I know, nothing exciting to post, except go to the photo blog to check out new pictures of the girls. I took their four year/six year photos this past week. I know it's a month or so early for Ella and three months early for Lily. But I like taking them at the same time because it's so much easier and more convenient. :-)
So go HERE to see some of the new photos! Studio-style and outdoor photos.
6/29/2009
6/25/2009
Where in the World is Andrew this week?
Answer: In San Jose, shooting the opening for the 49ers. He also made a side trip to St. Louis for a meeting with the Rams on Tuesday. Football season has officially started for us already!
We're off again next week for the Fourth and then we're home for most of the rest of summer. So hopefully I'll get all caught up on posts at that point. I know you LOVE the Andrew posts, but the girls and I have been having fun as well. :-) These are just nice filler. ;-)
6/15/2009
Where in the World is Andrew?
Answer: Last week Andrew was in Houston "playing catch" with Matt Schaub, the Texans quarterback. :-)
6/14/2009
Weekend o' Fun
Two weekends ago, we had a crazy time. We were actually home. You’d think that maybe we would just lay low, sit and relax right? No, not us! Ella had a soccer game Saturday morning. She played great! So proud of her. She really got in there and went after the ball. It's fun to watch her play. Even Lily likes to go to the games.
After the game and getting lunch, we headed home and proceeded to dismantle the guest room and our loft upstairs. We originally intended the loft to be an area for the girls to watch tv before they went to bed at night. But we haven’t really been in that routine for awhile now. We read instead (a much better routine!), so the loft was kind of wasted space and not really being utilized for anything. We turned it into my office/library. Now I have a really nice place to edit my photos and hang out in the evening if I don’t necessarily want to be in the bedroom when Andrew is working. And now our guest room is really our guest room and not a multi-purpose room like it was before. The project of course turned into a multi-day project and included a trip to IKEA for more shelving and accessories. Including a fun desk lamp that is solar-powered! How cool is that?! They come in lots of fun colors, you should be sure to check them out your next trip to IKEA. A great chance to make your office just a bit “greener”.
Saturday evening, Ella and I drove up to Anoka/Andover to see Emilee’s dance recital. It was very cute! Emilee did a great job in both her dances and it was fun to see her and Shawn in the father/daughter dance. Ella’s favorite part was all the sparkly costumes! While we were at the recital, Lily and Andrew had a date. They went out for dinner and then headed over to mini golf at Golf Zone. Turns out they had Cosmic Golf going where they had the lights off, music playing, and Christmas lights everywhere. They even had blue lights in the water, which really impressed Lily.
Sunday, Lily had her first birthday party for one of her little school friends, her best friend Hannah. She was sooo excited to get to go to a birthday party that was all her thing! The party didn’t start until 11am so we thought we’d go check out Schooner Days beforehand. Unfortunately, the website was wrong and Schooner Days didn’t open until 11. So we just walked around and looked at everything. Ella scoped the prizes and games out. While Lily and I were at the party, Andrew and Ella stayed at Schooner Days and had a good ol’ time. So good in fact, our house now contains a GIANT Scooby Doo—seriously, the thing is as tall as Ella—as well as a medium size purple Care Bear and three smaller stuffed animals.
Ella took these last two images. :-)
We’re going at Mach 10 pretty much through July 4th then hopefully, things will calm down a bit for the rest of the summer. Not sure when I’ll get everything updated again. But hopefully it won’t be that long between posts.
After the game and getting lunch, we headed home and proceeded to dismantle the guest room and our loft upstairs. We originally intended the loft to be an area for the girls to watch tv before they went to bed at night. But we haven’t really been in that routine for awhile now. We read instead (a much better routine!), so the loft was kind of wasted space and not really being utilized for anything. We turned it into my office/library. Now I have a really nice place to edit my photos and hang out in the evening if I don’t necessarily want to be in the bedroom when Andrew is working. And now our guest room is really our guest room and not a multi-purpose room like it was before. The project of course turned into a multi-day project and included a trip to IKEA for more shelving and accessories. Including a fun desk lamp that is solar-powered! How cool is that?! They come in lots of fun colors, you should be sure to check them out your next trip to IKEA. A great chance to make your office just a bit “greener”.
