August Days

Painting

So, the day I did the lawn chairs the boys also wanted to paint. We had some big boxes laying around so I got out their washable paint and let them go to town. Nate did a really nice job on his box, he turned it into a race car. I didn't get a picture of the finished project but I was impressed by his car. Josh and Colton shared a box and I guess their's was an airport. We had just been to an airshow that morning so that's what Josh had on his mind. Of course it was his Daddy's airport. They had a lot of fun but they were a mess, especially Colton. It occupied them for quite some time so I really didn't care about the clean up. Although, Colton did require some good scrubbing because they found an almost empty bottle of spray paint and painted a big mushroom but not without getting splatter on Colton. That was a pain getting that to come off but nothing a little elbow grease couldn't handle.

This cast didn't slow this boy down much!

Can you just see how much Colton is loving this!







Airshow

We made it to the air show this year and spent a short time there. Colton is pointing up to the sky, showing us the planes. He's such a cutie!


Lots of different airplanes to see and explore. There was everything from commercial airplanes to military to small 2 seater airplanes, you name it, they had it. The boys loved getting on them and exploring them.






Nate and Josh needed a small break and sat down right under the wings of one plane.

Projects

These are some tiles that I decorated for the salon. I just haven't figured out how I want to hang them up. I'm not sure how I want to do it. I could do black ribbon or a picture hook. Any suggestions on a cute way to hang them? I'm up for some idea's.



BEFORE

You can't tell but there was a lot of rust on these chairs and the paint was chipping off everywhere. They needed some major work.

AFTER

These are the finished product. I think they look much better! I'm thinking that the white chairs behind them are going to get a spray of paint but in a nice red color to contrast with the black. That's what I've been doing lately, now I need to work on the inside of my house and clean it!

1st Day of School

This is only about a week late in coming. I've just been so tired lately that I've not gotten around to putting this picture up. I only got one picture of him on his first day of school because it was raining like crazy! We had to start the first half of the week with lots and lots of rain so Nathan got good use out of his new umbrella! This is the shirt that he chose to wear. I really don't care for these type of shirts but I finally gave in and let him pick a couple of them for school. I figured I need to start choosing my battles and since this wasn't a major one, I relented to his pleading. And he loves it! I still can't believe how fast the years went by and he's now in kindergarten! And it's all day kindergarten, I love it but it's a long day for a 5-6 year old kid. I really didn't shed any tears on this momentous occasion because I already got all the emotion out when he did his summer kindergarten. That was a huge transition time and it really prepared us both for this day. I was hesitant about the summer program but I'm totally doing it again with Josh when he's old enough! I just ask myself when did he get so big and old enough for kindergarten? Where did the years go? And how fast will the next 5 years go?