The boys received PixOs starter kits from Grammy Vollmer for Christmas. It was something they wanted, they asked her for it and she delivered! Thanks Grammy! The boys love it! For those who might not remember, Pixos are a “new formula” of craft bead developed in response to the massive Aqua Dots Recall that took … Read more
Hello friends…enjoy some pictures from our fun Halloween today. It was a nice balance of fun and not being overwhelmed! Too bad it was in the mid-70s this afternoon and I had purposefully designed all of our costumes for temperatures about 15-25 degrees cooler! After Jake went off to school, Timmy and I went to … Read more
So we figured out how to keep that wide trashcan lid on Timmy’s head for his R2D2 costume. Thanks to Dave’s Mom (Grammy Vollmer) for the idea: “As far as Timmy’s helmet–can you take one of his hats, cut off the peak and glue it to the inside of the helmet? Don’t know if this … Read more
So today we just about finished with Timmy’s Halloween costume. You can see the shots of pre-construction from earlier this week here. Yesterday I painted the top of the trash can chrome-silver and it turned out pretty nice. From 2008 10 20 R2D2_Costume_Construction Today ended up VERY windy! Gusts exceeding 50 mph! We ended up … Read more
I can’t remember if I’d mentioned it before, but Timmy declared around Labor Day that he wants to be R2-D2 for Halloween. And of course I agreed. I already finished Jake’s costume, which is described here. I’m still trying to convince Jake to shave his head like Mace Windu. We’ll see… After some discussion with … Read more
How many of you knew that I could sew — show of hands! Yeah, that’s what I thought. Not many. Enjoy this gallery of things I’ve made. Mainly costumes, as you will see. Jacob wants to be a Jedi knight for Halloween. Okay, that doesn’t seem too hard. He showed me his Mace Windu action … Read more
I did this while the boys were playing outside…Timmy thinks it’s great.Pardon the poor quality, this is an iPhone picture.
Today I felt like a pretty good Mommy. I started bringing the boys’ crafty stuff out of their closets, starting with Moon Sand. If you remember my previous gripes right after the holidays about Moon Sand, now I can set them out on the back patio and cleaning up is an absolute minimum! Yay! (The … Read more
Well…I’m trying to bring it back! I can’t even remember the last time I blogged about a craft I’ve done with the boys… Timmy and I interrupted our crayon-peeling session to pick up Jake from school. When Jake got home he was excited to get to help out. I told the boys we could make … Read more
Today, after a VERY long bike ride during which I got extremely lost in an effort to help find Dave a safe bike route to work (by the way, it can’t be done without riding all over highway interchanges), I continued the finer points of unpacking our house. First off, the moving company made it … Read more