Friday, May 31

Excited... or what?

This pretty much describes my level of excitement....

YAY


That's cuz today is the new Stampn' Up Catalog officially begins!!!

And tomorrow is my June Stamp-a-Stack!!!
Can't wait to show off all the cards the gals are going to be making!!

Stay tuned next week and of course
I'll be showing you all the picture samples!

Thursday, May 30

Penny Pickle's Workshop!

The celebration continued after lunch.. and we went to Pennypickle's Workshop Children's Museum in Old Town Temecula.... what an awesome place for kids, big and little! I had never been and was as excited to all the things too! It's all about science and learning for the kids.. they've made it all fun and hands-on learning...



All the rooms have different themes.. when we ducked under here
it was like being inside a Kaleidoscope....


there we were surround by us!!!


The Professor's assistant made Brayden a special Birthday Hat
and announced his big day to everyone!



His favorite experiment was the floating beach ball..
he had to pump the peddle (see his foot) and the more
he did the ball would go higher into the air...


Next was a ride in a hot air balloon basket...
well, we didn't take off, but he got to drive at least!!



Jerry would have loved this place... it's part antique museum...
so many old fashion gadgets.. clocks and woodworking and really cool things...


Here the teachers did a science experiment for us...
they put "pop rocks" into a coke bottle and sealed it
with a balloon... as the rocks crackled and created "gas"
it filled up the balloon with air....
just don't try this at home!



Here Brayden's turning the recycling machine..
crushing aluminum cans flat getting them ready to recycle...





In the music room he played sooo many instruments...




Lot of gears and switches and gadgets....
and instead of  "do not touch" signs... the kids were
encouraged to do it all!




This was an experiment we got to do to learn about Earthquakes...
we stacked up the wooden blocks as sturdy as we could...
pushed the button and waited to see if an earthquake would
knock over our stack.... it sure did!


In the kitchen Brayden learns about balance and gravity... 
stacking graham crackers as high as he could without falling.


I couldn't help but notice this old fridge...
this is what mine should look like.. 
maybe I'd be able to lose those ten pounds I've been fighting lately...


Everywhere you turned there was something to do...
and lessons to learn...





If you're even up in Temecula.. ya gotta check it out...
here's their website:
http://www.pennypickles.org/ 






Wednesday, May 29

Look Ma... No Training Wheels!

What a blast.. we had such a fun celebration yesterday.... I  hung out with the newest three-year old I know of...... Brayden Michael Reed! He is such a blessing to me and I cherish every minute....

When I first arrived Brayden was so excited to show me how he can now ride his bike without training wheels!!! He's been doing it for several weeks now but this was the first I got to see... In fact when he got this bike not too long ago he didn't even need the training wheels since he already knew how to balance after riding his balancing bike so much....

He rode up and down their street so fast I could hardly keep up with my camera!.....






As he zoomed by each time I got glimpses of him..








He stopped for a minute to show me the flowers in his yard and got a picture...
a bit too close so it's blurry... but the next one is the best...


He stopped to smell the roses!
Kids sure know what's important in life....


Next we went inside to open his gift...  clothes and shoes... 
and a coloring book filled with
600 stickers of Curious George!!!


Then out back to the pond where he pointed out
his turtle and fish... wow they are getting so big!
And Mr. Turtle even peeked
out to sing Happy Birthday to Brayden!




We hopped in the car to go find something fun to do and have some lunch...
Brayden even took pictures of Dad driving...


... and of Grandma sitting next to him!!!


...and I got one of Mr. 3-year old sitting next to me!


We were going to go to Muligan's for some miniature golfing..
but there was a school party going on there so it was just way too crowded for us...
so he only rode the little carousel before we buzzed out...




Went to The Lazy Dog Cafe for lunch...
yummm... watermelon and pizza for Brayden!



The waitress surprised him with a birthday sundae....
where he got to blow out his candle too!




Our next adventure was the best... 
come back tomorrow and we'll show you what we did!