April Art Day!!

We made candles and Mother's Day cards. I used vanilla fragrance (needed to use a lot more I think!) along with this stuff. There is candle gel dye but I thought food coloring would work. However duh, water based and oil based don't mix! It did leave cool looking colored balls in the candle, but also made it bubbly and more opaque. Live and learn. We started by mod podging precut paper/magazine letters onto our glass container. The kids suprisingly did great at this. I helped with the letters, but they did the dot's all by themselves. I then had them color a picture for their mom that showed how much they love her and painted the stars on the front of the card. While they did that, I painted the top layer of mod podge over their containers.

While those dried by our ceiling fan, we read the story of the Good Samaritan and talked about how we should be nice to people at school even if they are different or mean. We had great conversation and each child said they would do what God wants them to and be nice to everyone! Then we had pretzels and OJ and finished up the cards. Glue stick and magazine letters were a little difficult so I pretty much just finished them off! They went and had Play Time!
Poor Zane. We need another boy... Here are the finished products! The wicks need trimmed by the way. I have burned A and Z's and they didn't spark or blow up so thats always good to know... Yes. It says Rock Star Mom! Avery decided to draw the world and say I'm the best mom in the world. I think I'll go ahead and agree! Zane drew sun's...just because!

I ate a banana for breakfast...

Fun Day!

So last night was...interesting. Didn't get much sleep after 3am. Then went to the chiropractor this morning and found out I have moderate scoliosis. I have always known i've had a messed up back and it's always been uncomfortable. At times, it has been so bad I couldn't walk or bend. If I ever walk for very long, it realllly hurts. I figured gymnastics and cheerleading just messed it up. I never would have guessed scoliosis. I've never had an xray or anyone really check for it, I guess.

I got a coupon for a full spinal xray, consult, and adjusment for $20, so I went. Not only could I clearly see an S in my spine, my hip was off making one leg seem a tiny bit longer (why it hurts walking very far), and my neck curves the opposite direction its supposed to (why I have headaches non stop). I have no idea what lies ahead other than a lot of chiropractic visits this month and maybe physical therapy. Maybe a brace, maybe surgery. No idea but none the less, fun stuff...it will be weird not having any pain or discomfort. Maybe I'll be more patient, less irritable. I won't know what to do with myself!

I wish I would have taken a picture of my xray. Maybe tomorrow!

Over The Weekend...

It was such a nice day, we decided to get pizza and go to the park. Little did we know, an hour later it would pour down with rain! Got a little wet trying to feed the ducks moldy bread, but it nice getting out as a whole family!This looks like one of those, Daddy, I know you are scared about going back to the hospital...but just know I luv ya buddy, kinda pictures!!To keep myself from going crazy, I've finally gotten Zane interested in coloring for longer than three minutes! Which gave me the opportunity to do these! I am such a copycat and will most definitely never be an Ahmo (i'm jealous of her!) but I saw those and thought Avery would love them...and she does! Thanks for the idea! It was fun for Avery and nice therapy for me!Welp, tomorrow is the big day- It got bumped up a day. Wes will be going for his very last chemo treatment tomorrow morning!!!

Officially Depressed

So I decided to go through my drawers to see if there were things I didn't like or that didn't fit me in hopes of clearing up a drawer for me to put craft stuff in. Three pants (linen) went into the give away pile. I just don't iron. Then there was this pile...

I want to cry. None of these fit me anymore. All but like three were bought in the last two years and many only worn a handful of times. If you or anyone you know is a size 2 or 4...and could use some pants, let me know! The past 9 months I've been thinking I'll get back into them but I still have a drawer full of pants that are my "If I just go to the bathroom I can get them buttoned" pants. So really this pile...I'm just too far gone...

Avery's Random Easter Book!

Avery has been making little books for people lately so I decided to make her a nice looking one (not that hers weren't!) and told her it was for us to keep and read...not give away! After she drew a picture, she told me what to write...There is a bunny hopping in my house, hiding in the small places. Me and Ava (a friend in her class) are hiding Easter eggs and the bunny is hopping all over.
Not sure why these pictures flipped on me. Anyway continuing on... The fish are hungry and I don't know what to feed them. They are all really really hungry. The flowers are trying to get water but they can't because no one will feed them.

The bunny is hopping and hiding Easter eggs. I love the Easter bunny. The bunny likes to watch the sun. I like birds (the red thing with crazy black feet is a bird!)

I love to play outside. I love to play on the swingset with Ava. (The green thing is our turtle sandbox!!)

I love trees. The bunny likes to eat carrots. I like to play in the treehouse with Ava. Ava is inside the treehouse. The End.

This was fun...we'll have to do these more often!

Guess what I'm going to do right now. I really wanted to paint something...but I have decided to put on some running shoes. If you live by me...make sure i'm not dead on the sidewalk somewhere...

What? It's Thursday Tomorrow???

This week has flown by. Warning: This is very random!

Monday- cleaned kitchen, went to ballet, layed down and wanted to be lazy while kids watched homeward bound but I heard an old canvas my sister gave me call my name. Popped this little number out. Really have no use for it but it was fun. Maybe it will be in my garage sale soon!

Tuesday- Picked up and vacuumed the whole house, did grocery shopping, cleaned kitchen again, took kids to the park, took Henry to dog park, watched my nephew, let kids play outside while I read blogs, watched biggest loser, crashed early.

Wednesday- Didn't clean the kitchen and so now it looks like this...

During the kids' nap, I wanted to organize my "office" which led me to work on this project...(it was making a mess and is now contained!)I spy with my little eyes a little silver screw! Still have a ways to go and need to find more junk. Avery came in and started crying when she saw some of her stuff in there. Offered her Easter candy and she got over it.Went to Hobby Lobby and got the stuff for Art Day along with other things, spent the day at the zoo, went to church, checked email, now I'm doing this...decided to take a picture of me and Wes...turned out bad. Oh well. Blogs are better with pictures.

Watched the news tonight (doing this now) and saw Hobby Lobby's minimum wage is now $10 an hour...making my temptation to work there even greater!!

Tomorrow I really just want to stay in bed and not get out. At all. I'd even put a bed pan beside me.

Oh and Wes enjoyed a Jamba Juice today! His white counts are up and his last treatment is probably within the next couple of days! I'm seeing light... :)