Love to See them Learning

We took a trip to the Discovery Science Center

with our good friends,

Emma and Chloe.

We LOVE field trips!! Dave is a High School Science teacher,

so Simon (seriously) takes after him.
"Why do we have ankles?
Why are our teeth hard?
How come we have toes...fingers?
How do kites fly?....
What is the street made out of?
Where does sand come from?
Why do we have seasons?
Why does the weather get hot...get cold?


Where does the food go after you eat it (no joke)?!
Why do we pee?
What are these for (pointing to his personal parts)?

Oh the questions Simon asks!
Half the time,
I just say..."I'm not sure about that...
wait till your daddy gets home."
And then I feel stupid because I really don't know the answer!
UUGH!
I feel like I've lost IQ points since I've become a mommy...
the more questions he asks me,
the more I realize how much I don't know!
The good thing?....
Simon IS learning...
that's the point.
He can keep asking me WHY questions all he wants.
Seeing his brain turn, think, and process
is the coolest thing I witness being a mommy.
I just have to do a little more homework
so I can actually answer him!

Fun Frame Craft Tutorial

I found the cutest frame project on

making the world cuter blog.

I followed her tutorial,

but put a little twist to make it my own.

Check her blog out when you get a chance!

To make mine,

I got a 3pck of IKEA frames ($1.67)!

I took out a poem titled,

"Simple Simon"

out of a Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes book

that is about 30 years old.

(FYI...I'm sorry, but Mother Goose is

seriously creepy! You should read some of those

nursery tales sometime...

sorry Mother Goose)!

Anyway...

I painted slightly over the poem,

but left some wording with Simon's name in there.

This is for his room,

so I thought it was cute.

I let it dry...

you'll see what I wrote later on.

Then, I painted the frame red...
and sanded it down.

Once the cream paint dried,

added some red and blue (to match his room).

Let it dry.

Then I added and changed my own

Super Hero wording for my sweet boy, Simon.

Gotta love our little men in our lives...

future Super Heros for sure!

Train 'em young!

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One of bubsies' mascots...

Lil' Birdie

for the new baby in town!

Super Easy Mod Podge Craft (for your bathroom)

I'm addicted to Mod Podge

like everyone else who has worked with it!

It's AMAZING...

that's all I can say.

I have very plain bathroom that I need to add some serious color to.

I took my cottonball jar and spruced it up in

5 minutes!

You heard me...

5minutes!First, get your supplies.

Next, wrap the scrap fabric around your jar and

put a pin in it,

so you know where to iron.

Then iron your strip down on both sides.

Next, Mod Podge your surface and

lay fabric across it.

Press to get any creases or bumps out.

Wrap it all the way around.
Use your brish to Mod Podge the seam
at the back.
This will keep the fabric down and
stick it together.
That's it!
Can you believe how easy it is!
I love adding fabric
and spice to any room.
Color makes me happy,
so I like to put a little here...
a little there...
a little everywhere!
Stay tuned for more
COLOR!

Cork Board Make-Over

If you ever want to create a place to

put pictures, memorabilia, or notes of any kind...then buy a regular corkboard ($7 at Target)

with no frame attached.

Get some cute fabric, butoons, ribbon,

and a staple gun...

and go to work!

I hot glue-gunned the buttons on,

but other than that,

it was a regular cutting and staple project.

Have fun!!

Play Time

We got some fun hand-me-down costumes from a good friend...they are awesome!
I've realized that 4 year-olds
LOVE to pretend play...
making up all sorts of actions, dialogue,
stories, dramas, and
make-believe creations!
I love it!

And so does Simon!!

Sometimes I wish I could dress up,

play for hours, act silly,

create imaginary friends,

pretend I am a cowboy,

superhero, Scooby-Doo,

and disney's favorite mouse...

the next time I complain about having mommy-time...

I think I'm going to STOP...

get down on my hands and knees,

throw a cape on,

some cool, silly hat,

and PLAY with my sweet son!

sometimes ya gotta just put your "to-do's" aside...

and be a kid...

THEY LOVE IT...

They are making memories with their mommy...

And vice versa...

you'll be making memories with your sweet little ones...

they'll be grown before we know it!

So go do it...

get on your costume..

and get playin'!!

Pillowcase Girl Shirt

I found a fabulous tutorial on a Pillowcase Dress on

http://www.aroomsomewhere.net/2007/07/pillowcase-dress-tutorial.html

www.aroomsomewhere.net.

