Spelunking in the Living Room!

Have a giant box?

Go cave exploring then!

 Grab your flashlight and explore for "buried treasure"!

This fun idea from my kid's teacher.  Way to go Miss Weeks!

xoxo

Ginger

I've Hit 300 Followers!

Thanks everyone!!!

...it sure does mean a lot!  

And to show my appreciation, 

here's a smacker!

xoxoxo!

Ginger

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Snuggly Buggly Wuggly!!

Yet...another snow day here and I'm getting a little cabin fever.  Being cooped up in the house for a whole week is wearing on me, but its not all too bad.  Some cute memories were made like...

Snuggly Buggly Wuggly!

I caught the kids all snuggled together in the chair watching cartoons.  So sweet!

Check out Jacks face once he discovered I was taking pics!!

AHHH!  hehehe!

Ginger

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Revealing What a Kid I Am...

So, I have to admit...I'll watch Christmas movies year round.  And my absolute favs are the old Christmas cartoons that everyone remembers.

Here is a walk down a Christmasy memory lane...

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Twas the Night Before Christmas

Rodulph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Frosty the Snowman

And a Charlie Brown Christmas!

Enjoy!

Ginger

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Whatever Wednesday #15

When I was a kid, my mom would let me hang a few ornaments and then touching the tree once completed was forbidden!

But I want Jack and Sam to remember decorating the tree (and Christmas as a whole) as a fun and joyous time with family...not that my childhood Christmas weren't, but it wasn't fun to not be included in decorating fun.

So I came up with some fun games and activities involving your Christmas tree!  

A great way for your kids to enjoy the tree, but also learning to respect and treat it carefully.

Activities:

1.  Let them pick out a special ornament from the store.  If its an ornament of their very own, they will be more likely to treat it carefully.

(This year, Jack picked out a Buzz Lightyear ornament...he carried it home like baby and still points it out to EVERYONE!)

2.  Make paper ornaments (snowflakes, etc.), popcorn and cranberry garland, or hand-painted ornaments.  Jack felt a great sense of accomplishment once he knew he contributed something to the tree.

Games: 

1.  Enjoy looking at some sentimental ornaments.  Include a story about that character or how you received that ornament.

2.  Spy some Christmas shapes!  Find all the bells, stars, or angels on the tree.

3.  Christmas Color fun!  Find all the red, green, or white ornaments on the tree.

4.  Christmas Counting fun!  Count all the different ornaments...or even the presents underneath the tree!

5.  Christmas fun with textures!  Look at all the different textures...is it a shiny ball, or a glittery angel?

Hope you have a happy tree!!!  Enjoy!

Ginger

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I've hit 200 BABY!

Wow!  

200 friendly followers!

That is so sweet...sniffle.

Thank you so much for hanging out with me!

I wanna do something great for the occasion...I was thinking of hosting a giveaway!

So if anyone has a product they'd like to sponsor for a giveaway, contact me today!

I'm so excited to hear from you!

Ginger

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A Rainy Day Score!!!

So we decided to make a quick trip to the grocery store and alas, it started raining...HEAVILY!

We get totally soaked loading up the kids and the groceries into the van and then heading thru our neighborhood, I see a driveway FULL of goodies with a big FREE sign on the garage door!!!

Now normally, I would just look longingly at all the goods but not stop...especially with my husband.  But since I was already drenched and couldn't get any wetter...I said what the hell!  

I got out and snagged one of those Little Tikes push cars.  The door is missing and its dirty but once cleaned up, Jack will dig it!

And I got this!  I'm so excited!

The pics don't do it justice.  I just love this 50's look!

Not sure what I plan to do with it, but hey!  It was FREE!!!

There was a bunch of other stuff I wanted to snag, but of course, hubby reminded me that Christmas was coming...

...and the tornado sirens were going off.  With that, we boogied home!

Ginger

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Whatever Wednesday #9

Hey folks, doing Whatever Wednesday a little late this week.  Time just got away from me!

And Sam hasn't been feeling too good...poor baby :(

And getting ready to decorate the house for Halloween right on time a little late as well.  YIKES!

But anyhoo, check out Jack...crazy guy.

Going on a quick trip to Walmart with daddy...and this is what he chose to wear...?

Elmo house shoes, handy man tool pj pants, a Chewbaca t-shirt, and to top it all off...a Spider Man beanie cap.  STYL'N!

Here he is in a cute pose.

And in an action pose pretending to be Buzz Lightyear.

And this is "The kitty won't sit still" pose after chasing the cat around.

I have to say that I just LOVE  this stage in children...the dress-up stage!

They have the funniest ideas on dress-up and costumes...so adorable!

(And in case you are wondering...we let him go to the store like that.  It was just too cute.)

Post a comment with all the funny things your kiddo dressed up in!  Can't wait to hear it!

Enjoy!

Ginger

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2 jobs+2 kids+1 husband = freak'n tired

So yeah...I'm pooped.  

I've been trying to recharge on the weekends, but that's when it all really hits the fan!

