So I saw this awesome pumpkin idea over at the Imagination Tree ( I love her blog). This was really easy to do with some mini pumpkins from Target and acrylic paint from Michael’s. I let the girls pick the glitter colors at the store and the rest we had at home in our craft stash.
Yeah for gravity!
Once they dried I put a coat of Mod Podge on to prevent the paint from peeling. The girls were really excited with how these turned out and were so happy to put them outside with the other pumpkins on the porch. And it was oh so easy to do and clean up, so I highly recommend this activity!
Happy 7th birthday Nadia! You are the most fun kid I have ever been around and your laughter in infectious. You seem to get more and more witty with each passing month. You have a great love of learning and the inventive things you come up with at play time are fun for everyone. You analyze everything from how things work to what people meant when they said something. You love Star Wars, Superheros, drawing, crafting and making videos. Your favorite travel place to go is the beach and you love to make gifts for those that you love. You have great compassion for others and you always make sure we do our family devotion each day. We love you Nadia and the precious gift that you are!
For the vast variety of foods available to us each and everyday.
For A/C and heater.
For clean water.
For comfortable beds and blankets.
For medicine and immunizations.
This list is to remind me of the things that are so easy to take for granted, rather than be thankful for. There are people all over the world who dream of having a life as easy as mine.
Family photo on the balcony before we left the beach.
“Goodbye Beach!”
Since Galveston is so close to home we took an interesting route back home after we packed up the car. We drove across the bridge to check out Surf Side and see the areas for rent houses around there. It’s a cute little town and clearly the surfers like it there. Then we headed over to pop in on the twins 2nd birthday party. Thanks for the invite Jen and Chris!
Adorable boys!! I love them.
After our pop in at the party we headed back into Houston to go to the Hobbit Cafe. It’s been there for like 40 years and I have wanted to try it on our many visits down there. I found the menu had some really bizarre combinations, but the food was great. The outside of it is really cool and I do like the big tree coming up through the middle of the patio and bar area, but I have to be honest that the inside didn’t impress. They basically had movie posters up and some figurines. I guess I was expecting the place to be Lord of the Rings nerded out. And from a marketing standpoint, if I owned it, I would play it up. Especially with 2 more Hobbit movies coming out in the next two years.
After our bellies were completely stuffed we headed home. What a wonderful week we had at the beach! There will be no more trips now until we cross the ocean to meet Dani!
