tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60739341831730667022024-03-06T00:32:08.738-05:00Laugh When You Can..."The most wasted of all days is one without laughter." - E.E. CummingsTara Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16497876636167564809noreply@blogger.comBlogger494125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6073934183173066702.post-40481552755706035072015-11-13T12:32:00.001-05:002015-11-13T12:32:55.200-05:00High Five for Friday<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Hi there! I'm linking up with <a href="http://thediaryofarealhousewife.com/" target="_blank">Jennie</a> today to share some fun stuff from the past week.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">2) </b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Saturday was my birthday. As soon as I woke up, Grant handed me an envelope that said "Mom" (he calls me Mama). Then he told me "I wrote 'mom' by myself! It's a sight word!" How cute is that? I'm not one to make a big deal out of my birthday but Husband wanted to take me out to breakfast and do a little shopping before we took Grant to a birthday party for one of his friends. Later on we had a movie night and Grant got to see Jurassic World for the first time.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">3)</b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Also over the weekend, my little kitchen helper and I made some chicken & rice soup.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">4)</b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> I had a dinner date with Grant on Monday! Usually he picks Cracker Barrel for our dates. I guess he's tired of it because it was Moe's this time. He loves when they yell "Welcome to Moe's!"</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">5) </b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Since I was off work on Wednesday and Grant was off school, Husband took the day off and we went to the <a href="http://lifeandscience.org/" target="_blank">Museum of Life & Science</a> in Durham. It's one of our usual places on days off but they recently opened some new tree houses so we were excited to check those out. We had a really great day together!</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">6) </b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Yesterday when I got home from work there was a package from my sister waiting for me. Along with a cute new bag, she also sent me three boxes of my favorite store bought cookies! I love packages with treats from home :)</span><br />
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Tara Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16497876636167564809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6073934183173066702.post-38869412072450693882015-09-30T16:26:00.000-04:002015-09-30T16:26:02.088-04:00A Day Out with Thomas & Percy<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On Saturday we took Grant to the Day Out with Thomas event at the <a href="http://www.nctrans.org/" target="_blank">Transportation Museum</a>. Since we did this last year at Tweetsie Railroad, we thought it might be fun to check it out at a different location. When I went online to get tickets, I saw that you could buy tickets that included a ride with Percy too and as a friend put it...if you're going to drive all that way, you may as well ride Percy too. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I was so focused on making sure we got there in time for our ride with Thomas...it never occurred to me to check our Percy time. So we got there...saw Percy...took some pictures...and then I found an employee to just find out what we needed to do. She checked our tickets and pointed out that our Percy ride was in 10 minutes! So we boarded right then. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It turns out that Percy was pulling the caboose train, which didn't offer much for sight seeing (tiny windows) but Grant really didn't care. He just wanted to ride the train.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">At one point along the ride, our guide told us that we would be passing Thomas. Unfortunately we weren't sitting on that side. But the man and his son on the other side of the train offered for us to go over and share their window. He didn't have to ask twice. Grant was over there in two seconds.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I sort of wondered if the man had regretted his offer<br />
because Grant talked their ears off (they were very nice).</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The man also pointed out this "911 train" which became<br />
Grant's obsession for the rest of the ride.</td></tr>
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Immediately following our Percy ride we had to check in quick to get our wristbands and then head over to the line for our Thomas ride.
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There he is!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And he's pulling all those cars (with some help, of course)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The line moved quick and they were pretty organized. And we somehow got seated in the car right behind Thomas. When we walked into the car Grant said "I can see Thomas' skin!"</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Excited to ride with Thomas!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The boy loves a map.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I just love how happy he is :)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So right before the ride starts the guide tells us that we have help Thomas by yelling "All aboard!" So everyone did...and then Thomas blows his whistle...</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Grant was excited about hearing Thomas' whistle!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This ride offered better views from bigger windows. They take you back and forth on the tracks in front of the museum.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The roundhouse.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Some other trains out on the tracks.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">They told us Percy would be passing us soon.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hi Percy!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Waving to the people.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He had no desire to wait in line to have his picture<br />taken with Thomas, this was as close as we got<br />(behind him is part of line for pictures).</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After that, Grant just wanted to check out the museum (convenient, because we did too).</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">They had a firetruck on display for the kids to check out.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What kid doesn't want to wear a real fireman's helmet?</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Transportation Museum is a really neat place. We had talked about going but this was our first time. So many great buildings filled with great stuff!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">One building was just for model trains and all the little things that go with the model trains. There were so many buttons for the kids to push so they could watch all the little models do things! I'm pretty sure Grant pressed every single one.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I didn't realize how big this place was until we got there. If I had, I would have planned better because we didn't get to see everything. We'll definitely be making plans to go back!</span>Tara Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16497876636167564809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6073934183173066702.post-54819975377673762342015-09-01T12:11:00.001-04:002015-09-01T12:11:37.399-04:005 Year Photos<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Over the weekend Grant and I went to a different park aaaallllll the way out in Wake Forest (<a href="http://www.wakeforestnc.gov/joyner-park.aspx" target="_blank">E. Carroll Joyner Park</a>) to do his 5 year photos. It was probably way too far to drive for an hour or so of picture-taking but I thought the buildings there looked pretty neat so we went. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Grant is at an age where we kind of have to make a deal for cooperation where pictures are concerned. The last couple times it's been ice cream or a snow cone. Since Grant got cowboy boots for his birthday and he already had a cowboy hat...this time our deal was a snow cone <i>AND</i> he got to dress like a cowboy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I am fully aware of the ridiculousness of these pictures. <i>So aware.</i> And of course, the ones of him in the cowboy outfit turned out the best because he was incredibly excited. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He would have worn that outfit all day if I'd let him (it was like a million degrees, so...no).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He had too much fun wearing that outfit (and I have no doubt we'll be seeing more of it when the weather gets cooler). After I changed him into shorts...Grant's cooperation kind of went south. But I'm glad I got some fun pictures of this cowboy phase he seems to be going through (and a couple un-cowboy ones too).