One little Painting

I  LOVE crafting, and I needed a project. I saw this idea on Pinterest of painting and scrapbook paper to make cute whimsical pictures.  Here is my little picture:

This little picture, started a whole new bathroom theme a trip to the store, to pick out: new towels, shower curtain, etc.  Love our spontaneously new bathroom!  Warning, Pinterest can take you places you never intended to go :)  

Hungry Caterpillars

Its been a while since we've done this at home, it has always been a hit with the kids.   Watching caterpillars grown, into butterflies.  Another one that was fun to do was the prey mantis egg/pod, we could actually here them gnawing their way out of the pod. We've tried tadpoles, but ours do a mass suicide :(   

Each day we are all amazed at how quickly the caterpillars grow.  

Interestingly, the day I surprised the girls with the catepillars, Trinity brought home a library book on butterflies.  They thought they where just having fun. 

“I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.” ~ Albert Einstein

 

My Lawn Expert is Cuter Then Yours ;)

Our lawn has never looked so good!  It just took finding the right individual for the job.

 "If you want children to keep their feet on the ground put some responsibility on their shoulders"
                                                                         -Abigail Van Buren

Love you Teagan! xoxo, Mom

School Begins

Its been a crazy few weeks, and summer feels like a distant memory...I miss summer's lazy days but I also am enjoying the mandatory structure, friendships and excitement of a new school year for both me and the kids.

Lexi helped load up and modeled for our press release for a back to school supply drive, sponsored by a local business. I had so much fun giving them away and the smiles that followed.  A perfect way to start off the school year.

The first day of school!  Came fast and the girls started their new school in our neighborhood.  So far so good..and not even a complaint about having to walk to and from when its been 116!  I can seriously hear it when they are older the old tale of walking up hill both ways in the snow will be replaced with walking up hill both ways in 116 degrees. 

Its so hot, heat advisory...some states have snow days we have heat advisory :) Even the mornings are hot. While we were getting the pool area straightend up, Lexi thought it would be fun to swim in our pj's. She was shocked when I jumped in! It was a great laugh as we swam in our pj's.   Summer fun lives on!!

Have a great weekend!

Bordem Busters II

It's 105 give or take so what do we do when we are not in the pool?  Stay in the air conditioning but there is only so much Netflix, computer and ds games a mom can take.  Here is what we've been up too on these lazy days of summer:

The girls learned how to make friendship bracletts, necklaces & ankletts

Painted and stamped wood to make signs for their room and my office

Not sure what to do with them but they had fun and it is
great hand eye coordination and creativity

Tea Party snack time

wire rings 

 turning washers into art

I took on a furniture make over :)
Sorry no before pics

The girls made rainbow cupcakes and delivered
some for our neighbors

Tee Pee Camping

Have you ever slept in a tee pee?  I rented a replica Sioux Indian tee pee as an alternative to just camping in a tent.  A little apprehensive to what this experience might be like, I booked our tee pee and packed for our camping adventure.  Upon arrival Teagan says "This couldn't be more perfect."  She was absolutely right.

We spent our days playing on the beach and  the late afternoon and into the evening the girls played with new friends on the jumping pillow, playground and oversized games. We read ghost stories and played games by campfire or flashlight great memories and family time. In the morning we were surprised to see all the peacocks wandering the campsite as well as up in the trees above our tee pee.

 Take a look at our Tee pee adventure:

At the beach we spotted 4 dolphins not far off shore.  Though we were thrilled, another mom spotted them too and freaked out, thinking they were sharks! I just had to giggle inside. She probably thought I was crazy, to allow my kids to swim with the sharks. I could go on about that being a life lesson...but this time they were swimming near dolphins.  

A great week!  I hope you had one too!  

Sputnik with some Colossal Cuties

What I love about summer is the freedom, so today it just felt like a day to get out of the house and hit the road.  We made a day trip down to Tucson and enjoyed a day at Colossal Cave.  It is the perfect first cave experience for the younger set and still enjoyable for us grown up kids.

Waiting our turn and enjoying the view

Here we go!!!!

Love all the history, beauty and mystery

After enjoying the 71 degrees in the cave we headed out to continue our adventure:

Panning for gold, Sadie was disappointed to learn she had
been fooled by the fools gold!

1930's Fun House Mirror
Hilarious

Our damsel in distress.
Where is Dudley Do Right?

Until Next Time..........Have Fun!