Anna finally got her COMPUTER! She'd been asking for one for months and I searched and searched (she spotted one in an ad well before Thanksgiving!) and couldn't find the right one. Binga came through for us!! :)
And I only spend a couple bucks over my $20 gift card! (I had several things at home already)
1. Paint the edges of all the letters. I did Anna's in purple and Jaocb's (you'll see his finished at the end) in yellow.
2. Trace each letter onto some colorful paper (this is pink w/ white polka dots)
But be careful...
...if you have one-sided paper! I traced the first N the wrong way and only had so much paper! But I patched on together. I covered up the seam with a decoration.
Did you know you can make your own decoupage glue? It's pretty easy--just mix regular glue with some water!
Brush a thin layer onto your letter.
Place the pretty paper on each letter. If you barely touch it down, you should still be able to wiggle it around a bit to get it straight. Then smooth flat over the whole letter.
See? Can't even tell there was a seam and the polka dots didn't match up!
Hot glue your decorations on. I used some painted wooden pieces I found for $0.57-0.67 each and some flowers from lei bracelets w/ jewels for the centers.
Voila! I had a problem though...I hadn't thought about how I would hang them!
Then I remembered one of my stocking stuffers...a little tube of ribbons!
I rifled through my picture hanging supplies and found some thumb tacks. Perfect!
There you have it! I have each ribbon different lengths. I didn't measure any of them.
Jacob's, of course, is all about wheels! :)
I had only picked up the wooden decorations but decided it looked a little bare. So I went through his toy basket and found some little cars and a couple of broken toys that I stole the wheels from! :) And then found another little tube of ribbons in Anna's craft box! I really wanted to use what I had and not spend any other money...and I did! :) I think Jacob is going to love his (Anna's was finished before they went to bed for naps). I'm going to have to keep his out of his reach though or he'll be pulling those cars and wheels off in no time!
Late night play on Mommy & Daddy's bed!
They were intent on looking at Grandpa & Grandma W's tree until I said...
Jacob LOVED Great Grandma's walker. He would take off with it, but if she asked him to bring it back, he would:)
Playin' her guitar at Grandpa & Grandma's house
We went to a shop that was FULL of stuffed animals. The actual building looks like Noah's ark on the outside. Anna begged for something and since she had Christmas money, she picked out something. You'll see later what she picked!
He just had fun roaming around looking at everything.
A donkey. That's what she picked! Thought it was odd, but she loves that thing!
Anna's Parade of Animals!
He got another train set from Uncle Elry & Aunt Carol (and Bryan & Sarah)!!! He LOVES IT!
Sarah was so good to play with the kids all evening. It was nice to be able to sit back and visit! Sarah was a flower girl in our wedding...I think she was 6! Doesn't seem possible it's been that long!!
Opening presents one morning. Jacob got a TRUCK! :)
Grandma J and Aaron in their hats (hers is new, his is not! ;))
With our beautiful cross-stitched nativity that Aaron's aunt made for us (his parents "commissioned" her for our gift).
Jacob & his new pillow & blanket. He was putting on a show and pretending to sleep. It was cute.
Jacob in Anna's new chef's hat...he didn't leave it on long!
Aaron & his annual gift of pickles! (he loves pickles)
Anna & Grandma with the tiniest nativity I've ever seen!
Anna and her cousin (somewhere down the line!). She shared one of her tutus and even her guitar with Eliza!
Watching a John Deere movie! :)
