Monday, March 25, 2013

Owls

 A new upcylced store opened near by.  I love all the creative stuff she makes.  She made these owls using old forks for branches, but I'm not sure what to made the owls.  Anyhow, they inspired me!  When I say "inspired me" I mean I came home from the store and told my artistic husband about them so he could put his creative mind to work and come up with something :)  Here's what we did:
 
 old CDs and scrapbooking paper

old window frame
a few ideas
hanging it up
It's a little sad that after almost 5 years of living here, we still have a few white walls :)
The finished product.  I love how it turned out!

Saturday, March 23, 2013

Caden's 5th Birthday

Caden's 5th Birthday was a very fun and busy day.  It began as usual, with balloons in his bedroom.
 (Notice the railing still attached to his bed...well...yesterday he decided that since he was 5, he no longer needed "the fence".  He made it through the night without falling out.  He was very proud this morning!)
After a yummy breakfast of french toast, he opened one gift - a small LEGO creator set.  Then we were on our way to Dukin Donuts for donut holes to take to preschool only to discover that it was closed for renovations!  Luckily there's a grocery store right next to it, so we ran in quickly to get little cupcakes.
After I dropped him off at school, I decorated the cake that I baked the night before.  I now know this apron does nothing for me!
I trusted Jason to do the outlining.
The final product...sorry it's on its side!
More gifts!
Abigail liked the clothes he got.
After lunch (hot dogs - another Caden favorite), we went bowling (Jason took the day off of school).  It was Abigail's first time.  Caden helped her out a lot.




She loved the air that came out of the ball return thingy.
Abigail wasn't the only one!
Hugging her probably very dirty pink ball.

After pizza at the coffee table, Nana and Papa came over to visit.  He was pretty excited to show them the cake.  Cake is always his favorite part of his birthday. 

Who needs a fork?

Thursday, March 21, 2013

St. Patrick's Parade

On March 9th, we decided to venture to Scranton for the St. Patty's Day Parade since the weather was so beautiful.  It was the kids' first time there.  Perfect day for a parade!  It's a really long parade, but we were there for most of it.  Caden saw someone in the parade that he knew, and EJ the DJ announced Jason's name over the speakers...pretty fun!


 

 We started off all bundled up, but as the day went on, and the crowd grew, we warmed up.

 Good job not looking at me!  Caden looks so far away in this picture :)



 I love Abby's little wave.

 Their first taste of cotton candy...it was a hit!


 Bubbles!


Friday, March 15, 2013

Happy 5th, Caden!

Happy 5th Birthday to our wonderful "big" boy, Caden!  We're so excited to see what this year brings!

Sunday, March 10, 2013

Symmetrical Train

The other day Caden and I were building together.  He decided to build "out" rather than "up".  So, I would try to make my side look just like his side so we had a long symmetrical train.  We had fun making it.

Friday, March 8, 2013

Super Heroes on Ice

I'm a little late on this one.  On February 16th (Jason's birthday), we took a trip to see some Super Hero ice sculptures.  We went years ago when Caden was just 11 months...so it was time to go again.



 I thought I got a better picture of this...but this is Batman's motorcycle.

 This was my favorite...Super Grover!




 This Bat Mobile was fun to see.

 
 I think the best part was getting to see someone creating a sculpture.