Saturday evening, Ella and I drove up to Anoka/Andover to see Emilee’s dance recital. It was very cute! Emilee did a great job in both her dances and it was fun to see her and Shawn in the father/daughter dance. Ella’s favorite part was all the sparkly costumes! While we were at the recital, Lily and Andrew had a date. They went out for dinner and then headed over to mini golf at Golf Zone. Turns out they had Cosmic Golf going where they had the lights off, music playing, and Christmas lights everywhere. They even had blue lights in the water, which really impressed Lily.Sunday, Lily had her first birthday party for one of her little school friends, her best friend Hannah. She was sooo excited to get to go to a birthday party that was all her thing! The party didn’t start until 11am so we thought we’d go check out Schooner Days beforehand. Unfortunately, the website was wrong and Schooner Days didn’t open until 11. So we just walked around and looked at everything. Ella scoped the prizes and games out. While Lily and I were at the party, Andrew and Ella stayed at Schooner Days and had a good ol’ time. So good in fact, our house now contains a GIANT Scooby Doo—seriously, the thing is as tall as Ella—as well as a medium size purple Care Bear and three smaller stuffed animals.
Ella took these last two images. :-)
We’re going at Mach 10 pretty much through July 4th then hopefully, things will calm down a bit for the rest of the summer. Not sure when I’ll get everything updated again. But hopefully it won’t be that long between posts.
6/08/2009
Memorial Weekend and More
There has not been much slowing down at all since we got back from Hilton Head! We spent Memorial Day weekend recuperating, doing laundry, and getting the house into some semblance of order. We had really nice weather although it could have been just a tiny bit warmer. But we couldn’t really complain about sunshine after our rainy vacation. As with most Memorial Days, we decided to grill out and we invited my dad and Clare over to join us because we had plenty of food to spare. The girls helped Andrew get the corn ready. And I made a blueberry crisp for dessert that turned out fantastic! And it was soooo easy! Let me know if you want the recipe because seriously, it was so yummy! Everyone had seconds.
Ella was gung ho about getting our new pool out (the whale pool bit the dust last summer—the neighborhood will be sad, as many people know who we are once we reference the whale pool). Now, we have a bigger rainbow wave pool! Who needs a whale pool anyway! But alas it was too cold to really enjoy it.
This past week we also visited Ella and Lily’s preschool for their Spring Sing concert and graduation parties. They sang about ten songs in the gym and then all the kids and parents adjourn to the classrooms where each child gets to wear a graduation hat, receive a certificate for finishing that year of preschool, and have their photo taken. Very cute! The girls did a great job singing as well. We have some video that I may try and get posted (but don’t hold your breath waiting for it—you know me).
That's Hannah, Lily's little friend from preschool and their friend Nate.
Those are Ella's good friends from school (l-r): Jentina, Emma, Ella, and Kayla with Ms. Debbie.
Then June 1st and 2nd were their official last days of school. They just have a play day and can say good-bye to their teachers. Because there are two teachers and 3-4 helpers in each classroom, the girls brought a bouquet of flowers in so they could all share.
We spent Tuesday afternoon going through all the girls summer clothes from last year and trying everything on so I could figure out what they needed. And unbelieveably, all of Ella’s clothes from last year fit Lily absolutely perfectly this year! So Wednesday, I was on a mission. A mission to get every errand I could think of done! I knew the rest of Eden Prairie schools were out starting next week and then there would be children and moms out EVERYWHERE. So we got the girls’ hair cut, bought Ella some new summer clothes, dropped books off at the library, visited the bookstore, stopped in at Target, got fish food and filters at the Pet Store, and got gas all in one morning! It was fantastic and the girls were real troopers keeping up with all the running around.
And now, we’re up north in Minocqua, Wisconsin visiting the Cottage (aka “the little red house”) with Tom and Pat and Ben and Jenelle. We just can’t get enough of each other I guess. And that’s also the reason I have time to sit and get this blog caught up finally!