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Tara Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16497876636167564809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6073934183173066702.post-19357057345013105822015-08-27T11:59:00.000-04:002015-08-27T11:59:31.193-04:00Five Years<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Yesterday this crazy kid turned 5 years old:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So what is this little man up to at 5:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">KINDERGARTNER! Crazy, right? So far, so good, though. He seems to be enjoying school and loves to tell us about his day so we're trying to enjoy that while it lasts.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">At least 45" tall. I know this because my sister & took Grant to a water park last week and he was tall enough to go on some of the crazier water slides. He has his check up next week.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">SO excited to be 5! I'm not sure why this year more than last year but he just couldn't wait to be 5.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Current obsessions: dinosaurs - the boy is crazy over dinosaurs; volcanoes - probably because he associates them with dinosaurs; solar system - not sure what started this but we've been reading some interesting stuff (also if you ask Grant what he knows about the solar system, you may hear "Jupiter has gas!"); cars, trucks, trains, planes, helicopters, and anything else that has an engine; Minions - they fart, 'nuff said.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What's on TV: Transformers, Jurassic Park, The Land Before Time, DinoTrux, Ninja Turtles, Paw Patrol, Jake and the Neverland Pirates, Sofia the First, Night at the Museum, Lion King, Cars (and Cars 2).</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Books! I love that this kid is a book lover. 9 time out of 10, if Grant is quiet, he's in his room thumbing through a book. For Easter he got a big book about dinosaurs so he looks through that often and most recently he's been requesting his book about sharks when we read at bed time (although the new book about the solar system he got from us yesterday may be taking the #1 spot for a while).</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Music: Grant is alarmingly into country music. It started out kind of funny because he just loved to listen to Boxcar Willie in the truck with Husband. But then he really got into Eric Church and now Luke Brian is his favorite thing ever. Sometimes in my car I have to impose a "No Country Music Rule" where he has to listen to the Disney pandora station or sometimes he'll ask to listen to Trans Siberian Orchestra (he does actually like TSO). </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Very animated. Loves to act things out when telling stories.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Loves to build! Legos are everywhere in our house. Grant is always building something (and then crashing it and building it again).</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Still loves board games and puzzles and recently got him into some card games (Go Fish and Crazy 8's). We have so much fun playing games together...and I don't even have to let him win.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Grant loves to be outside. In the sandbox, hitting baseballs, knocking around his kickball, doesn't matter. Most recently we've started going on long walks at the park. I love that he's at an age where we can take bigger walks together and explore places we couldn't go back when he needed a stroller. </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After having Grant's <a href="http://nateandtarawilliams.blogspot.com/2015/08/grants-5th-birthday-party.html" target="_blank">birthday party</a> on Saturday, we had a small celebration yesterday just the three of us. Husband & I had lunch at school with Grant. He had requested Olive Garden for dinner so we did that and then went home to open a couple presents. I think he had a really good day and even told us at dinner "This has been the best birthday EVER!" </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I love that Grant is always looking forward. But as his Mama I can't help but look back at how he's grown into the awesome little man that I'm so proud of.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'm aiming for this weekend to do some 5 year pictures. I promised a choice of ice cream or a snow cone for cooperation (I remember when it just used to be a lollipop). But I think Grant is looking a little forward to it too...I told him he could wear his "cowboy outfit" for a couple pictures.</span></div>
Tara Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16497876636167564809noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6073934183173066702.post-17941935697676555542015-08-25T12:34:00.000-04:002015-08-25T12:34:16.386-04:00Grant's 5th Birthday Party<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This year for Grant's 5th birthday party, we had a splash party (or water party or whatever you want to call it). I filled the backyard with water-related items and let the kids go to town. It was a bit chaotic (to be expected, yes?) but I think the kids had fun. My sister was in town for the week and was a HUGE help getting the party ready!</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>There were approximately one million children in my backyard but these pictures kind of look like no one showed up. I left out pictures that included other children just in case the other parents don't want their kid plastered all over my blog.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We did some beachy decorations inside and pretty much let the water toys outside be the decorations for the yard (except for some pool noodle garland I made that was so fun!).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I didn't have any games or anything planned for the kids, just play time. I had a slip-n-slide, a sprinkler, some beach balls to play with, water guns, and water balloons. The water balloons lasted about 5 minutes - I should have seen that coming. The slip-n-slide had to be repositioned about 10 times but we eventually got it working great (especially after putting some soap on it!).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The kids played for about an hour before we broke out the pinata. After going to a birthday party earlier this year that had a pinata, Grant really wanted to do one. He picked out a shark. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So we filled it with his favorite candies...and those poor kids tried so hard to bust it open but in the end, we had to get Husband to knock it down. Which STILL didn't actually bust it. So he tore it open and dumped out the candy...ha!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Would you believe he <i>ate</i> the cake this year?? We went from Grant wanting a cake, to Grant wanting ice cream sundaes, back to cake because he decided he loves cake - which I didn't believe for a minute. I don't know how much he ate at the party, but we still have some leftovers and he's actually eating it. It only took 5 years :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And he kind of continued the party while we were cleaning up. We turned the slip-n-slide back on and Grant kept up the fun while we cleaned up the yard (and picked up what must have been thousands of pieces of balloon). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I don't care how cliche it sounds, this day came way too fast! But look at that boy's face. So excited! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On Friday - Grant's last day of preschool/day care - I would have told you I was expecting his first day of kindergarten to be bumpy. Because on Friday when Grant came home from his last day, he seemed fine...until I asked him to brush his teeth. He started crying, saying he couldn't do it. I knew something bigger was going on. So I asked if he was upset about leaving preschool. Oh man! He cried harder, begging to stay at his "old school". We got him calmed down and then had to head to the elementary school to meet Grant's new teacher. Quite a few kids from his preschool would be going to his elementary school...and we found out that not one was in his class. But he seemed to handle that well, knowing that he would still see them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So yesterday morning, there was not an ounce of nervousness in this child. He was SO excited to go to kindergarten. He couldn't wait to wear his new backpack and carry his lunch bag. And he even sat still for some pictures :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We decided to take Grant to school at the time school starts so we could walk him to his class (instead of using the before school program on his first day). He was so proud of himself walking into school.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We got to walk Grant to his class, get him settled and see his new classroom which we'd not had the opportunity to do yet. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I only cried a little! And I managed to not let Grant see me, I was worried that he would get nervous if he saw me upset. But I got myself together to say bye to him and he barely even noticed when we left. