Hot Glue Ghosts--Pinterest Sunday

This week's Pinterest Sunday was found on Pinterest via Greenbean's Crafterole. You can see the rest of my Pinterest boards here.

This looked pretty easy, until I remembered my skills with a hot glue gun are limited, and while I can outline, filling in the outline of the ghosts proved a bit challenging. But, hey. I already had my glue gun and glue sticks out, so why stop now?

For the first ghost, I used one of her outlines (I drew it on notebook paper while looking at the screen) and the other was free-handed. All you do is put the outline under glass and put the hot glue on the glass. When you're done, the glue just peels right off.

My pink hot glue gun. The tip is on glass, if you can't see it.

My drawn ghost.

Didn't think to get a picture of the outlining process of this one

Outlining the second (free-handed) ghost.

The filled in ghost

Both ghosts with their eyes and mouths painted on (I used my puffy paint since it was right there)

On the window. Yes, I do have bars on my windows. Long story.

They turned out kind of cute. However, I think if I practice more stuff like this, I'll get much better results next time.

We made hand print spider t-shirts after Isaiah's nap yesterday, too. But those will be part of next week's post.

Do you have any Halloween crafts you'd like to share?

Mamatography: Week 42

Mamatography: A 365 Day Photography Project. At least one picture per day of what you did that day.

 

Sunday, we went to church and then spent the rest of the day at my parents' house. It was Mamaw's birthday, so we wanted to be together. My aunt and uncle came over for dinner too and we had some good food and great conversation.

 

Isaiah took a nap with Mama and Papa in the BIG bed.. and made sure to take up most of the bed.

 Monday I had school, a weird hair day, and weird conversations. I even got everyone in my English class to vote for my little sister (B) for a Rider Of The Month contest, and she won!

Tuesday, signed up for the Mamavation 2 week challenge with Bob Harper. I also found out that the Fox News channel on my Roku box had live streaming of the debate.

 Wednesday was the first Wednesday that I didn't have my early morning Anatomy lab. Isaiah and I celebrated by making more messes and lounging around. His favorite position? Laying lengthwise on my leg.

Thursday, I found an app that puts "ghosts" in your pictures. 

 Yesterday, Isaiah had a field trip to a pumpkin patch/farm. He went to bed at 7:15pm. When I came up to bed, I realized he had obviously wanted a drink but didn't come down to get one. Instead, he used his toy bucket.

Today we went to JoAnn Fabrics for some craft supplies, you'll see tomorrow, and Walmart for Isaiah's costume and some food. We saw a lot of people we knew: my aunt, uncle, and their three boys, and a lady from church and her two boys. And, of course, since I worked at Walmart 3 years ago, we saw tons of people I used to work with.

Isaiah finally settled on a costume: Thomas the Train.

 

 And now we are off to mom and dad's house again. Have a good night!

Two Whole Hours

Isaiah's preschool had a field trip to a pumpkin patch/farm today. Normally I pick him up after class at 2:00, but they won't be back until around 4:00.

I'm sure he'll have a blast running around, petting animals that he probably hasn't seen before, riding a train, and picking a pumpkin. He already decided, this morning, that he only wanted a small pumpkin. Presumably because he already has a big one here.  

With him gone to the farm, that means I have two hours kid-free. Two whole hours. Alone. Nobody asking for a drink, a snack, or help fixing a toy that I've already fixed 7 times today. (Yeah, my fault for buying a Ninja Turtles van with doors that come off the hinges.)

I've been home for 10 minutes and I am already lost. I love the peace and quiet. I do. But I miss our afternoon snuggle-with-a-possibility-of-a-nap. And being here alone means I have no excuse not to do something productive. 

So with my two whole hours, I will not sit on my butt watching TV or reading a book (or writing a long blog post). Instead, I will make my house presentable to the public. I mean, I guess I should clean if I want people to come over tomorrow right? And by people, I mean my friend T, a 3 year old girl, and an almost 1 year old boy. It shall be fun. I swear.

By the way, does anyone have any craft ideas to make with the kids tomorrow?  

Mamatography: Week 41

Mamatography: A 365 Day Photography Project. At least one picture per day of what you did that day.

 

 For about a week and a half, my knee has been aching/hurting every time I move it. I've been using my Arctic Ease wrap which is Awesome. I don't have to sit there with an ice pack on my knee, not able to move. I can wrap it up and still be able to walk around and take care of Isaiah and the house.

Disclaimer: I received the cold wrap for free as a part of a Mamavation 2 Week Challenge. I'm not being paid to tell you about it, it's just great and I wanted to tell you about it.

 

 

 Monday, Isaiah got a surprise from Mama. She got a replica of a semi used to haul Goodyear stuff from work. He loves it. It fits his hot wheel cars in the trailer. It's actually OEM Certified, which I think he'll be more excited about in the future. Last week she got him a Goodyear shirt and hat. His shirt says Awe(wingfoot)some. The truck has many movable/removable parts, so what you see here is missing some of the parts.

Little I and his new Goodyear truck.

 Later that night, Isaiah started getting tired and cranky. I sent him up to the bedroom for a time out/calm down time when he started hitting. I came up 5 minutes later and found him passed out wearing his glow necklace.

Had to take a picture before I took the glow necklace off him.

 Tuesday, we went over to my parents' house and B took pictures of us (with my Nikon) in the back yard.

One of the pictures that B took and I edited with Photoshop.

  Wednesday we had school. I had 2 exams, which left me exhausted. I did manage to find this when I went to my parents house between my last class and picking up Isaiah from Awana.

Thursday... To be honest, most of Thursday is a blur. We didn't really leave the house. We cleaned, played, cleaned some more, and took a nap. I love days off because of naps. I've been so tired lately, and even though a nap eats up 1.5-2 hours of my day, I need it.

My semi organized cabinet, a result of my cleaning.

 Little I had pinkeye at the end of last week. I was not a happy mommy. He also had a horrible night of sleep Friday night (maybe because of the pinkeye?)

Saturday I took Little I to the clinic and got him eye drops. Sorry I didn't take any pictures. It was a very hard day: It took 2 1/2 hours to get his prescription filled because of insurance, Isaiah was cranky because he was sick and tired of being in the cart. By the time we got home it was nap time, and after nap he was still cranky and clingy. I didn't get a single thing done.

 

I'm Back!

I finally got my laptop back from Best Buy. They ended up replacing the motherboard, top plate, and the AC adapter. It's so nice to have a full keyboard (no missing keys anymore) and a computer that is less than 10 years old!

I'll be working tonight to get up the Mamatography post, the Pinterest Sunday post, and probably another post that has been rolling around in my head.

And I have to write a paper for my English Comp II so this might be a long night.