Your Hair Grows Like a Weed!

As I often do, I gave Xander and Dawson buzz cuts over the weekend. If I buzz one I always buzz the other one at the same. Now this might seem like a very logical thing to do, but it turns out one boy's hair grows at very different pace from his brothers.

It seems Xander would take after his mother and Dawson takes after his father.

Tyler and Goliath

We all know that Goliath was slain by David armed only with a sling and a rock. Recently he was brought back and slain by 250 Achievement Day girls. Their ages ranged from 8-11. These brave young ladies were armed only with a couple flour bombs. (knee highs filled with flour) Once again Goliath was defeated.
As part of our Stake Activity Days day camp the girls participated in several activities featuring Bible heros. The girls went to different stations such as;
Rebecca at the well= water games.
Samuel the Lamanite= archery.
Esther= jewelry making.
Captain Moroni= (Title of Liberty) cloth bookmarks.
Brother of Jared= painted rocks with glow in the dark paint
David and Goliath= flour bombs.

As you can guess our ward was in charge of the Goliath station. The big question was, where were we going to get a Goliath? That's where Tyler comes into play.
I got an empty refrigerator box and asked Ty to draw me a huge Goliath. It might seem like a daunting task, but to Tyler it was only a couple hour job.

I had a Stake YW. Girls Camp meeting.

When I left, Tyler had just started sketching Goliath.

When I came home, 2 hrs later.

This is what he had done.

(minus the coloring)

I colored him in when I got home.

Are you impressed yet!

I had Sawyer lay down next to Goliath to get an idea of how huge he is.

Goliath is 80 inches tall!

At the activity, the girls had a blast throwing the flour bombs at Goliath.

Thank you Tyler for sharing your amazing talent with all of us.

May and June Craftiness.

These are my latest crafts.

Teacher gifts to my kid's teachers 2012-2013

school year.

Door hanger.

June dangles.

Blast Off!

During the last full week of school, Mackenzie's class made, decorated and launched rockets. By made I mean got a rocket kit and assembled them. By assembled I mean Tyler put it together. However, when I say decorated I mean me and Kenzie. Kenz loves Neon colors and bright colors. I love sparkles. Combine our two favorite things and this is what you get.

Other students in her class asked where she bought a sparkled rocket. They were impressed when she told them, "My mom sparkled it!"
Mackenzie's teacher made the comment, "That's the first time someone has brought in a sparkled rocket. I like it!"
Guess if all else fails in my life I can always sparkle rockets for a living.

Later that day I had to laugh when I snapped this picture.

Dawson totally matched the rocket!