Happy Halloween!
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| float flutter fly |
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| spidey promises to protect his mama FOREVER! |
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| our furry butterfly |
October 31, 2011
Happy Halloween!
All month long we have been prepping for this big day! I have just been SO busy that I haven't had a chance to blog about it all... We have been to pumpkin patches, harvest parties, fall festivals, field trips, and have done just about everything fall and Halloween related! We had a great time and there were no typical casa de crazy moments (aka catastrophes) to report, so here are some peeks of our fall fun!
I really do love this time of year and I am looking forward to trick or treating with my minis tonight even if it is FREEZING! Hope you all have a most frightful Halloween!
Madison's Field Trip
Madison's Harvest Party
Our Jack-O-Lanterns
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| Anthony's Masterpiece |
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| Madison's Creation |
Anthony's Fall Festival
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| Playing Pass the pumpkin (my pictures were all TERRIBLE... Boo!) |
I really do love this time of year and I am looking forward to trick or treating with my minis tonight even if it is FREEZING! Hope you all have a most frightful Halloween!
October 28, 2011
Lego Solution??
I hope! I have somehow found myself in the midst of a Lego takeover! Anthony is a major Lego head and I think we have almost all of the Lego city sets. He enjoys them, but the pieces drive me CRAZY! Every where I turn I stumble upon Lego's. Big pieces, little pieces; really the size does NOT matter because even the wee tiniest pieces hurt like crazy when you step on them!
A few months ago I stumbled upon this amazing blog: I Heart Organizing, check it out if you are ready to be sucked in and stuck in front of your computer screen for hours bewildered by how a house with small children is SO organized and BEAUTIFUL at the same time! This blog has sparked a need for organization in my world of chaos! I have taken on quite a few projects and have A TON more in mind (which I will be soon sharing) all in thanks to I Heart Organizing...
Lately, I have been on mission organization and she has been talking Lego storage solutions. A friend alerted me that this months Family Fun magazine has an article on just that Lego Storage. Of course, being as I am in organizing mode, delved in and discovered what I hope to be the ANSWER to all my prayers (ok curses!)
I instantly got to work! I purchased 2 of the drawer storage (a 3 and 5 drawer one) bins, a pre cut (16x48) table top from Lowe's (in the closet storage aisle, some orange electrical tape (to go with my playroom's orange and turquoise theme), a pack of double sided permanent tape squares, and a few small bins to put inside the drawers. The whole thing cost about $40 and OMG I am in LOVE!
I really LOVE how it turned out! Anthony has a place to build, he can keep his finished projects on top of the table, and the drawers have all the pieces sorted. I also put all the instruction books in page protectors inside a 3 ring binder so they are all in one place for when we want to build one of the sets...
Honestly, I want to make another one for Miss Madison and the endless amount of art supplies that are consuming my house! So, what do you all think?
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A few months ago I stumbled upon this amazing blog: I Heart Organizing, check it out if you are ready to be sucked in and stuck in front of your computer screen for hours bewildered by how a house with small children is SO organized and BEAUTIFUL at the same time! This blog has sparked a need for organization in my world of chaos! I have taken on quite a few projects and have A TON more in mind (which I will be soon sharing) all in thanks to I Heart Organizing...
Lately, I have been on mission organization and she has been talking Lego storage solutions. A friend alerted me that this months Family Fun magazine has an article on just that Lego Storage. Of course, being as I am in organizing mode, delved in and discovered what I hope to be the ANSWER to all my prayers (ok curses!)
I instantly got to work! I purchased 2 of the drawer storage (a 3 and 5 drawer one) bins, a pre cut (16x48) table top from Lowe's (in the closet storage aisle, some orange electrical tape (to go with my playroom's orange and turquoise theme), a pack of double sided permanent tape squares, and a few small bins to put inside the drawers. The whole thing cost about $40 and OMG I am in LOVE!
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| I added orange electrical tape to the drawers and table top edges to pretty it up some! |
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| I attached the table top to the bins with the double sided permanent tape squares (mini bins for people and odd pieces) |
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| sorted by color |
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| in the larger bins I added smaller bins so that I can have 2 colors in one drawer |
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| without the chair my hubby made :) |
I really LOVE how it turned out! Anthony has a place to build, he can keep his finished projects on top of the table, and the drawers have all the pieces sorted. I also put all the instruction books in page protectors inside a 3 ring binder so they are all in one place for when we want to build one of the sets...
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| book binder |
Honestly, I want to make another one for Miss Madison and the endless amount of art supplies that are consuming my house! So, what do you all think?
