Chevron Bracelet

I posted a while ago about wanting to make this bracelet. It took a BIT longer than I expected...but it was worth it. This is a huge friendship bracelet - 24 strings in white and light gray. The beading is what really added the sparkle and the time to making it.

Pattern #7118 on this website is what I followed for making this chevron beauty. You can too, if you have the time, to make one for yourself or a friend. 

Bowling with Boy Scouts

So today was the last Go-See-It for Cub Scouts this year. Now all of the Tigers are officially Wolves! For their last outing they got their bowling belt loop. They also got to see the inner workings of the bowling alley (which they thought was pretty cool!) Max finished with a respectable 87.

Last Tiger Outing

Max loves to bowl

Waiting for their turn

Max bowling

Looks like a strike!

My boys

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Rocket Launch!

On Monday Max got a rocket kit - so that means Mom built a rocket! Dad helped out with the painting and Max put on the finishing touches. Just to let you know these things are not "easy" to build. You try super gluing on the inside of a tiny tube at EXACTLY 51mm - I'm just saying. But to see how much the boys loved watching them launch, it was all worth the trouble.

The Rocket - Lightning

Max with his rocket

 The video is of Max's actual rocket launch. Enjoy!

Max's Mad Scientist Party

For his 7th birthday Max wanted a Mad Scientist Party. I found at the Iowa Children's Museum they have a science discovery party, so the "Mad Science" part I took care of. We had an awesome time and would go again and again. Here is some details of our party:

Future Scientist

The Party Table

The table decorations I got some fun beakers on line and with a little food coloring and dry ice, great effects. I also got lucky and found the neatest table cloth with explosion words all over it. The balls are treats made with "Just berries" captain crunch and marshmallow.

Glow Straws and Jello Petridishes

Yes those are petridishes, with Jello and sprinkles to look like bacterial growth. Glow in the dark straws were a great find - labeled them Radioactive to stay with the theme.

Cupcakes - chocolate

Cupcakes from DeLuxe bakery, with added decorations in nuke, bio-hazard, and radioactive symbols.

Do I know you?

The funny glasses with noses were a big hit with the boys. They looked very scientific indeed.

Lab work

The boys got right to work on their first experiment separating colors with alcohol.

Learning about flight

Then they went down to the Flight room (sponsored by Rockwell Collins :) To fly some balloons and learn about propulsion.

Watching it fly

Max and his friends loved this part of the party! Riley loved the floating wind balls.

Building race cars

Next they all went to the motion room and build race cars and ran them on the track.

Running the track

Lego Room!

The favorite stop was last - the Lego room! They have huge tables full of legos and everyone got to build.

Everyone loves Legos

Happy Birthday Max!

Finally after all of that experimenting - we headed back to have some cupcakes and ice cream.

Eating treats

Riley and Daddy

Slime Experiment

But wait! We aren't done yet! Still time for another experiment. This time they made slime!

Eeeewww

Milk Experiment

And worked with milk and food coloring. When you touch dawn soap the colors run away.

Gift bags

All the boys got gift bags with Test Tubes filled with candy and sayings such as : Warning! Contains Nerds - possibly contagious. or Warning! Radioactive Pills - may cause super powers. They also got bubbles in test tubes, mentos, and a shock ball. The museum also gave them gift bags with free passes!

Test tubes and Mentos

Thank you!

We had such an amazing time! All the boys were so good and really enjoyed themselves. Thanks to my husband and friends, this all went super smoothly.

Happy 7th Birthday Max!

Today Max turns 7 and it's hard to believe it's already been seven years! Max told me that he does feel different today, at least a bit bigger. LOL.He is a lot bigger!!!

Max at 3 weeks

 Tomorrow is the Mad Scientist Party at the Children's Museum. I have been finishing up the last of the party decorations and treats. We just had pizza (Max's choice) and chocolate volcano cake today.

Happy Birthday!

Riley hamming it up

7 years old

His Dad picked this out!

Star Wars Legos

More Legos

Bobo Fett Alarm clock

Beaded Lamp

It's the weekend again - so that means time to combo-craft! I saw this really neat lamp on Pinterest and I really liked this necklace from Kate Spade.  Put them together and you get:

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I need to get one of those pretty clear bulbs - or a great black metal shade. But I'm happy with the results. (Actually looks better than the dark pictures!) I like the natural wooden beads with the half painted ones. I was really easy to wire the lamp and everything was super inexpensive at the hardware store. 

This weekend is Max's birthday and we are doing a Mad Science Party! So I'm doing all the decorations and favors - lots of fun pictures to come. Happy Friday!

Cuppow!

Guess what I got in the mail today? Oh yeah - Cuppow! The creators of Cuppow are Joshua and Aaron, the awesome packaging is Natalya Zahn. For 8 big ones you can also be the proud owner of a:

So basic - so genius! Anyone who loves mason jars would love a set of these. It did take a little longer than usual to get them (3 1/2 weeks) because the demand has been huge! But these babies are worth the wait to me, so I didn't care.

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