Getting crayon off glass!

Husband saved the day! 

A few weeks ago I bought these awesome markers that you could use to write on windows so Evin could decorate our sliding glass door. 

Nicole said, "great plan! You think he's going to know what markers are okay and what's not?" 

"Relax," I said. "It'll be fine." 

One week later there was crayon art all over the sliding door.... "Relax," I said, "it'll be fine." Then my 9 month pregnant butt tried getting that off.....

It will not be fine, I thought after fifteen minutes of squatting, elbow grease, and no real visible progress. 

Then the husband brought in the big guns....done in 2 minutes! Voila!!! Hope I saved someone else some sweat and elbow grease! 

Summer Fun Calendar and activities

Summer Fun Calendar continued!  

We've been working off a fun calendar that I put together in mid June and our fun continues!  

We played Kickball croquet with some pool noodles.

Dad and Evin built a playdough volcano that we still need spray paint and put to use!  

We used a water bottle, molded lots of tin foil around it to make it look like a volcano and then covered it in some of our old homemade playdough that had seen better days.  

We had a great night learning about bees and honey at the Majestic View Nature Center.  

Auntie and Evin made exploding ice cubes and squirted them with vinegar to watch them bubble away! 

1/4 cup baking soda

1/4 cup cornstarch

1/2 cup water

food coloring

freeze in to an ice cube tray

Then take outside on a hot day and squirt with vinegar!

Farmer Thor showed up to roast some marshmallows and eat smores over our new firepit.  

We build a splash pond in the front yard.  

We went to the skate park!

Dug for bugs with the neighbor.  

And made alphabet rocks that live in the garden for whenever we might want to spell.....which could be never!

Phew! What a fun few weeks!

Superhero Bike Party

Superhero Bike Party!!!

A few weeks ago we started the cotton ball jar system at our house.  The idea being anytime Evin does something good he gets a cotton ball in his jar and when the cotton ball jar is full he gets to do something fun of his choosing..... 

He chose a superhero bike party.  I figured that was pretty big, but not a bad idea so it might make the whole cotton ball jar thing sink in.  So we went for it!  

We made these great felt masks with hot glue.  

And capes from shirts we found at the goodwill!

Each shirt made two capes!

Here's how!

Step 1) Lay your shirt out flat.  

Step 2) cut from the collar of the shirt down the side and out the bottom removing the sleeves.  

Step 3) repeat on the other side and then flip your cape towards you and it will look like this!

Step 4) cut around the collar

Step 5) flip your shirt over and repeat 

Step 6) cut a "collar" out of the other side as well.  

I don't allow Evin to wear this unsupervised because I didn't secure the neck piece with velcro and I don't want it to become a chocking hazard.  

Evin and his dad built a great ramp for the day.  

Finally the day was here!  

Our snacks including Hulk colored rice crispies, a Captain America fruit platter, marshmallow stars, POPcorn, Iron Man colored cat muddy buddies, corn dogs, Batman shaped pb&j, and Captain America crunch cereal! 

Then it was time for the party! 

We made our hoops and loops out of drip irrigation tubing and dowel rods.  Weave poles were made of dowel rods and pool noodles!