MIRROR DECALS

Just a quick and fun printable for your Thursday! These decals have been so much fun on our mirror. Elliott and I have been having a blast acting out the different sayings. He thinks the "AAHH" one means he's supposed to pretend to be Kevin from Home Alone. I'll take it! You can download them right here. Just print them out onto adhesive transparent sheets, cut and stick them on! I wouldn't recommend moving them a lot. But they should be fine so long as you don't rub the ink off. These would be fun to pop onto someone's mirror without them knowing for a fun little surprise! 

WE LOVE: THE DRIVE-INN

As I mentioned before, we recently shared one of our favorite summer activities with Elliott - the drive-inn! We had so much fun. It was great being able to experience it for the first time again through him. We piled every pillow and blanket we own into the trunk and cuddled in for the movie. Being in the trunk with all three of us didn't last all that long, but Elliott took full advantage of it! If you don't know already, you get two movies for the price of one at the drive-inn. The first movie was kid-friendly, and we explained to Elliott that the second movie wasn't for him. He did so good not watching it and playing on our phones and eventually falling asleep. It was like a family night and a date night all wrapped into one! I love seeing all of the other families at the drive-inn piled up in their mini vans with snacks and blankets. The drive-inn is such a nostalgic american past-time. Preston and I both grew up in Florida where it's far too hot to go to the drive-inn in the summer. But here in Utah, it's perfect! As soon as the sun goes down it's nice and cool, perfect for sitting in the car for a few hours. We will definitely be going back this summer. It's too fun not to! 

EGG HUNTS, BUNNIES AND HAPPY KIDS

I hope you had a great Easter weekend! We sure did. We had more than our fair share of egg hunts and the kids were begging for more. Imagine that! We had a visit from the bunny and he left some pretty great stuff for little man. He's obsessed with his new camera and his nesting dolls. Which makes the bunny very, very happy. Easter day, though a lot of fun, was on and off a day of discipline for Elliott. Just because sugar has replaced every ounce of blood in your body, doesn't give you an excuse to misbehave. Or does it? For Elliott's outfit, I was determined to find some mint green pants to go with the grey shirt. You would be surprised how hard it is to find mint pants that will work for a little boy. I finally found the perfect ones here, and we love them. A lot. We ended the day in a sugar coma and with tears that Easter can't be every day. Now back to real-life!

HAPPY EASTER!

Happy Easter weekend! We have had Elliott's cousins here the last few days and they were kind enough to help me decorate these eggs. Let me tell you about these eggs! They totally look like regular eggs, you can dye them or paint them like regular eggs, but they are in fact plastic! Basically, no more egg salad for the two weeks after Easter. And we can re-use them next year, if we don't want to make more of course. We found them at Walmart for less than $2 per dozen. I highly, highly recommend if you are planning on decorating some eggs before Sunday. This weekend we will be participating in more than one egg hunt, making a few things and waiting for the bunny to show up. Have a great Easter!

A few of my favorite links for the week:

Bunny lollipops, how have we not thought of this until now?

Bunny benches!

Going on a egg hunt this weekend? 

One rad poster.

I'm obsessed with this pop-up birthday message.

A new amazing book is about to hit virtual shelves. I can't wait!

I want to go on this picnic. So, so badly.

The coolest interactive book. Ever. 

RUBBER CEMENT EGGS

Last Easter post? Maybe! If you are looking for a fun last minute way to give your dyed eggs some pattern, try rubber cement. Yep, rubber cement. After trying hot glue and having a straight up crafting failure with that, rubber cement was my second try and it turned out perfectly. Check out the full tutorial over here on Handmade Charlotte. If you are making these with little ones, please watch them closely. If they have to I.D. me when I buy rubber cement, we probably shouldn't leave our littles unattended with it. Right? Right. Have fun and happy Easter!