Life

I know that life is constantly changing... but life around here has changed.. a LOT! Bubba & I are currently adjusting to life with just the two of us (plus Mocha, the dog) as hubby is off keeping our country safe. Such a hard adjustment, but it comes with the uniform, so we're learning to adjust and keep going strong.

Some fun things we've done so far is start a paper chain to mark the days that he is gone. On each link, we try to write something fun we did that day, so we'll be able to share all our adventures upon his return. This is similar to the 'homecoming box' concept.. not sure if we'll make one of those too... we'll see. :) we also have a deployment book called "we serve too". best. book. EVER! written from a child's perspective, it has really helped Bubba understand & see that other families experience this too.. and finally a 'daddy doll'. Bubba calls it a 'daddy pillow', but regardless.. it goes everywhere with him! so i'm glad that he enjoys having it.

My playgroup continues to be amazing & the women involved have helped me soo much! The support they have shown me has just helped me immensely. Our playgroup will be adopting hubby's flight for a month this summer as a charity project & the kids will be making cards for the troops & collecting items for a care package. I love that not only is this group active & fun.. they also want to give back to the community. This month's project is Relay for Life.. looking forward to that as well :)

Hoping to keep up more with the blog & record our adventures over the coming months.

Scarecrows

Today we got together with our friends for a scarecrow playdate! Bubba helped a little, but he was really more interested in playing with all his friends. These scarecrows were really simple. My hubby made us the frames using some scrap lumber he had laying around & my friend *L* made the faces out of fabric. Then all we had to do was stuff it full of hay. We used some 2T clothing that Bubba has outgrown. I think it turned out super cute!

Here are a couple shots of Bubba helping me stuff our scarecrow :)

A cute scarecrow just in time for Thanksgiving :)

Letter A

wow, where has summer gone?!?! we have been extremely busy this summer and are looking forward to the arrival of fall/winter! (i am itching for christmas music already!) our summer has been filled with lots of cooking out, swimming, trips to disney & playing with our friends.

recently, we have started the alphabet & Bubba has gotten really excited over learning his letters. (which makes me VERY happy!). Each letter is accompanied by a song, an activity, a craft & a snack featuring the letter. At the end of the day, he was going around the house singing & hunting for A's!

fishing for A's

gluing aluminum on the letter A

having an 'A' snack (apple juice, almonds, alphabits, apples, apple jacks)

We are very excited about learning the whole alphabet with our friends!!

a rainbow on a rainy day

I recently came across a FABULOUS blog!! It is filled with soo many fun and easy crafts and ideas. If you're looking for some great ideas, you should definitely check out Pink and Green Mama.

I saw this idea for a Rainbow Rice Box and knew this would solve our rainy day blues. We took her suggestion of food coloring & hand sanitizer.... annnnnd VIOLA! we had rainbow rice in about 10 minutes. Bubba had such a great time picking his colors and then squishing the bags to mix it all up.

What I really loved was that as Bubba played with the rice he was telling me the colors! He spent about 2 hours playing with this box... quite an attention holder! and for the past week, he's asked for it at least once a day. He also was very excited that he was able to use small toys, cupcake molds and spoons.

We spent the afternoon burying cars, dragons... a barrel of monkeys joined the fun & Bubba even filled up the cupcake molds to make some pretend cupcakes. All in all a great rainy day activity.

Fantastic Find!!

I recently entered a giveaway, and I won!! So i had to blog about it...

I've been following Household6Handmade. She has a fantastic blog and has recently been blogging about WWII related stories or handmade items. Just all kinds of neat stuff!

Well she had a giveaway & I won this fantastic sign!!

I can't wait to get it hung in my kitchen!!

You should check out her blog through the link above.. or go visit her Etsy Shop. Looking for a great military themed gift?? She's your gal! Check out the cute car decals! I cant wait to order some! :-)

Summer is around the corner!!

So i've totally forgotten to update this blog... but hope to start making it at least a weekly thing.

We have been pretty busy the last couple months. We've gone to lots of playdates with our PALS & even celebrated Hubby's birthday! A friend of a friend made me a custom cake: a chicken with long legs (since we call Hubby 'chicken legs'.) She was even awesome enough to make it red velvet... it was the best chicken cake i've ever eaten!!

One of the great things we've discovered about living in Florida are the U-Pick fields!! We've been able to take Bubba to pick strawberries & blueberries! He was so thrilled to be out in the fields & the owners encouraged him to snack as he picked. We're hoping to make one more trip for more berries before the season ends.

Spivey Farms

Shady Oaks Farm

Stay tuned for lots of exciting adventures this summer!!

Love is in the air!!

yep, it's that time again.. Valentine's Day!! Saw in my updates that 1+1+1=1 posted really neat love printables... so i turned to my Cricut machine to get some hearts cut out real quick. :-) I did use the 1Corinthians verse printout she offered & then I wrote an attribute on each heart. Then Bubba used the hearts to make a pretty border around the verse. I absolutely love it! & to finish it off, a cute LOVE sign :-)

 Here's what our art wall looks like so far