Jeffrey's penguin diorama

Today Jeffrey's big project was due. So when did we do it? Yup, yesterday. I helped him a little but Jeffrey did most of it.

We used Mickey's Antartica animal collection. Thanks Micks!

See the Northern Lights at the top?? So clever. I think it turned out super great.

Great job Feffers!

cute

six

Today was Mary Beth's golden birthday... and so now my baby is 6 years old! :( We celebrated with just our family today and then her friend party is on Tuesday.

She got some American Girl clothes(for her and her doll),

rainbow shoes from Mickey,

and a new Tinkerbell fairy from Jeffrey.

John picked her up a little cake and he even had the ladies add pink frosting and her name to it!

It was a very nice day. She said to me "six is still pretty little Mommy." Yes, I guess it is.

we love the circus

Sunday we went to the Shrine circus- an annual event for us! They did a really great show this year- seemed to really change it up from the past couple years.

Mary Beth had a coupon from school good for 1 free cotton candy and they redeemed it as soon as we found some seats! You should have seen their hands and faces- STICKY!

I never buy it for them so they throroughly enjoyed every minute of the sugary fluff.

Not Micks though- he doesn't like it(I think it's a texture issue).

It was a fun, fun weekend!

we heart art

Saturday morning we headed over to the Plains Art Museum for the free children's art project they were hosting. A photographer took their picture in front of the background they chose and then they framed it with watercolor paper and used pastels and/or watercolors to finish the scene. They LOVED it and were so creative! Each one of them incorperated the other 2 in their own. For example: Jeffrey was on the moon and Mickey was on Mars and Mary Beth was floating in the sky so... that scenario appeared in each of their drawings. SO COOL!

It's SPRING in Fargo!

April Fools.

It's still winter. Forever.

PS: not sure if you've heard the big news but Fargo WON the Weather Channel's contest: America's Toughest Weather City!!

Huh.

pillows, bubbles, and band-aids

Last year for Mother's Day Jeffrey did some drawings on fabric and it was up to me to decide what to do with them(examples: frame them, turn them into a pillow, or a quilt square, ect). Whe decided we would do pillows and I even took him to the store to pick out fabrics to match the green pieces he drew on. And then it all sat in my to do pile until about a month ago when I finally sat down to make this:

I love how it turned out! I totally guessed on how big to make the squares, ect. I used pieces of a vintage bedspread to make the back- and even did the fold over way so that the cover would be removable for easy washing. I know it's silly and simple but I was really proud of myself! Here's Mickey in the GIANT tub... his wish for that night was a big bubble bath just for him. We were happy to oblige.

Mary Beth's page from the Kindergarten "Band-Aid On My..." book. She wanted me to share it.

Well that's all I have for today!