Creativity and an Evan update

My new obsession is pinterest.com. I love to look through the many ideas and think of how I can incorporate them into our home, what different art projects I can do with Evan, what new dinners I can try to cook... Here are a few of the projects I have done and I have so many more that I want to do!

I took at 12x12 frame and put a piece of scrapbook paper in it and vola, a do-it-yourself white board! Perfect place to put my things to do lists, grocery lists, and meal planning ideas. So many options! And I can switch the paper to give it a new look whenever I want!

I made this yarn wreath for my parents condo.

A little fun art project I did with Evan. Cute little lobster made from his foot and hand prints!

This was a joint effort from my mom and me. We made it for my mom's class room. Her teacher friends are so jealous! We made another one for Rachel's friend, Heather's classroom. Dan says I should go into business :)

This one I made for myself. I learned how to make felt flower and love how it turned out.

I also made a wreath out of cocktail umbrellas for my sister's new apartment. It turned out really cute. I will have to ask her to take a picture of it so I can post it on here.

As you can see I have been busy crafting... I do it at night when Evan goes to bed and it has been really relaxing and nice to do something creative!

Here is a video of Evan playing with me.


Evan has learned a new trick. He can now stand in the middle of the room by himself. I am so proud. He is getting so strong! Go Evan!


I recently joined a support group. It is a wonderful group of parents who have kids with an abnormality in chromosome 4, like Evan. I have met many wonderful parents who have shared their stories and experiences with me. The group has an annual fundraiser, Kammies Kause, and we were asked to have our little ones paint a picture that will be auctioned off at the event. I was so excited that Evan could participate! We got our 11x14 canvas and Evan had so much fun finger painting. He got paint everywhere- he was covered in paint by the end, but he had fun and we got a great masterpiece to send in for the auction. Dan and I are sad we are not going to be able to go to Kammies Kause this year since it is in Indiana. We are already planning to go next year though.

Here is the finished product from my little artist!

Dan and I want to do something to help raise money for the support group. The encouragement and resources we have gotten from this group and been such a blessing to us. We have some ideas and will let everyone know when we have things finalized!