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Grant had a great first day, he was so excited telling us about it. We had read Pete the Cat: Rocking in my School Shoes the night before. He said he drew Pete the Cat in art class and when Husband asked him what else he did at school he said he was "rocking in my school shoes!" And when I kissed him good night and told him I was so glad he had a good first day, he said "And I'm going to do it again tomorrow!" which is at the end of the book. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So far, so good!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Tara Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16497876636167564809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6073934183173066702.post-10214080240810164572015-07-31T12:45:00.001-04:002015-07-31T12:45:40.373-04:00High Five for Friday<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hi there! I'm linking up with <a href="http://thediaryofarealhousewife.com/" target="_blank">Jennie</a> today to share some fun stuff from the past week.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">2) </b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">After swimming lessons we decided to run some errands for school stuff and had a really great evening. After some clothes shopping, we had dinner at a re-vamped shopping center which was near their new play ground so Grant got to play a bit after dinner. We wandered around for a little bit after play time, found a cupcake shop and got some yummy dessert to go. It was a pretty great Saturday!</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">4)</b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> There's been some backyard baseball this week in the evenings at our house and we're having so much fun with it! Somehow, I've become the pitcher and I'm pretty terrible at it but Grant has no idea...for now.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">5) </b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Monday was Grant's kindergarten assessment. I had to drop him off at his new school for a couple hours and then this afternoon we find out who his teacher will be ON MONDAY. Seriously? Kindergarten on Monday. I'm going to get through this, right?</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">6) </b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Today is Grant's last day at preschool. I think I'm more emotional about that than I am about his first day at kindergarten. He's been at this daycare/preschool for 4 1/2 of his 5 years and they've done so much for all of us in so many ways. To say thanks one last time, I baked some brownie bars for the teachers/staff and Grant wrote them a little note. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I know he's really going to miss it there and we will too!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So, initially this <a href="http://www.kiwicrate.com/" target="_blank">Kiwi Crate</a> box was a bit of a let-down for me. I felt like the name was a bit misleading. I see the name of the box when it ships, so when I saw "Backyard Adventure" it led me to believe that we'd, well...do stuff outside. Or at least end up there. This was not the case (though technically one activity <i>could</i> be done outside). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">That being said, Grant had a lot of fun with this box. One activity was a growth chart (he <i>loves</i> to have us measure him so he can see how big he is) and the other was backyard golf (which could be played outside if you have a good spot for it - we don't, so it stays inside). I let Grant choose which to do first and the golf game won.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For this one you make little bugs and flowers from the pipe cleaners, felt pieces, and googly eyes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then you weave the pipe cleaners through the little holes on the golf arches.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then you add the bottoms to the arches and assemble your stick.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And since they included a ball in the box - it's time to play!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This past weekend, we did the growth chart. A growth chart is something I never bought for Grant. I've always measured him in the doorway of his room and made marks, so this activity was fun and came in handy :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There were three sheets leaf of stickers, some rubbing crayons, and a plastic texture sheet. You put the crayon sheets over the plastic texture sheet and rub the crayons over the stickers and the texture plate makes them have lines like real leaves (they actually designed it so the right leaf would have the right patter (oak leaf, maple leaf, dogwood leaf). I thought that was very interesting and well thought out!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Grant had a hard time keeping the stickers on the plastic while he colored, so helped him hold it quite a bit (and, yes, I colored too). But we got it worked out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After the stickers are all colored, you just add them to the branches on the growth chart.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then you just pick a spot and hang it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There was also a fun little bingo game in the booklet that comes in the box. We haven't done that yet but definitely will soon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I was really skeptical about getting (and keeping) this subscription. I think I said in my last <a href="http://nateandtarawilliams.blogspot.com/2015/06/kiwi-crate-may-2015-science-of-color.html" target="_blank">Kiwi Crate post</a> that $20 per month is a lot, to me, for a craft box. But so far, I'm really impressed with it. They really do include everything for you. With school starting in just over a week I'm not sure how much time we'll have for these so I may have to put the subscription on hold (I love that you can do that). But so far, we've both enjoyed what they've sent us and I think I look forward to the box showing up just as much as Grant does!</span>Tara Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16497876636167564809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6073934183173066702.post-70587781866523852212015-07-17T12:07:00.000-04:002015-07-17T12:07:27.132-04:00High Five for Friday<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hello! I'm linking up with <a href="http://thediaryofarealhousewife.com/" target="_blank">Jennie</a> today to share some fun stuff from the past week.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">2) </b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Also on Saturday, I got to make an elephant themed baby shower cake! It was a for a good friend's brother and his wife. I've been able to make all the baby shower cakes for their family :)</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">3)</b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> Grant loves to demonstrate his "ninja moves" for us. </span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">4)</b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> Isn't kids artwork the best?? This elephant made my day!</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">5) </b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">One of Grant's favorite teachers turns 21 today, so we made her a cake to help her celebrate! ("We" meaning Grant helped me add a couple things to the batter and then told everyone at school that he made the cake.)</span><br />
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Tara Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16497876636167564809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6073934183173066702.post-78841151730580190762015-07-14T15:44:00.000-04:002015-07-14T15:44:00.207-04:00Grant & Mama Day<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A couple weeks ago I took a random day off so Grant and I could spend the day together. With his first day of school fast approaching, I knew I wanted to do a Grant & Mama day soon. So I just picked a day and told Grant to pick a place. He always picks the <a href="http://lifeandscience.org/" target="_blank">Museum of Life & Science</a> in Durham. Dinosaurs, a train, and you're allowed to touch almost everything...it's like a dream come true. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I was pretty excited about going back too. I read about a new play ground they put in and that some new tree houses were going up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Funny thing about planning this trip...I forgot that it was June. It was HOT (although, I think this keeps the crowd low). Of course, Grant didn't notice. As soon as the doors opened to the outside exhibits, he was ready to go play. First stop being the new play ground.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">After the climbing we moved on to their barnyard animals. This exhibit was really smelly that day, especially with the heat. I don't typically pay too much attention to animal smells but it was hard not to. Even Grant felt the need to announce "Yuck! Something POOPED!" But while in the barnyard exhibit, Grant found some saddles to play cowboy with. He asked me to take his picture for Daddy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We moved on to the "bug house" after that. Grant loves all the creepy-crawlies in there. On our way in I saw a bunch of black-eyed susans. They were my mom's favorite flower, it always brightens my day when I see them!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We still had some time to kill before our train ride so we wandered up to the dinosaur trail. This was all Grant talked about on our drive to the museum!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Can you tell he's sticking his tongue out at me?</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And then we wandered down to the wetlands are to hunt for turtles.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Grant & Mama Day selfie! (I hate that word)<br />I don't think we'd ever been this sweaty but<br />we were enjoying our day together!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The bears and wolves exhibits are down near the wetlands so we tried to get a peek a them but they were all hiding. It was too hot for them too! So we circled back to wait for the train.</span></div>
