pigs I just peeled those and sliced them for the boys today. He was sooo excited.
Reece had Raisins, PB&J, Animal Crackers, Apples, Cottage Cheese, and Tortilla Chips. He was very pleased : )

Spider Sandwiches!!

Today I made a special treat for the boys' lunch. Spider Sandwiches!

First, I made the legs with two pretzel sticks. I held them together with raisins. Obviously, there aren't 8, but there wasn't enough room and it was kind of time consuming.
Then I used my Pampered Chef Cut N Seal Sandwich Maker (you could use any product that does this that's just the one I have) to make the peanut butter and jelly sandwhich.
I added raisin eyes and put little dots on the top of them with red decorator gel (which didn't show up to well in the picture).
Finally, I stuck the legs in the sandwiches and the spiders were complete.
I decorated a paper plate with black decorator gel to make a web and since it was gel it also edible.
The boys LOVED it!! I ran out of black decorator gel, so Seth's spider web was made from red gel and he thought that was great too.

Look what came in the mail!!!

I'm sooooo excited!! My very first storybooks came in the mail this week. Okay, I've seen the samples, but this is the first time I've seen my work in print. Yipee!! I'm beyond thrilled. They turned out great. So, if you're looking to make incredible scrapbooks, cards, posters, calendars or more then head on over to Next Step Scrapbooks and GET BUSY!! I'm so excited to be a part of this business. To have the opportunity to preserve my own memories and heritage and help others do the same is wonderful.

The books came in these great sleeves that say "Every Story deserves a book of it's own"

I made an 8x8 book of our trip to Seattle, WA last summer and a 5x5 book of Wyatt's soccer season
Some of my favorite pages. These books are completely customizable. You start with a totally blank book and make the front and back covers and all the pages from scratch. There are templates if you don't want to have to come up with something on your own. It's wonderful.
Wyatt with his book. He LOVES it!! The morning after it got here he woke up and it was the second thing we went to look at (after looking at our new guinea pigs of course).

Painting with Straws

We did this fun little art project the other day. I really watered down so tempera paint so that it was nice and thin and then put it on a paper plate and gave the boys a straw and let them blow the paint around the plate. Wyatt did a great job and really enjoyed it. Seth did okay, but not as well. I guess we still need to work on mouth muscle development with him (something we haven't been doing as much of since he's not in speech therapy).

The "Bird in Tree" I made to demonstrate the project to them
All of our projects when we were done

Say Hello To Our Little Friends

Today we added two new family members to our home. Please help us welcome Lightening and Guinea Pig Bob (yes, that's his full name). The boys have literally been praying for these pets for months and after much deliberation we went and got them today. We couldn't be more pleased. They did so well with them. I was afraid they were too young and that they wouldn't know how to handle them, but they did great. They sat still and were quiet and were so gentle. We're looking forward to many years of guinea pig happiness.

Wyatt looking at Lightening in the store.

The boys anxiously waiting as we check out at the store.
Waiting for daddy to get everything set up. Can you believe that grin on Reece's face?
Seth and his short haired Guinea Pig, Lightening
Wyatt and his long haired Guinea Pig, Guinea Pig Bob
Looking at the Guinea Pigs in their new home

My Favorite Halloween Costume

One of the blogs that I am subscribed to on my google reader is Caught Red Handed. I love the pendants that she makes. Check them out because they rock! She asked what some of our favorite costumes are and that got me to thinking. I think hands down my favorite costume has to be this one that Wyatt and Seth both wore (I only have a good shot of Wyatt in it). I made it for him using a large sheet of white craft foam cut into the shape of an egg and I tied it to the baby carrier. I cut another piece of white craft foam to look like the top of the cracked egg and glued feathers to it and then glued it to the baby hat. Then I cut out the feet from yellow craft foam and glued the feathers to them. We got stopped all night long at the church carnival that we went to.

Samantha's Birthday

We celebrated the one and only Samantha's 5th Birthday last week! This is the little girl that Wyatt has declared that he will marry (he says he knows it in his heart) although Seth has started saying that he loves her too. The boys had such a great time. The theme was "Teddy Bear Picnic" and they played at the park and had picnic lunch. Samantha's mom, Miss Laura, led them on a little hike and read them stories. Samantha awarded Wyatt the best listener and he won a new book, Stellaluna. It had a rained the day before so the park was a little wet and muddy which made it even more fun for the boys because they got absolutely soaking wet and dirty.

Doesn't Seth look like he's got the greatest admiration for Samantha?





Aren't the sweet?

Muffin Tin Monday

We had another fun Muffin Tin Monday. My boys just love these! They look forward to them every week.

Our muffin tins this week consisted of:

Tortilla Chips, Juice, Spoon for Cottage Cheese

Raisens, Turkey Bacon (I had it in the fridge and it needed to be cooked before it went bad: ), 1/2 a Kids Z-Bar, Cottage Cheese

Winnie the Pooh Animal Crackers, Blue Berries and a Plum Slice, Mozzerella Cheese, Strawberries

Reece loved his mini-muffin tin. His had tortilla chips, z-bar, blueberries, plums, strawberries, mozerrella cheese, and winnie the pooh animal crackers.
Seth would be happy if I only ever fed him fruit.
Wyatt went for the Turkey Bacon first and then requested humus for his chips.