Tractor Pull - Asheboro June 2012

Saturday was a really big day for me, and I'll blog about that in the future, but I have a ton of pictures I need to get off my phone right now!! I was at a fundraiser event from about 6am to 3pm and when I walked in the door, Stephen said, "I know you're tired, but would you be interested in going to a tractor pull tonight?" Uh, YES! So we packed up our things and headed out the door! The great thing about a tractor pull is that there are plenty of things to distract your kids, so you shouldn't have to worry about them getting bored. We had a BLAST with our family and their "team" and they did awesome!

Hunter just made himself right at home on the cooler:

Supervising... making sure everything's running smoothly.

 The weights for Grandpa's tractor were turned into a game fairly quickly!

Hunter spots Brianna and realizes he wants to be with her!

 Kathy is getting ready to do her first run:

C'mon, Hunter! It's only 90 pounds!

Grandpa getting ready to go on his run - backing up the tractor:

 During a break we found a fork lift! Hunter is in heaven, especially when a friendly grandfather helps him into the fork lift to play with his grandson who is Brianna's age!

Brianna is content to run up and down this huge hill.

 Ah, Hunter spots some people he'd prefer to hang out with.

He has a tendency to plop himself down with strangers.

Sittin' on Grandpa's wheel!

"Redneck Cadillac"

 You can't really see but there were also motorcyclists who did a show for us:

 Hunter latched on to family friend Mike. They had a ball together!

This is Kathy's pull. Video is about 40 seconds long. She ALMOST does a full pull. Great job Kathy!





This is Steve's first pull of the evening. Video is about 27 seconds long. He does a full pull, putting him in first place at this time!





We had a blast spending time with our family and the kids absolutely loved it. We were able to stay for hours and they didn't even sleep on the way home - they were too excited!

Normalcy

 Beautiful weather? We'll take it! Great excuse to run around outside doing cartwheels, handstands and somersaults!

 Brianna said, "I love to feel this soft grass on my feet!"

 Us just being silly with the camera :)

Father's Day 2012

Gotta celebrate Dad on Father's Day! My husband and I don't exchange gifts at holidays but I knew he couldn't resist a cute craft made by his children! I found a really cute idea from Share and Remember for Hunter to do. The poem says "Here is my little footprint/One day it will fit your shoe/I watch what you are doing/Because Daddy I want to be like you" I got scrapbook paper ($0.49 a sheet) and printed the poem from my home computer. I already had the paint, so I painted Hunter's feet and kind of got him to put his footprints on the poem!! I figured it was realistic - we can't ever keep Hunter still!

I also found a cute idea from La-La's Home Daycare for Brianna. I got a sheet a scrapbook paper ($0.49). I painted Brianna's hands red and got her to put her hand prints on the paper. Then I used scrapbook letters ($1.99) to write out "Best Dad Hands Down". 

I got both of them laminated just because I know what tends to happen to crafts like this over time! The laminating was about $3 at the UPS store. The link shows that you can punch holes in it and hang it by ribbon but I decided we didn't need to do that. Then, my friend Glennette at church had the kids make a coffee mug! You can get white mugs at the dollar store. Use craft paint to write the kids' names on them. Put paint on your kids feet to get foot prints if you want to. My children's feet were too big!! So we painted one thumb (daddy's head) and one pinky (child's head) and drew the stick figures attached to the kids. Super cute! Bake it in the oven on low for around 10 hours and it will be set and dishwasher safe!

She also printed out this poem called "My Hands". It says, "Sometimes you get discouraged/Because I am so small/And always leave my fingerprints/On furniture and walls/But everyday I'm growing/I'll be grown up someday/And all those tiny handprints/Will simply fade away/So here's a final handprint/Just so you can recall/Exactly how my fingers looked/When I was very small." Then we painted Brianna's hand red and Hunter's hand blue and stuck their hands on the poem. Too cute!

Yay for frugal Father's Day crafts!

Barbie Jeep

Barbie Jeep at yard sale - $20

New battery (even though I was promised the battery would work) - $9.99 (I used a $50 Amazon gift card from Swagbucks)

Seeing the look on Brianna and Hunter's faces as they drive this around the yard - Priceless!

1st video: Brianna is filling up the gas tank. She then declares she is the mailman and she's off to deliver the mail!




This video: Just showing how Brianna drives (she got very comfortable with it very quickly!) Poor Hunter has to mow the yard while Brianna plays. Warning: This video contains violence as Hunter plows into my legs while I'm taping!




This video: Now Hunter breaks out his own car. Warning: This video contains a terrible car crash between Barbie Jeep and Flintstone Car!




Once Hunter sees Brianna doing her Jeep in reverse he figures out how to spin around in his car too. Also, he keeps leaning out, touching the ground and saying "Hot" for some reason. It really wasn't that hot out there, don't know why he was doing this!

Brianna Making Up A Story

This is a game we like to play with our Memory cards. Brianna likes the game of Memory but sometimes we get bored of it. To liven it up, when she was younger, I would randomly pick up cards and try to make a story with whatever cards I got. The stories were always very silly!

A few months ago, we were playing with these cards again, but this time Brianna started picking up the cards and making up a story by herself. It turned out pretty cute (albeit confusing...) so I thought I'd share it. I don't really think you'll need a translation - I tried to copy her when she said things in the video so you would have an ongoing translation!