January

Maybe if I post one months worth of stuff at a time I'll actually keep up with the blog.....maybe.  So here's January in a nutshell...

Connor had a super fun "Winter One-derland" 1st birthday party

We had Chili & hot dogs and lots of toppings

I cut a giant mountain mural out of poster board and covered it with tissue paper.  

Winter One-derland was hand lettered & the snow flakes are cotton balls strung on clear thread {I HATE working with clear thread.  annoying}

 

Connor and his igloo cake...I love the look on his face and the death grip he has on the plate.

He was very dainty about eating his cake, barely needed cleaning off (unlike every other kid in our family) I think it was a little too sweet for him, he hadn't really had any sweets before this, so it was all new to him. By the time Owen's birthday rolled around in March he was much more happy about cake. 

I made homemade play dough in shades of blue for favors.  a few of the colors didn't turn out right so I had two extra batches that I made + the leftovers.  The kids (even the big kids) had fun the next day playing with it for hours.  One of their favorite creations was this guy...a dinosaur...I think...

 

After debating (a LOT) I decided to start painting and hand lettering.  I love it, but I need lots of practice....I've been going through water color paper a little to fast.

Connor fell in love with this little folding chair.  Plus it took him forever to figure out how to get out of it, so if I ever needed him to stay put for a minute or two, there he sat.  It worked well (still does a little bit) :)

A slightly horrible picture of Hailey's diorama school project/book report.  It turned out great.  Story behind it....a kid and a dog in a boat are rescuing a little boy who fell into the water.

on to February...