Dry Erase Town

So I did this a few weeks ago for my little Boom and Bug.

They love it!  All you need are:

1. A cheap see through plastic shower curtain (got mine at Walmart for $2.33)
2. Permanent marker
3. A black  (or any color) paint markers
4. If you have no drawing skills like me: web access to this awesome site: http://howtodraw.123peppy.com
 - It is technically a step by step drawing site for kids and that is right at my skill level!


It took me an hour, mostly because I watched the videos and drew my town step by step from the videos.  I then went over it with paint pens because dry erase markers wipe off permanent marker from plastic (good thing to know if your little ones ever draw on things they shouldn't - which of course mine never do!

Now they can color while I cook, play little people town. run cars over it or mix of all three.  Boom has had hours of fun with this and it cost me $2.33 and an hour of my time after the girls went to sleep!

Wax Paper Leaves

Boom is very into leaves these days. I cannot begin to count the number of leaves I have found in our house.  Last weekend was beautiful here in Ohio and I took both Boom and Bug to the nature preserve.   Since it was such a pretty day, I took along a large freezer bag and let Boom fill it with leaves.  Needless to say she LOVED this and we came home with a freezer bag full of leaves.

Well today is not so pretty, in fact you could say it is down right yucky.  Rainy, windy, cold...all the things you expect from Fall, but still disappointing since it was 80 (yes you read that right) yesterday.  So I decided to preserve the pretty leaves from the weekend for Boom because it looks as though "pretty" leaf time is gone. 

My mom used to do this for my sister and I and it is a simple, easy and fun project. 

Supplies;
Leaves
2 pieces wax paper
Iron (set to cotten setting)
Wash cloth/dish cloth

While your iron is warming put some leaves on one piece of wax paper.  I like to write the year on this wax paper too.  Cover the leaves with the other wax paper.  Place your wash cloth or dish towel over the wax paper and press until the wax paper melts together.  Then TADA! 

 

 

 

 

Boom loves these and is going to hang them in her room tomorrow. 

 

 

Hint: If you are going to cut them out make sure you get the wax paper all the way melted around the leaves, otherwise it will start to pull apart.  

Reason I want to lose weight

A while ago I made a list of the reasons I wanted to lose weight.  I have gone back and forth on this goal but thought I would publish my list so that it would be easier for me to see whenever I wanted and to hold myself accountable. 


1. If I am not healthy how can I raise Boom and Bug healthy.
2. I don't like looking in the mirror.
3. It is not healthy.
4. I want to feel sexy again.
5. It will likely help my knee and shoulder.
6. It want to be more active.
7. I don't want to buy plus size clothes.
8. I don't want to dread getting on the scale.
9. I need to be a good role model for Boom and Bug.
10. I don't want to blame family genetics for my poor eating habits.
11. I don't want my girls to be embarrassed of me.
12. I want to encourage my DH.
13. I want to feel beautiful.
14. I want my tummy to be flatter.
15. I need to prove to myself that I have will power.
16. I want to be able to look good for functions like weddings, and baptisms.
17. I am not following Biblical instructions and respecting my body.
18. Not liking my body is causing me to doubt DH's feelings for me - which is ridiculous.
19. I want to be able to walk into a store and pick clothes I like not just clothes that fit!
20. I want to run a 5K.
21. I want to wear my favorite dress again!

This list is not in any order. Just the way I wrote them down.

My Fight with Overeating

I started this blog with the idea that I would post crafts and ideas that I did from around the house.  As you can see that has not happened as often as I would like and I had planned to let my blog go down.  However recently I have decided to take some steps to control my overeating.  I am planning to "journal" these feelings and decided to put them here. 


