Pumpkin Painting

Thank goodness for Auntie KiKi... she has some of the greatest craft ideas for kids.  I would have never thought about having the kids paint pumpkins, let alone put tape on it to make a face. The boys had a blast painting the pumpkins and themselves. There were two bonuses to the painting madness... Mike was able to make dinner in peace AND I now have an awesome Halloween decoration!!

I've never seen Jacob so focused in my life!!  He was fairly quite for 20 minutes... world record!!

Everett was just slightly more refined than Jacob in the painting process. I love the upper left hand corner picture... his expressions are hilarious!! He reminds me so much of Matt when he does a face like that... "Are you kidding me guys?!?!" LOL

Jacob definitely got the messiest (weird I know). At one point he tried painting the pumpkin with his feet! By the end he was covered in paint head to toe and needed his second bath of the day!  It was a great activity to end an already awesome day!!

Household Craftyness

One day I will post something that has nothing to do with crafts or our house, but seeing as our house is the biggest work in project thing we have ever done in our lives, its hard to do anything else.  Mike again has stepped his "Craftyness, tool using," game up!! In the last week he has made a busy board, finished the nursery, finished the kids bathroom, and figured out our sprinkler system...ALL while being a dad! Jacob did spend the last four days with Noni and Grandpa and my parents, so that definitely helped us get organized.  We only have one more box to throw away!!! That, I think, is the most exciting thing in the world!

 Here is proof of Mike again using his tools... and no he did not screw that board into the living room floor (surprisingly!) 

 Here is the final project of the busy board!!In the bottom left corner there will be a light switch, but Mike just hasn't found one that will work.

Here is Mike's genius organization of Jacob's bathroom toys! (Well Pinterest's genius idea) Just a shower rod and three baskets!

And finally I did what I do best this week! Decorated!!! The kid's bathroom is all frogs (Jacob helped pick it out)

Pinterest Strikes Again

Most people would think that the woman in the relationship would be doing all these Pinterest crafts... well it's the opposite in the Wood household. Granted I find some recipes from there and use them, but I will even give that to Mike. This latest project made Mike pull out his tools and use his work bench for the first time! (Thank you Chris and Sue)

 Here is the man in action!! Added props to him is that it was about 100 degrees when he was doing this. 

 Almost the final project....

And here is ours on the left and Pinterest on the right. It turned out perfect!! In fact it works so well that he is going to build a few more.  Our storage needs in the garage are crazy!!! Who would have thought we had so much stuff?!?! Especially since every garbage day our entire can is overflowing!! On the good side, Mike seems to be really enjoying these house projects (lucky me!).

Our First House Project

One of the reasons we love this house so much is the amazing playroom!! It's a massive room that is allowing us to make the Dream Playroom for Jacob. Our first project was a chalkboard table. Kim and I found a table at Saint Vincent De'Paul in Oakland. It didn't quite fit in the back of the Vue and required me to use my McGiver skills. Many feet of rope and a couple questionable bumps later, we made it back home safely to Pleasanton. And then finally to Rocklin. The table was just a plain white table that was a "loved on," so we decided to paint it and return it to its former glory.  It turned out amazing!!

We painted each bench a different color; green, yellow, and blue. Then we painted the top of the table in the chalkboard paint. My dad and Jacob had a lot of fun with it!!