This says it all...

Yep, must change this someday.

Out

Seriously, the rookie league is getting tough!  

Dallin is playing summer softball (2012) and is doing fairly well, don't you think?

Career Day May 2012

Okay, this is so bad. I meant to post about his career day at school before he actually has to go back to school. Bad mom-mom.

Just your typical school day event -- career day.  I asked him what he wanted to be and he said an astronaut. So, I put my creative juices to work and this is what we came up with.  I must say, his outfit turned out fairly decent for a craft challenged mom.

***You have to click on the photo's to see the detail we put into his costume.  Might re-use this for Halloween, unless he wants to be something else?***

This is what we came up with.  Not to shabby if I do say so myself.  He was so excited to show off his rocket that we built together.  

Had to show you what we did to the back of his shirt.  We also printed out all the kids in his class and added each of their pictures to the rocket. 

I know we are in for a lot of girls calling the house one day, he is a chick magnet!

Singing to the office staff and principal.  His teacher was so amazing, wish we had her for his entire grade school years.  Here's hoping next years teacher is just as devoted.

Class photo of everyone in their career day costumes.  Some really adorable ones, I love the little girl on the far right hand side.  Can you guess what she dressed as?  A movie star... and she was posing like crazy.  Too cute.

He had to explain his costume to the entire class and all the kids got to see their photo's on his rocket.  His teacher did make a great comment... So, how come there aren't flames coming out of the rocket boosters?  Little did she know I made some, but didn't have time to attach them.  So funny, she laughed so hard when we explained how come there weren't any flames.  

One other little comment about the "movie star" girl.  When she was explaining her costume, the teacher said turn around Dallin's mom is the paparazzi.  I cannot believe how fast his school year went by and how lazy I have been in blogging. Shame on me.  

My little man is growing up way too fast for me!  Binks my love.

Father's Day 2012

I know, I know... I've been a bad blogger lately. Better late than never?

Wanted to post this because it was so much fun to make for Father's Day.  I asked the Little Man of the House questions about his daddy (The Big Man of the House), and this is what we came up with.  I just wanted to do something special, I always think that homemade gifts or cards are filled with more love than Halmark.  You should have seen my Men of the House's faces.  Pure joy!  Especially the part about his hair.  Priceless.  My Little Man came up with his own answer, no help from me at all.  Enjoy ~

Binks my love for being such a kind, loving, funny and beautiful Little Man.  

Flying High

For those of you who know anything about the Staley's is that we have one heck of a photoshop wizard.  Take a peek at the latest creation.

Of course that amazing picture of one of the best looking kids on Earth makes the entire thing work.  Thanks Christine, you are the best photographer.

Promise to get back to posting, just one busy summer.  Hope everyone has an enjoyable summer.

Space...

Dallin's Space Odyssey

You need to click on the link below to get the full effect of this post, let the music play in the background and hop back on my blog to finish reading this one.  That way you get the full effect.   Hopefully if I did it right.

http://youtu.be/cWnmCu3U09w

As you all know Dallin is obsessed with anything having to do with Space.  So, I have tried to capture a few of his crafts and rockets he has built or had a little help with.  He never ceases to amaze me at how creative this little man of ours is -- he creates missions, draws each planet in the solar system and makes sure to remind me the order they go in.  Remember he is only six, I think I could basically play with my Barbies at his age. HA

My little artist.  We went and got canvas and acrylics for him to paint out part of his story.

Cheated on this one, already printed out just colored and plastered on the fridge.  Isn't every home that has a young child have a fridge like this?

He went to town with his stickers.

He makes his own books.  Starts with a colored cover page, then puts white paper for the pages of the book, then another color page for the back of the book.  Staples them down the left side and goes to work creating his stories.  Had to capture a few for memories.

One of his Space Books had an alien dog that looked a little like a rat.  Too cute!

Blasting off from Mercury.

Rocket going home to Earth.

Back to Earth -- love this kids creativity.

He even numbers the pages of his book.  

Not enough room to spell it all out so he improvised, that's what being an artist is all about.

He drew this all by himself, I had no input whatsoever.  He knows the colors for every planet.

Space the final frontier -- to boldly go where no man has gone before.  Okay, a little Star Trek geek here, just be thankful I didn't put on my uniform and play with my transmitter.  (giggle)

We're going home.  Love the stick figures.

We're HOME!

Hard to read this one, I think it's called the Planet Book?

Next blog on space will be with the actual solar system we made and a few rockets, the space shuttle, a satellite and a "special" career day section.

So proud of my little man, I know I go on and on but I just cannot express in words how much love I have for him.  I think back to when he was my little glow worm, could carry him in one arm for the entire day.  Now, I can barely lift the little (big) man.  He is very tall for his age and has a few girlfriends that flock to him daily at school.  

Binks my love, remember -- no one will love you like your mom-mom does.

Easter 2012

Finally getting a chance to post about our small little Easter we had at the house.  Easter Bunny decided to make us his last stop on his rounds.  Our little man didn't go to bed until late the previous evening because he was so excited about the EASTER BUNNY!

Part of his stash. Easter Bunny was too tired to decorate like he normally does.  Bad Easter Bunny. :-)

More goodies...

 

Yes, this is his hair in the mornings, although this was a "good" morning for us.  He rushed out of bed and did a bee-line to the goodies.

Our little man is so smart he remember that these Eggs were from last year. He kept saying, why did the Easter Bunny bring me Eggs from last year?

 Not a great photo, we have a huge window that can blind you. Excuse the mess, just had to capture that adorable face.  

All in all, we had a wonderful day and the sugar rush continued for at least a week.  Oh, for those of you who know how he loves to read, he has decided to write his own books. He gets out color cover paper, white paper for the inside, staples them down the left side and then write his own novels.  We have a few on the Easter Bunny that I'll post in another blog.  

Love you my little man, even though you are getting to be a BIG boy you will always be mom-mom's little man. Binks my love.