Let's see...the starter went out in the van and the outdoor a/c unit went out.  Crap.

So I'm trying to unwind on the puter...is that possible?

Tonight, I've been commenting on all the Mad Skills linker-uppers...great stuff folks!  

And while I've been doing that...I've been surfing Playlist.com and doing another playlist of mu-sak!

I invite you to listen!  Check out the link below:

Michael & Ginger

I name it after my husband and I so we could have something to listen to while cleaning...?  I dunno.

WARNING:  Some lyrics are VERY explicit!  Don't judge either...I like what I like :)

Well have a blast jamm'n funky ladies!

Ginger

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A Tale of Two Flippies

First off, I will apologize in advance that there will be no pics with this post (none of mine anyway)...my husband lost the camera...ah huh.

So we will be without a camera until either he finds it (unlikely) or until we can save up enough $$$ to buy a new one (unlikely).

But on to my story.  Its a sad story of two brothers, flip flop one and flip flop two.  They were separated by fate and then reunited unexpectedly!

My husband and I went out to dinner tonight and of course...it started POURING RAIN outside.  I thought my van was going to float away.  We hung as long as we could to wait it out, but Sam was getting impatient.

Oh well, a little rain never hurt anyone.  Tell that to my right flip flop!

In trying to run hobble to the van (my feet sinking into about 4 inches of water) my flip flop was ripped of my foot and carried away...far away, down the parking lot!  So sad.

The one still attached to my foot was heartbroken facing the trash can with out its brother...cuz seriously, what would I do with one flippy?  The other facing a long and lonely life in the storm sewer.

We pulled out of the parking space me scolding my husband for not getting to my shoe fast enough when alas!  A kind stranger got out of his car to rescue my flip flop!!  Yeah!!!!!

Moral of the story...make your husband pull the car up to the door in the event of in-climate weather.

Ginger

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Lots MORE to Share!

So I have a little more to share with you today...first off, I am finally teaching ART!  After all these years, I am actually doing something with my degree.  

And though it's still a far cry from my dream job as a college level art history professor...but hey!  

I'M TEACHING!!!!

In fact I am an interactive art instructor for the G'nosh Art Studio in Frisco.  Not college courses but still studio time.  I am so excited!!!  Yippee!

Secondly, I had wanted to limit my Mad Skills Monday favs to 4th of July or Americana projects...but I just could not leave a few more of my favs out.

  So here I am continuing my Mad Skills features...congrats!

I wanna try making on of these rice warmers from Ponytails and Fish Scales

I really love this tea towel cake from Sweet Little Smoothie...perfect for a wedding shower!

Digg'n these apple bags from Flexible Dreams...would make a trendy diaper bag too.

And last but certainly not least...I am in total love with this egg carton decor from Simpsonized Crafts...so much so that I intend on featuring it again at Appleseed Gifts!

Love the color...love the beads...LOVE IT!

Congrats to everyone who linked up!  I enjoy reading all of your posts and feel honored that you have chosen to share them with me at Mad Skills Monday!  

If you were featured, snag the button below!

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Family of Nerds!

Alrighty...so remember when I mentioned that we were going to my folks house for swimming fun???

My dad took a bunch of pics of us...and just added a few things.

Don't I look lovely?

How do we look??
Being silly is so much fun...

Ginger

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I'm linking:

We Did it Wednesday at Sew Much Ado
Show and Tell Wednesday at Blue Cricket Design
Creative Flow Tuesday at These Creative Juices
Strut your Stuff Thursday at Somewhat Simple
Show Off Your Stuff Thursday at Fireflies & Jellybeans
Hook'n Up Thursday at House of Hepworths
What You're Work'n With Wednesdays at Me and My Bucket
Tot Tuesdays at Delicious Ambiguity
Hoo's Got Talent at Night Owl Crafting
What Little Boys are Made Of at 733
Plant a Punkin Seed at Punkin Seed Production

The Craftiest Crafter...I'm feel'n generous again!

I'm am wanting to just jump-start on the whole award thing.  I mean, its just so nice to be given an award.  I have received 2 myself and it is just so pleasing to be recognized for your efforts.  And I want a few others to be happy too!

What you do:

Include your award in a post, passing it on to at least 5 other bloggers!  Let them know that you've given them the award by posting a comment or email.  And display your award with pride...you've earned it!

So, with out further adieu, I am awarding 5 crafty bloggers 

The Craftiest Crafter Award!

I do present this award to...

Allison at House of Hepworths

Leslie at Night Owl Crafting

Star at A Load of Craft

Kaysi at Keeping it Simple

Gay at A Hodgepodge Life

Now go for it ladies!

Ginger

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The Search for Dino's at Clean Mama

Came across this lovely site and had to blog about it!  Clean Mama has a Messy Monday series that is the cutest and today I saw this!

Check it out for a cool recipe for home made clay (plus her little twist to it) and the search is on for buried dino's!

Be sure to head on over and check it out!  Snag her button and leave some comment love!

Ginger
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Be sure to snag this button!

