who am I?

Give us your best guess. This fellow likes to visit us and hang out on our patio. He is not easily disturbed and doesn't care if you poke him. I don't know if he got up on our screen door by flying or climbing. Everybody submit a guess, we'd love to hear from you!

lego maniac

Have you heard the news? Jason has transformed into a Lego maniac ("Zack, Zack, he's a Lego maniac!" everybody sing along!). It all started a few months ago when I tried to update the toys at Nanny's house by bringing in a Lego car set. It was a small 68 piece excavator/dump truck/fork lift combo. He would not leave it at Nanny's. He had to bring it home, tear it apart and rebuild it over and over again. He then began emptying out his piggy bank, counting pennies until he could afford the next $4.99 set. The addiction grew as his birthday came along and the gift cards came in.... he had to have more Legos. And that brings us to yesterday when Nanny took a little fellow back-to-school shopping and gave in to the sweet little face that just had to have a rescue helicopter. So here he is, 245 pieces later and less than an hour of work, with no help from me. Our Lego maniac with his rescue helicopter. Look out grandparents, stand firm! He does not "NEED" any more. Christmas is coming soon enough!

what's on Jason's face?

It's a spider! We were at Senor Sancho's for lunch after church on Sunday and they were celebrating their 10 year anniversary in the traditional Mexican way with a bounce house and face painting. This was fortunate for all the kids because the adults were trying to meet with a visiting missionary and the lunch turned into a 2 hour affair. So here's Jason's awesome spider and web.

who loves camo?

THESE GUYS! Here's a picture of the kids in their favorite camo gear. Big thanks to Megan for Cam's hand-me-downs. Now she can be just like her big brother!

fun with felt

Check out our craftiness! This is one of the reasons I love Jason and will miss him when he goes to school: he is my crafting buddy. I spend time each day checking in on my favorite craft blog from the folks at Craft magazine. Most posts are quirky crafts and occasionally I see one that would be great for kids. Today someone posted a tutorial for felt mice and beds for them. Here are our results. Enjoy!

the gang

These are Jason's library and beach buddies. The guys were good enough to pose for a picture today.

products I love

I felt the need to show off my craftiness. This is what these blog things are for right? So here are two layouts I recently did using Heidi Swapp ghost letters. The letters are clear acrylic letters that you can leave plain, ink the edges or paint. They can be attached with glue, stapled on or sewed onto your page (or other methods that I haven't thought of yet. I love these letters! It's a nice way to customize your page. I also love these fabric flowers. I added the giant brads to the middle and evened glued a jewel onto one of them. Fun stuff.