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After our train ride and some lunch, we headed toward the "Catch the Wind" stuff. Grant vaguely remembered this from last year. He had so much fun in it, I don't know how he forgot. But when we got closer to the exhibit, it came back to him. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: center;">Before changing into his water clothes, we played with </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: center;">this seed dropper thing (I don't remember what it's called) since no one was there. It's like a big </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: center;">crane that drops oversized seeds so you can see how the wind takes them. Grant loved running around trying to catch the "seeds" as they fell.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So then he got changed and hit The Mist!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We spent a while in the mist. Besides the all the places that has mist coming out of the ground, there are neat tunnels for the kids to explore (and get dirty, since now they're wet). It's such a fun part of the museum! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Across from the mist, there is a spot tucked back in the woods with these mounted drum type things. You use them to shoot air at this shiny thing (for lack of a better word) and watch how it moves. We had a lot of fun there too (especially when Grant figured out where to aim and how hard to hit the drum)!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">They have some animals inside, too, so we checked those out and then played with some of the hands-on stuff they've got going on in there. After some time inside, it was time to head home. I feel like he and I go to this museum a lot but he never gets tired of it. The new tree houses that will be opening some time this year. With Grant going to kindergarten this year, I told him that we'll try to go back to see the tree houses this fall when we both have a day off. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We always have so much fun, I'm looking forward to going back!</span><br />
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Tara Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16497876636167564809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6073934183173066702.post-52731147233915585012015-07-10T13:14:00.000-04:002015-07-10T13:14:23.451-04:00High Five for Friday<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hi there! I'm linking up with <a href="http://thediaryofarealhousewife.com/" target="_blank">Jennie</a> today to share some fun stuff from the past week.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>1)</b> Friday night we let Grant stay up way past his bed time for some fireworks. We didn't make it to the park (due to road blocks!) but thought we could still see them just down the road. We didn't have the best view but Grant loved it anyway.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">2) </b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Saturday, of course, was the 4th of July. Husband had bought a flag for the house that Grant was all too excited to help hang up (until a bee appeared). We had my in-laws over for a cookout (ice cream sundaes with homemade sauce for dessert!), and then Grant performed some of his favorite country songs for us (his love of country music hurts my soul but it's so cute when he sings!).</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">3)</b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> Sunday afternoon I got to run errands with this guy (and have a dinner date):</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">4)</b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> We also did an activity from our latest Kiwi Crate:</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">5) </b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This week I actually got my lazy butt up for a couple walks. I'm hoping to make myself do it more often. Once I get over how early it is, it's so nice to be out there when it's quiet, not as hot, and the sun isn't beating down on me.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">6) </b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Yesterday when we got home from school, Grant and I found the cutest little stowaway on my car. He blended in so well, I might not have noticed him if he didn't move!</span><br />
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Tara Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16497876636167564809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6073934183173066702.post-46061145171675710612015-06-19T20:36:00.001-04:002015-06-19T20:40:04.085-04:00High Five for Friday<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hi! I'm running a little late today, but I still wanted to</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> share some of the fun stuff from the past week. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>1)</b> Friday evening we packed up chairs and popcorn and headed to another park for an outdoor movie night. I figured with it being June we'd be sitting there dying of heat stroke but it was pretty comfortable (buggy, but comfortable). They were playing the new Spongebob movie, which was pretty terrible. But Grant liked it and had a good time.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">2) </b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Saturday & Sunday, Grant and I explored our first Kiwi Crate box. (Check out all the stuff it had <a href="http://nateandtarawilliams.blogspot.com/2015/06/kiwi-crate-may-2015-science-of-color.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>.)</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">3)</b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> I sewed this fun shark blanket!</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">4)</b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> I taught Grant some card games! He absolutely loves them.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">5) </b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Sunday afternoon/evening, I wanted to run some errands. Since Husband usually does a lot of work on Sundays, I took Grant with me and we had a little dinner date (followed by ice cream). We share a love of Olive Garden! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>6) </b>Grant's preschool has a calendar and each day has something to bring or do on it. This week the two favorites were crazy hair day and costume day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It's been a pretty stressful week for me but we had so much fun last weekend so I'm hoping to make this weekend another good one. And we're looking forward to a nice Father's Day!</span><br />
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Tara Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16497876636167564809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6073934183173066702.post-23103382618629153882015-06-18T11:35:00.000-04:002015-06-18T11:35:35.879-04:00Kiwi Crate - May 2015 "Science of Color"<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Back in early may I tried a $5 mini box from Kiwi Crate which contained everything we needed to make two wind cars:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We had a lot of fun making them and playing with them after. It also made me curious about what a full sized Kiwi Crate contains. The mini box signed me up for a regular subscription so instead of cancelling, I went ahead with letting the first box come.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Our first box was called Science of Color. I was pretty excited when it came and couldn't wait to see the activities it had for us. I will admit that $20 a month is steep, to me, for what I thought were just crafts but it did contain everything we needed for the projects (except water hahaha). There were two activities, a bonus activity, and a booklet comes with it that has suggestions for more things to do. So far, I was impressed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I admit to letting the box sit around for a while. I thought we had plenty of time to do it and the weekends had been so nice that I didn't want us stuck inside. But this past weekend was ungodly hot outside (AND our June box has shipped) so it seemed like a good weekend for some inside activities. On Saturday we did the Color Separation Lab.