Just Another Day in the Parker House

Just another day in the Parker house...some days it seems like my life is a big art and craft session.

Chloe loves any reason to color and be creative. She also love any reason to have her picture taken!

Pumpkin masks! Later in the day Carter added lightening bolts to both sides of his:)

Mini Apple Crisp

The kids love to help bake...so we were bored and made apple crisp in individual ramekins.

Mini Apple Crisps

• 1 1/2 large apples
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 1 1/2 Tbsp melted butter
• 2 Tbsp brown sugar
• 1 Tbsp whole wheat flour
• 3 Tbsp oats
• 4 Tbsp water

Mix apples and cinnamon. Evenly divide among ramekins. Mix other ingredients and top each dish. Pour one tbs of water over each dessert before baking. Bake @ 350 for about 25 minutes.

Fall Scented Playdough

We were bored in the house so I decided to make scented playdough. It smells are good! Just like fall.

Scented Playdough

1 cup flour
1/2 cup salt
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 Tablespoon veggie oil
1 cup water

Mix dry ingredients in pan. Add wet ingredients. Heat until seperates from side of pan...about 3-4 mins.

You can use fall items to make imprints on the playdough, like leaves.

Carter's 6th Birthday

On Carter's actual birthday he did not have school because it was a Wednesday but Chloe did have PreK. Carter and I spent the morning together building Legos that he received from his birthday party.

Star Wars Lego watch!





















Cars 2 Lego set!

Carter's Lego Party

Carter choose a lego theme for his 6th birthday. We thought it was a fun and different theme.

I did a lot of research for decorations, food, games, etc. I went with red, yellow, green & blue color them for this party.

The decorations were inexpensive and easy to make. I bought colored wrapping paper and wrapped different size boxes. I put raised circles on the boxes to make it look more like big lego pieces.

I also found Lego font and printed out his name and age to make banners. I printed out many differnt Lego men and hid them around the room for "Find the Lego Man" game.



For the cupcakes: I a found Lego block mold and Lego man mold on ebay. I used the molds to make chocolates to top the cupcakes. I also used block sugar candies I found at the local store (the candies were really neat b/c you could not only eat them but build with them too).




I made cookies in the shape of his age "6".

























The Lego man cake pops were a little tricky but they came out cute. I took a oreo and cream cheese mixture to make the head of the Lego man. I put a small cut marshmallow on top to make the tip of his head. Dipped the Lego head in melted yellow chocolate. I used a edible marker for the face.





Goodie bags: lego stickers, lego block candies, build-your-own lego man























Kids had a great time in the bounce house!




































Activities: build-you-own Lego man, create a race car station, bounce house

Another Soccer Saturday

Soccer game! This time they had their team uniform...yellow and black. They choose the team name of Wildcats.

Yes, my hair looks crazy in these pics. I was trying to get out the door at 8:15am w/ kids, family & friends over. I also got very little sleep the night before because I was prepping for Carter's birthday party. I am not a crazy parent documenting scores for the fun of it. I was keeping track of the boys goals for the coach so she know what and who to work on for practice days. Her goal is for everyone to make at least one goal this season.

Carter had a big group rooting him on during this game...Auntie Cherie, Auntie Lynda, Tom, & 3 friends. GO Carter!!!