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Recipe for APRIL FOOLS corn-on-the-cob:

1. –Three Cupcakes + Frosting
2. –JellyBellies (popcorn and pina colada flavors)
3. –Butter (aka known as melted starburst candy)

Or you can make a FAKE food platter– like we did for our THANKSGIVING theme Family Fun Night– construction paper can make some pretty darn realistic food!  Both of these ideas were from the Family Fun magazine, of course!

I’m not exactly sure what I will implement this year?  I’d like to do a complete dinner swap (dinner looks like dessert and vise-versa),  fill Mason’s closet with balloons and do at least one major prank?!  This looks really fun.  Happy Foolin!

The birthday girl 365 days ago.

Oh my goodness—  2nd birthday is getting closer.  I don’t know if I’m ready for a 2 year old + a teen + plus a four year old + a baby??  I never imagined my life would be like this… so full… so rich… so wild!  My dreames were never this big, this rich, this fun, this overwhelming?

So when I think of Emerson’s birthday I am overcome with joy and gratitude.  Okay, yes, I am ready.  Ready for two year old tantrums & two year old fun.  Bring it on!  I like the quote— “I’m a mom, you don’t scare me!”

Here’s to EATING FROSTING!!!!!

We took a recycled Play Mobile Box and punches out various sizes of rectangles, squares, stars, circles & triangles.

Note of caution:

 This activity is not the faint at heart.

  YOU WILL make a colorful mess… easy clean-up at least!

  This is one of those projects that is as fun to set up as it is to use.

I used my favorite adhesive—modge podge— to personalize the front of box.  Big brother K helped me add a inspiration template that sits underneath the shapes—sketches for collage themes: trains, buses, houses, castles…

  Now we can go shape {collage} crazy!!!

Shape collage art is such a fantastic rainy-anyday art activity.

 It works great for us because almost ANY age can enjoy, create and participate.  

  Thank so much for the idea— LETS EXPLORE!

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