Happy Birthday Little Brother!

Little Monsters for the Afternoon

Little E has been pestering me to take him to Monster Mini Golf since the start of summer. I told him it was a good rainy day activity. Obviously from the photo, it wasn't really raining, but all it took was a few sprinkles in the morning for him to be convinced it was the day! We took along his cousins and the four little vampires golfed away. Except for a few minor nail biting moments when I had to cover some ears from the loud noises, all enjoyed the day.

The teeth were a complimentary gift upon leaving-how much fun is that! The highlight of the day was all of them attempting to sing "Living on a Prayer" on the car ride home with their teeth in. I need to start carrying a video camera with me.

We ended the afternoon with frozen lemonade and watermelade (as we like to call it) from Del's.

Link for the Muffin Tin Crayons

See yesterday's blog entry if you are not sure what this link is all about. Have fun!!


http://www.makeandtakes.com/recycled-chunky-crayons

Rainy Day Project

Supplies: Muffin tin sprayed with cooking spray and crayons (preferably old ones)

Helpers with tiny hands to help peel the paper off the crayons. Little Miss LOVED this; she sat for quite some time and methodically peeled the paper, and when she was finished she asked for more to peel. Her big brother liked it, but grew impatient after a little while. They both did great though!

and a Waste basket to clean up the mess.

Directions: Place peeled broken up crayons into the muffin tin and put in the oven at 275 degrees for 7-8 minutes until crayons have melted. Allow to cool completely and then pop out of the muffin tin.

Definitely a fun project and a good use of old crayons. I found this idea online and will post the link tomorrow (hopefully).

Beaching It

We have been trying to get in some much needed beach time during the past couple of weeks. Mr. E really likes the Exploration Center at the beach because he can hold the sea creatures in the touch tank. His favorite this time was the Spider Crab.

He has also been having so much fun this year playing in the water. He has mastered the art of boogie boarding on his own (I have yet to get a picture of it).

Little Miss just enjoys running back and forth with buckets of water...not really for any specific purpose (which her daddy has yet to understand)....just for fun!

The boys wanted to be buried and we had a little fun with it. I'm sure their prom dates will love to see this photo one day.

Poor baby; she had to try to bury herself with sand because we were too busy making the boys into mermaids.

Fingerpainting (As promised)

Fingerpainting is definitely an outdoor activity in this house. So much fun, but so much mess if it is done indoors, especially with Little Miss who likes to paint things other than the big sheet of white paper.

I expected her to be covered in paint by the time she was finished. Every morning I have to clean her up after her facial of yogurt. She has a blast. Sometimes I am lucky enough to catch her before she coats herself, but most times I don't.

The added bonus of fingerpainting outside is cleaning off with the hose when you're done...what could be better than that on a hot, summer day?

A Blur...

When I uploaded this picture tonight, I took a deep breath because I couldn't believe how big my baby girl looked...yikes! EVERYONE says to enjoy it, it goes by so fast, but my goodness, the first two years of her life are almost like a blur. I am happy to say that today we just enjoyed being home, playing in the sprinkler, doing some finger painting (pictures to come), and enjoying some good old-fashioned family time. It was great!
You would never know by looking at this picture that any bickering takes place around here....well, it does...pretty much constantly these days. But, in the end, they really do love and adore each other and I know even though the Little Miss will stand up for herself, her big brother will always look out for her.