A Little Crafty…

Oh my goodness!  Did you know you could take this: and this: and turn it into this?

Neither did I until I found this blog.

Holy smokes people!  Yes, it’s true!  You can take your old shopping bags, cut the pictures off of them, and turn them into iron-on decals for old shirts!  Just lay them on the shirt, cover with parchment paper, and hold the iron on them for about 10 seconds.  Wait for the parchment paper to cool and bam!  You have a cute little shirt!

That means little Miss Makenna FINALLY had her Princess shirts!  (Thank goodness for the Disney store that gave us a plastic princess shopping bag with our $1.99 Tinkerbell flipflops!)

I think she likes it—and I think she is adorable with her cheeto face! : )  (I made her two shirts and still have more pictures left to make other things—all from that one bag!)

Think of the possibilities!!!

Yesterday and today I have also been working on a “yummy” babyshower gift for a friend’s shower this weekend.  I took the ideas from this.

Here are my “lollipop” receiving blankets:

 

Then I made some “cupcakes” with baby socks and burp cloths:

And my “candy” baby washcloths:

I think it makes a pretty “sweet” gift basket, don’t you? : )

Ikea~Ikea~Ikea

I.Love.Ikea!!!  I’m not sure what it is about Ikea, but I seriously want to go there ALL THE TIME, whether I need anything or not!  Yesterday was one of those days—and we lucked out even more because they were having a special Kid’s Day! (All pictures were taken on my phone AKA blurry)

Right off the bat, Makenna spotted a clown that was doing face painting and Makenna got a “prettyful” butterfly on her arm:

Next we headed over to a craft table where Makenna was able to decorate a picture frame:

What was Max doing during all of this?  Umm, trying to “catch” the escalator rails…  Yes, not the brightest little guy! ; )

Next we headed upstairs where we found a clown making balloon animals.  Makenna got a cute little ladybug:

  

Then we were able to have lunch—kids ate free!

By this point, we’d spent so much time doing the activities, we ran out of time to shop.  Oh well.  This means we will just have to go back, huh? : )      

A Summer Day that Actually Felt like Summer!

Today was such a weird day, Arizona weather-wise.  While it has been 110+ degrees the last couple of weeks, today it didn’t even reach 100 and was cloudy!  So though we had planned to hit the Splash Park today, we decided it was too cold and went to the park instead!

Max is really starting to have a lot of fun when we go to places like the park.  He is a bit too much of a daredevil for me!  He loves climbing—the stairs, slide, etc.  And he would climb to the top of the play area and just jump off! There were some scary moments for his mommy today; I was sure he was going to wind up really hurting himself!  Silly guy just thinks he is a grown up!

 

(Poor guy!  He was standing here at the foot of the slide when Pow!  Makenna slid down and knocked him flat on his back!)

Look at that face!  No matter what he believes, he is still a baby!

Makenna had tons of fun playing with her best buds Natalie and Maejae, going down the slide (including the BIG slide!), and playing in the sand.  Such a cutie pie!

  (“Watch me Mom!” She was saying in the previous picture!)

A fun day and a FANTASTIC break from the usual hot summer!

GNO

As a stay-at-home mom with a husband in medical school, I feel like I spend A LOT of time with children.  That’s why it is so nice to get to spend a little time with the girls and why GNO (Girls’ Night Out) is so important!

Last night the girls gathered at our house for a little Craft Swap.  Everyone brought a craft to show and teach us how to make and we crafted, snacked on treats, and chatted to our hearts content! 

Here’s Jenn working on a little mod podge action:

Okay, here is a funny thing about Kristen.  For some reason last night, every time I looked at her she looked blurry.  I don’t know if it was my contacts or what.  But she just looked blurry to me!  Then when I tried to take her picture, I got this:

I tried again and got this:

And again:

Still blurry!  What in the world?!?  So Jenn tried to take her picture:

Blurry again!!!  Sorry Kristen, apparently you were just blurry last night! : )

Ashley working on her vinyl plate:

Should Jenn be a game show girl?  (What are they called?  Not hosts… but the girls who show stuff!  I dunno… My brain doesn’t work I suppose!)

Jillian was working on her temple blocks:

The girls hard at work:

My completed crafts:

Jenn showed us how to turn ordinary plates into these gorgeous things—perfect for decorating the kitchen! (Makenna woke up this morning and noticed it right off, “Mommy!!!  Look!!!  So pretty!!!” Hee hee)

I stole this idea from a blog somewhere and each girl made one with her own temple:

Jillian helped us with these cute cards:

And Ashley taught us how to make these bows (super cute but IMPOSSIBLE to take a picture of!):

It was a fun night!  Thanks girls!  I can’t wait to do it again!

Playing in the Sprinklers

I totally forgot about these pictures!  Two weeks ago it was my turn to plan the activity for FHE.  So what did we do?  Play in the sprinklers!!!  So funny because both of my kids were super nervous to do it by themselves; so I ended up HOLDING both kids as we ran through the water!  Kind of ridiculous if you ask me—it’s just water people!  But still fun! : )  (Daddy didn’t play—he took pictures then took a little nap)  Eventually the kids were willing to run through by themselves… and then the water turned off.  Oh well!

   

So Stinkin’ Cute!

Have you ever, in your whole entire life, seen such cute pictures?  I’m pretty sure you have not! : )

   (There’s not really a smudge on Max’s forehead—that was just on my scanner!)

(not sure why these went all fuzzy when I made them bigger…)

I LOVE these!!!  Maybe I’m biased, but I sure have gorgeous kids and a handsome devil for a husband! : )