A project a day

I made a promise to Briana that we would be doing a craft or project every single day over spring break.  Yesterday was our first day of spring break, and our first project!  The girls picked out some duck tape at the store, and we duck taped up some frames!
 

They turned out really cute!  Briana was inspired to make even more duck tape creations, so she made a duck tape version of herself!

She worked so hard on it, and it turned out better than she expected.  It is awesome!

Finally, after the girls went to sleep, I made a little craft of my own.  It's a spring chick potholder. 

I love how it turned out.  I think some other people around here think it's a bit ridiculous.  But what do they know?  

April Fools!

Happy April Fools Day! I started off the morning pulling a harmless prank on Sydney. I had planned to set out her usual breakfast of cheerios, set the milk carton on the table and have her pour her own milk (which I tampered with) on her cereal.

"But I want a toaster strudel today," she tells me.

Of course she does.

"Just eat your cheerios while your toaster strudel is cooking," I told her, not ready to give up hope.

"OK, but I don't want any milk."

Of course not!

"You have to have milk," I say.

"Why?"

"Because it's good for you."

"Fine," she says, "but you have to pour it on."

Good grief.

I finally convince her to put the milk on, and it was a hit.

Blue milk!! She thought it was funny (phew!) and, she ate the blue milk on her cheerios.

After school today, I whipped up a little April Fools snack that was sushi. We all ate it, and it was delicious.

The girls and I came up with the most fabulous idea to trick Mike after work. We bought some tootsie rolls, and rolled them until they looked like dog poop and strategically placed them on the stairs (Ellie's favorite pooping place).

It was pure genius, I tell you.

And, it was kind of funny to make.

Mike won't admit it, but we fooled him good!

Wild Turkey

You are never going to beleive what was in my back yard this morning. It started out walking across the yard, and then flew up into the tree.

See anything in there? Look right in the center, torwards the top. It's a wild turkey!! In my tree!

Breakfast for dinner

Since I've been sick, we have zero food in the house. So, we decided it was either pancakes or ramen noodles for dinner tonight. The girls voted for pancakes. I asked Mike to make them for us so I didn't breathe my cooties all over them, but he mysteriously dissappeared. No problem for me, because Briana stepped right up and made them! She mixed them, she poured them, she flipped them and she served them. It was delightful!

And what was Mike doing while he wasn't cooking, you ask? Well, he turned up just as the pancakes were being served looking like this.

I hope it's not permanent.

Sleeping Over

Look who had her first sleepover at a friend's house last night!

And...

Briana's name was in the school newsletter for her outstanding reading!

Mr. Mom

Two days ago, I came down with a virus. Not just any old virus, but the kind that knocks me out for a few days. I couldn't get out of bed and it was horrible. Yesterday, Mike offered to get the kids ready and drive them to school. It was a lifesaver. However, he doesn't do things exactly like I do, and the girls felt they had to help him along a bit. Today is the first day that I've ventured downstairs since Wednesday, and I had a nice chuckle when I found this piece of paper on the kitchen table.

It's a list of things to do in the mornings, as well as a map to the school. He he he!