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October 23, 2011
I feel like I'm falling for fall...
I LOVE fall! The weather is nice, the leaves are GORGEOUS, and all the activities are SO much fun! The kids had off from school, so some friends and I took advantage of our free day and went to a pumpkin farm for some good old fashioned fun! The kids ran, climbed, teeter tottered, and played HARD! It was a great day filled with fun and friends 2 of my favorite things!
We had an AWESOME time and the minis wanted to do a corn maze with daddy, so we visited another pumpkin patch and OMG is all I can say! There were pig races, hill slides, jumping pillows, mazes (we so got LOST!), duck races, pony rides, apple cannons, petting farm, and the list goes on!
So here is a glimpse of our wonderfully gorgeous fun day...
Oh how I love days like these... I wish every day was as perfect!
We had an AWESOME time and the minis wanted to do a corn maze with daddy, so we visited another pumpkin patch and OMG is all I can say! There were pig races, hill slides, jumping pillows, mazes (we so got LOST!), duck races, pony rides, apple cannons, petting farm, and the list goes on!
So here is a glimpse of our wonderfully gorgeous fun day...
Oh how I love days like these... I wish every day was as perfect!
October 18, 2011
October 16, 2011
The beauty inside a box of crayons....
As I was scrolling through my Facebook this evening, I was disgusted by a status a classmate from high school posted. Apparently she left a 2 year olds birthday party today because another guest told her daughter that he couldn't play with her because she is "brown"! What is wrong with people? Why on earth does a child so young know such hateful beliefs?
I was not raised in the most open minded of households, but I developed my own thoughts, opinions, and beliefs. Quite often, my parents disagree with my, as my dad jokingly calls me "bleeding heart" opinions, but they do respect them.
One thing I miss about living in the burbs of DC is all of the diversity. In small town USA, the cultural and ethic diversity is not as plentiful and I wish my children were able to learn from and experience all gifts a multicultural community can provide.
However, even in small town USA I was asked why a boy in Anthony's class had 2 moms, and I took that opportunity to explain that all families are different and that the differences can be a wonderful thing! I mean who wouldn't love to have TWO loving mommies! That boy was quite lucky!
Just a few weeks ago, Madison said her best friend at school has beautiful brown skin. It made me smile to hear her say that... My kids have been taught that the world is like a box of crayons. We need all types and colors to make beautiful pictures, for if each crayon was the same our picture would lack vibrancy and beauty and be dull and boring. Who wants a picture like that?
Am I saying that I am perfect, by no means. However, I do believe that my children are learning to expect good from all people regardless of how they look, who they love, or what they believe. If someones beliefs are different from ours, why not take the opportunity to learn from the differences? Who knows we just might be surprised by what we discover!
I am so upset that a two year old little girl was treated poorly today. She is an innocent, beautiful, sweet child. What has she done to deserve such hate? I only hope that the child who has been taught blatant racism grows up to form and develop his own beliefs and I hope that child's mother or father was called on it because they should be ashamed of themselves!
I was not raised in the most open minded of households, but I developed my own thoughts, opinions, and beliefs. Quite often, my parents disagree with my, as my dad jokingly calls me "bleeding heart" opinions, but they do respect them.
One thing I miss about living in the burbs of DC is all of the diversity. In small town USA, the cultural and ethic diversity is not as plentiful and I wish my children were able to learn from and experience all gifts a multicultural community can provide.
However, even in small town USA I was asked why a boy in Anthony's class had 2 moms, and I took that opportunity to explain that all families are different and that the differences can be a wonderful thing! I mean who wouldn't love to have TWO loving mommies! That boy was quite lucky!
Just a few weeks ago, Madison said her best friend at school has beautiful brown skin. It made me smile to hear her say that... My kids have been taught that the world is like a box of crayons. We need all types and colors to make beautiful pictures, for if each crayon was the same our picture would lack vibrancy and beauty and be dull and boring. Who wants a picture like that?
Am I saying that I am perfect, by no means. However, I do believe that my children are learning to expect good from all people regardless of how they look, who they love, or what they believe. If someones beliefs are different from ours, why not take the opportunity to learn from the differences? Who knows we just might be surprised by what we discover!
I am so upset that a two year old little girl was treated poorly today. She is an innocent, beautiful, sweet child. What has she done to deserve such hate? I only hope that the child who has been taught blatant racism grows up to form and develop his own beliefs and I hope that child's mother or father was called on it because they should be ashamed of themselves!
October 11, 2011
October 10, 2011
Time?