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Yummy Mummy Week at Delicious Ambiguity

Hi all...Just a quick shout out for Yummy Mummy Week at Delicious Ambiguity.  A place to share your mom stories, tuts, recipes...just about anything!  Looks like fun and I encourage all readers to head on over, read or submit a story!

Ginger

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Playing with poop!

Oh Lord...it's happened...I caught Jack playing with his cars and poop yesterday. We regularly go around a de-poop the yard. Usually do a good job...I guess we missed a bit this time around!

EEEWWWWW!!  Oh well, I guess it had to happen with a boy sometime.  And don't worry...we got all the poop up and made him wash his hands.  Happy Parenting!!

Ginger
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Check this out!

Feel'n generous...

Hi all,

I'm feel'n generous and totally excited!  Blog hopping around has led me to so many fabulous blogs and opened some "crafty" doors for me...

So without further ado...may I present these awesome blogs

The Craftiest Crafter Award!

1.  Jess from A Winding Road for her Critter Cushions!  See my post about them here!

2.  Brandy from Home Sweet Home for her cute purses!

3.  Emily at Pocket Full of Posies for inspiring me with this crafty post!

Alright...now pass it on to at least 3 other crafty blogs that you love and follow!  Contact them and let them know that they've received an award for their talents!  And lastly...display your award proudly!

Congrats ladies!  You deserve it!  Happy blogging!

Ginger
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Link parties...why not?

I've decided to get in on this whole MckLinky business...yup!  That means my readers...you awesome folks, you...will have a chance to link up and share your stuff!

So check back here EVERY Monday for Mad Skills Monday...where you can link up all your favs.  See you then!  Happy Blogging!!!

Ginger
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The Grinch Quiz...

Awww...bummed out that no one wanted to play?!  But some of the questions were kinda tough ;)
Here are the correct answers:

-What is the dogs name? Max
-Where does the Grinch live? Just north of Who-ville
-What is the main reason the Grinch hates Christmas? All the noise, noise, noise!
-Where do the Who's live? Who-ville
-What materials did the Grinch use to make his coat & hat? Red curtain and stuffing from Max's bed
-How many times does the Grinch get stuck in the chimney? Only once
-How long was the Grinch stuck? For a minute or two
-Why did the Grinch think he could go down the chimney? If Santa could do it...then so could the Grinch!
-The Who Children will dance with what tied to their heels on Christmas day? Jing-Tinglers
-Who was the only Who who saw the Grinch on Christmas Eve? Cindy Lou Who
-How much do the Who's like Christmas? A lot
-While raiding the refrigerator, the Grinch took the last can of what? Who Hash
-What did the dog do before the Grinch tied him to the front of the sleigh? Jumped in for a sleigh ride!
-What did the Grinch use to fasten the horn on the dog's head? Black thread
-Where did the Grinch stop first? the first little house on the square
-How did the Grinch get the idea to dress up as Santa? the snow of Max's face
-Where did the Grinch tell the Who he was taking the Christmas tree? home to his work shop
-What did the Grinch leave on the walls? hooks and some wire
-What was the last thing the Grinch took? a crumb that was even too small for a mouse
-After eating their Christmas meal, what do the Who's do that the Grinch hates? Sing
-What is the name of the Mount that the Grinch took the Who's Christmas, and how high was it? Mt. Crumpit-10,000 feet up
-What did the Grinch do at the Who's Christmas feast? Carve the roast beast

Ginger
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Dr. Seuss Crafts!

And in continuing the Dr. Seuss Birthday celebration!  Here are some fun, family crafts!

Found some fun Cat in the Hat activities here!  Also head over and hang out in Seussville for a "Seussy" good time!

And now to test your "Seussy" knowledge...The Grinch Quiz!

-What is the dogs name?
-Where does the Grinch live?
-What is the main reason the Grinch hates Christmas?
-Where do the Who's live?
-What materials did the Grinch use to make his coat & hat?
-How many times does the Grinch get stuck in the chimney?
-How long was the Grinch stuck?
-Why did the Grinch think he could go down the chimney?
-The Who Children will dance with what tied to their heels on Christmas day?
-Who was the only Who who saw the Grinch on Christmas Eve?
-How much do the Who's like Christmas?
-While raiding the refrigerator, the Grinch took the last can of what?
-What did the dog do before the Grinch tied him to the front of the sleigh?
-What did the Grinch use to fasten the horn on the dog's head?
-Where did the Grinch stop first?
-How did the Grinch get the idea to dress up as Santa?
-Where did the Grinch tell the Who he was taking the Christmas tree?
-What did the Grinch leave on the walls?
-What was the last thing the Grinch took?
-After eating their Christmas meal, what do the Who's do that the Grinch hates?
-What is the name of the Mount that the Grinch took the Who's Christmas, and how high was it?
-What did the Grinch do at the Who's Christmas feast?

Let's have some fun!  Copy and paste the quiz to your blog and try and answer the questions!  Invite others to join in!  Post a comment here with the direct link!  Let's see who gets all the answers!  I'll post the correct answers on Monday the 8th!!  Enjoy!

Ginger
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