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Drew's School Supplies

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Candy Making
Today we had some company. Friends from church called and asked if she could bring over their daughter and son for awhile in the morning so she could go clean at an office. So while the boys kept each other entertained, Morgan helped me make some of the candies for Drew's party. We worked on the peanut butter filled chocolate bricks. YUM!!!

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Playset Roof
The boys playset finally has it's wood roof installed! With the large group of kids that will be here on Saturday for Drew's party, we thought it would be safest to have the wood roof up to help prevent some from falling over the top rail. So last night, John and his friend Gerald were out there using flashlights to finish it up. All that is left to install at this time is the parascope and the telescope. John is leaving off the rock climbing wall and fireman's pole for fear of Zach falling off them and breaking something.

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Freezer Paper Screen printing T-shirts

For Drew's birthday party with friends, I decided to try out a fun little craft I had read about. I am SO pleased with how it turned out!! And I can't wait to try it with some other designs :)

Supplies:

Freezer Paper (waxy on one side & plain paper on the other)

X-acto knife or cutting machine

Pattern

Fabric Paint

Sponge Brush

T-shirt

Iron

Using the freezer paper, cut out the design you want to print on the t-shirt with an x-acto knife or cutting machine. Make sure that the waxy side of the paper is down. After you have cut out your design. Place the paper (waxy side toward shirt) on the t-shirt and use a warm iron to press it on (you can also iron on an additional piece of freezer paper inside the t-shirt to prevent the paint from bleeding through....I just placed a piece inside after I ironed on the stencil paper on the front). Make sure not to use a back & forth motion to start with or you might lift the paper and end up with wax on the iron. Once you have the freezer paper attached to the t-shirt, use you fabric paint and sponge brush to paint in the stencil area. Allow to dry until the paint is just tacky. Then carefully peel off the freezer paper. It will come off pretty easily and will leave no residue! It really is THAT simple!! And it was pretty cheap to do. You can purchase a large roll of the freezer paper at most grocery stores and I found plain t-shirts at Michael's for $2 each.

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Potty Training!

Today we started hitting the potty training seriously with Zach. I put him in training underwear and took him to the bathroom every half hour through the day. There were still quite a few accidents throughout the day...so I have a feeling this is going to be an ongoing battle for awhile. The thing Zach was the most excited about was getting to run around without any pants on! lol

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Helping with PM Class

This evening, John & I helped in the 3-5 year old class during the PM service at church.

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Friend's Bday Party

This afternoon we all attended Drew's friend, Logan's pool party. Here is the bday crew showing off their muscles ;)