In February Jarom attended a conference in Anaheim for his work, so the kids and I tagged along. While we were there I took the kids to the Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana. It was so much fun the kids had a blast especially Ashlyn. All of the exhibits were interactive which was great for a three year old who wants to touch everything!

This is my cute kids before we left to go to the Discovery Science Center.

The first thing we saw when we arrived was the front end of a space shuttle. Ashlyn couldn't believe how big it was.

The first thing we did was watch a 3D movie about sea turtles. Here is Ashlyn in her 3D glasses.

This is Ashlyn in the Dino Quest exhibit. It was really neat you become a "research assistant" and you are given a transmitter that looks a bit like a wand and you have to go out and search for various Dino related things.

Here is a picture of the giant Dino. One of the cool things about him was that the bottom part of his tail turned into a slide. This was one of Ashlyn's favorite parts.

Just playing.

Nathan looking handsome.

More of the exhibits.

Ashlyn loved to play in the sand.

Then when we got back that night we went to dinner at Joe's Crab Shack with a group from Jaroms work. While we were eating this guy made these neat balloons for Ashlyn and Nathan.

It turned out to be a really fun trip!

Valentine's Day!

For Valentine's this year I found these cute wooden frames at Micheal's for a dollar. I thought this would be a great project for Ashlyn. We made three one for Grandma & Grandpa, one for Nanny & Pops, and one for Daddy to take to work. I let Ashlyn choose which colors she wanted to use, and let her go.

This was the finished project. This one was for Daddy!

These were Ashlyn's and Nathan's Valentine bags.

Ashlyn loves Pez, and gets a new one for each holiday.

Nathan and his goodies!

Catching up! Trip to the Fire Station

Back in January Ashlyn was invited to go to the fire station with her friend Nathan. Ashlyn loved to get a close up look at the fire truck.

The wheel was as big as her.

Sitting in the fire truck with her friend Nathan.

The three of us in front of the fire truck.

The fire fighter who showed us around the station (I forget her name) was teaching the kids about 911.

Ashlyn with her fireman's helmet she was given at the end.

It was a really fun trip. Thank you to Emily for arranging it and letting us tag along!

Thank you Jaimie

So I showed my sister Jaimie some of the craft blogs I had been looking at, and she found this really cute craft she wanted to make for Ashlyn. As you can see from the pictures below Ashlyn has quite a few hair bows thanks to my friend Emily. I love putting bows in Ashlyns hair, but there were so many I just had them stuffed in a drawer in her bathroom. This is perfect! it keeps them all in one place and I can see which ones she has. Im not sure what site she found this but I will find it out and post it later, but didn't it turn out cute!

Thank You Jaimie!

The other day I was looking though various blogs (filling my time productively) when I came across this really neat crayon holder. I gave it a go and voila this is how it turned out. Not too bad for my first try. You can go here for a great tutorial from Skip To My Lou.

I have caught the crafting bug so more posts to come soon!