(I scheduled this post to spread them out a bit...if you're wondering about the timing and whatnot.) ;-)
Ella was gung ho about getting our new pool out (the whale pool bit the dust last summer—the neighborhood will be sad, as many people know who we are once we reference the whale pool). Now, we have a bigger rainbow wave pool! Who needs a whale pool anyway! But alas it was too cold to really enjoy it.
This past week we also visited Ella and Lily’s preschool for their Spring Sing concert and graduation parties. They sang about ten songs in the gym and then all the kids and parents adjourn to the classrooms where each child gets to wear a graduation hat, receive a certificate for finishing that year of preschool, and have their photo taken. Very cute! The girls did a great job singing as well. We have some video that I may try and get posted (but don’t hold your breath waiting for it—you know me).
That's Hannah, Lily's little friend from preschool and their friend Nate.
Those are Ella's good friends from school (l-r): Jentina, Emma, Ella, and Kayla with Ms. Debbie.
Then June 1st and 2nd were their official last days of school. They just have a play day and can say good-bye to their teachers. Because there are two teachers and 3-4 helpers in each classroom, the girls brought a bouquet of flowers in so they could all share.
We spent Tuesday afternoon going through all the girls summer clothes from last year and trying everything on so I could figure out what they needed. And unbelieveably, all of Ella’s clothes from last year fit Lily absolutely perfectly this year! So Wednesday, I was on a mission. A mission to get every errand I could think of done! I knew the rest of Eden Prairie schools were out starting next week and then there would be children and moms out EVERYWHERE. So we got the girls’ hair cut, bought Ella some new summer clothes, dropped books off at the library, visited the bookstore, stopped in at Target, got fish food and filters at the Pet Store, and got gas all in one morning! It was fantastic and the girls were real troopers keeping up with all the running around.
And now, we’re up north in Minocqua, Wisconsin visiting the Cottage (aka “the little red house”) with Tom and Pat and Ben and Jenelle. We just can’t get enough of each other I guess. And that’s also the reason I have time to sit and get this blog caught up finally!
(I scheduled this post to spread them out a bit...if you're wondering about the timing and whatnot.) ;-)
6/05/2009
A Week in Hilton Head
A few weeks ago, the Isaacsons invaded Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. When I say the Isaacsons, I mean not only the four of us, but also Tom and Pat and Ben and Jenelle. We all flew in and met up at the airport on Saturday, May 16th. Then caravanned (sp?) in two vehicles from Savannah to Hilton Head, enjoying the lush scenery as we drove by. Everything was so green and there were so many trees! It was gorgeous. Everything including chain businesses such as fast food restaurants, and shopping areas were built with plantation style architecture. It was really interesting.We all stayed in a rented vacation home in Palmetto Dunes. The house was fantastic! Perfect for all of us! There was a bedroom/bath on the main floor for Tom and Pat, twin beds in a room with a bathroom for the girls, another bedroom leading to that same bath for me and Andrew, and yet another bed/bath for Ben and Jenelle. There was a pool, a huge kitchen, family room, ping-pong table and a 12-seat movie theater in the basement! Seriously, total luxury!
We made it to the beach on Sunday for a bit before it started to rain just after lunch. Unfortunately, the rain continued for the next 5 days! Apparently, South Carolina has been in a drought for three years and it decided to end when we showed up. We tried to make the best of it though. We explored the many areas of the island and managed to get outside for some fun during the breaks in rain.
Andrew, Ben and Tom managed to get out to golf a few times. And the girls (meaning all of us girls) shopped, painted pottery, shopped some more, and just relaxed. We also got some biking in with the girls, which was a ton of fun. And Jenelle and I made it to the spa for a much needed pedicure and facial. Ben and Jenelle also got in some kayaking and tennis. There was a small children's museum as well that provided an afternoon of fun for us and the girls.
