Eggs

This year the girls dyed eggs for the first time.

 

 

One of my favorites is Quinn's. She wanted to dye one white!



Pumpkin Painting

As soon as we got home from our pumpkin patch play date (say that fast 3 times) the girls were ready to paint them. They were very disappointed to find out that they would have to wait until the next day. :( When they woke up the next morning it was the first thing on their minds so after breakfast we painted. It was a beautiful day so we spent the morning outside. After the pumpkins were dry Claire put hers on the front porch and Quinn put hers in her room where she could see it everyday. Makes sense to me.

 

I love that she is concentrating so much her tongue is sticking out.

She went with the stripes look.



Pinterest Project

I saw on Pinterest where you color on plates with Sharpies and then bake them in the oven. The baking helps keep the color on them. So we all made our very own plate. Jared too! I assumed we could eat off them. I am now realizing that is not the case. The marker comes off when you wash it. We never ate off them because I was worried the color would come off when wet. It only came off when scrubbed on. Anyway, I guess they are meant to be made and then put up as decoration. I do not have anywhere to put them so at some point they will secretly make it out of the house. Thankfully they were only $1 plates from Dollar Tree. It had potential of being really neat. Oh well.

 

Claire's
That is a picture of me again.

Claire and mommy

Quinn's
I LOVE this. It is her family...my favorite part is that we all had to have hair.

Quinn's rainbow

Mommy's
I draw the same things I did in the third grade.

Daddy's
Steak, carrots, broccoli, and lima beans.

 

 



Quinn's Artwork

Quinn is really loving to draw as well. Her favorite thing to do is cut paper up but I am just going to post her drawings. I am so amazed at how it went from scribbles to people. So cute!

 

Person



She made a Q up at the top. It's the only letter she can write.

She colored everything herself.

I printed this for her to go over her numbers and she did it all by herself after I told her what color went to what number. She decided not to finish it.



Claire's Artwork

Claire loves to draw. She gives Jared and I pictures that she draws or colors every day. It KILLS me to throw them away but I honestly don't have anywhere to put them all. I decided to take pictures of them and put them on here. I am so proud of her.

Giraffe

This is a picture of me. Is my hiney really that big?

Horse

Riding a bike.

Pictures Pictures Pictures

I obviously take a lot of pictures of the girls. I want the shirt that has a picture of a camera on it with the saying "Mamas going to snap". So clever! Anyway, with all the picture taking I can barely decide which ones I want to print out. I saw this idea on pinterest and I knew I had to do it. Thanks to my handy husband all I had to do was buy the frame and he did all the hard work. (math stuff...like measuring) I still had a hard time choosing pictures but I love that I can swap them out as I want. You have to love pinterest!

Flowers for mommy

Claire wanted to make me some flowers so she drew and colored a few on paper. I helped cut them out and then she put them on colorful pipe cleaners. They were so beautiful I had to put them in a vase. They brighten up my day every time I see them.



Blue Chair

You may already know this about me but I go through spurts of wanting to do something crafty or creative. We had this chair in the attic and I decided to paint it to use as a prop for pictures. I am still trying to decide if I should put the brown stain on top like we did Quinn's dresser. It will darken it up a lot. If I decide to that I will post a picture. Isn't it such a sweet little chair?

Goofball

Felt I should have her in the background again.

*Picture of the week*

Claire loves to watch a t.v. show and come up with ideas on things to make. Crafty things. She is always wanting me to help her make something...a girl after my own heart. She wants to make a kite like Caillou or a telescope like Curious George. Well yesterday she wanted to be a pirate. They were watching Tangled and one of the characters had an eye patch. This is what we, mainly Claire, came up with.



Headbands, Headbands, Headbands

I get into crafty moods every once in awhile and it tends to last a week or so and then I am good after a project is done. Then a few weeks later I see a new idea and the mood is back. About 3 weeks ago I decided to sew the girls headbands out of scrap fabric that I had. It was a very easy project and fun. Thanks to pinterest I got the idea. (happytogethercreates.com). I just knew the girls were going to love them because they are so into headbands right now. They want their hair long with a headband every day. They were pretty excited at first and Quinn loved hers with the hippopotamus on it. She wore it for about 3 days straight and then that was it. I think I got one in Claire's hair maybe twice. I am hoping they will like them eventually because they stay in and they hold their fine hair back and out of their eyes. Of course a regular haircut would keep the hair out of their eyes if I would ever just pick up the phone and schedule an appointment. I mean how hard is it?!?!?! Anyway, if they decide to not wear them does anyone need a headband for their little girl? Maybe 2 or 3?

Proof they did wear them at least once.