And We're Off!

England, here we come!

Mother's Day Happiness

My favorite is the last line. He fights me every night. I guess I'm making an impression?

Crafts and Memory Lane

Next week is Teacher Appreciation Week and this is the kick off card/craft. I asked little G what he wanted to do for the craft, and he said, "color, paint, cut, paste, everything!" So that's what we did!

This craft reminded me of my mom, who died almost 18 years ago. She made sure that we had paper, paint, crayons, markers and glue, then we had to "find" the other materials for our art projects. 

G and I looked for yellow pictures in catalogs, then used markers or crayons to saturate the color. Then we cut and tore the paper to the sizes we wanted. The white petals are kitchen parchment paper, and we also used aluminum foil. G finger painted the paper first, we let it dry, then glued on the other pieces. We used white and glitter glue (which I apparently need to buy more of since he loves it sooooooo much). I had the buttons in my craft box. 

It was fun to see G's creativity as we waded, cut, tore, colored, painted, mashed and arranged. G did about 75% of the work himself. I directed colors and materials, and he decided that it should be a flower scene. There were some tense moments with the paint and glue since I didn't want it all over the house (and letting him use his 3 year old creativity - Mom, let it go!), but we were both happy about the way it turned out, his teachers LOVED the creations, and I'm learning to let my son become more independent.

#1- Two Wonderful Things

1. Little G has been going to bed earlier. He is definitely a night owl. The more he sleeps, the more opportunity we have to sleep. I am not a night owl!

2. There is nothing more exciting than a bunny cake for Easter for a three year old. Sometimes the simplest things can be the best things. Lesson learned for Mom ... Make more food crafts ... Pinterest, here I come!

Happy Easter from the Brights!

The Brights in matching Easter clothes. 

We are dancing for the camera here. You can see Hal looking through the door. Silly is something that we are very good at!

Easter Preparation

Table ready for Grandma and Grandpa. We eat formally for Easter and Christmas to stay in practice. Grandpa grew up in a fairly formal household, and he enjoys a little taste of the home he grew up in. Something funny is that we have been drinking out of water bottles since Little G started eating with us at the table. I finally bought some glasses that I won't cry about if they get broken. 

An excited little boy ... food as a craft! And we get to eat it afterwards. He wanted to eat the piece with the whiskers.

Making icing for the bunny cake.

Getting Dad's secret Easter present. G loves to pick things out and carry them home. He thinks that he is so big ... and he is right!

Easter Craft

When you have a 3 year old, you do a lot of crafts. Making these egg-bunnies and chicks was super fun. There was no way to make them stand up, so Little G and I tried several things before figuring out that we needed to stick a squared off sticker to the back to help them balance.