Valentine's Day 2012

Crayon valentines for Samir's class

Teacher gifts

First time with a sucker and he's a pro!

A heart shaped supper

Special glow stick bath

Party at school

Train Ride!

We had a big surprise for Samir this past weekend....a train ride! We pulled in and Samir said "Oh thank you momma!"

Samir loved the conductors!

Crossing the Arkansas River

....and a little bit of that

Bathtub paint! Cheapo shaving cream mixed with food coloring=simple paint, easy cleanup!






Three little teeth!



Moving to the big boy stroller



For Samir's class on Valentine's day



Enjoying a teething biscuit....



.....while big brother enjoys a cookie!

~Tiffany~

A little bit of this......

The dinosaur Samir built at Lowe's



Samir's first recognizable drawing....a rocketship!



Our newest tank mates....two yellow snails!



Hanging out while the weather was nice



~Tiffany~

Salt Dough

I was home with both kids today. Karim has been sick and Samir wanted to stay home with us, so we had a lazy Friday. I wanted to do something with Samir, and with Valentine's day right around the corner, I thought we could do something for that. So we started out just doing heart salt dough ornaments to give as gifts, but Samir wanted to do that plus some, so we did!



We used the recipe found here: http://www.busybeekidscrafts.com/Salt-Dough-Recipe.html


I would recommend rolling and cutting out on parchment paper because this dough is pretty sticky.








Karim was happy to play with a spoon :)


And after Karim went down for his nap, we made some of those yummy goodness!


~Tiffany~

Closet Makeover

This isn't your typical closet makeover. In fact, you might even call it a closet repurposing! Samir has two closets on his room, one being a walk in that's pretty large. Up until this point, we had used it for a little bit of everything....my crafts, gifts, memory boxes, you name it! What we really needed though, was a place for the boys to do arts and crafts, aside from our kitchen table. So I had a brilliant idea! Here's the before (okay, that's really a lie. I couldn't let everyone see how bad it really looked!)



That's actually with everything picked off of the floor. I filled three trash bags with trash and donations, plus a crate of scrapbook supplies I gave to the little girl next door!
Then I got busy painting.....


And this is our new arts and crafts space!



All I had to buy was the table and shelves! Mom and I actually found the table at a thrift store in Paris. It was a great deal, so I snagged that bad boy! We came in under $100 for a great space that's used just about daily!

~Tiffany~

Moving On Up!!

I've created a monster! Well, not really, but I have finally gotten blogpress on my phone and also added some great photo editing apps! So now I can update the blog fairly easily and hopefully won't continue to fall totally behind. Check out what we've been up to.....































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