WE are BACK and Happy HALLOWEEN

I just spent an amazing week with my family in Disneyland!  We had so much fun, even though my legs ache from walking so much and waiting in lines it was well worth it.

  Disneyland was a magical place for my 3 year old, the princess' and all the characters were so real to her.  I loved to watch her eyes light up.  I am so grateful we had this opportunity as a family to create a life time of memories!

I hope you all have a wonderful Halloween...Here are my 2 princess in their costumes for the Mickey Mouse Halloween Party! 

Make Your Own Scrapbook Paper

I LOVED doing this project!  All you need is a little paint, and a ball point pen...well if you are like me a pencil too!

I first with my pencil I mapped out how I wanted all my squares, rectangles etc
I then watered down Acrylic paint so it was the consistency of ALMOST water colors...mainly because I didn't want my color to be too bright...just soft and faded.
Next I took a ball point pen and went around the boxes and added more lines and hearts and circles and so on.  The best part of this project is if you mess up it looks like it is supposed to be that way!!

I am using this in my daughters room .... golly her room is taking too long to finish.  Some days I feel as though I am in the FAST LANE going very slow...I guess when you have a 2 year old and a 5 month old it is to be expected!!

DIY Spoon Rose

ahhh would you ever guess this rose is made out of spoons?  I LOVE IT and they are so easy to make...really...I did it on my first try!  Yes, that is a big deal.  I found an awesome tutorial on Can't Stop Making Things....try it out!!

Napkin Pumpkin!!!!!

 This weekend my Mom and I made this cute pumpkin. 

 {I LOVE crafting with my Mom}  

I know it looks like we are super crafty and excellent with a paint brush but don't be fooled!!  

IT IS A NAPKIN!

To make:

Paint your pumpkin Black, cut the design out of a napkin you wanted to use (it is easier if your napkins design is rectangular rather and square we bought these at Target) and Mod Podged it!

Sneak Peek

My oldest daughters room is coming...SLOWLY...but surely!  I love how these boxes turned out!  The best part is they are great for a ON A BUDGET project!  I covered paper mache boxes with white paper, the fringe is actually just tissue paper you use for birthday presents {you probably have some in your closet} and random ribbon...really anything I could find around the house that were the colors I wanted.  Her room is coming together so nicely, hopefully it will be done soon...my next project is sewing a slip cover MY WEAKNESS!!!  Wish me luck!

halloween fever

 I made candy corn sugar cookies!!  They were delicious and super easy.

Separate your dough into 3 equal parts
Dye 1 part yellow and another orange
Flatten each color
Stack them with Yellow on the bottom
Squish them into each other SOFTLY
Now just cut it like bread to desired thickness
AND the most important part...ENJOY

I don't know about you but I think for every holiday I have a favorite decoration and for Halloween it is my witch.  My friends mother made her for me a while back and I have been in Love ever since.  She is one of those dolls they actually cook!  So fun!  If you look close she is holding the cutest little cat bucket!

Barn Wood

Where to start with this piece.  My mother in law gave this to my husband and I when we got married...ages ago and it has sat in the basement...as a gem waiting to be discovered.

My husbands grandpa actually made this out of old barn wood!  My main concern was keeping the integrity of this piece, I lightly sanded it down to keep all the imperfections and texture.  I then brushed stain on and rubbed it off IMMEDIATELY with a wet rag.  The stain picked up all the imperfections as I had hoped.

I LOVE THIS PIECE!!!

My Dresser.....

It is done!  I just love how it turned out!  I actually did my whole bedroom set.  After 5 moves in 7 years your furniture starts to look a little banged up so why not give it a fresh start right?

The only hard thing about my bedroom set was it is a veneer.  After some trial and error and research I found when refinishing a veneer...PRIMER IS YOUR FRIEND.  I sanded it down LIGHTLY just to get the top coat off and them primed away with Kilz Primer.  I even used a paint with primer just to be safe!

Too Beautiful to Wash

My mother made my girls this beautiful blanket.  All the corners have cute little bows and she weaved the ribbon in and out of the slits all around the blanket!  I am seriously amazed by this blanket!  BEAUTIFUL

Mommy School

Every morning my daughter races to get ready so we can do Mommy School, but I think I love it more.  Life always seems to be so busy, there is always something to be done whether it is mopping the floor, changing a diaper, running to the doctor and the list goes on, but Mommy School is OUR time together.  I put Luci down for a nap and Klancee and I sit down for one on one time.  Just the 2 of us!  I love to watch her learn and to be so excited about it makes it even more fun!  

The best part of Mommy School is the one on one teaching.  I have never done this before so things are trial and error, but with the internet and all the other wonderful mothers out there I have been able to tailor our daily lessons to Klancee.    I thought I would share our fun week .... 

Letter of the week ... A

Number of the week .... 5

 
Fun matching colorful apples.  I found these at confessions of a home schooler   Klancee loved these so much we did them every day!

We made pipe cleaner letters and hung them on the fridge.  We talked about the letter all day, it helped it to sink in.

 we also played Worms in an Apple.  Great for counting and matching

 We decorated our A with shapes and talked about their colors too!

I hid apples all over the house and we had a scavenger hunt.

Klancee loved this game...Five little apples...you can get the printables here

We also went in the back yard, picked apples, and ate Apple sauce with our lunch.

We marched around our house singing the Ants Go Marching.

This week was a success, I am writing this as a proud mother of a wonderful daughter.  It amazes me how important the little things in life are.  Mommy preschool is not an easy task as you will find out or may already know.  But it is worth all the late nights getting lessons ready, cut out, laminated, prepared to see your child succeed.  That truly is one of the greatest gifts of being a mother!