Finally Friday, the last day we were there, we made it to the beach again for over FOUR hours! It was so much fun. It was low tide, which happened to leave a sand bar just a little ways out with a little lake of water between the waves and the shoreline. It was perfect for playing in the water without having to pay attention to whether the waves were going to knock you down (you know us lake people). ;-) Lily found little puddles “just her size” (as she put it) to play in and was perfectly happy. Ella splashed around in the water and even befriended a little boy and played with him for awhile. I had so much fun taking photos of the girls in the water. Here are a few of my favorites!
We ended the last night of the trip by all making wooden airplane gliders and having a contest flying them off the front porch of the house. It was so nice for all of us to finally be outside.
And here’s a really long slideshow of all our vacation photos (are you annoyed by my use of the slideshow yet? Or give it a thumbs up? Yes, I’m lazy. It makes posting so much easier!):
A Garden Experiment
I had a very nice Mother’s Day weekend this year. Andrew did ALL of the laundry in the house, which was terrific! He took care of all the kids’ needs and totally spoiled and pampered me. LOVE it! Why, can’t every day be Mother’s day? ;-) I guess it wouldn’t be as special then and I’d probably be pretty bored with not much to do. Notice, we have turned it into Mother’s Day WEEKEND instead of just DAY in household. I'll take that for now.
My mom and Dave came up for a visit too so we had a nice time visiting with them. We had a truly fantastic meal at Santorini’s. I’m not sure why I’m such a fan of Greek food. Maybe it’s because I don’t get it very often, maybe it’s just darn good. But Mmm mmm…LOVE IT! I actually made the reservation at the restaurant a couple months ago knowing they get filled up and I wanted to make sure we got in at the time we wanted. Quite fun too, it was prom night in Eden Prairie so we got to see all the girls in their pretty dresses. I think that was Ella and Lily’s favorite part of the meal.
On Sunday, Andrew and the girls and my mom worked on setting up our new garden in the backyard. The girls were really interested in planting something this year so we thought we’d pick a few things and see how they worked. Andrew got cement blocks and set them up. Then he and my mom turned the dirt over. Ella and Lily helped put the seeds in and water it. I’ll periodically update you on the progress of the garden. As of right now, we have a few things sprouting so I’ll have to take a new picture.
We planted cucumber, sweet corn and green beans in the actual garden bed. The girls each picked out four different types of flowers too. We started those out in little containers, but some of them didn’t germinate. We do have sunflowers coming up though and we’re going to plant those in with the cucumber. We also have some star vines and one other kind of flower coming up that we’ll plant out front (can't remember the name of it at the moment).
We had no idea what the garden was going to do this year so it’s a complete experiment. We’ll see what happens. Here’s a little slideshow of the garden creation:
We finished Sunday out by heading to Grandma Betty’s house for some ribs, cheesy potatoes, home-made cole slaw and fun. Ella had a great time playing go fish and crazy eights with everyone. It was a nice end to a nice weekend.
Oh, and here’s one picture of Lily being a “mommy”. Apparently, I wear my sunglasses pretty often that she thinks that's part of the Mommy ensemble.
My mom and Dave came up for a visit too so we had a nice time visiting with them. We had a truly fantastic meal at Santorini’s. I’m not sure why I’m such a fan of Greek food. Maybe it’s because I don’t get it very often, maybe it’s just darn good. But Mmm mmm…LOVE IT! I actually made the reservation at the restaurant a couple months ago knowing they get filled up and I wanted to make sure we got in at the time we wanted. Quite fun too, it was prom night in Eden Prairie so we got to see all the girls in their pretty dresses. I think that was Ella and Lily’s favorite part of the meal.
On Sunday, Andrew and the girls and my mom worked on setting up our new garden in the backyard. The girls were really interested in planting something this year so we thought we’d pick a few things and see how they worked. Andrew got cement blocks and set them up. Then he and my mom turned the dirt over. Ella and Lily helped put the seeds in and water it. I’ll periodically update you on the progress of the garden. As of right now, we have a few things sprouting so I’ll have to take a new picture.
