More Pumpkin Fun

Halloween is such a fun kid holiday and so we did another pumpkin craft.  I saw this idea on YHL, and couldn't resist.  I think we will be doing it next year too!

I used Halloween cookie cutters to trace shapes on tissue paper.

Then the girls mod podged the shapes on to the pumpkins.

We did one pumpkin with black shapes and one pumpkin with green and pink shapes.

After they went to bed, I put a thin layer of modge podge all over the pumpkin.

Finished project!  Elia snuck a ghost on the green/pink pumpkin!

Solar System Artwork

Ah, my favorite, the soar system.  Groundhog is in there too.

Elia made the night/day circle thing and the hanger with the stars.

School Artwork

I cannot bring myself to throw away the girl's artwork!  Both of their classes have been studying polar animals, hence the theme.  All this has been hanging on my window sill.  Now Gianna and Elia are talking about space, so it was time to switch the art out.


The 2 snowmen are from Christmas- a craft we did in December.



Elia's Creations

Gianna's Polar Bear

  

A New Aunt!

So Uncle Tim popped the question Friday night. Ashley had her Senior Art Studio Friday night and once all of her dresses were modeled, he got down on one knee and proposed. Here is a video of it. (quality is not that great)

We have all been obsessed with Ashley from the day we met her, and these pictures will help illustrate that point. She is incredibly creative and talented. Here are some other dresses she made:

This was taken seconds after he popped the question. She looks so happy! The dress on the right is supposed to represent a perfume bottle.

This one represents the hair curler. Look at the shoes made out of electrical cords!

This dress represents a blow dryer. Same sort of shoe, just a little different design.

This one is probably my favorite, and Ashley spent a TON of time on it. This one represents eye brow pencils. The shoes are so freaking cool. Wish I had a closer up picture.

Now, an art show is probably about the worst place in the world to bring a toddler and a 4 year old to, but it obviously had to be done. UD's art village has lots of balconies to run up and down, and THANK God I had copiuous amounts of m&ms from Teacher Appreciation week. There was some pretty amazing art, including a few rock and pebble formations on the floor that could have very easily been destroyed by a curious Elia. Thats why I didn't get many more pictures, or if I did, they weren't that great. The girls looked beauteous as usual in their dresses.

The white box they are sitting on was for the models to sit on. They were totally cheesing for the camera at the end of the night on their sugar highs!
Afterwards, Chris' cousin Katie, who is a freshman at UD came over to babysit so that we could all go out and celebrate. Welcome to the family Ashley!

Pirate Treasure

Gianna is all of a sudden into Pirates after watching Jake and the Neverland Pirates a few times. On Sunday at church she kept ripping out pages in my journal and rolling them up into "maps." This inspired Chris into making the most awesome treasure map in the whole world. Gianna loves it, Boom loves it, and I think we might frame it eventually. G named all the different areas of the island.

In progress:

Close Ups:

Final:

After School Activities

This new job rocks. I am almost always home by 4pm, which is right around the time the girls wake up from nap. So there is plenty of time to get in a walk to the park, play with play-doh, or even a quick run at the gym before the dinner rush.

Last week we did lots of chalk drawings outside at our front sidewalk.

I love Boom's hair here- a perfect water fountain.

Practicing shapes

And here G drew a hot air balloon. I thought it was pretty good!

Gianna's Fabulous Art

My blog posts have been pretty Gianna-heavy lately. She brought home these 9 cards on Tuesday, and she was very proud of them. I am very proud too! She told me what all of them mean.

Top left is Swoopy stally dobby(huh?).

Middle left is mommy, middle is daddy, middle right is Gianna jumping into a mud puddle.

Bottom center is Gianna with a green body and purple hair.

Love how creative she is!