Garage sale finds....

On Saturday, our subdivision had a neighborhood garage sale, so I woke Mike up nice and early to go look for some deals. I absolutely love garage sales! Not just because you can find stuff for real cheap, but also, there's no packaging to throw away or you don't have to put things together because they are already put together, like this really nice Toddler bed we found:


We actually got it for Shane, for when he turns 2, but we put it in Makenna's room for now, and she loves it! (I think it has to do with the princess sheets though). The best part: Mike didn't have to put it together! Some other things we found were a toy cash register and a toy drum for the kids, and some summer clothes for Shane... I did really miss my garage sale partner though, Andrea... Mike wasn't as fun ;)

Everyone (including me) is sick right now. I don't know what it is about Georgia, but the kids have been sick here way more than when we were living in Tucson. We have only been here 6 months and I think this is their 4th cold since we have been here. Usually they only have one or 2 at most per year. So today I have been dealing with runny noses and lots of whining, and all I wanna do is curl up in bed myself.

Creation of the week: I made this sock puppet for the kids:

Got the idea from my sister, who made one a couple months ago, and i thought it was super cute. I got the directions from this website: Craftbits. Im not the greatest at sewing, so it didn't turn out that great. After I was done with it, I handed it to Shane, who tossed it aside. SO worth it!

REDO: Creation of the day....

I was playing around with Photoshop and made these silhouettes of Shane and Makenna:

Ok I redid Makenna's silhouette...hopefully it looks a little better!

Musubi Makers

Mike is flying tonight so Makenna and I made Spam musubis for dinner- Yum. One of my favorite local comfort foods along with Loco Mocos.

Makenna pressing the first layer of rice

sprinkle on some furikake

add the spam. I fry mine with little bit sugar and shoyu for a teriyaki flavored spam then add another layer of rice

Roll em up and all pau. Perfection

Yummy

Crafting baskets

The kids and I made their Easter baskets today. When Makenna's best friends Aubrey and Andrew spent Easter with us last year, I thought their homemade baskets were super cute, so I wanted to make our own this year. Best of all, I can throw them away later!!! We made ours out of Milk cartons, and Makenna had fun gluing the cotton balls and googly eyes and nose. I made the ears, and Shane helped by throwing the cotton balls on the floor.

The finished products

Another fun filled (but tiring) weekend

We had another busy weekend. On Saturday, Mike's squadron held its first annual beer brew off contest/party. It was awesome because they also had a bounce house for the kids and Makenna had a blast. Because it was a potluck, I made these Paula Deen Cream Cheese tarts. They were super easy to make and it was a pretty dish:


Cream Cheese Tarts

Today we took the kids to Wild Adventures, a theme park here in Valdosta. It was great because it was a very nice day, there wasn't a big crowd, and there was a lot for the kids to do that they loved.
Makenna on the carousel

Shane takes the wheel

Driving lessons from daddy

Makenna begged to go on this slide!

She wanted to go again! So brave!

Going for a stroll

Doesn't Mike look thrilled?

Elephant encounter

Safari train ride

Ball python

mini obsession

I have this weird obsession with anything that is mini. I buy mini nilla wafers, mini goldfish, and mini corn dogs for the kids- Just cause they are cuter. And even though I rarely drink soda, I still love those mini cans they have- too bad they don't sell root beer in the half can. So I was very excited when I was strolling through walmart and found these:

Yay! I love bagels, and these are 100 percent whole wheat, so its mike approved!

Mike's Sweet Potato Fries

Mike's been making these a lot lately and they are sooo good! Its easy, just cut up sweet potatoes (NOT yams), sprinkle with a little garlic salt and fry in (virgin, unrefined) COCONUT oil! Its a very healthy oil, and doesn't affect the taste at all! YUM