We planted cucumber, sweet corn and green beans in the actual garden bed. The girls each picked out four different types of flowers too. We started those out in little containers, but some of them didn’t germinate. We do have sunflowers coming up though and we’re going to plant those in with the cucumber. We also have some star vines and one other kind of flower coming up that we’ll plant out front (can't remember the name of it at the moment).
We had no idea what the garden was going to do this year so it’s a complete experiment. We’ll see what happens. Here’s a little slideshow of the garden creation:
We finished Sunday out by heading to Grandma Betty’s house for some ribs, cheesy potatoes, home-made cole slaw and fun. Ella had a great time playing go fish and crazy eights with everyone. It was a nice end to a nice weekend.
Oh, and here’s one picture of Lily being a “mommy”. Apparently, I wear my sunglasses pretty often that she thinks that's part of the Mommy ensemble.
6/04/2009
Andrew Visits the Masters
Yes, this was from APRIL. I'm finally getting it posted on here.Andrew has worked with the Atlanta Thrashers/Hawks for the last several years. When his client Peter Sorckoff scored tickets to the Monday practice round of the Masters, he asked Andrew if he wanted to go. Andrew had to stop and think about it and reluctantly said, "YES!" (do you sense my sarcasm that Andrew had to actually think about his answer).
It was like a dream come true for Andrew to walk by the fairways and greens of Augusta. He couldn't believe some of the things there that were so clearly "Masters" such as, the old time prices for lunch. Also, everything there had a Masters label on it instead of the brand name (ie: Masters BBQ chips instead of Lay's or whatever).
This photo is sort of blurry; obviously, it's Tiger teeing off, but can you spot Andrew in the background? red hat, orange coat? Hmm....maybe I should start a new feature on the blog, a weekly Where in the World is Andrew? post. What do you think? ;-)And now, a new addition to the blog...you ready for it....hold on to your seat, because it's very exciting. That's right, a photo SLIDESHOW! My friend Renee put one on her blog and I immediately asked her how to do it! Whoo hoo! Now I can show you lots of photos and not have to upload each one! Enjoy this one and I'm sure there will be more to come!
5/30/2009
To tide you over...
Here's a video of an Eli Manning spot that The Famous Group shot awhile back for Gatorade. They also did spots with Serena Williams and LaDainian Tomlinson.
Look close...can you spot Andrew somewhere in there?
Need a hint? Look toward the end. :-)
Look close...can you spot Andrew somewhere in there?
Need a hint? Look toward the end. :-)
Yes I know
I know, I know....our blog has been very dull and boring. I still have Masters photos to get up. Mother's Day to report on, and we had a fun-filled albeit rainy trip to Hilton Head, South Carolina. But we've had stuff going on here like Ella and Lily's Spring Sings and Preschool Graduation. Mounds of laundry to complete. Suitcases to unpack. Photos to edit. And all our normal activities.
BUT, school is over (or almost, they each have one more day next week) and the girls are in summer camps at various times throughout the summer AT THE SAME TIME! So, hopefully, I'll keep you all very caught up throughout the summer because I will have kid-free time.
I'm hoping to having some time tomorrow to at least get a little bit caught up on the blog. Thanks for hanging in there. ;-)
BUT, school is over (or almost, they each have one more day next week) and the girls are in summer camps at various times throughout the summer AT THE SAME TIME! So, hopefully, I'll keep you all very caught up throughout the summer because I will have kid-free time.
I'm hoping to having some time tomorrow to at least get a little bit caught up on the blog. Thanks for hanging in there. ;-)
5/15/2009
Checking in...
We're visiting with Andrew's family starting tomorrow for a whole week. If I have access to internet, I'll hopefully get the blog updated. Otherwise, I'll be waaay behind yet again.
Just wanted to say we had a very nice Mother's Day weekend with my mom and Dave visiting. I will update more in-depth on that in the future. I want to try out this slideshow feature I saw on a friend's blog. Very cool...you can embed a photo slideshow right into your post! Can't wait to try it out instead of just posting 20 photos in the body of the post for you.
The girls are almost done with school. They have their little concert and graduation coming up on May 28 and 29.
