Spring Break

Spring Break was this past week and we just stayed here at home. It would of been so much fun if we could of went out of town like so many people do but we couldn't afford it this time. We ran into some unexpected bills to pay recently so staying in town was the only option. I worked most of the week but only at night. But I did find some things for us to do. Monday we really didn't do anything because I had to do laundry and other stuff so the girls just hung out at home. Tuesday I took them to the Arizona Art Museum for Youth in Mesa. We've been there before 2 years ago but they've changed it since then. In my opinion it doesn't feel like much of an art museum, there is some art displayed but it's geared for younger children like Samantha's age so there's a lot of hands on stuff to do and see. Kayla was kinda bored but she did find a couple of things she liked such as the giant eraser board and  the IPad art table. They had a section for Fairy tales so there were a lot of dress up areas, lots of little craft tables. Then there was a baseball section, which was mostly about the Chicago Cubs training ball field in Mesa.  Wednesday we cleaned the house from top to bottom! The girls helped me by cleaning the bathroom, dusting and cleaning their rooms which were so messy! Thursday we went to see a movie with some friends at the mall, had lunch and walked the mall. Friday we didn't do much, just the park and out to dinner and rented movies. Saturday I was at work while Jake babysat the girls and their friend, worked on his friend's truck while his friend planted a tree and some plants in our front and back yard. So it wasn't too bad of a week. Samantha is happy to be going back to school, she told me "I think my  teacher missed me!" I'm sure she did.

Samantha in the glow and dark room at the Art Museum. The theme was Alice and Wonderland.

Kayla in the glow and dark room.

This was the Princess and the Frog corner, I added the hair garland for fun. 

The Three Little Pigs! They wanted me to be the 1st pig but I got out of wearing the hat by telling them that someone needs to take the picture! Clever me!

This is in the playroom where the girls built a fort out of  these blocks.

Goofy face time!

Our new tree in our back yard!

A little tree planted in the corner of our drive way. The potted plant will be planted next to the tree at a later time.

This was planted in our front yard.

In my last post I showed a picture of my end table that I was working on. I finished them! I sanded and painted them (this was a few weeks ago). My next project is painting Kayla's desk white. I sanded it a while ago and Jake painted it for me. He spray painted but it doesn't look very good so we might have to get a different kind of paint. So its been sitting in the garage for a couple of weeks. Hopefully soon we will finish it so I can move on to my next project!