Handy Man(ny)

About a month or 2 ago, my mom showed me a cool bed for Gavin on Bailey's Furniture's website.


I showed Gavin, and of course he really wanted it. So we talked to Daddy. I was really surprised when Erin said that he could build him one. With the slide, too! Now, I was a bit skeptical, I will admit, but after I saw the result...WOW!! I have my very own Handy Manny in the house! :)






Gavin absolutely loves his bed, I mean how could he not? It has a slide!! I told Erin that since he made such an awesome bed for Gavin, I have a few projects for him now...hmmm, maybe he's thinking that building the bed wasn't such a good idea after all!!

Easter

El Tigre and the Fantastic Four (according to Gavin) plus one

Lately, Gavin has been infatuated with El Tigre. El Tigre is a cartoon on Nickelodeon that we let him watch--occasionally. We only let him watch it occasionally because it seems like it brings out the wild side in him. Let me explain about El Tigre...he is a boy who has a wrestling family and his alter ego is a wrestler (a tiger). So when he "transforms" he puts claws out and says "EL TIGRE!!".
Gavin has this down to a tee. Unfortunately its awfully annoying since he only does it when he is in trouble and doesn't want to listen to what we have to say.




Another "transformation" Gavin goes through is Spiderman. This one I can tolerate a bit more than El Tigre. He uses this transformation for just about anything. Is there a ghost in the house? Call Spiderman! He'll shoot webs and make the ghost go away! Time to rough-house with Daddy? Spiderman can kick his butt! In trouble with the parents? No problem for Spiderman!
Caring child that he is, Gavin hasn't forgotten that maybe we all want alter egos, too. Let me introduce the Fantastic Four...
drumroll please...
Gavin is, of course, Spiderman
Daddy is Wolverine
Mommy is "Spiderman Girl" (thats what Gavin calls her) and wait...mommy is special so she has TWO alter egos...Emma Frost (X Men)
Bekah J is...The Human Torch. Umm, okay.
And lets not forget Grandma...she gets to be The Thing. *giggle*, *snort*

Love the imagination this kiddo has...don't even get him started on Ben 10. He'll do ALL the transformations, which ever one is suitable for the moment!!

A couple of layouts and a mini album

Such a creative title for my latest blog, I know. :)
Just wanted to share a few of my latest projects since I haven't been in the blogging mood lately. I have plenty to blog about but I've just been so tired the past few weeks. I'm really hoping I can snap out of it soon!

Horny what?!

Okay, so with a title like that I really have to explain. This happened back in December and I've been wanting to share this story for a while. It's been on my mind a lot because my grandma has been really sick and this is a story I want to tell my kids someday when they are older and can remember...
It all started with an ice cream cone. And chocolate chips. Gavin was on sugar overload for the day and he had a little cup of chocolate chips. He decided that he wanted to have an ice cream cone to go with it. Whats better than just a plain vanilla ice cream cone? Why a plain vanilla ice cream cone with chocolate chips on it, of course!
So Gavin had this nice, yummy vanilla ice cream cone with chocolate chips on it and Great-Grandma looked at it and said,"Wow, look at that horny ice cream cone!!"

WHAT?!

What she meant to say was, "Wow, look at that horny toad ice cream cone!"

Of course everyone standing around heard her say that, and those who missed out on the blunder were quickly filled in. I don't think I've ever seen my grandma so embarrassed before! It was so cute! She said, "Oh, how embarrassing..." and was fanning her face to "cool off". So cute!

ten little piggies...

all covered in Band-Aids!!! Gavin loves Band-Aids. I mean really loves them. It's a good thing they are cheap because he will go through a whole box in one sitting. Like this morning...he just had to have a Band-Aid for each little piggy. Too bad we had to leave shortly after we got them all put on...Band-Aids on your toes with socks just don't mix!!

a baby shower

My cousin is due for boy number 2 next month, so her mom and I put together a baby shower for her. I was in charge of the invitations (which were *gasp* store bought), the cupcakes, party favors and games. I also decided to make her a diaper cake for her gift. Although I was pleased at how all the party stuff turned out, I'm glad it's all finished. I still need to learn how to spread my projects out and not be scrambling at the last minute to finish them!!