Growing Bunny Prints Easter Craft

Every year the kids an I will make our Growing Bunny Foot Prints. (By this I’m not meaning the one the bunny makes before leaving the yard after hiding the eggs.) This is a craft you can do and save year after year to look back at how big their feet have gotten over time. It’s always a fond memory for mom and something to do and have fun with the children. I have a variety of mini easter bunnies that I continue to hang up on my dining room wall to look at every Easter, it's just a little reminder of how those feet were once so tiny.  I’m not entirely sure your 15 year old will continue the tradition but assuming he knows how much you love doing it, one can only hope.

What You Need:

- Construction paper
- pencil
- cotton balls
- pipe cleaner
- glue
- beady eyes

Directions:

Make sure to wash your feet for this craft. Once it is completely washed and dried you can begin. Place the foot on top of the construction paper and trace it. Next, cut the tracing out and design your bunny. We normally use the heel to make the bunny’s head.

The head and tail: You’ll need to glue on one or two beady eyes and cut a bit of pipe cleaner for the whiskers. My kids will either color in a nose or use a tiny colored pompom. They draw in the face with a black marker and then stick a handful of stretched out (or regular) cotton balls for his tail.

The ears: Cut out two ears in whatever shape you want and glue them to the back of your bunny print. Wait for it to dry and hang him up. Don’t forget to let the kids color their bunny in or decorate it with stickers, glitter, etc. (in the picture our bunny isn't complete but does give you an idea)

(I originally wrote this for Blisstree.com last year.)

Leprechaun Boxes

This year some Irish priests moved St.Patrick's Day up to March 15th so it wouldn't mix with Holy Monday, however next year it'll be back on the 17th. This only means I had to make the kids get on the ball for their Leprechaun Boxes.

What are leprechaun boxes? Basically these are their treasure boxes that they create and leave outside the night before St.Patrick's Day.

Why? Legend has it that St.Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland and placed a big black snake in a box and tossed it into the sea. Leprechauns, being little and all, were very thankful and any time they see an empty box they place a goodie in it as a thank you. But being greedy they give that box 24 hours to be found and claimed or they come back to take their loot.

My kids pick a small box (normally from Michaels) that they get to paint (normally green) and decorate with glitter, stickers, shamrocks, etc. They leave it outside for the leprechaun to find and quickly run out on St. Patrick's Day morning to find it. Yes, the leprechaun hides them. Once they are found they quickly open them to see what they got and run back in.

That's our version of a "Leprechaun box." Will you be making one? It is a fun tradition.

The Race Goes On...

Last night we were eating at AppleBee's when we heard the celebrations on the news. It appears that Sen.McCain won South Carolina. So for all those that haven't been able to catch the race here is a run down, oh and this one was just for the Republican party, the Democrats will be there next week.

John McCain 33%
Mike Huckabee 19%
Rudy Giuliani 13%
Romney 11%

McCain may have came in tops here but by the sounds of Huckabee's speech, it isn't over yet.

Politics So far...

You haven't been paying attention to who is winning or not. That's okay with a quick glance you can get all caught up. It's a strange race I must say but I don't think we'll really know until the end of the summer as things really start to heat up.

As of right now it has been really big between Clinton and Obama, I think because they are making history. As for me, I'm still undecided on whom I want to win...I'm more of a republican though so I'll probably lean more that way.

Republican Side
Romney
Huckabee
McCain


Democrat Side
Obama
Clinton

Who do you want to win and why?

New Years Day Dinner Ideas

You lost about what to make for your new years day dinner? That's okay I've taken the opportunity to search some ideas for ya. Here they are (oh and we are having this first one)

Cornbeef and cabbage (not sure if money will be in mine though)
ham
turkey
pizza
sandwhiches

Top 10 New Year's Resolutions

You thinking of making up a New Year's Resolution? Here are the top 10, this year I've decided to just change my attitude on a few things and not make any resolutions as they always fall apart.

1 help others
2 spend time with family
3 get organized
4 lose weight
5 quit drinking
6 quit smoking
7 get out of debt
8 learn something new
9 do something fun
10 stop procrastinating

Do you have any of these on your list? Let me know how it pans out.

Year End Toy Sale

KB Toys is having their end of the year sale on toys. Hurry on over and purchase some fun toys before the sale ends.

Sale Items: (not all)

Head-to-Head Plug 'n Play Video Game System Sale: $4.99
X.P.V. 2.0 Shadow Hawk- 49MHz- Blue Sale: $19.99
Color Smart Sale: $9.99
R/C X.P.V. Terranator - 49 MHz- Green Sale: $29.99
Hannah Montana DVD Game $16.99

There are many other items, but I thought you'd enjoy looking around a bit for yourself. I know I do. Happy Holidays!

12 Days of Christmas- Takingbacksunday

Just something I thought ya'll would get a laugh at. I really hope ya enjoy your Christmas Eve. What are you getting your loved ones for Christmas? What have you received.

