Easter Crafts

I have really gotten into crafting lately and of course I'm bringing the kids into it!! For the most part I think they are having fun with it too. 

I bought two little wooden baskets at the DI for a $1.50 each then had the kids paint them. 

I put some tape on for them and let them finish painting, i think they turned out pretty cute! 

Set them up on my mantel with my new "home" letters I got from MarDee. I decided to spruce up my sconces and make little baskets out of them too. 

I also got a couple frames at the DI for a buck each to let the kids paint. They really liked painting those...just let them go at it and see what they came up with. 

Then i just printed off an easter egg coloring page from the internet and had them color it. Glued that on a piece of scrapbook paper and framed them! They turned out great!! Complete individual easter pictures made by each of the boys!! 

I'm in the process of making some "spring" block letters. 

I thought Alex would enjoy helping me paint them....but apparently he wasn't into it! HAHAHA

I think it had something to do with he saw the big sticker box full of easter stickers!! He had much more fun covering himself in easter eggs. And YES he's still Robin!! hahahaha  

 

The girls got together the other day and this is what we made. LOVE them. Ken was such a trooper and cut out all the wood for us. Then just paint and glue. Really simple and fun!!!  

New Awning

The back of our house faces west and so the later afternoon and evenings we are just blazing hot back there in the summer. We have a nice big backyard but once it gets to hot we spend most of the time in the front of the house. So this year we decided to put our tax refund to good use and got an awning!! 

The company Aluminum Builders we used absolutely ROCKED. The put the whole thing up in two days and they really take pride in what they do. 

I think it turned out great and now i'm so excited for summer!!! 

New Blog

I decided to start a new blog...the other one ran out of space for uploading pictures....so here we are, Hammond Monkeys are us. Summer is almost here and we plan to have lots of fun and want to keep everyone updated on what we are doing.