Paper Armour

Tonight's update is going to be short. I am trying to keep my momentum up for the next few days. I have Mike's birthday on Friday and Stef's shower on Sat. I am planning to spend some time in the kitchen. So, I worked most of the evening on some sewing projects and the kids came down to make art too. This is the finished product by my nifty little inventor. He first called it a paper dress and soon switch to armour. It is three chalk pastel drawings stapled together into a smock of sorts. I loved how creative he got tonight, his brain thinks very three dimensionally.

Cousins

Very exciting around the house today! We got a call early morning that cousins were on their way for a short visit. We scurried around until the house was somewhat presentable and waited for their arrival. After they got here K and L ran around showing them the latest and greatest and off to the play set for some swing time. We all soon felt the pain of the heat and hunger. Mexican it was! We all had a great day with our cousins we love so much, oh, not to leave out sweet and sometimes frustrated MeMe.

Spinning Around

I forgot my camera the other day at Jamestown City Park but, had my camera phone! After a couple of hours I figured out how to retrieve them off my phone. Here they are........sweet smiles that just make a day!

Handmade Books

These are the beautiful books.... They chose four sheets of paper from my scrapbooking paper. L picked paper that had flowers and K picked clouds, water, grass and map. I thought that was pretty smart, he chose the elements minus fire. I cut them down by four and they punched holes and used embroidery thread for the binding. After, I asked them to write their names on the inside. L decided she wanted to draw a leaf instead and K, well , he wrote his name-backwards-it was amazing! Then I pointed it out to him so he said " Oh, I will write it the other way now" and he did.

Sunday in the Kitchen

It is Sunday and Dad is at work so we are trying to stay cool inside and out. I filled the pool and we went for a splash in the backyard for most of the day. I, of course, had to get in some studio time so I set the kids up with bookmaking... They did a great job with there books! Then we had a snack of yogurt and homemade granola. Finding out we were now out of granola, L and I whipped up another batch with the request of "extra honey".

Jenga Blocks = Fun

Friday was beautiful, we decided to met some friends over at Jamestown City Park. Of course, I forgot my camera. The playground is the one that K broke his arm at a couple of years ago and we have not been there since. So, we met our friends there, with a picnic lunch. First we rode the Carousel and then the train and of course lunch. The playground is so much fun now that they can do for themselves more. They have a zip line and three tunnel slides and two moving bridges.

After the long day at the park I decided to go to Goodwill and do a little thrifting. I found a large bag of Jenga blocks for three dollars. The next morning they built castles and made long domino trains. I love a good thrift store find!!

Beans and Magnets

So today I begin, This is something I have been thinking about for a long time. I thought it served as the perfect opportunity for me to connect with family and journal my daily life at the same time.

Today was a day I had Carly, a friends daughter I keep a couple of days a week. I really wanted some studio time so I set them up with beans and magnets. We play in beans often and I hide washers inside the beans for them to find with magnetic wands. Sometimes K just plays with his trucks and moves beans. L likes to sift the rice out of the beans and fill cups and bowls. The beans held their attention for about 30 min. and I did have time to work. So grateful for any time I can weave in my day.