New products from Police Jones

Police Jones has come out with the first in a new line of vehicles.  Read more about it on the official Police Jones website.

Back to work

Today it is back to work after a great spring break.  I didn't really take pictures, but we had a lot of fun anyway.  It all started last weekend with a birthday party for Buddy boy.  He is 6 and very excited about that.  Monday was a lazy Lego day.  Tuesday we went with friends to see the farm animals at Hidden Villa.  Wednesday morning we all went to Lil' Darlin's dance class.  Buddy Boy's break dancing was impressive, but a little threatening to the dainty girls in the class.  That afternoon GrandDad took Buddy Boy to the Rosacrucian Egyptian Museum.  He has been studying Egypt at school and is a bit obsessed.  He loved it.  Lil' Darlin' played with Grammie while I went shopping.  Thursday the kids played with friends at the YMCA while the moms exercised.  We had a picnic together and then headed for the library for even more books about ancient Egypt.  Friday was beach day at Natural Bridges followed by pizza at Upper Crust.  It was nice to have fun places to go and not have to race out of the house to school each morning.  But today it is back to work cleaning up the detritus of a week off and getting treats ready for book club this afternoon.  Even Dad is back to work after taking two weeks off his day job to work at a friend's tax practice.  It was a great week.

Photo via flickr here.

Tumble bunnies

This afternoon while little darlin' took a rare, but much needed, nap, we made tumble bunnies.  Here is the link.  So much fun for so little effort.  I found a new blog, madebyjoel.blogspot.com, that I will be visiting frequently for fun kid ideas.  It is all about home made toys, but with a decided no muss, no fuss take on the whole idea.

image from www.madebyjoel.blogspot.com

You get the idea.  They are bunnies and they tumble.  Joel even has a video so you can see them in action for yourself.  They are basically little boxes made from cardstock with two marbles inside.  We played with the angle of the incline and experimented with the number of marbles to see what happened.  The recommended two marbles was just right.  You could do a physics lesson on the reasoning behind it, but I'm too tired to think about it right now.

Simple white scarf

This one is pretty simple.  The painting was very quick.  The floral design is like what I drew for a skirt I did awhile ago.  I used a white paint pen on the natural silk.  Then I decided it needed a little edge, literally.  In fact the crocheted edge adds a little more femininity.  This is a fairly simple one, but it still took awhile to get it done.  This scarf is a keeper.

P.S.  My grapes are starting to leaf out.  Glad to see that the severe trim we gave them last fall didn't do permanent damage.  Really, the grapes were growing in to the lemon tree, taking over the yard, and providing a home for beady eyed nocturnal creatures.  Now I just hope we get grapes to go with the leaves.