Homemade bouncy balls = Kind of a let down.

Ok, so today we made homemade bouncy balls.....they sure don't bounce like we had in mind. Fun to watch the process but the bounce is very disappointing. Oh well, can't win them all.

Glow in the dark slime goo

This was a fun craft! Who knew mixing up a few common ingredients would turn into something so cool?! You make one mixture, make another mixture then mix those two together and watch it start to form and get sticky. More mixing takes out some of the stickiness and it is so awesome! I haven't seen it glow in the dark yet but Dakotah says its cool.
Next up is homemade bouncy balls.

First craft at home of the summer

This week starts our theme weeks and this weeks theme is "Pinterest week". We will be doing and making many of the pins I've pinned the last few months in anticipation of summer. Today after our free movie in town, we made marshmallow shooters. The kids are having a blast shooting each other with mini mallows and trying to shoot them on top of the roof.
I'm loving the sound of goofy, ornery giggles streaming through our yard right now. :)

The ivory soap in the microwave pin....

We did it! We actually braved cutting up a bar of ivory into fourths then putting all the pieces together on a plate in the microwave. The kids were in awe as they watched the bar grow. After it was done and cooled for a minute, we took it out and put it in a bowl to be displayed on their bathroom counter where they can break off a tiny piece to wash their hands. This immediately sparked the desire to do exactly that for Madi. :)

A labor of love

I love my dad, I don't love hand sewing, but I sure love my dad! Because I love my dad and really wanted his Formula one racing t-shirt quilt to be extremely special, I chose to suck it up and I hand stitched around the different pictures in each shirt/block. It turned out not to be too bad and the quilt definitely turned out to be something I was proud to hand over to him. I had the pleasure of hand delivering it to him and it was a joyous time for me to see him with a grin from ear to ear. I was so worried of wether he'd like it and his smile said it all along with the big hug I got. :)

Spring break in Arizona

We were blessed to be able to go to Arizona for spring break and spend Easter at my parents house with egg hunt and huge family water fight (didn't get pics of that). We did lots of other fun stuff too.

A little something to say thank you.

Well, next week will mark the end of kindergarten for this family which means no more having Mrs. Early and Mrs. Davis. They have taught all 4 of my little ones and I have been so blessed to have them be my kid's teachers. As a little token of my appreciation for 4 separate years, Madi and i decided to make a note pad holder for both. I found the idea on Pinterest and it was simple as well as budget friendly. Just my kind of craft. :) I will miss these ladies so very much. Having had the opportunity to have helped them almost each week this school year, I kind of feel like I'm the one leaving kindergarten. They are amazing and we are so blessed to have crossed they're paths.