Paint and Glaze Party Projects!

The boys went to a birthday party at Paint and Glaze where the they were able to pick a project and paint them.  Thanks so much Dori and Matthew!! I think the boys had a great time. 

They both did projects that went with their Japanese namesakes!  

Gavin Ryuhei りゅへい　龍平  (meaning peaceful dragon).

Colin Kojiro こじろう　小次郎  (meaning tiger and second son).

Our little Oni

Our five year old, Colin, is in the kindergarten class at Japanese school this year.  He came home yesterday with this oni mask.  Doesn't he make the cutest little ogre? 

Weekend Fun and Projects

A couple of cute pictures from this week's gymnastics class!

Gavin made a わに (alligator) at Japanese school.  It was SO cute!

We made picture rails for the wall.  We used 2x2's, hangers, a chair rail, finishing nails, and stain to complete our project.  

Big helpers!!!

The before and after shots of where the picture rails will go.  In the after shots I tried to get creative with our clock and put what each number stands for on the clock.  Not sure if the kids even care.  I try anyway!

The boys watched a spin off of the British claymation show, "Shaun the Sheep" called "Timmy Time."

In that show they made trains using a box and decorations.  Of course the boys wanted to do it as well!!!

I got a new vacuum cleaner, yay!

January 18, 2013

I asked my 5-year-old (Gavin) if he wants another baby and he said yes. Then in a sing song voice he said, "I want to see how the baby comes out."

January 20, 2013

While driving towards the sun, 3-year-old (Colin) said,  "Daddy, can you turn down the sun, so it's not shining in my sight?"

Cutie Boys and Gingerbread train

Boys being goofy on our stairs.  

Building a gingerbread train with daddy!

Decorations!

Ta da!!!!

Yum!!!

My attempt to make a snowflake ornament, but I didn't like the way it turned out.  :-(

Getting ready for Halloween

We made salt dough pumpkins!

Ta da!

I made a cheesecake for my dad's birthday (his favorite) and let the kids pic decorations. 

I saw this in Family Fun magazine.  They are milk jugs with battery operated tea lights (their suggestion was white Christmas lights inside, but the plug would be an issue).  I made the faces here.  

I made Gavin's costume.   

I carved this pumpkin for the contest at church.  I let Colin pick what I did.  Can you see what it is supposed to be?

I wanted to have Gavin carve his own pumpkin, but it was still too hard for him this year, so I had him draw what he wanted me to carve.  This is what he came up with, of course! It's Thomas!

I had Gavin draw his own "ghosts." Look what he did... (of course!)

All together!