Jason's New Job

Some of you may think that I've forgotten about my husband starting a new job. I haven't. We've just been busy. And I haven't taken a picture of him in his new uniform because not all of the pieces have come in yet. Soon...very soon!

He really likes working for Benton County. He says they are very nice and supportive. They tell him how glad they are to have him working there and part of their team. They do love to tease the new guy though. His Lieutenant told him that the new guy always brings cookies for the guys on the day of his first roll call. For Jason that was today. So I made some monster cookies and chocolate chip cookies for him to take in. (Let me just say here that I love monster cookies. Not only do I love what goes in them, but that recipe makes an horrendous amount of cookies. Yum!) He said they were gone within minutes.

We're excited about this next step in our lives. I've said that if I could just take the people of Othello with me when we move, we'd be set. Yes, job with Benton County...people of Othello...that would be a good combo. Or even the people of E-burg...now that would be the icing on the cake. Anyway... that's all for now.

Making Valentines

What a bunch of sillies we were today during our Craft Wednesday. We made Valentines! For Emma's class we made these really cute airplanes using smarties, sticks of gum, lifesavers, and rubber bands. I'll attach a little tag that says, Have a high flying Valentines. The other kids each made valentines for one another. Once Emma gets home on V-day, we'll exchange valentines here. Nothing big, but I knew the kids would all like to do it!

Here's the actual edible plane.

Valentine Candy Jars

Aren't these just the cutest?

I saw these on a blog somewhere and knew just what to do with all of our baby food jars, once we emptied them of course. Clean them out and tear off the label. Wrap them with cute scrapbook paper and add embellishments. Spray paint the lid (works best if you do thin coats until the lids are covered completely - messy otherwise) and let dry. Very important, that drying part! Fill with candy, be sure not too eat too much as you do so. Then give, give, give! It's fun, believe me!

Sporting some cool threads!

like olives, I suppose, just not edible

Gee, what to do with all this thread?

They think playing in my sewing box is so fun! I guess since I don't someone has to. haha!

Superbowl, Ba-by!

Lainey caught a little bit of the football action- front row style!

The guys after the game.

This guy was tuckered out by the end of the night. He decided to go to sleep on the couch.

This is what occupied him and probably tired him out.

Frames at Club 24

Jason built and hung these frames for a gym in the Tri-Cities called Club 24. It's a really neat place with 24 hour key card access. Just look at how nice they look...and how straight!

Dishing up a lot of fun!

Lainey was having a lot of fun drumming on the dishwasher. Once the camera came out, the other kids thought it would be fun to get in on the photo action. I love Ben and Claire's punch smiles.

An After-Round 1

We painted them. I'm not sure that I like the bottom color. I wanted it to just be tan, but I think I got the metallic one by mistake. Stay tuned for a possible round 2.

Go Dino!

We got a new Dinosaur book from Scholastic.

The book had these matching sheets of dinosaurs at the front and back of the book.

Paul had a great idea!

Make a matching/Go Fish game.

Normally we don't cut into our brand new books, or any books for that matter. But these pages had no actual text of the story and seemed to be extra, just perfect for a game.

Today we made his game.

We played Go Dino a lot today and I thought it was so cool that Paul came up with the idea.

Soapy, Soapy!

Who DOESN'T remember doing this?