A Texan Odyssey

Well look at me, blogging two days in a row! :P In February Sean and I made a Cheep Cheep (the cute little fish from Super Mario) Valentine's day "box" out of a plastic fish bowl and it was a big hit! He won most creative in his age group at our homeschool group's Valentine's party, but more importantly we had a lot of fun making it together! In true procrastinating-perfectionist behavior, I waited until the night before the party to buy the supplies, and then kept working on it until satisfied. ( Source ) This is the Cheep Cheep Sean chose to model his "box" after. He liked the mohawk/fin! We already had the plastic fish bowl, and only needed a few inexpensive items from Michael's to complete our task. We bought a few acrylic craft paints, chenille wire stems for the yellow fins, and sticky-back felt squares for the white fins. Please excuse the blurry cell photo, it's the only one I got while we worked. Oops. Sean painted the body red, ...

My last post was in November! That means there has been six months of life lived with no blog evidence of it. Oh horror! ;-) For continuity's sake I'd like to post some of the highlights from the time that has passed by undocumented (on here at least). This post will cover Nov-Dec. -Thanksgiving and my boys playing and eating as always! *Not including pics from our big family gatherings, just our mini Thanksgiving at home* -Snapshots from December -An evening walk around our neighborhood -Family trip to Seven Bluff Cabins on the Frio River Ok, off to wrangle my rascals. Maybe my next post will come sooner than 6 months from now! -Valerie