Holiday Shipping

We are closing in on the last days to do your holiday shipping so here is a schedule of the most trusted companies that are still doing holiday shipping right now.

FedEx:
Same Day
First Overnight
Priority Overnight with Saturday Delivery
Priority Overnight
Standard Overnight
Saturday Delivery
Two Day Delivery

Amazon:
Dec 20th- Two day Shipping- free if you are a Prime
Dec 21- One Day Shipping
Dec 22- One Day Shipping

UPS
Dec 21 Next Day Air will be picked up and delivered on Christmas Eve.
Dec 22 Worldwide Express, Next Day Air and 2nd Day Air packages (2nd Day will arrive on the day after Christmas)

DHL:
Dec 21 express shipments will arrive on Dec 24

Happy Hanukkah to My Readers!

I'm not sure who all reads this but I wanted to wish my readers a Happy Hanukkah. I hear today is the first day of Hanukkah, so may you have many more.

Christmas Zafara

My kids are big Neopet fans, honestly it is a game I use to play when it was first being created so I can understand their love for it. With the holidays, my daughter wanted to dress up her Zafara pet so we looked online to see what outfits would match....we found some Christmas Zafara outfits out there. Here are a few for you to look at.



Merry Outfits

Christmas Coloring Pages

With Christmas rolling around the corner many of you will probably be looking for Christmas Coloring Pages for you little one to do while they aren't in school. Here is a quick list of a few sites that offer Christmas themes.

Coloring Page
The Kidz Page
DLTK Holidays
Coloring
Coloring Book Fun

Free Christmas Trees

For all those in Camp Lejeune, NC you can pick up a FREE christmas tree on December 10th at 10:30. It will be a first come, first serve basis and will last until all trees are gone. This is for the "Trees for Troops" organization, so a big thank you to them. They are asking that you don't line up until 9:30a.m.

Christmas Tree Sales at Camp Lejeune

Looking for a christmas tree in Camp Lejeune? While you can go off base and hit up the tree lots, you don't have to do that. Stop on over at the Gas Station and buy a christmas tree for $29.99. You can also find a huge lot behind the 7 Day Store for a large variety.

Holiday Clip

With the holidays coming I thought I'd add a weekly clip for ya'll. Remember this one? It is such a cute movie, I'm sure we'll watch it about 20 times this year.

Black Friday Warnings!

This is a quick list for you Black Friday Shoppers:

Set alarm early so you make it on time, most shops open their doors at 6 a.m. however people will be lining up as early as 2 a.m. or earlier.

Keep kids at home, it is no fun listening to babies cry when you are trying to shop and fight everyone else.

Drive safe, you already know everyone is going to be driving like mad to get to the next sale.

Make a list of the items you want and what aisle they are normally down. This gets you in and out of the shops.

Black Friday can be a lot of fun, but only if you are well prepared.

Black Friday!

Black Friday is fast approaching and I hope ya'll are ready. Prepare those coffee pots and head out and buy those that coffee thermos if ya haven't yet. If you are anything like me you've already been grabbing up every newspaper in your area you can possibly get your hand on to check out all those black friday ads.

Black Friday- aka, Day after Thanksgiving Sales. This is a day where everything is cheaper than it has been any other day of the year. Stock up on those christmas gifts, get those coffee makers at $5 or those giant crockpots at $10. It's the best time of year to shop...if you don't mind the fighting, hair-pulling, biting and cursing type of mood. If this is not your scene then you'll want to sleep in and hop online on Monday....Cyber Monday that is to hit all the sales you would've had to stand in line for on Friday.

Whatever the case may be, I hope you enjoy your holidays and stay safe.

For Memorial Day

Happy Memorial Day!! Remember all those that have fought for you.

This is a video with the perfect song for this special day.

Memorial Day Crafts Carnival

Need some Memorial Day Craft ideas? Not to worry Momgadget Girls got ya covered. In this blog carnival there were a few of us that came up with a few crafts to entertain ya this weekend.

When it comes to my kids, they told me they already have ideas. This year they are making their own colored flags to hang in the window. What they will do is use a white sheet of construction paper and color in the stripes and stars. They also plan on making a few cards and passing them out to marines they know. I'm not sure what we'll be having on our menu yet, currently thinking hot dogs and hamburgers on a grill.

Katelyn over at Free Holiday Ideas has three crafts for ya. Make a flag hand, while you are waiting for your flag cake to finish cooking and then journal it inside your Memorial day journal. For instructions jump over to Katelyn's site and find out how.

Bev over at EasyCrafts4Fun came up with some Memorial Day decorations, made from coffee can lids. Great idea!

Don't forget to read all about Memorial Day over at I'm not just a mom...I'm a homemom

Have a Happy Memorial Day!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!

photo credit: VictoriaLodging

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!!!

To all you wonderful moms out there, I hope you are relaxing today...or at least getting one of those wishes you had hoped for. As for me, it's quiet time and watching movies day.