The O & A & E Files

Friday, September 4, 2015

Break time

When moms need a break and have some polymer clay on hand:

Anyone need tiny chicks or penguins?

Owen's 8th

Owen requested a Minecraft party for his 8th birthday and had a blast with friends. Games--beat up the creeper relay, creeper pinata, minecraft war card game, can't remember what else...

There's even a Minecraft version of the Bible!

...I am no longer surprised in any way by what happens at any time. Just when I think I've seen it all, there is something new! You can go down the slip 'n slide much faster with a garbage bag dress I guess.

Paint!

Asher's 6th

Asher wanted a robot party! He had a great time celebrating with his buddies :)

Making robots out of all sorts of goodies + glue guns

Robot jobs obstacle course (this is the house-cleaning robot, hanging up clothes)

The sniffing robots had to sniff out the cinnamon from many choices.

Robot pinata!

All lined up and no inattentiveness when candy is about to rain down...

Robot cake!

4 months!

Looks like it's been 4 months since I've posted a thing. Blame it on being plumb worn out at the end of the day, and a whole lot of summer travel! I will endeavor to do some catch-up and post old pictures that have accumulated. All the missed moments, though! It was a grand year for family, relationships, and fun. It's hard to live in the moment and keep notes about the past for the future all at the same time :)

As for the present, the end of summer has brought out the craftiness in everyone. There has been so much peace in this house thanks to the Rainbow Loom! Owen is absolutely engaged at every free moment he has in figuring out how to make a new pattern, or a little loom creature, or a project from his new Rainbow Loom pattern book. He has permission to get on YouTube as he wills if it involves a new project and he has spent many hours watching others make something and copying the steps. This is only a very partial pile of the fruits of his labors! We have gone through many bags of tiny rubber bands, but Oh. So. Worth. It!!!

Asher has joined in the fun too and recently acquired his own loom. Having a big brother to show you the ropes makes all the difference.

Eden isn't quite up to rainbow loom yet, but she is coloring like a 1st grader, writing all her letters (in gibberish order and then reading to you what she's written) and is recently in love with stringing beads and making perler bead shapes. She tells me quite often that she used to be little, but now she is BIG! She is headed to 3 days of preschool next week and is feeling quite big in her britches.