Love, The Hebdons

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Just follow the string!

My first attempt to braid Claire's hair

A late Christmas gift from a friend. We call it the cotton candy palace

Todd helped me make pizza Sunday night while Claire spend time with Skyler. It was so cute having that one on one time with him and letting him snack on ingredients as we prepared the pizza.

You can see here that some of the pizza was missing by the time it was ready to go in the oven.

I enjoyed decorating our house with red string for our Frozen Fever play date.

"We're making today a perfect day for you!"

Reeves Park, close to Skyler's science building

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Snowball, Marshmallow Jr. and William

I'd like to introduce to you our new, snowgie friends: Snowball, Marshmallow Jr. and William.

If you haven't seen the Frozen Fever short film, please do so now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojxCG5148qY

In preparation for a themed play date, Elsa came to our house and sneezed ;)

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

It finally snowed

New curtain in the kid's room

Todd enjoying hot cocoa in his sippy

This is what an Oklahoma snowman looks like

There's a buffalo in my cocoa!

Finally, some snow!!!

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Happy 2016! New Years Eve we cooked bacon to eat on our baked potatoes, and then were surprised by a friend that brought us ribs! Meat all around. Then we brought our mattresses out to the family room and watched Rango. Before we got settled into watching the movie, the kids loved playing on the beds. Todd sleepily got up a few times, but collectively I think we all got a fair amount of sleep.

Ribs

Bacon and chili

Still asleep the next morning

Claire pretending to sleep with Todd

Museum of Natural History

This was Todd's first time going through without being in the stroller. I was running around the whole time and picking him up to redirect him. Thankfully that museum is pretty kid friendly. They have a discovery room for kids where I could finally sit down and let him go.

Saturday, January 2, 2016

For the cook and the plumber

Yup, my creative juices went to work again!

Here's the story if you're interested (otherwise skip to the cute pictures): For a long time I've resisted the urge to buy a plastic or wooden kitchen. It seems that everyone else has them, and I just didn't want to spend the money on one. Don't get me wrong, I love them and I know Todd and Claire would love one. I grew up playing with one in our junk room (that's what we called it and I love the name, especially now that I'm a parent!) Recently Skyler bought something that came in a big, cardboard box, and it just wanted me to make it into something! That's when I knew my opportunity to make a cardboard kitchen had arrived! Zero dollars, in one day, and I am so proud! High five from the husband and the kids are bumping into each other playing with it. Of course, after the pictures, Todd pulled off the faucet handles, took out the sink and pushed all of the toilet paper knobs into the box, but hey, it still works. He also turned plumber on us, which gave us a laugh (see pictures below). I guess that's why they usually don't make play kitchens so spacious! We're going to have a lot of fun with this kitchen.

Another story: I just read an article about how to manage your time and it advised to not check ones email when relaxing. Sometimes that's the first thing I do when the kids go down for a nap and I have some time to do business because I can think! But, today I wanted to try what they said. So, instead of checking my email, I started the process of brainstorming and planning this kitchen, and this is what happened!

This is Claire's excited face!

A lot of brainstorming, planning, measuring, eye balling, trouble shooting, taping, gluing, drawing, cutting and making do with what I had, including limited time.