One of Those Good Weeks

Since getting home from Arizona I feel like I've been in a bit of a funk. It took about a week to get everything all put back together, then Elliott went out of town for work for a couple weeks, we didn't have a car for a while because it was it the shop and it's all just kinda felt off. I think part of it is the fact that in Mesa we had summers down to a T, we did summer movies, swam at my parents, school lunches, the kids all had really good friends and cousins they played with. I can't be sure exactly what it was but this week I decided we were gonna do something about it! We have 3 more weeks left of summer so we're going to have a theme each week starting with art week.

Getting out of the house each day to get supplies, working together to get things done and having a creative outlet has just been good for my soul.

First up was paper mache bowls. Except we used fabric. When doing crafts with the kids I normally get everything prepped but this time they did everything with me. They picked their own fabric and cut it themselves and mod podged it on. Brandon got a bit overwhelmed in the middle but he came back and finished.

We let them sit over night and popped the balloons the next morning and it worked! We were thrilled.

Next day we made packages for cousins. We went down to Michaels and got stickers, and paper then to Target to get bouncy balls, suckers and stamps. While we were in Michaels a big storm came through and all the lights went out. Melanie was not a fan of that!

Each of us had 3 cousins to write letters to, and happy birthday cards to papa.

Then we did bubble art with liquid water color and bubbles. This was Brandon and Melanie's favorite one.

I thought they turned out so cool! I want to frame them and put them in the hallway.

Last but not least it was cheesecake day this week, and the Cheesecake Factory was celebrating with half off cheesecake slices so we for sure took advantage of that! Hoping to do a science experiment week and cooking week, then they are off to school, which is always bitter sweet. Love getting back into a routine but miss having them with me.

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