Future biker?

I think Baby Chuck might become a rough and tough biker. 

He's picking fights with balloons...

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and "riding" his big boy harley

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We remember

What do you remember about the day the towers fell? 

My memories are spotty and brief.  I remember walking to my early morning college class and wondering why the campus was so empty.  I remember crowding around a small television set with my roommates and wondering what was going to happen to us.  I remember holding hands with dozens of other students and praying openly outside.  And I remember feeling relief when I finally reached my mom and heard that she and dad were ok.

As Baby Chuck and I hear the names of the deceased being read, I wonder how we'll talk to him about this event in the future.  I'm still trying to understand it myself....

Hungry Caterpillar party part 1

Hi everyone!

Last Saturday we held Baby Chuck's 1st birthday party.  I was a tad bit stressed out with all the planning, but everything turned out well at the end.  Hooray! Everyone seemed to have fun and enjoy themselves.  Thanks to everybody who helped out with the decorations, games, and food!!!

Because I was running around like a chicken without its head, I didn't get a chance to get too many photos.  Here are some shots that hubby managed to snap of our decorations and food:

Made by Tita Tina

 

Made by Tita Tina and Ana   (Click here to see more amazing cakes!)

Made by Tita Tina and Ana

Made by Grace

Click here for directions to make your own multi-colored crayons

     

Crapty Fridays- DIY photo filters

You probably saw this post and wondered, "Um, was that a typo?"

The answer:  No.

I've decided to try crapting something once a week.  Crapting is when I take a piece of junk (any worthless piece of crap) and try to make something from it.  The resulting item could be really neat or weird or really... well... crappy.  Whatever the result may be, I'm hoping that this crapty (hee hee) exercise will work out my brain, hands, and creative juices.

Here's my first crapt (hee hee):  A DIY photo filter.

After seeing the super talented ladies at A Beautiful Mess create photo filters using transparencies and permanent markers, I thought I could go crapty and use a disposable plastic snack container instead of a transparency: 

Ahh, sharpie marker on crap.

Here's what it looked like when I placed my crapty filter in front of my lens:

Ooh- Cheesy horror movie  effect

Here's what it looked like when I placed the filter in front of my flash:

Left:  Without filter                                                       Right:  With filter

With a night's worth of fun under our belts I was all set to toss out the filter.  But I changed my mind after realizing that nail polish remover could remove sharpie marker.   Ooh!  With a couple wipes and a doodles, I had a new filter to use.  (Cha-ching.  Double crapting points):

The next day I played around with this new filter.  Here are some of my better photos:

Thanks for joining me on my first crapty adventure!
What would you make out of a disposable plastic cover?
What should I crapt with next?