Oh' Boy

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

bubbles, ice cream, and more

1 comments Posted by oh' boy at 10:35 PM

SO.... while I have been recuperating from my surgery, I have been staying at

Camp Paw Paw's with Drew!!!

Camp Paw Paw's is what we call Mia and Paw Paw's house!!!

I am so so so very BLESSED to have my parents a few blocks over to help me and Ken!!!

While there we have had a lot of fun and laughs.

Here is a VERY small sampling of what we do while at

CAMP PAW PAW'S...

Kaleb comes over every once in a while to play.

The boys like to put flags out for all of the American Holidays!!!

They recently lined the whole sidewalk with them because my parents' neighbor passed away after a long fight with cancer. Her husband said she LOVED seeing the street lined with the flags.

So ALL the neighbors lined the street in her honor this week!!!

Drew recently ate his FIRST ice cream cone!!!

He has always loved ice cream BUT Mia put it into a cone and WOW!!!!

Kaleb and Drew always have fun when they are together!!!

Drew LOVES bubbles!!!

He picked out this Toy Story, Buzz Lightyear, bubble blowing gun!!!

He and Paw Paw had a GREAT time playing with the bubbles!!!

I don't have pictures for the rest of this BUT here are some updates:

~ Drew was being a toot the other day and was hitting Dori (the dog). We told him to not hit her because it will make her cry and he says "cry like this....whaaaa booo whooo whooo"

and YES he pretended to cry!!!

~ he like s to tell you to GET UP if you are sitting down and he wants you to go get him something

~ his new irritating thing is screaming... when you ask him something and his answer is no he SCREAMS instead!!!

~ terrible 2s have set in and TIME OUT CHAIR is being enforced... BUT when you put him on it he will tell you GET DOWN or NOW TIME (because we time him for 1 minute)

~ he has gained 2 or 3 pounds just in the last 3 weeks...which is ~~GOOD~~ GREAT!!!

he hasn't been gaining much wt lately but has been getting taller. When we asked the Dr he asked if Drew was active... active is an understatement... he runs laps around Mias kitchen island everyday and if Yo Gabba Gabba is on he dances and jumps with it the whole time...anyways the Dr. said to increase his calories so ice cream and milk shakes are on the menu now. The Dr. told us not to worry about it because he was so active BUT it wouldn't hurt to increase calories!!!

~ everyday this little boy blows my mind with what he can do...

1- knows the ABC song

2- can identify all of the letters (we have 2 sets of foam letters and you can ask him to get the H and he will search through his letters to get the H)

3- he can count to 10 and is currently working up to 20

4- knows all of his basic colors

5- is very well mannered

please, thank you, excuse me (when you are in his way), good morning, good abernoon, and good evening

6- has daily chores that he gets rewarded for

one is feed the dogs... he gets the food cup and goes with Ken into the garage to get his scoop and then comes back in and pours it into the dogs' bowls

7- he knows the streets around our neighborhood and can tell you which way to go to get to my parents and grandparents house...

mom and dad live about 4 blocks away and my grandparents are about 10 BIG blocks away

this amazes Ken and me every time we here..."turn here Mia and Paw Paw's"

and if you tell him no we are not going there right now OMGosh he is going to cry

8- he likes to read by himself

he LOVES 2 books called "Gossie and Gertie" and "Gossie"

my mom is a retired reading specialist and is amazed at how he uses the pictures to retell the book

he can read some of the words but basically retells the story using picture clues!!!

9- he loves to learn and currently we are working on recognizing the 1st 5 presidents... we started this on Sunday and he can name George Washington

10- he can sing along with a bunch of his favorite songs

mostly from Yo Gabba Gabba but some others are

Pink, Lady Ga Ga, Alabama, Micheal Jackson, Zac Brown, and others I can't think of at 12:30 at night

Well ~ this update is long over due so hopefully this catches everyone up!!!

Saturday, July 10, 2010

Scrabble Your Family

3 comments Posted by oh' boy at 4:59 PM

I am being absolutely TORTURED by
this BED REST...
a little surgery, something taken out, about 15 stitches, and a BIG OUCHIE results in...
BED REST!!!
but on the POSITIVE
I get to BLOG HOP a lot...
A LOT!!!

because of my (OK let's face it chair rest) BIG COMFY CHAIR rest

I can't really do any "crafting"
*sigh* BUT
when I was walking out of my bedroom I spotted something
I HAD crafted...
THIS...

I made my husband take all the PICTURES...

poor thing I made him take this outside to get a better shot of it!!!

I PUFFY HEART MY HUSBAND!!!!

Anyways... I got an old Scrabble game at the thrift shop and
Scrabbled my family...
I first laid out our last name

RIGHT IN THE CENTER

and everything else I built on to it
I really played around with it a lot until I was happy with the results...
I made sure my name and hubby's was on there...
SWT = our college
Copper Anne = our beloved pooch (miss her bunches)
October 10= our wedding date...
I lucked out on that because I used I and O for a 10
and then I just put words in there that meant something to us at the time...
I used the blanks for spaces like...
Walt Disney = Honeymoon
or I Do
we didn't have any kids at the time but that would be something you could add

once you get them placed where you want them...
just add a drop of glue...
my hubby took this picture of me pretending to glue one on... (smile)

while you wait for it to dry...
pick the place you want it to go and....

after it is completely dried...
place it on your rack and enjoy!!!!

mine is on my wall right outside our bedroom...
I really want to make another one of these because...
we have NEW memories with our son and we have new puppies too
HOPE you enjoyed my quick and easy DIY tutorial...
any questions just ask...
and I love comments too

WANT TO SEE MORE DIY PROJECTS???
head over to

and

AND

Join us Saturdays at tatertotsandjello.com for the weekend wrap up party!

