20 Question Birthday Books

 I've been working on this project on and off since Christmas and I am soo glad that it turned out so good.  I found the initial idea on Pinterest. (link down below)  I embellished the original idea by adding the little details on the intro page which says "Beginning on your third birthday, we asked you these questions every year to remember what some of your favorite things were.  Enjoy!"  I typed these verses writing them because I don't like my handwriting ;)

Here is the list of questions that will be asked every year until the kids are 18:

1. What is your favorite color? 

2. What is your favorite toy? 

3. What is your favorite fruit? 

4. What is your favorite TV show/movie? 

5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? 

6. What is your favorite outfit? 

7. What is your favorite game? 

8. What is your favorite snack? 

9. What is your favorite animal? 

10. What is your favorite song? 

11. What is your favorite book? 

12. Who is your best friend? 

13. What is your favorite cereal? 

14. What is your favorite thing to do outside? 

15. What is your favorite drink? 

16. What is your favorite holiday? 

17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? 

18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? 

19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday? 

20. What do you want to be when you grow up? 

I'm so excited I can't wait to start filling these books out :)  Here's the link:

http://reavespartyofthree.blogspot.com/2011/09/20-questions-birthday-q-album.html

Delayed Craftiness

 So I did this months ago...sigh I suck at blogging...anyways I got these great pictures of Zoe and her friends and I decided that they would be a great way for Zoe to see all her friends.  They only problem was in my mind I saw and awesome collage of pictures that could grow with Zoe but finding a frame that fulfilled that desire proved difficult.  I found a frame I liked but I didn't like the $30 price tag with it.  Target had a 3 pack of 5x7 frames on sale for $5 so I figured why not just glue some together and make my own collage.  My next problem was figuring out which glue would be the best to glue the frames together.  All I could find online was wood frames and wood glue and clamps...grr I found plastic frames.  I finally ended up doing a trial and error with all the glues I had on hand...Mod Podge, Tacky Glue, Super Glue and a glue gun.  The glue gun worked the best with the fastest results.

Advance apologies for any mistake I might have missed...a certain 11 month old has broken my keyboard  and I haven't gotten a new one yet :)

Let's Get Messi!!

Yesterday we broke out an old sheet and some paint and got crafti!!

Zoe had a great time putting her hands and feet in the paint.  It was so much fun in Zoe's mind that mommy had to join her...

I'm glad that it waited to rain until after the paint had dried.  Now I have a huge sheet covering one wall in my living room...I think I might cut out the best pieces and frame them.

My favorite spot...mommy and Zoe's hands...and mommy's foot

Another Pinterest idea...here's the link:

http://www.playcreateexplore.com/2010/06/sheetfeet-painting.html

Yummy Crasftiness

 Not really that crafti but I made mini cinnamon rolls last night and boy are they yummy!!

I started with a regular roll of refrigerated crescent rolls and brushed some butter on and then covered with cinnamon and brown sugar.

 Then I rolled it all up.  I ended up wrapping it in saran wrap and sticking it in the refrigerator.

I cut the 2 rolls that I made in to 8 pieces each and plopped them in to the mini muffin tin.  I unfortunately threw my directions away so I had to guess the temp to cook at and the rolls ended up a tad over cooked but they are still very yummy.

Heres the link to the actual recipe:

http://iowagirleats.com/2011/11/23/8-minute-mini-cinnamon-rolls/

More Handi than Crafti today...

I used to keep all my seasoning packets laying flat on the panty shelves and my toddler would keep getting in to the pantry and knocking the down.  So today I got the idea of screwing an old plastic bowl to the wall and use it to hold the packets.  I did screw into the stud so the bowl shouldn't go any where but it may be in reach of the tot...can't test it out on her cause she's sleeping...

I really like the fact that this gives me more room on the pantry shelves and I can't believe I didn't think of this sooner.

Upcoming Christmas Projects

I love Pintrest!!  I found these great Christmas time projects and I'm excited to try them out.

1. The Christmas Advent Calender.  It's made out of cardstock/scrapbook paper sewn onto fabric.  I really like this because I can personalize it to my family and as the babies grow so can the activities.

2.  Felt Christmas Tree.  A great idea for little ones.  I think that this project is the one I'm most looking forward to.

3.  Finger Print Snowman Ornaments.  This is pretty awesome.  These can be done as gift or for your own tree.  The kiddies can do one every year

4.  Finger Print Lights Christmas Card.  I like this but I am horrible about getting Christmas cards in the mail...this maybe a maybe this year.


If anyone is interested in the links let me know...

#2:Felt Christmas Tree
#4: Finger Print Light Christmas Card

Online Color Test

I was looking at my Facebook feed some weeks ago and I came across a Huffington Post that talked about how well can you see color and they provided a link to test how well you see color.  So I go and take the little quiz and score like a 3 or something I don't really remember.  I leave the link open so I can see if hubby would take the quiz to.  (He hasn't by the way)  Anywho, I've take the quiz 3 times now (I think I like torturing myself with it) and this last time I got a 4, which is pretty good considering I've got smudgy fingerprints all over my computer monitor.  Looks like I have trouble with red-oranges...

Here's the link to go take the Color IQ Challenge yourself:

http://www.xrite.com/custom_page.aspx?pageid=77&lang=en

And here's a link to the Huffington Post article:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/26/take-the-color-challenge-_n_1627702.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009