Discovery Tote Cars

Kids playing with Discovery Tote Cars. I have been thinking a lot about the gift buying season coming up and have decided to buy only handmade. I think I can find everything for my children on etsy or make it myself. Its the new revolution!!

Happy Halloween

I hope every one had a great Halloween! We had an excellent night........K was a vampire and L was a mermaid. K was crackin' me up all night, he would tell people he was allergic to nuts and they would seek out something he could have and give him three times as much! Then we went to a house that could not find anything nut free so they gave him money! He ended up with 3 dollars by the end of the night. Great fun. Oh I must say, the pumpkin carving was by Mike.

I left there and went to see the Avett Brothers show with my friend Maura. She scored front row seats and the show was amazing! Whew.......... I am ready for a lazy day today.

Night Vision

Okay, I was trying to keep this a secret but the cat is out of the bag. I bought a new camera for an early birthday present, I had too! Really, I am going to be published in a book coming out next year and needed a better camera for documenting. The book is called "My Kids with My Crafts", I will give more info on that later. What I really want to talk about is my new camera, I LOVE it! Its a Sony Cyber-Shot H50 with 9.1 mega pixels, huge step up from what I was using. Although, I believe the camera is only part of the "good shot", it is more about the eye that sees the shot. So, with that being said, these pictures were taken at night with a special "night vision" feature on my new camera. The image is very alien-ish, pretty cool.

Pumpkin Patch

no words..........working on costumes!!!! catch ya later.

Recycled Crayon Leaves

I saw this project on another blog recently and thought it would be fun. The kiddos loved the grated crayons and couldn't keep their hands out of it. They had alot of fun watching the crayons melt under the warm iron. I decided to try this project at school with my sons Kindergarten class..... things were a bit messy but all in all everyone had fun with the project.

Project: Recycled crayon leaf

Grated crayons, I melted mine by color so they were a large chunk, then grated.

wax paper

scissors

black construction paper

iron, towel

Cut the leaf shape out of the black paper, two sheets together. Then sprinkle the grated crayon on the wax paper, place another wax sheet on top and iron. Then sandwich the wax paper with melted crayons in between the black construction paper. If you hang in a window then you get a beautiful transparency like stained glass.

Warm October Days

Taken at BurMill Park.....just trying to soak up that warm October sun! Spent the day hiking around Lake Brandt and playing at the playground.

A Little Man and His Little Green

At the end of the summer Mike put a putting green in for K. It is in the front yard with a cup and a little flag. I made the flag with the request of a K on it. The green is so small we have to cut it with shears, we all take turns so it doesn't take too long. It has become a destination spot in the front yard, sometimes the kids take their little red chairs up there and just sit and put their feet on it. Next? Well, I guess we need a tiny bunker!