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">They give you very detailed instructions for each project. For this one, you color on the "mess mat" with the marker color you're using and you draw a thick line of that color on a strip of paper (provided) and then fold it and stick it in the water. The paper slowly absorbs the water and when it gets to the marker lines, it separates. And the mini-scientist notes on the mat what colors they see.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When you're done and your strips of paper are dry, there is a rope you can hang up and little clothes pins to hang up your paper strips like a fun little garland.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So project #1 was a success.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sunday we did the Spin Art! I was so excited to show Grant this! Though because how "school-like" the first project was, I think he wasn't looking forward to it as much as I wanted him to. But when we got it together, he was really excited to start.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For this one they sent you stuff to basically make a top and you spin the top in the box. They sent several paper disks that fit onto the top and watery paints to be squirted onto the spinning top with a dropper (all included). Grant got heavy handed with the paints they provided so I sort of made more with food coloring I had and water. I don't think my homemade version worked as well as the ones sent in the box, but Grant thought it was great that he didn't have to skimp on t he paints and had no complaints about them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This acitivity was a HUGE hit with Grant. And even though it looks like it should have been messy, there was very little clean up involved. They sent enough paper disks for him to make 8 pieces of spin-artwork. He was so excited about what he made that he was asking to send them to people (Gramma, my sister, etc). And because the top was made of wood and they sent spare pastic pieces, we can keep the top and do this project again (if I cut out some paper circles that fit). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We haven't done the bonus activity yet or the pop-up rainbow (that requires a gluestick that I don't have) but the two main activities were pretty great. They tell you in the instructions the level of parent involvement and I found that to be pretty accurate. Grant could do a lot of it by himself but still needed my help with stuff too (like putting the top together, for instance). </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">When I checked my account after getting an email that our June box shipped, I saw that it's called Backyard Adventure. I'm excited to see what that one has for us!</span>Tara Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16497876636167564809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6073934183173066702.post-17091302924881102892015-06-09T12:10:00.000-04:002015-06-09T12:10:37.005-04:00Slip-n-Slide Fun<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So...I love fall and winter. Summer heat...not such a fan. I've told people - and I really think it's true - if I had visited North Carolina in the summer, I probably wouldn't have moved here. Before Grant, I could just hide away inside moving from one air conditioned space to another. But not anymore. Also, the kid seems oblivious to the heat. I'm getting better though. More tolerant (or tolerable?). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I usually try to come up with at least one water activity in the summer that I can participate in that will be fun for Grant and cool us both off. Last year for his birthday, my mother-in-law got him an Iron Man slip-n-slide that my hectic schedule didn't let us make use of. But it's definitely been hot enough lately so I got it out a couple weeks ago. Grant had no idea what to do with it, so I tried to explain it. But it was easier for me to just demonstrate.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Grant asked if he could take a picture of me doing the<br />slip-n-slide. I take so many of him, it was only fair.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I learned three things after my first turn on the slide: a) slip-n-slides are fun no matter how old you are; b) it's a bit terrifying as an adult to throw yourself on the ground and hope it's going to work correctly but you can't chicken out when your kid is watching; and c) don't land too hard on your chest or your knees - trust me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Even after my enthusiastic demonstration, Grant refused to slide on his belly. His knees, yes (which looked painful to me!), but not his belly. I even had him lay on the slide and I pushed him along, to show him how fun it is. Nothing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But he was having fun so I tried to stop coaxing him into sliding on his belly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But day two of the slip-n-slide, I noticed him sliding forward, so I told him to just go all the way down and try to go on his belly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After that, he was unstoppable. And by the third time we used the slide (the following weekend), Grant was a sliding pro and my knees were so bruised up I can't believe I was still walking.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My personal injuries aside, this has been a pretty wonderful way to ward off the heat!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And Grant has been having a blast! A few days after we first used the slide, Grant had to stay home sick and by the afternoon he was begging to go out on the slip-n-slide (Um...no). We're definitely going to have to keep one of these around at all times for the summer!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Tara Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16497876636167564809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6073934183173066702.post-17183155222667849872015-06-05T13:10:00.000-04:002015-06-05T13:10:06.721-04:00High Five for Friday<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hello again! Today I'm linking up with </span><a href="http://thediaryofarealhousewife.com/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">Jennie</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> to share some fun stuff from the past week. </span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">2) </b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">On Saturday, me, Husband, and my in-laws took Grant to Chuck E Cheese for lunch to celebrate graduation. Grant had the best time! He's been wanting to go back since we went for a birthday party and this seemed like the perfect thing to do. The best part was when he put a token in one of the ticket "jackpot" games. He said "Did I win?!" and when we looked, tickets werejust pouring out! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I held it together though! Even when we dropped Grant off in the room to get ready and I was confronted with 40 preschoolers in caps & gowns, I didn't break down. <i>Yay me</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And even when the little ones paraded out - no tears :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It was so cute! It was also a pretty long song so I'm amazed and impressed that they got 40 preschoolers to memorize and "dance" to a song that long!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After that there was another song that they danced in the aisles to. I couldn't tell you the name of the song because I was laughing too hard at the way Grant dances:) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The first thing he said when it was over and he was getting hugs from all of us (Gramma & Grandpa went too) was "Can I have a cupcake now??" So we did a few pictures and then my little cake-hater sat down and ate a whole cupcake.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When we got home that night, Grant got his graduation present - a new backpack with his name on it for school this year (and some new books for us to read). We also went to Chuck E Cheese on Saturday for a celebratory lunch. I think he had a pretty great weekend! </span></div>
