The First Day of Spring...2009 (Post 1)

We had a blast celebrating the first day of Spring! Evan was out of school for a teacher workday and Wesley had spent the night before so he was here with us. The day started out as normal but ended up far from it. (see why in the next post)


Early in the day, the boys were already "bored" so I knew it was time to come up with some ideas. The babies were napping and I suddenly remembered that I had a box of my granddaddy's old ties. So I decided that we would turn them into snakes. We stuffed the snakes with cotton, hot glued the ends shut, added a felt tongue and some eyes. The boys really enjoyed it. I just realized that we don't have a picture of the finally product, so I'll have to add that later. We also made one for the babies, which they too love.

The First Day of Spring...2009 (Post 2)

After the babies woke up from their nap we went outside. The weather could not have been any better for the first day of spring. I mixed up some of our favorite sidewalk paint. (so easy... water, a little cornstarch, and food coloring, it washes off when it rains...plus everything is edible so it's non-toxic for the little ones)


The big boys enjoyed painted but I think it was the little kids who enjoyed it even more. Elijah immediately wanted to join in on the fun. I handed him a brush and showed him what to do and he was so excited. He would squat down to put the brush into the pan and paint then immediately jump up, look at me and smile...as if he was so proud of his accomplishment. The kids painted for the longest time. This was the first of many art projects for the babies, so I didn't really know what to expect. I kept them in the pajamas so that they could get as messy as they wanted.



I was very impressed with how long the babies stayed focused on painting, they painted on paper and on the driveway.

Everyone hard at work

Ella's very first artwork!

Elijah's very first artwork!

This was his, jump up and show Mommy pose after each painting.

Silly boys...

Elijah thinks he is so big!

First Real Hairbow

Ella wore her first real hair bow yesterday!! Here are a few pictures of my big girl!

Man, bows are outrageous! I've gotta find some tiny metal ones so that I can add ribbon and make our own. I checked Michael's but they only have the big one.

A few weeks ago, I was feeling a bit crafty and decided to make a hair bow holder for Ella. Here it is holding her first real hair bows.

No-Uh-Ohs...

Okay I've actually gotten orders for the No-Uh-Ohs...sooo didn't expect that! I can't believe it! I never thought anyone would want these, just thought it was something that would work for us. LOL! A few posts, emails, and phone calls and I think it was 5 requests! While discussing it with a few friends, I decided on $10, and Amber says $12, and Kristie says $15...so I think I'll stick in the middle with Amber and say $12.00. How's that sound??