The Thinker

Anyone see any similarities?

Obviously Titus is going to be a genius....I'm just sayin'.

Mother's perspective...maybe.

But funny none the less.

Our Mother's Day Project

We had a very fun and VERY full weekend. (I will post pics later....hint hint, Mom) But, I love spending time with our family so I loved it! Although, the abundance of overtired Monday morning tears I am experiencing right now is slightly unlovely.

I have been very excited to share with you our Mother's Day Project. Now I am a crafty homemade gift giver at heart. And each year I enjoy coming up with a project to give the mothers in our family. (although I do struggle with Father's day...) But, I was especially excited about this year's gift. I even loved it so much I made myself one for the first time.

One of my new favorite blogs to read is Living with Lindsay. I discovered it last fall and when I saw she loved to "knock off" things she sees in the Pottery Barn catalog I knew she was a girl after my own heart. I totally heart Pottery Barn and if we ever strike it rich will actually order something from their catalog. But, I digress. For Christmas I made my mom a fun book page wreath from one of her tutorials. I plan to make me one too when I get around to it.

Then she had a $5 challenge where you had to make something by only spending $5 at a Dollar Store. The winner made this. Well, the inspiration for our gift came from what the winner made and a tutorial on Lindsay's blog on making your own silhouettes. I combined the two and came up with this:

From these pictures:

I made five total including one for myself and spent a total of $5 ($1 per plate at the Dollar Store) What a deal!! I had the rest of the materials on hand. Here are some tips if you wanted to try it yourself:

-Read Lindsay's tutorial.

-Put a sticker or something on the wall for your kids to look at. Mine have heard "look at the camera" too many times and it was hard to get a profile until I gave them something to look at.

-Print your photos on card stock that makes them easier to trace.

-If you want to put them on a plate you can use Modge Podge or I used a spray polyurithane because I hate brush strokes.

And no, I'm not worried that the ladies in my family read my blog and now know how much their present cost. I come from a family of coupon cutting, rummage sale scouting, Aldi shopping ladies who really do believe it is the thought that counts.

Hope all the moms had a great Mother's day!

My Girls' "Masterpiece"

This week I heard Grace screaming during rest time. Upon investigation I discovered Faith had written on Grace's "purple" (her blanket) with a red crayon. After assuring her I could wash it I looked up to discover this:
Its kind of hard to see but that is red crayon all the way from the window to the changing table. Grace actually wrote part of her name on the wall and part on the furniture. And if you could see the artwork more clearly you can clearly see where Faith "drew" and then Grace took a turn. At least they shared the one crayon they found under their bed, right? (Okay, maybe not!) It took us (Oh, yes Grace & Faith were required to scrub the entire time) twenty minutes of scrubbing to remove it from the wall. Apparently this crayon wasn't so washable. But, don't worry purple easily came clean in a single visit to the washing machine. If only I could have stuck their wall in there. But, that wouldn't have been near as effective of a teaching moment, huh? Oh, the joys of little ones. I know I'm gonna miss this....someday.