Tara Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16497876636167564809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6073934183173066702.post-14790091280232680572015-05-29T12:05:00.000-04:002015-05-29T12:05:42.156-04:00High Five for Friday<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hi there! Today I'm linking up with </span><a href="http://thediaryofarealhousewife.com/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">Jennie</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> to share some fun stuff from the past week. </span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">2) </b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I started loom knitting. Usually when it comes to yarn crafts I am completely inept. But this loom knitting thing is great! I started my first scarf Saturday afternoon and took it outside to sit at the picnic table while Grant <strike>played in the sandbox</strike> fought bad guys. Just as I was getting done with my first thingy of yarn and was about to head in to attach the second, a bird pooped on my head. But at least it didn't get on my scarf! I'm currently working on my 4th scarf, I love it!</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">3)</b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> Sunday I knew we were going to throw something on the grill for dinner. So I enlisted Grant's help in making some mac & cheese.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">4)</b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> <i>Before</i> dinner on Sunday (after getting the mac & cheese ready) I decided to bust out the slip-n-slide that Grant got for his birthday last year. To the best of my knowledge, this was a first for him and he was a bit apprehensive about it (strange for a boy who is constantly throwing himself around the living room to demonstrate his "ninja moves"). For the life of me, I could not get him to slide on his belly. Even after I demonstrated - several times - how it's done.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Monday afternoon I decided to forgo cooking dinner in favor of another afternoon on the slip-in-slide. And <i>FINALLY</i> got Grant to slide on his belly! Because I take bunches of pictures of him, he insisted that he take one of <i>me</i>. It seemed only fair. We had so much fun playing on that thing! I hope the weather is nice this weekend so we can do it again (I don't care how old you are, slip-n-slides are fun!).</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">5) </b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I had a sick boy on my hands this week. It came out of nowhere and didn't last long. By Wednesday afternoon this was happening in my house:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">6) </b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Yesterday our first full sized Kiwi Crate arrived! We had a blast with the mini one I tested so I'm excited to explore the box this weekend and see what we get to do.</span><br />
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Tara Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16497876636167564809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6073934183173066702.post-81982213788645049482015-05-22T12:47:00.000-04:002015-05-22T12:47:10.394-04:00High Five for Friday<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Ever have the kind of week that just tries every last nerve you have? That's been my week. I definitely needed a reminder of some of the better stuff from this week! So I'm linking up </span><a href="http://thediaryofarealhousewife.com/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">Jennie</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> to share some of it. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>1)</b> Last Friday we had dinner with my friend Janis and her husband. Since her husband's retirement, he's become quite the cook! He made us a delicious lasagna with cheesy garlic bread and Olive Garden-esque salad. My contribution, as always, was dessert. I went with <a href="http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2013/06/mocha-brownies/" target="_blank">Pioneer Woman's mocha brownies</a>. It was so good to see Janis & John and we had a great evening catching up. It was the perfect start to the weekend.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">2) </b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">At some point over the weekend I broke out this new bubble toy. It puts little bubbles inside big bubbles. Such a fun toy!</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">3)</b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> I knew it was going to be a trying week, so I started it off with some yummy Cinnamon scones to go with my Monday morning coffee (and Tuesday morning coffee...and Wednesday 3:00 snack). (Recipe <a href="http://moneysavingmom.com/2011/01/glazed-cinnamon-scones-recipe.html#_a5y_p=783267" target="_blank">HERE</a>; I was out of honey so I subbed REAL maple syrup and it was delightful.)</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">4)</b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> Workbook time! Grant finished up two chapters in his workbook he's been working on and he was so proud of himself. He loves to learn :)</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'm not really a spaghetti lover but this was good.<br />(recipe based on <a href="http://www.melskitchencafe.com/spaghetti-pie-my-familys-favorite-dinner/" target="_blank">THIS</a> one)</span></td></tr>
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">6) </b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It felt wonderful outside last night and was perfect for a little post-dinner pre-bath baseball. Grant told me "I'm gonna whack the mess outta this ball!"</span><br />
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Tara Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16497876636167564809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6073934183173066702.post-289688067397204472015-05-15T16:37:00.000-04:002015-05-15T16:37:12.777-04:00High Five for Friday<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hi! Today I'm linking up </span><a href="http://thediaryofarealhousewife.com/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">Jennie</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> to share some of my favorite stuff from the past week. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>1)</b> I got home Friday evening and sitting on the counter was the Mother's Day present Grant made me at school. He called it his "grass head" and it was a great thing to come home to after a very trying week.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">2) </b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So much going on in this picture:</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">3)</b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> On Saturday we went to a birthday party for one of Grant's school friends. So much fun! It's always fun to watch him interact with his friends and it was nice to visit with parents. And the birthday boy's mom had some super fun stuff planned for the kids and I totally want to steal her ideas in a couple months :)</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">4)</b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> Sunday was Mother's Day! I woke up to cards and presents (some cookbooks I wanted!) and then we had brunch/lunch with my in-laws (I tried chicken & waffles for the first time and it was life changing). Then we spent the rest of the afternoon quietly at home. It was a really nice day.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I snapped this pic on Mother's Day too. He was watching TV<br />like that and it made me laugh so hard. I'm so lucky to be this boys Mama!</span></td></tr>
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">5) </b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I completed two sewing projects last weekend! Another blanket (requested by my mother-in-law for a friend of hers) and a crayon wallet that I've been wanting to try out. I was so excited that they both turned out well!</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">6) </b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I had to stay home with Grant one day this week (sinus infection but he's feeling much better) and he was jazzed when he found out Grandpa was coming over to fix our broken dryer. Grandpa was very patient with Grant's desire to help <i>and</i> he got our dryer fixed! Woohoo! Being without a dryer isn't fun. We had to rush off to Grant's doctor's appointment right after and followed that up with some ice cream for the patient. This was a sick day Grant didn't mind in the least!</span><br />
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Tara Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16497876636167564809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6073934183173066702.post-87934416701844549762015-05-12T12:03:00.001-04:002015-05-12T12:03:59.704-04:00Jazz - The Super Special Bear<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When I was younger I collected teddy bears. I'd get one while we were on vacation and it kind of became a thing. Then I got them for birthdays and Christmas and eventually I had way too many. When I moved to North Carolina I brought with me only what would fit in my car so almost all my bears stayed with my parents. But Jazz Bear came with me. I got Jazz Bear at the end of my teddy bear collecting phase. I saw him in a store and thought he was adorable with his big belly and he's so soft and cuddly...but I was "too old" for that so I didn't get him. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My mom did. She surprised me with him later (and for some reason she named him Jazz Bear). But when I moved, he pretty much stayed in closets until I had Grant. Then he became Grant's.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When he was old enough, I told Grant that Jazz Bear is very special. That's he's sort of a present from my mom because she gave Jazz to me and now he belongs to Grant. And that if he hugs Jazz it's like getting a hug from me and my mom. He accepted Jazz Bear as a special thing and most of the time when he wanted to sleep with him Grant would say "Jazz is special because he's from your mama and he was yours and now he's mine, right?" And that was as far as I'd ever been able to go with it because I get really emotional talking about that stuff with Grant.