When is it my birthday!!!

6 comments Posted by oh' boy at 3:12 PM

since I have been on bed rest

(small surgery) = *BIG OUCH*

my laptop has become my new BFF

and I so enjoy BLOG HoPpInG....to The Paper Mama!!!

This week's photo challenge is Make Me Laugh...

I pondered for a bit...

hmmmmm ( I have a bunch of funny pics) hhhmmmmmmmm....

and then it came to me...

the picture I chose...

I took this picture at my nephew's 2nd birthday party.

He is the one with the lollipop AND the car!!!

Look at my nephew's sticky face and hand on his new car!!!

Not letting either of them go!!!!

NOPE... It's his birthday!!!

& then there is...

my son...

looking at my nephew...

look at his face...

AWWWW (say it with me) AWWWWWW

he has NO lollipop AND no car

I can only imagine what is going on in his head...

I'm pretty sure it is...

WHEN IS MY BIRTHDAY?!?!

Head on over to The Paper Mama to enter your funny pic

to see other funny pics!!!

Boston Bee and ME

1 comments Posted by oh' boy at 11:30 AM

Found a cute new blog that is after my heart.... Some of her favorite things are: ribbons, crayons (Crayola of COURSE), markers *those of you that KNOW me KNOW my obsession over markers*,children's books, tag sales, AND AND AND...flash cards. It must be a teacher thing... I PUFFY HEART all of those things too.
I especially LOVE old flash cards!!!
I love the beginning and the end of the year when teachers clean out their closets and put stuff out for free!!! I get a little excited over flash cards and globes!!!
SHHHH
don't tell anyone but I take them home!!!
Anyways, show my new blog friend some love and head on over to her blog!!!

BOSTON BEE

Monday, June 28, 2010

Christmas in July... well sorta

4 comments Posted by oh' boy at 2:10 PM

I bought a whole forest of these trees at HOB LOB
about 4 years ago and when one burns out
I go (OK really my HUBBY goes) to the attic to get a new one
this tree is 8ft and the old one
(that ran out of SpArkLe...aka lights burned out)
was 7ft
you would think one foot no big deal BUT
yes it is... ONE foot requires MORE...
so here we go...

You start with a pre-lit tree
do you see what I got it for
$9.99
that's like $1.25ish per foot!!!!
also have one more 8ft and 3 more 5 feet ones
stored away MUAH HA HA...
NOW back to decorating it...

I add the big ribbon first and then go from there...

TO BE HONEST...

because this was for a 7ft tree but now i have the 8ft
I didn't go all the way around the tree

who cares... no one is behind the tree...right???

I got these letters at Target and was going to hang them somewhere...

I knew for ONE DOLLAR I could find somewhere to put it...

bring in 8ft tree and I found a place

BINGO CARDS????

YES BINGO CARDS!!!!

I spent most of my summers as a kid in Mississippi

visiting my gpa and gma

well ~ my aunt would come and get me and take me to BINGO with her!!!

that is a fond memory for me

and since this is my tree... I have BINGO cards :)

to hang the cards I used clips and added scrap ribbon to make it a little cuter

I had smaller BINGO cards and just placed them throughout the tree too

This sock monkey was a gift to my son...

and he stays on the tree...

ALWAYS!!!

you can see the little ribbon ties I added to the BINGO card clips

and

how I added just scraps of red and blue ribbon to the branches

I just drape it and go...

no fuss

***WARNING***
when looking at the next pic

REMEMBER...

it is my tree

OK ~ any questions????

come on the little liberty girl is too cute... 2 for a dollar at HOB LOB

OHHHH the goose.... I like to think of it as a duck????

well this year we have a momma duck...

who made a nest in our neighbor's LARGE bush...and

she brings her 12 baby ducks to visit us everyday!!!

we feed them everyday and we even bought them

a pink swimming pool to swim in

(FYI~ we are about 6 BIG blocks away from the nearest pond)

we even put little feeder fish in the pool everyday

so they can practice catching fish :)
SO the ducks are important to us this JULY 4th :)

will they be on the tree next JULY 4th...depends if Momma Duck comes back

If I was Momma Duck I would.... private pool (cleaned daily), daily buffet of fresh fish and duck food, little 21 month old that loves you dearly!!!

(CROSSING FINGERS SHE COMES BACK)

want to see some pics of our ducks go

HERE

AND here it is... all done

it is our 4th of JULY tree...

we love it!!! I keep this tree up all year!!!!

ok it was the old 7ft tree but now it will be this big momma
i decorate it according to the season...

check out other pics by clicking on *Everyday Tree* up by my header...

I HOPE YOU ENJOYED my post...

to see more RED WHITE AND BLUE ideas go HERE

HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY 4th of JULY

feeding our ducks

0 comments Posted by oh' boy at 12:19 AM

look at the pic below...
and now imagine your dad-oh is washing your foot off with the hose
because you stepped in duck poop
your first foot went fine...
BUT...
the second foot...
when your Dad-oh picked it up to wash it off...
you lost your balance and went
HEAD first into the duck pool...
you got out OK
and told your Dad-OH
what Happened???
thank goodness Dad-OH just cleaned the duck pool or
MOMMA would have pushed him in too!!!

here are some pics of our growing ducks