It's so fun to see all the thousands of

talented women out there who

are gifted beyond belief with

craftiness! Feel free to share your helpful tutorials

with me...

I'm always learning....

and I'm sure I always will be!

Embellished Girly T-Shirt

This Wal Mart little girl's T

was only $1 on Clearance!!
I just added two little butterflies
with iron-on fusible web
and...
called it a mini-bubsies creation!

Fun, Silly, Easy Project

This seems silly,

but I actually got the idea from a fabulous book,

"One Yard Wonders."All you need is Mod Podge, a small pice of scrap fabric,

a paint brush, and an old scale that needs a little

fixing up!

I laid the fabric over the black portion of the scale.

Then I traced and cut.

Next, I Mod Podged the black surface of the scale,

and laid the cut piece of fabric on top.

I smoothed it out till it was wrinkle-free...

all done!

Super simple...

Kinda Silly...

but it gave me something to do,

and spiced up my bathroom

with a little splash of color.

Big Bro...Lil' Sis

Congrats to the new baby in town!

Cheap and Easy Gift

I had some aprons left over

and wanted to put them to good use.

I decided to whip up a

little Dish Towel,

buy some dish soap,

and add it to my apron gift. These two sets are going to my beautiful sister-in-laws
for their shared birthdays. You could always do the same
for the sweet sister, mama, auntie, or friend in your life.
I think I'm going to add a little cookbook
to each set.
Michaels sells GREAT, cheap cookbooks for
$5 or less (plus a coupon in Sunday's paper).
Gotta think creatively and resourcefully these days!

Growth Chart Tutorial

Simon's little buddy is having his 3rd birthday soon.

I decided to make a Growth Chart

in a Western theme

because he has some fun vintage

Western knick-knacks in his room.

Here goes the tutorial on how I made this CUTE gift!

First, I took two different colors of fabric

and measured them 18" wide x 29"tall.

I sewed them right sides to right sides,

leaving one side open.

Then flipped them inside out.

Then, I found some clip art of a boot

and a horseshoe.

I traced the two on a

No Sew fusible web.

Once I traced the Western items,

I made numbers 2-4 for the height aspect of the chart.


I cut them out and peeled off the back.

Here are the letters for his name in a

fabric that accompanies the theme.

After everything was traced and cut,

I ironed them in place on the growth chart.

Then, I made 3 small strips of fabric

for where the dowel is going to go through.

I took my chart and folded the edges inward

and ironed them down.

Next, I took the strips,

folded them in half and stuck them inside.

Then I pinned and sewed ALL four edges up!

Archer's name looked better on some courderoy

that I had on hand.

It contrasted a little more.

I just pinned the courderoy rectangle

and sewed it on the top of the chart

(no fusible web required for this, except the letters).

Here are some pics of the numbers

and the Western shapes.

Numbers 2-4 were measured from

small strips of fabric that I placed a foot apart.

Number 2 was placed about 2.5" from the bottom.

Number 3 was placed 14.5" from the bottom.

Number 4 was placed 26.5" from the bottom.

I cut a dowel down the appropriate size.

I glued buttons on the end

with a hot glue gun.

I also glued ribbon (to hang the chart)

on both ends.

Here it is!

It's cuter in person...

in my opinion.

You can hang the growth chart

so that it measures 2 feet from the floor.

We hope you like it,

little buddy!

Happy Birthday!

And I hope you guys can follow this tutorial...

you can measure and trace things however you see fit.

I don't think there is a wrong way to make this!

Good Luck!

FREE Time

I had to do a few things around the house today...

the usual for a stay-at-home mommy.

So I had Simon keep busy with

whatever we had in the house...

you know...

toys, coloring, books...

Well, he chose an old box I was throwing away.He spent almost an hour trying to rip it apart

into small pieces.

Pretty typical for a boy!

He ended up making a

"cymbal" for a make-believe drum.

Pretty good for an hour of pretend play!

Then...

he collected rocks for his rock collection.

(Thank you, Lord, for our yard!!!!)

Then he smiled for my constant camera in his face:)

Next, he dipped the rocks in the water to clean them.

Brushed them with a tiny brush he took from
daddy's shaving kit.

Then dipped them again.

All clean!!!

I got to work for about two staright hours...

and he's still going as we speak!

It's funny....

you can buy your kids all the toys and gadgets that you think

they'll play with.

And then they end up having more fun with

FREE STUFF

that you have around the house!!

Whatever works!?!