Where has all my time gone??!! One would think with a child in school all day I would have LOTS of extra time on my hands (especially since my BUSY child is the one GONE!) Nope. Somehow I find myself BUSIER then ever... Between school. PTA projects, playdates, soccer, and family time I find myself needing a few extra hours each day... One thing I have been doing well with is keeping up with all my house work... HURRAY!
This weekend was spent working on our master bath remodel (pics will be coming once its all complete). OMG can you say TIME SUCK! Ahhhhh... I don't think I have logged this many hours in my master bath in the 6 years we have lived here BUT it is SO worth it! Everything is coming along just as I hoped!!
This weekend we had a big milestone at casa de crazy... Anthony read his first "real" book (not the 3 word sentence books or the books he made at school)! I was SUPER proud :) He read the ENTIRE Green Eggs and Ham book all by himself! I did have to help with the words would and could and will the first few times, but by mid book he had them down! What a CRAZY cool thing to see you first BABY read! I'm not sure who was more proud Anthony, Jason, or I...
I will be back hopefully tomorrow to detail a crazy ketchup escapade (the kind of debacle that only happens to me!) but now a steaming hot bubble bath is SCREAMING my name!
This weekend was spent working on our master bath remodel (pics will be coming once its all complete). OMG can you say TIME SUCK! Ahhhhh... I don't think I have logged this many hours in my master bath in the 6 years we have lived here BUT it is SO worth it! Everything is coming along just as I hoped!!
This weekend we had a big milestone at casa de crazy... Anthony read his first "real" book (not the 3 word sentence books or the books he made at school)! I was SUPER proud :) He read the ENTIRE Green Eggs and Ham book all by himself! I did have to help with the words would and could and will the first few times, but by mid book he had them down! What a CRAZY cool thing to see you first BABY read! I'm not sure who was more proud Anthony, Jason, or I...
I will be back hopefully tomorrow to detail a crazy ketchup escapade (the kind of debacle that only happens to me!) but now a steaming hot bubble bath is SCREAMING my name!
October 2, 2011
and the countdown is ON!
There are SO many projects in progress at casa de crazy and I am super excited about a couple of them, but they are not done quite yet... Soon I hope as patience is not one of my best traits...
One project that is finished though, was a simple one Madison and I did together. I have been seeing the cookie sheet count downs for quite some time in the bloggy world, and I finally got my act together and we gave it a whirl!
Madison was super excited for Operation Halloween countdown and I was glad to have a project for the two of us to work on together :)
First I got the most important part... a cookie sheet. I picked some webby scrapbook paper and Madison smeared tacky glue on the sheet while I cut the paper to size... (I was going to use glue dots, but low and behold they would not stick to the cookie sheet!)
I smoothed out the scrapbook paper and printed out and cut 31 squares. Picking the font for my numbers was the hardest part of the whole project!
Madison sorted out the Halloween embellishments I bought and selected her favorites while I used my beloved glue dots to attach the numbers and my little sign. I used my circle punch and made circles and Madison attached her favorite embellishments (they weren't centered perfectly, but that's ok she LOVED them and that's all that mattered!)
I hot glued magnets to the back of my circles, attached a ribbon, and voila: Operation Halloween Countdown was COMPLETE and ready to be hung :) The kids have enjoyed added the magnets as the days pass and I so think Mad and I will be making one for Christmas too!
Let me know if you give it a whirl...
One project that is finished though, was a simple one Madison and I did together. I have been seeing the cookie sheet count downs for quite some time in the bloggy world, and I finally got my act together and we gave it a whirl!
Madison was super excited for Operation Halloween countdown and I was glad to have a project for the two of us to work on together :)
First I got the most important part... a cookie sheet. I picked some webby scrapbook paper and Madison smeared tacky glue on the sheet while I cut the paper to size... (I was going to use glue dots, but low and behold they would not stick to the cookie sheet!)
I smoothed out the scrapbook paper and printed out and cut 31 squares. Picking the font for my numbers was the hardest part of the whole project!
Madison sorted out the Halloween embellishments I bought and selected her favorites while I used my beloved glue dots to attach the numbers and my little sign. I used my circle punch and made circles and Madison attached her favorite embellishments (they weren't centered perfectly, but that's ok she LOVED them and that's all that mattered!)
I hot glued magnets to the back of my circles, attached a ribbon, and voila: Operation Halloween Countdown was COMPLETE and ready to be hung :) The kids have enjoyed added the magnets as the days pass and I so think Mad and I will be making one for Christmas too!
Let me know if you give it a whirl...
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