Cate's Preschool Graduation

Cate had her preschool graduation celebration at school today.  (Even though she has another year of preschool)  It was so adorable watching all of the kids sing songs.  They were all so excited to show us what they had learned.  Here are some pictures from the graduation and some links to video that I took.

Cate with her friend Tenley and Kaylie

Cate getting her diploma

Cate and her teacher Miss Kristin

Another picture of Cate with her friend Tenley


Here are the links to the video:

http://youtu.be/kRtjp3ze6kg

http://youtu.be/DJlf6RV8SKo

Crafty

I have been feeling very "crafty" since we moved in to our new house last year.  I have started to accumulate a lot of fun projects that I have worked on.  So I thought I would post them :)

Christmas Wreath made from scratch

This Easter wreath took me about a month to complete.  I took plastic easter eggs and wrapped them with yarn and a hot glue gun.  Then I glued them on to a foam circle.  It took me a lot longer than I thought when I had the idea but I really love how it turned out.

Menu board for weekly meal planning.  It has really made planning out the week's meals a lot less stressful.  It has helped save money too because I am making less trips to the grocery store.  

I made this vase for Cate's preschool teacher as an end of the school year gift.  I just hot glue gunned pencils around a glass vase and then finished it off with some rope on the top and bottom of the pencils.  I think this is so cute and it was really easy to make.

I made this floral wreath for our front door.  I made this from scratch by cutting and glueing fake flowers from Michael's to a foam circle.  I love how it turned out and I especially love the bright and vibrant colors.

When Eric and I were up in Fort Collins for Q's graduation we stopped in to the ARC thrift store to see what hidden treasures they might have.  I saw this desk (only $30) and immediately knew that I had to refinish it for Cate's room.  So here is the before picture...

And here it is after I painted it the colors that are already in Cate's room.  I can't wait to show it to her and put it in her room!

Cate's First Haircut

Now that Cate is 4 1/2, we thought it might be a good time for her to have her first haircut.  Yesterday I took her to Cost Cutters.  She was so excited to go to a "salon" to get her hair done.  Here are a few pictures of her getting her hair cut:

Oh what fun...

A few weeks ago Cate and Ashton went to a friend's birthday party at pump it up.  It is a great place with lots of giant blow up slides, ladders, and obstacle course.  The kids had the greatest time and were completely worn out when we left.  Here are some pictures from there:

My parents came down from Steamboat last weekend for a visit.  My Dad brought his motorcycle down to get serviced at the dealer.  The kids thought it was really fun to get to sit on it (while it was on the trailer).