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Thanksgiving 2012

Regan’s PaRtY!

This is Party day.


This picture of Regan sums up nicely how excited he was and how much fun he had at his party.

We did a Toy story theme this year. Regan was briefly Mr. Potato head.

Little Green men cupcakes.

He was also briefly Woody.

I think everyone had fun.

So I didn’t realize until downloading pictures that we didn’t get any pictures of all the other decorations. Bums me out. I found these really neat Andy’s drawing recreations that we printed and hung up. I have them hanging up in Regan’s bed nook. Maybe I’ll get a picture of them there….

Anyway we had a banner, streamers, and TONS of balloons.

We played pin the badge on Woody, and get the snake in the boot. Here I am explaining that they would each get three tosses.

First little guy got it in on his first toss. I panicked at that point as I had promised prizes to all who got the snake in the boot. I thought I was going to run out of prizes… He ended up being the only one to get it in.

Regan was THRILLED to wear his hat and blow out his number three candle.

“Regan, say cheese!”

He did NOT want to stop playing to open presents. Uncle Josh had to get Regan’s little bear to comfort him as he was forced inside.

He got over the trauma of it all quickly. And enjoyed opening (Watching Josh and then Jon) gifts.

He finally got his super cape. He LOVES it. He HAS to wear a cape when watching Super Why.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this one Jodi made for him. I LOVE that he has two. Meaning one to play with and one for back up when the played with one is in the wash. He has been enjoying both capes.

We got him Toy Story 3. He’s more excited about it than he looks.

He loved smashing his Emperor Zurg piñata. LOVED.

I reenforced the top, but the loop didn’t hold up to the pounding and Jon ended up holding Zurg by the horns and trying not to get hit.

It was a fun party and we really appreciate everyone who was able to come and celebrate our little man with us.

***I got all the cute ideas from people on pinterest. I just searched “Toy Story party.”

Playset. Part 1

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I found some plans online for a play set HERE. I told Jon it’s what I wanted for my Birthday this year. And Christmas. AND Mother’s Day. He said o.k.

So we went a wood shopping and loaded Josh’s truck up while he watched the kiddos for us. And then we (Jon) read and re-read the plans.

Then we (again Jon) started cutting boards. We took our time. No rush. Laid back pain in the tukis project. Not really. We did take our time, but it wasn’t too terrible getting all the cuts done and boards labeled (that was my job. Labeling.)

Then came the horrendous task of sanding this gigantic puzzle and piecing it together. And of course the painting. (again. my job.)

Jon and Josh testing out the location to make sure the swings would have enough clearance.

Jon propped up the tower frame so I could thouroghly paint the underside of the wood. Rot prevention and all. And yes we did make sure to use the super duper supposedly impervious lifetime guarantee outdoor paint for this bad boy. We will see how the AZ sun does against it.

We started running low on our blue paint and needed more. Jon was all for changing up the color. He took Regan’s little camp lamp to Home Depot and got it color matched. I love it, but as soon as we started painting I was bummed. It needed to be Orange. But alas that realization came post purchase. So red it is.

The children were very excited/anxiously waiting for us to hang the swings.

So out came the flood lights and the boys got to measuring. They needed new measurements since I got different swings than in the plans. We also flipped the whole thing to face the opposite than in the plans. I sure am glad that the boys could figure all those numbers out and make everything work. IF it was up to me we’d still be staring at the miter saw in horror. Math and I are not on good terms.