Paint Pals

Alli had a preschool field trip to Paint Pals! She picked a ceramic butterfly and chose a lovely rainbow of colors to paint it with. They had other fun activities like a shadow room, black light maze, karaoke, giant bubble, dress-up, etc. It was a fun morning with her teacher and class.










This is Miss Chris and Teacher Traci. They both taught all my boys when they were 2 and 3 years old. Sadly, Teacher Traci quit the preschool scene (to teach at Pierce College) the same year Alli started so she had a different 2 year old teacher. But she came to our field trip so it was great fun to visit with her and catch up. I sure missed having her last year. We do still love Miss Chris for the 3 year old class!


Jan 25, 2010

Pinewood Derby 2010!

Blake & Ryan are finally at the age to join in the long anticipated Pinewood Derby! After watching their big brother have a go at it, they were quite eager to finally participate. Their leaders made it known that the MAIN criteria for this years derby would be creativity. It wasn't about speed. Really? Well, they took it to heart and got creative. I am grateful their den leader set up an appt. for the den to go to the Berg's to cut their designs.

Blake instantly decided he wanted to do a skateboard. He designed the "color burst" design on the deck and painted it (with a little touch-up work done by Mom). He was so proud of his board! It weighed in at exactly 5.0 ounces, with MANY weights hiding under the grip tape.





Ryan had a tougher time figuring out his idea. For HOURS we kept at it, giving him many suggestions. Nothing struck his fancy. Finally while being pressured to just make a decision, and in his frustration he blurted out, "WHAT?? Am I just supposed to do a Wii game or something?" This was not one of our previous suggestions, it was not one of the ideas we had seen online, it just came from him. We all stared at him and said "That's it! A Wii controller!" A huge grin spread across his face and he was finally excited!

Ryan loved painting it. Then we found a Wii remote candy dispenser and took it apart for the buttons. He super glued them on and used a toothpick to paint "Wii" at the bottom. Nice job Ry!





Here is Ryan winning one of his heats.


Our boys placed 8th and 10th out of about 25 cars. Not bad. And we had a fun family night hanging out at the race track.

my silly girl

Yesterday Allison dropped something down a small hole in her carseat and was upset that she couldn't get it out. I was driving at the time so I couldn't help her. She said, "Mommy, someday when my dreams come true, this hole will get really big so I can get it out."
I just thought it was so funny! Too much Disney maybe?

Ultimate Playdate

Allison invited her friend Madeline to go to the library with us for story time, and then back to our house for a play date. It turned out to be a fun-filled day!

After the library the girls played dress-up.
Next they made sugar cookies. Yum! They used alphabet cookie cutters and made each of their siblings a cookie with the first letter of their names.


Ready for the oven!


While waiting for the cookies to bake & cool, the girls decided it would be fun to paint nails. We got out the pink polish and Allison set up this salon. Before I could get over there, she had the polish opened and started painting away on Madeline's nails. She did pretty well for her first time. Madeline was the model client, knowing how to sit perfectly still and keep her hands flat until they were dry. (she's no rookie - she had obviously done this before!)

When the nails were dry, the girls frosted and decorated their masterpieces.
Allison had the best playdate with her best friend Madeline! She can't wait til Madeline comes to play again!