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Next week we'll be coming up on 5 years that my mom has been gone and back in February was 4 years since my dad's passing. It's still hard but I've learned that talking {and writing} helps. So it's appropriate that Grant initiated our first real conversation about my parents. For me, it came completely out of left field but looking back, I think he's been wanting to ask. But he's a smart kid and kids pick up on way more than we give them credit for, so I think he doesn't talk about it because he knows it's hard for me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It started with Jazz Bear at bed time, it usually does. Grant couldn't figure out which animal to sleep with, so I suggested Jazz. Grant said "Because he's your super special bear, right Mama?" I told him, again, when he hugs the bear it's like a hug from me and mom. Which made him ask "But she died already, right?" I said yes and he asked how she died. I didn't want to get so detailed that I scared him but I wanted to answer his questions. So I explained that she was very sick and that she went to a lot of doctors but they couldn't make her better (an explanation that I'm always worried will scare him but I have yet to find a better way). He knows she's in Heaven so he says she's "up there". </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">He also asked if my dad died already too, which he knows, but I think he was just trying to talk about it. So I said yes. He asked why my dad died. You can't explain alcoholism to a 4.5 year old so I said that he, too, was very sick. That he tried to get help to get better but the doctors weren't able to make him better either. He just said "Oh" and laid there quiet for a minute, like he was thinking.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">He asked "Who else is up there?" I told him my Uncle Charlie is up there with my mom and dad. And our dog Brodie. And my Grama. He asked "...do you...miss them?" Which of course I do, I said I miss them all the time but I tried to keep my tone light and not sad. I was pretty proud of myself for not breaking down because this was the longest we've ever been able to talk about my family.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then he broke my heart. He was very serious and a little sad and I want to say even a little sorry for me. He said "So...you don't have any families left?" So I reminded him of how much family I <i>do </i>still have left - him, Husband, my sister, aunts, uncles, cousins, in-laws - and that seemed to cheer him up. He was done asking questions then, for now, so it was a good note to end the conversation on. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He asked some good questions. He was very serious and I feel like he really listened. It was a really difficult for me but I know it's going to have to happen more so I'm happy that I handled this first one so well. It's important that Grant knows my parents and I'm going to be the biggest part of that so I'm glad we're heading in the right direction.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Tara Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16497876636167564809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6073934183173066702.post-71260563854368525522015-05-08T16:27:00.000-04:002015-05-08T16:34:11.066-04:00High Five for Friday<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hi! Today I'm linking up </span><a href="http://thediaryofarealhousewife.com/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">Jennie</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> to share some of my favorite stuff from the past week. Honestly, I've had a pretty terrible week so it's nice to go back and think about the stuff that made me smile this week.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">2) </b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">On Saturday we went to our first outdoor movie! A couple parks around do this from time to time and we never get to go. This time they were showing Planes Fire & Rescue - one of Grant's favorites! So I popped an obscene amount of popcorn, packed a cooler, some chairs, and we enjoyed a fun family movie night at the park.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">3)</b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> On Sunday we made wind cars from the mini crate I ordered from <a href="http://www.kiwicrate.com/" target="_blank">Kiwi Crate</a>. It was so much fun for both of us. We had races in the kitchen by blowing on them and we were both laughing so hard! I've decided to try out a regular subscription just to see if we like it.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I did have to help but he got to do a lot too. It was<br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">4)</b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> I sent a tray of goodies to school for the staff as a thank you for Teacher Appreciation Week. I hope they enjoyed them, they definitely deserve them!</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">5) </b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I love Grant's artwork, especially now that he's drawing things that are recognizable. My favorites ever so far is his first picture of me (I look like an orange on two toothpicks) and the family picture he drew for us (we all look like oranges on toothpicks). This week he brought home my third favorite. A brachiosaurus being struck by lightning while eating a leaf (he also told Husband that there is lava but you can't see it because it's far far away but it made the lightning).</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">6) </b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Last night I finished up a cake for the daughter of friend. She's worked really hard to become a nurse practitioner and I'm so glad I was able to make this cake for her party tonight. Congrats to her!</span><br />
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Tara Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16497876636167564809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6073934183173066702.post-2055729615029019072015-05-01T12:06:00.000-04:002015-05-01T12:09:10.392-04:00High Five for Friday<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hello there! Today I'm linking up </span><a href="http://thediaryofarealhousewife.com/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">Jennie</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> to share some of my favorite stuff from the past week.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>1)</b> Last Friday, Grant got to spend the day at his Gramma & Grandpa's. Since Husband I would be out late for the concert, Grant just spend the night Thursday and then all day on Friday. He had a lot of fun and we all met at IHOP that evening for dinner and to pick up Grant. That's where he got to show off his new hat from Gramma & Grandpa (and eat up all the compliments he got at the restaurant).</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We even got Husband to try it on :)</span></td></tr>
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">2) </b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I made a blanket! <i>With my sewing machine.</i> Most of you may not know what a huge accomplishment that is for me, made even bigger by the fact that I really didn't throw any hissy fits during the process. Not only have I never made a blanket with my sewing machine, but I've also never used my sewing machine without having an absolute meltdown over how awful I am at sewing (or stabbing myself several times with pins - no tears and no bandaids make this quite a success for me!). I'm looking forward to gifting my craftiness :)</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">3)</b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> We have a lot of birds in our backyard and my favorites are the cardinals. I love to watch them when they get brave enough to hang out on the deck and every once in a while, I manage to get a picture.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">4)</b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> This week I shared a fun little <a href="http://nateandtarawilliams.blogspot.com/2015/04/youre-balm-teacher-gift-idea-with.html" target="_blank">Teacher Appreciation gift idea</a> (Teacher Appreciation Week is next week - thank a teacher!).</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">6) </b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Dinosaurs, dinosaurs, dinosaurs! The boy is obsessed. The Land Before Time (classic!) doesn't doesn't leave the DVD player anymore and we watch it several times a weekend. And recently discovered the TV series is on Amazon Prime and Grant has become a fan of that too. I think he has a hard time believing that Husband & I watched that movie as kids too. And the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/National-Geographic-Little-First-Dinosaurs/dp/1426308469/ref=pd_sim_b_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=0FTRPNRH45D0JW9S5457" target="_blank">dinosaur book</a> he got for Easter is read a lot. One night before bed we read it cover to cover (this is not a small book people!). Me reading the book, Grant telling me if the one on the page was a plant or a meat eater. He LOVES dinosaurs!</span><br />
