the blue sharks

Aiden had his team pictures on Saturday it was also the day to decide their team name. Aiden had suggested "Seahawks" but it was shot down because it's a football team name and they're t- ballers. They're team shirts are dark blue and the name "Blue Sharks" was agreed upon by everyone else. Whenever they would do a team cheer and say the team name I could hear Aiden saying quite loudly " I still think we should be called the Seahawks.." Hopefully this doesn't annoy the coach and other players too much.

she's too smart

Amelia is very busy and messy these days. The other day I caught her unrolling the toilet paper roll in the bathroom and just as I was about to tell her to stop she looked at me,picked up the end of the paper and pretended to blow her nose. Today she dumped her bowl of cottage cheese on the floor when she was finished with it( my freshly cleaned floor) she looked at me,smiled, raised her hands in the air and said "tada" proudly.

super cute art poster!

I found an adorable way to display and create a keepsake for your child's artwork. There is a company (www.tada.com) that you can send in 9 pieces of your child's artwork along with their name and year the artwork was created. It costs $85 soo.. it got me thinking. There is another website (one of my favorite) www.bighugelab.com that you can create posters on their website and a poster size creation is $30 with free shipping! Here's the semi complicated part that I haven't tried out. Our scanner kicked the bucket a few months ago and I haven't replaced it.If you click on the title it will take you to the poster page on their website but before you create your poster you will need to:
1) scan how ever many pieces of artwork you want on your finished poster (once you have digital images of the artwork it will be easy!)
2) go to www.bighugelab.com. on their home page under create there is a mosaic maker ( this will give you the chance to upload your digital artwork images into a grid ie 9 pieces of your child's artwork )
3) once you have created your mosaic and save it you will have a digital image of that you can upload when you go the poster page on the website
4) I would choose the portrait poster option, upload your mosaic image, type in your child's name for the title and then type in the year, school whatever you would like for the description save it and order the poster from them! voila!

cute cupcake topper

I love this idea for decorating cupcakes. I probably would use cardstock instead of felt but either way, super cute! ( found via skirt website)

sheik Aiden

Aiden suffers from claustrophobic feet. He rarely keeps socks on for more than an hour and it's always a hassle to get out of the house because we are looking for the elusive socks so he can put his shoes on. (one day I will look back on this fondly I'm sure, right now it drives me crazy!) Most days that I pick him up from school he's running around barefoot and I'm trying to locate socks, shoes, school papers, lunch kit and a coat. Today when we got home from school I noticed the bottom of Aiden's feet were covered in fuzz and glitter. When I asked him what happened to his feet he said " I put glue on them and then I wanted to see what would stick!" nice science experiment buddy. We marched up to wash his feet in the bathtub and I was washing his feet he said " this feels really good Mom I like to have my feet washed!" I think you better make plans to move to the Middle East then.

patio post

Here's the patio! I still have to plant some planters and figure out patio furniture but we enjoyed a weenie roast and smores out there this past week end!

Yesterday my sister came for the day. It's like having a vacation day during the week when she comes. The kids are excited and happy I have an extra hand to help out. We went to Aiden's swimming lessons together and then we had a few hours to kill before t ball. It was raining and miserable outside. I had the brilliant idea we should go to the Children's Museum in Mt. Vernon. 2 adults + 2 kids = museum manageable. We drove down to the museum never thinking to check on their hours. When we arrived I found out they are closed on Mondays ( just like Bellingham). Luckily there is a kids play area right beside it Aiden and Amelia had a ball playing in there. We walked past Chuck E. Cheese (that was open) as we were leaving and Aiden didn't say a word about going there instead. But you have to wonder how their sub conscious mind works because this morning 2 minutes after he woke up he asked if he could have his 6th birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese. "We'll see."