Day TWO

Today we made "snow" gak.  Now I felt like this activity was a bit of  cheating because we tend to make it at least once a month.  To make it a bit different we left it white (like snow) and added some glitter to make it glisten. 

Supplies needed: glue, borax, glitter and water

In one bowl you add the glue

Glitter and water

In the other bowl you mix the water and borax together.  Once mixed you mix both bowls together and you end up with this.......

And as always Mason had a blast playing with it.  It is residing in the frige right now so we can have "cold" snow to play with : )

After we were done it started to SNOW outside!!! Guess we did some kind of "snow dance"!

While we cheered on the Seahawks we decided to make an ornament for our tree.  

Glueing on the nose

Making antlers from sticks

We ended up with toothpick legs and neck due to the cork being to hard to push the sticks in. Overall we had a great time watching the football game AND crafting together!!! After we were done Mason came up with his own activity......

Stay tuned tomorrow for even MORE fun.  **hint hint it involves an activity after dark so the blog will be updated late tomorrow night : )

Day ONE

This year I came across many things that inspired me to create our own advent calendar.   In years past we have bought one from the store and opened the door each day.  As easy as that would have been I wanted to create 25 activities that we could do to count our way to Christmas.  Now keep in mind that I tried to create/find things that were tailored to Mason's age and would only need guidance from us.  As you will see many of the activities fit that but there are a few that are more help needed activities.

To begin our advent journey I felt we needed a place to "display" our creations.  So today we started there. 

Supplies needed: tomato cage and chicken wire

Mommy's job was to attach chicken wire to the tomato cage (to look like a tree).  I only had a few fingers bleeding : )

What's a tree without garland right?

Thanks to an idea from a friend, I now needed a nail through a boad and some wire.....

And what kind of garland would you expect from us.......BUBBLE GUM!

Mason's "job" was to eat the bubble gum....oh I mean string the gum balls on to the wire! He did a great job with both of his jobs : )  

And now we are ready for DAY TWO!!!

Happy Happy Birthday Uncle Jonathan!

We wish you a very happy birthday Uncle Jonathan. Thanks for teaching me things like wet willies, photo bombing with my tongue out and much much more.

Love
Mason

OH.......IO

We are enjoying our time with Granny and Pa in Ohio.  Today we got to go to the Ohio State football game.  We had a BLAST!  Here is the story in pictures....

Thanks Granny for sharing your college days with us today!

Gas Works Park

So after we were done monkeying around at the zoo we decided to garb a late lunch/early dinner and head to the park.  The park that we choose just happened to be one that at one time was a gasification plant.  It also runs into Lake Union with an awesome view of downtown. 

Opening the value

Throwing rocks in the lake.

Mason being his funny self.

We had a very "sunny" day together!  We ended it with going home and playing water balloons....yes in 55 degrees we played with water balloons....Mason is crazy! But what can I say so am I!

Rain, Rain Go Away!

Today was full of sun and knowing that the rain will be back again tomorrow we took advantage and headed to the zoo.  (Hahaha where else would we go?!?)  The zoo is back to its non peak schedule so there were no shows to watch or elephants to feed or paper to make but we still had a blast!

They were filling the water back up so Mason could see the bear easier today and he loved it!

Did not want his picture taken...

He was very much into the snakes today.

The river otters were very active today and fun to watch!

If I was a good blogger I would be adding the picture from the very first trip to the zoo where Mason was sitting in this exact spot.....but it will have to wait for another day!

The penguins following Masons finger!

Elephant poop artwork

If you don't live by us or follow national weather I will inform you it has now been raining for FIVE days straight!  Needless to say we have pulled out all the stops for interesting activities to do inside. 

Last week we went to the local zoo and made Elephant poo paper.  Today we decided that it needed to be PAINTED! Mason did a great job painting just on the paper.