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Tara Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16497876636167564809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6073934183173066702.post-17469574181020782502015-04-27T11:24:00.001-04:002015-04-27T11:27:12.344-04:00"You're the 'balm'!" Teacher Gift Idea {with printable}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Grant loves his school. We were so lucky to find this daycare/preschool when we did. Grant has been there since he was about 6 months old, when we moved him from a daycare we were less than thrilled with. Most of the kids he's friends with now he's known his whole life. That makes me sad because he so loves his friends and this year when kindergarten starts, they won't all be together anymore. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And Grant <i>so</i> loves his teachers! He's already asked us which one will be his kindergarten teacher. He looked confused and a little sad that none of the teachers he knows will be his kindergarten teacher. It kind of broke my heart. But it makes me happy too, because he's so happy at preschool and that is an awesome feeling. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Every year for Teacher Appreciation Week (this year is May 4th-8th) I bake some stuff for the staff at school. They all work so hard with all the kids and definitely deserve a week of appreciation (though I hope they know we appreciate them every day)! This year I wanted to do something a little extra for Grant's teachers. While I've always felt like he's getting an early education where he is, with this year being preschool I've really noticed a change and can tell how much his teachers are doing to ready him for kindergarten.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I thought this was a fun little gift idea and I wanted to share it for anyone who might want to use it too.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">lip balm (you can use any kind, I used eos)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">cellophane treat bags</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">filling (mine is shredded paper but I think tissue paper would be great too)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">twine or twist ties to close the bag</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">gift tags </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">optional: I added some fun hair ties as well</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I think it's so fun and a nice little way of saying an extra "Thanks!". I tried several times to get Grant to write his teachers names on the backs of the gift tags but he still writes a little too big and kept running out of room. So we settled on me writing their names and he signed it with "Love, Grant". </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">How cute are those tags?! I love the chalkboard look. Want to use them? You can get them <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_CcyjzhZhX5WkNBQTF0WEstYWs/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">HERE</a> (<i>for your own personal use</i>).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I mentioned hair ties above. All of Grant's teachers are females and what woman doesn't love a good hair tie? So I added some hair ties on a 3x5 index card to the package.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">These are hair ties I made because I found some adorable school themed elastic (but you could use any). I tried to personalize it to each teacher. For instance, the ones in the above picture are for a teacher that loves the beach. He has another teacher that loves tie-dye so I ordered some tie-dyed elastic for her hair ties. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is an easy little gift to put together and it's a nice little extra thank you to go along with the treats I plan to send to school that day. Grant can't wait to give them to his teachers. Since I made them early - to share this post with you - he asks often when he gets to bring them to school!</span><br />
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Tara Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16497876636167564809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6073934183173066702.post-2070125755889241272015-04-24T13:11:00.000-04:002015-04-24T13:11:02.231-04:00High Five for Friday<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hi there! Today I'm linking up </span><a href="http://thediaryofarealhousewife.com/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">Jennie</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> to share some of my favorite stuff from the past week.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">2) </b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Also over the weekend, we made pine cone bird feeders! Grant loved the project and the kept checking to see if birds were eating from them. They didn't that day but one morning this week we did get to see a big cardinal having some breakfast. Then that same day one disappeared (squirrel theft?) and now they're both gone. But it was so fun to do together and seeing Grant's reaction to the cardinal using them. The day he & Husband discovered the missing one, Grant said to me "Mama. I have bad news. Bad news is when you have to tell someone something that isn't good. OK. One of the pine cones is gone!" I love this kid :)</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">3)</b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> One more of weekend fun, Grant got to test his new rain boots. He's been talking about rain boots for at least 6 months and the Easter Bunny granted his wish. We got a lot of rain over the weekend and had a huge puddle in the street. FYI: rain boots don't keep your feet dry if you're jumping in the puddle!</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">5) </b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I sent some "dirt cupcakes" to school for a fun treat! (Recipe <a href="http://insidebrucrewlife.com/2011/10/pudding-filled-dirt-cupcakes/">HERE</a>)</span><br />
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Tara Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16497876636167564809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6073934183173066702.post-4054598428533437402015-04-20T11:59:00.001-04:002015-04-20T11:59:25.828-04:00Fun with Fluffy Stuff<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Confession: I love Pinterest. And I've gotten sooooo many ideas from there! (Not all worked out well, of course, but still.) Ages ago I saw "fluffy stuff" on there, pinned it, and forgot about it (source: <a href="http://www.playcreateexplore.org/2012/08/summer-snowball-fight-with-fluffy-stuff.html">Play Create Explore</a>). I have no idea why I re-came across it but I picked up the few ingredients for it the next time I was at a store and decided to save them for a rainy day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Literally. The week after Easter I think it rained just about every day. My sister had sent Grant a bunch of stuff, one thing being a foam airplane that he was <i>dying</i> to fly outside. Every day on his way out the door he'd ask to fly the plane that night after dinner and we would tell him "Yes, if it's not raining" and every night it rained. Poor kid. So one of those nights I surprised him with Fluffy Stuff. To say it was a hit would be the understatement of the year!</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1 can of shaving cream {foam}</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">a big bucket or bowl</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I used all store brand ingredients ($3-$4 total). I did buy the bucket thing ($5) because I didn't think I had a good container for it. The only thing is that the "stuff" had a tendency to sneak out of the handle holes but it really wasn't a big deal.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Empty the entire can of shaving cream into the bucket:<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Let a very happy and excited kid mix it all together and play!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Do you <i>see</i> that smile? He was so excited.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Right after he went to town with the mixing, I got out a spatula to help. Grant immediately shouted "I WANT TO DO THAT! I WANT TO DO THAT!" and I just let him go to town.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And there was just a whole lot of happiness.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He played with this stuff for an hour and a half, only stopping because it was bath time. When Husband told him he needed to get ready for his bath, Grant replied "Um...I think I'll play for a bit longer." Which, as you can imagine, didn't go over well. That aside, I was happy that this stuff worked and to see how much fun he had with it!</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I always lay down a large towel under the container when we do activities like this or the <a href="http://nateandtarawilliams.blogspot.com/2014/04/diy-indoor-sandbox.html" target="_blank">indoor sandbox</a>. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I stored the stuff in air-tight container for future play.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I think this would be great outside but it was an awesome rainy day inside activity.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In the link where I got this "recipe", she colored hers and let her kids have a "snowball fight" which would be so fun! But Grant had a blast just playing in it too and making his own little Monster Jam rally.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></li>
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