So I'll have a lot to catch you up on in the coming weeks!
Thanks for checking in with us! Stay tuned (as usual).
Just wanted to say we had a very nice Mother's Day weekend with my mom and Dave visiting. I will update more in-depth on that in the future. I want to try out this slideshow feature I saw on a friend's blog. Very cool...you can embed a photo slideshow right into your post! Can't wait to try it out instead of just posting 20 photos in the body of the post for you.
The girls are almost done with school. They have their little concert and graduation coming up on May 28 and 29.
So I'll have a lot to catch you up on in the coming weeks!
Thanks for checking in with us! Stay tuned (as usual).
5/03/2009
Whew!
Okay, I think I'm all caught up on posts again. Yay! We do have ALOT going on in the next two months though so I'll do my best, but I'm already anticipating that I'll be getting behind again.
The last two weekends have been really relaxing and sort of the calm before our summer craziness begins. Andrew went to Minocqua last weekend to help his mom and dad open up the family Cottage and get it ready for the season. He really enjoyed his time up there! While he was there, the girls and I just hung out. We went Webkinz shopping at the mall and had a very nice Saturday morning. We got smoothies and shared a cookie at Barnes and Noble, then visited the children's section. We went over to my dad's house after dinner to help him set up his new Wii! Yes, my DAD has a Wii. It was a lot of fun. We made Mii's for everyone and then played a few of the games. I've discovered the Wii is actually a really great learning tool for Ella to work on motor planning. Her speech disorder is a motor planning disorder. So for her brain to process a multi-step situation like: hit this button once, now hold that button down AND swing your arm AND then let go of the button right at this moment. Whoa, that is a really great thing for her. And it took her several attempts before she got it down. But once she got it, it was there. Very cool!
Then we had my cousin Cindy and her family over on Sunday. Andrew got home around 11:15am. So he was back in time to hang out with them. We spent much of their visit taking their family photos which was super fun. And I am most pleased with how they turned out (Check out the photo blog if you're at all curious). Then we just sat around and chatted while the kiddos played. It was nice to catch up with them. We couldn't remember the last time we hung out on a weekend when it wasn't a holiday or family event.
Then this weekend, Andrew and I hosted a little dinner party for a couple of our neighbors. One day a couple months ago, Andrew came to me and said, "I need to socialize. Let's have some people over and hang out." I laughed at him and asked him if he was getting sick of being locked away in our bedroom all day. :-) Kelly and Robb had us over for dinner last fall so we thought it would be fun to reciprocate. And we have gotten to know Angie and Ben down the street better in the last few months. Ben plays golf so Angie and I thought it would be fun for Andrew and Ben to get to know each other better. Maybe they could go out and hit the links sometime this summer. Hey, we organize playdates for our kids all the time, why not our husbands too? ;-)
Anyway, we dropped the girls off at my dad and Clare's to spend the night and came home to get the dinner ready. They came on over and drinks, good eats, and good conversation was had by all! I think we really enjoyed our kid-free time talking about everything under the sun. You name it, we probably talked about it! Just a truly wonderful evening.
And right now, Andrew and I are still enjoying our kid-free time as we have yet to go pick up the girls, but it's been great to get caught up on our own personal stuff.
Oh! I just remembered, I do have one more post to do. Andrew at the Masters. Oh, well, I was almost caught up. Maybe I'll still get to it yet today.
Hope you all are enjoying the warmer spring weather and have a great week!
The last two weekends have been really relaxing and sort of the calm before our summer craziness begins. Andrew went to Minocqua last weekend to help his mom and dad open up the family Cottage and get it ready for the season. He really enjoyed his time up there! While he was there, the girls and I just hung out. We went Webkinz shopping at the mall and had a very nice Saturday morning. We got smoothies and shared a cookie at Barnes and Noble, then visited the children's section. We went over to my dad's house after dinner to help him set up his new Wii! Yes, my DAD has a Wii. It was a lot of fun. We made Mii's for everyone and then played a few of the games. I've discovered the Wii is actually a really great learning tool for Ella to work on motor planning. Her speech disorder is a motor planning disorder. So for her brain to process a multi-step situation like: hit this button once, now hold that button down AND swing your arm AND then let go of the button right at this moment. Whoa, that is a really great thing for her. And it took her several attempts before she got it down. But once she got it, it was there. Very cool!
