Getting Crafty...

So it all started when I got an email yesterday from my Mother in Law with a cute New Years subway art attachment... I thought, that is really cute, too bad I got it a few days late! Then I got a wild idea that Valentine Subway art would look so cute in some frames that I needed to "re-season" since I took down all of my Christmas on Sunday. So after a quick Google search for "Valentine Subway Art" I stumbled upon tatertotsandjello.blogspot.com, let me tell you... I was stuck on her blog for HOURS! She had so many cute ideas for every holiday, that I spent my lunch hour at Hobby Lobby buying supplies and my evening working on projects. Below are 2 of my completed projects, and I still have a few others up my sleeve that I hope to accomplish this week... so stay tuned! I think that this is the first year that I have even thought of putting up Valentine decorations! Watch out, by next month, you may be calling me Martha!




I found the lettering on her blog and she was nice enough to include a printable word document that is in already done in the "highlight" mode, meaning that the lettering is white and then it is in a black box if you will... this made the project super easy, I just cut out the squares with the words, laid them on my black cardstock, used some modge podge to stick them to the paper and then a final layer over the whole thing once I had them all where I wanted them... the tutorial on her blog is to make a canvas out of the subway art... but since I already had these great frames in need of something, I just modified it!


Both of the pictures sitting side by side in the frames...


And this is my cute cupcake wrapper wreath... also found on tatertotsandjello.blogspot.com. This was super easy and also very inexpensive!

I will post pictures of all of my projects once they are hung and actually acting as decorations rather than just in random places of my home!

I may even post some pictures from Christmas if you are lucky! I am really going to try to be better about keeping the blog up to date... we will call it my New Years Resolution!

Snow!!

Mason LOVED the snow this morning!

Halloween...

I know I am a little late in posting our Halloween pics... but a little late is better than never, Right?? This year, Mason was Ironman! We wore the costume ALL month. It had to be "fixed" in more ways than one before the big trick or treat day!



Mike was a Rockstar and I pulled out the infamous "bee" costume! I have gotten my money out of that costume!



And as a flashback from the past... just to see how versatile my costume was, I thought I would post the picture of me and Mason in the bumble bee costume! Keep in mind this was 5 days before he decided to make his entrance to the world!



And I just thought that these were fun pics that I stole from Cherilyn!




Hope you all had a fabulous Halloween! Mason is still asking "what you going to be for Halloween?" In his mind, the holiday isn't over yet! I guess I just might have to hide the costumes for a few months!

Happy Birthday Little Man

Happy Birthday to my favorite little boy in the whole world! I can't believe that it has been 3 years... how time flies! The past year has been filled with laughter... lots of laughter, tears, tantrums, Buzz Lightyear, Lightning McQueen, Ironman and more! I love how you are personable and have such a witty sense of humor!



Mason's Likes:

Favorite toy: Ironman & Spiderman (today... that could very well change tomorrow)!
Favorite foods: Hangerbers, Mac & Cheese, Hotdogs, Icecream, apples and fruit snacks.
Favorite color: doesn't have one because he doesn't know them!!
Favorite things to do: go to school, play with cousins and watch Ironman!

So far, I am loving what 3 has to offer... it is looking so much more positive than 2! Let's just hope we keep moving in the right direction!




Love you buddy!

(Pictures compliments of my dear friend Jill (Vance) Witt... jillwittphotography.com!

How Their Little Minds Work...

This blog post is inspired by Mike's cute aunt AD and her last post titled "Funny". She recollected funny sayings of her kids and the books that she kept of those sayings. I have yet to create a book, so I am posting this story on my blog so that I don't forget!

This afternoon we were driving home from Pre-school and Mason was in costume after just having his first Halloween Parade and Party at School. When he asked me,

"Mom where is Jake's costume, I don't see one for him."

I then replied,

"Mason, Jake lives far away now, so you will have to wait until he comes for Christmas to share a costume with him."

Mason: "How bout I get my telescope and look for Jake... do you think I can see him in my telescope?"

I just started to laugh... Oh how we miss having Jake over to play everyday! 2 months from today is Christmas (that is a scary thought) but fantastic knowing that we will be spending the day with Jake and Ellie (Ashley & Tommy too)!!

One of these days I will post some pictures... I have lots to catch up on!

Dear Mason...

Dear Mason,

Oh how I love you so much! I love your giggle, I love your obsessive personality, I love how you keep your eye on the ball! But there is one thing that I am not loving about you lately... and that is the way that you come crawl into bed with me in the wee hours of the morning and want to cuddle. Oh how I love to cuddle with you, just not at 2:oo AM and then again at 4:15 AM like you did this morning. There was a time when you were little that I yearned for the day that you would cuddle with me, but now that time has finally come, but I am wishing that you would choose to cuddle at more convenient times of the day! The exhaustion that I am feeling now is the same exhaustion that I felt the first 5 weeks of your life when I would wake up with you in the night... only difference between now and then is that I wasn't working during those first 5 weeks of your life when you would wake up in the night and I don't have a newborn! Please, Please, Please let me get a full night of uninterrupted sleep tonight, and every other night from here on out for that matter! I promise I will cuddle with you any other time, except for when I am trying to get my sleep!

Love,
Mom

How a Dragon Slayer Eats His Lunch

I came back from lunch yesterday and opened my email to find an email titled "How a dragon slayer eats his lunch", I thought to myself, oh this is going to be another one of those dumb forwards... was I surprised to find this picture as an attachment! Made my day!

It was then followed by the pose outside of the store window... for those of you who don't know Mason, he is very into himself and loves to see his reflection in anything that will refelct!



And this was the infamous "dippin' his sandwich"... this only happens when he is at gma Cher's!

You will also be happy to know that this getup came home with Mason yesterday, he wore all of it to the circus last night (we made him leave it in the car when we got there... didn't want people to think he was part of the show!) Wore it all the way home... even fell asleep in the car with it all on! And has been wearing it since the moment he woke up this morning. Needless to say this is the latest and greatest obsession that my child has! Thanks Cher!