Our crafts are off the CHAIN, yo!

I don't know what got into me in the title space, sorry.

I kept the kids home from school last Wednesday due to the storms. Well, not the storms themselves but the threat of what was to come, the threat of school letting out way early anyway, and the lack of electricity at Cale's school. So, we stayed home. But little kids and super stormy weather outside leaves you with a need for creativity inside.

I try to keep some crafts/ideas handy, but we were plum out of supplies. I decided to go with a good old fashioned "Chain O' Color".
Construction paper, paint, markers, crayons, stamps, and glitter glue equal a lot of time taken up and some artsy fartsy decor for the playroom.

We cut and colored and glued for what seemed like hours. We had about 100 pieces!

When they were dry, we spent a solid hour putting them together (while watching a movie in the floor under a fort and eating cookies, obviously).

I actually kind of love it.
It adds a nice splash of color to the playroom and the kids love picking out who did what (although, it's SO obvious: glittery hearts or I love my family are all Layla. The ones with 42 sharks in one place or smeared with red- Cale. And all the "abstract" pieces with smooshes of random colors, are Brynn's).

Petco field trip.

LP's girl scout troop took a field trip to Petco last week!
Petco is one of my kids' favorite places. We just go in and wander around from time to time without making any purchases. See the little animals, then give them back :)

Needless to say, they were pretty excited. (Well, Cale shut down as soon as we walked in- "Too many people.")

I'm really only posting this so I can prove to my husband that I took pictures of the girls petting a snake. I seriously almost cried (I hate them THAT much), but I did get off a quick pic. Shiver.

If you know Layla, you know she has a thing for reptiles. Apparently, she prefers to study them from behind glass.

True princesses.

I hadn't had any real interest in the Wills and Kate mashup. I'm happy for them and all that jazz, I just didn't care much about actually watching the event. That is, until MY princess said, "You are getting me up to watch the Royal Wedding, right?". Ha. I didn't realize she even knew about it. Well, if we're gonna do it, we're gonna do it right! Perfect memory-making opportunity!

We laid out our princess dresses and tiaras (and high heels) the night before. We made mini muffins & tea sandwiches and readied our finest tea cups.

I actually set up the DVR to record the wedding, I figured we could get up a little early and fastforward to the good parts without the 3am wakeup or hours of watching arrivals, etc.

Yes, I am wearing my wedding dress lol. It's too big, but it was the only dress the girls deemed appropriate for the occasion.

We had our "fancy" breakfast while we watched.

The prince even joined us a little later on :)

We had a lot of fun and the girls are still talking about it!