Then we had my cousin Cindy and her family over on Sunday. Andrew got home around 11:15am. So he was back in time to hang out with them. We spent much of their visit taking their family photos which was super fun. And I am most pleased with how they turned out (Check out the photo blog if you're at all curious). Then we just sat around and chatted while the kiddos played. It was nice to catch up with them. We couldn't remember the last time we hung out on a weekend when it wasn't a holiday or family event.
Then this weekend, Andrew and I hosted a little dinner party for a couple of our neighbors. One day a couple months ago, Andrew came to me and said, "I need to socialize. Let's have some people over and hang out." I laughed at him and asked him if he was getting sick of being locked away in our bedroom all day. :-) Kelly and Robb had us over for dinner last fall so we thought it would be fun to reciprocate. And we have gotten to know Angie and Ben down the street better in the last few months. Ben plays golf so Angie and I thought it would be fun for Andrew and Ben to get to know each other better. Maybe they could go out and hit the links sometime this summer. Hey, we organize playdates for our kids all the time, why not our husbands too? ;-)
Anyway, we dropped the girls off at my dad and Clare's to spend the night and came home to get the dinner ready. They came on over and drinks, good eats, and good conversation was had by all! I think we really enjoyed our kid-free time talking about everything under the sun. You name it, we probably talked about it! Just a truly wonderful evening.
And right now, Andrew and I are still enjoying our kid-free time as we have yet to go pick up the girls, but it's been great to get caught up on our own personal stuff.
Oh! I just remembered, I do have one more post to do. Andrew at the Masters. Oh, well, I was almost caught up. Maybe I'll still get to it yet today.
Hope you all are enjoying the warmer spring weather and have a great week!
Handprint Butterflies
Ella does little art projects at her speech appointments. And one week, the therapist traced her hands and made a butterfly. Then they glued her speech words on it. I thought that was such a neat and simple project! So we attempted it at home.
All you need is construction paper, scissors, glue stick, a pipe cleaner for the antenna and anything (feathers, stickers, rhinestones) to adorn them. Trace both hands twice and cut them out. Cut out a body shape and head. Glue them all together and let the child decorate however they want. When they are finished, fold the pipecleaner in half and then curl the ends. Tape it to the back of the butterfly.
My friend Amber took hers a step further and traced her kids feet to make the body which I thought was a really cute idea. You can see super cute Bryce and Brianna's here.
The girls really got into this project. We made a butterfly out of each family member's hands. Lily decorated my butterfly as well as her own and Ella decorated hers and Andrews. Then Ella wanted to make a sun and Lily wanted to make a cloud. Lily especially liked that she put feathers on the cloud to make it fluffy. They both were really proud of the whole thing. We displayed them on the wall to the right of our deck door.
In order from top to bottom: mine, Lily's, Andrew's, Ella's.
All you need is construction paper, scissors, glue stick, a pipe cleaner for the antenna and anything (feathers, stickers, rhinestones) to adorn them. Trace both hands twice and cut them out. Cut out a body shape and head. Glue them all together and let the child decorate however they want. When they are finished, fold the pipecleaner in half and then curl the ends. Tape it to the back of the butterfly.
My friend Amber took hers a step further and traced her kids feet to make the body which I thought was a really cute idea. You can see super cute Bryce and Brianna's here.
The girls really got into this project. We made a butterfly out of each family member's hands. Lily decorated my butterfly as well as her own and Ella decorated hers and Andrews. Then Ella wanted to make a sun and Lily wanted to make a cloud. Lily especially liked that she put feathers on the cloud to make it fluffy. They both were really proud of the whole thing. We displayed them on the wall to the right of our deck door.
In order from top to bottom: mine, Lily's, Andrew's, Ella's.
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