Melted Bead Suncatchers

It's still raining, and looks like it's going to rain all day long, what to do with two kids?  Especially when one HATES staying inside?  Pinterest has tons of ideas, and one that I have been dying to try is melted bead sun-catchers!  I found a great informative blog post about it on The Artful Parent.

Luckily I have a large plastic bead collection...

Summer photo challenge - Photo 1, a selfie

Our first photo challenge is a selfie.  I am no stranger to selfies, I try to take at least one every day.

Here I am! 

It will be interesting to see how much I change over the summer.  Will I have different hair color?  Lose weight?  Gain weight?  Will I stay the same?  That is part of what this photo challenge is about.  We will be documenting summer, how we feel every day and how our mood effects the pictures we take.

Our challenge list

Today is raining, a lot, more like a thunderstorm.  Which I love, but Fergus hates, Hammond is indifferent.

The kiddos on the other hand...one doesn't care and is happy just watching movies, the other asks every few minutes to play in the rain, or go home, or go to the neighbor's house to play, anything except sit and "do nothing."  Time to go to Pinterest and find something fun to do today that won't drive me nuts, that will keep them entertained!

The official start of summer

One of the things I want to do with my summer kiddos is a photography challenge.  There are several to choose from (on Pinterest) I have pinned several to my Summer Board. Along with a lot of other ideas for fun stuff to do this summer!

Weekend away

It's been a while since I have been able to crochet all day.  Honestly it was the day after I learned to crochet.  I had asked my neighbor to teach me because we were driving to Tennessee to visit family and I wanted to do something on the drive.  Well this weekend we were doing another long drive.  We were headed to Dallas, Texas for my cousin's wedding!

A hiking adventure

Ah spring, the grass is green, school is out and it's raining....still raining!!!  This month we area almost at 14.5 inches...for the MONTH!  At least it's not pouring today, just a drizzle.  And my kiddo wants to go walk the trails at the lake!  *eye roll* Of my "daycare" kids he is the most active, and I got mom's ok so why not...but first I started HIS blog.  We got it all set up, and he will blog about his activities every day.  I'm sneaky...he totally doesn't get that this is a "learning" thing.  Tee-hee.  Best yet he is so excited about what he wants to blog, and has been taking pictures etc.  I have one more blog to set up for my other summer kid then we can get to blogging!!!

Memorial Day projects!

A beautiful Monday, Memorial Day, and instead of doing a BBQ we have been working on projects around the house.  My DH found a lot of 2x boards in the garage so instead of buying some to make a bunkey board for our antique bed we just used what we had!

I love old stuff!

I'm not a normal "modern" woman.  I LOVE old stuff.  I love the look of it, the stories it could tell if a piece of history could talk.  Don't get me wrong, I LOVE modern conveniences...and wouldn't want to do without my smartphone, my coffee maker, or my remote start on my car...