11 October 2012
10:14am

Today when I stepped on the scale I found myself disgusted with the fact that this week I have put on four pounds.  I started the week at 209.9 and wanted to be at 208.8 by the end of the week.  I have let myself eat whatever, whenever I wanted.  I discovered there is an Overeaters Anonymous meeting at at a church not far from where I work on Monday I am going to go.  I need to get my overeating under control.
There are times I don't even like what I am eating but I just can't seem to stop.  This is cumpulsive and unhealthy.

At 10:20 this morning I realized I was hungry and stated to eat peanut butter off a spoon (not a good snack).  I put the spoon down before eating it and felt a small sense of pride.  I know this sounds silly but if you have dealt with overeating at all this really is a success.  I have decided between meals, if I get hungry, I will write out what I am feeling and keep my hands busy. 

Current feelings: I have a headache and am frustrated with a potential sinus infection.

My regular lunch time is 36 minutes away and I am going to make it!


Update: I did make it to my regular lunch time with out snacking.  I also ate only half the lunch and took the rest home for dinner.  I did eat unhealthy snacks last night but I lost almost two pounds, just by not eating all the time.

Goal for Friday: Go to the gym and walk for at least 30 minutes.

Rainy Day Fun

Well it is not actually raining but it is cold and yucky outside and Boom loves to be outside. Needless to say rainy days are not our favorite...for that matter we can lump cold snowy days in Ohio under the same category! 
Since it is not a nice day, I decided to get out our finger paints.  Our kitchen window looks out onto her swing set, so I let her pictures dry on the window.  This brightens up our day!  
We used the Crayola finger paint tubes.  There are lots of make your own fingerpaints options availble on the web, but today I went the easy route!

Here are Boom's pretty pictures!

 

Homemade Lipgloss

   I love lip gloss! I looked several places online to find a fun and more importantly easy way to make my own.  So after multiple searches and some liquidy failures, I find this recipe works well for me.

Supplies:

• Lip gloss containers - I use bead storage containers (You can get them in packs of 25 for $9.99 or $7.99 when they are on sale at Joann's)
• 1/3 cup of Petroleum Jelly
• Toothpicks
• Bowl - I recommend a disposable bowl because it is hard to clean a regular bowl full of petroleum jelly - learn from my mistake!
• Flavoring - I use vanilla and jello
• Food coloring - the jello can also provide color
• plastic baggie
• Scissors
• cup (optional)
• Vitamin E oil (optional)

This recipe makes about five or six small bead jars.

Step 1: Put 1/3 cup on Petroleum Jelly in microwave for about 50 seconds.  Warm jelly is easier to work with.

Step 2: Add one drop of Vitamin E oil into the petroleum jelly and stir.  This will help those cracked lips and one small jar of Vitamin E oil lasts forever.  I still have my first one.

Step 3: Add in flavoring.  If you are using jello I recommend about 1 teaspoon of jello powder.  Put it on a paper plate add just a little bit of water and stir with the toothpick so the jello is a paste.  This will stop your lip gloss from having jello crusties.  Then add the paste to the jelly and stir.

Step 4: If you want more coloring add a drop or two of food coloring to the jelly and stir.  Not to much - you don't want to permanently stain your lips.

Step 5: Put the jelly in a plastic bag.  The easiest way I have found is to put a plastic bag around a cup and then spoon the jelly into cup.  The cup will look like this:

Step 6: Cut the tip off the end of the bag with scissors.

Step 7: Pipe the lip gloss into storage container.

These are my vanilla lip glosses.

It took me just under an hour to do all 25.  The blue are vanilla, pink are peach, yellow is lemon, orange is peach lemon and green is cake.

Enjoy!



The Start of Boombug Inspirations

       The name Boombug comes from my daughters' nicknames.  My two, almost three year old's initials are EOD.  When I named her Eve Olivia, my sister, who is active duty Army, said that is Explosive Ordnance Disposal.  So Eve became Boom.
       When Anya was only a few weeks old she started doing bug eyes.  Chad started jokingly calling her Bug eyes every time she did it.  Evie then began calling her Bug.  After I bought her the cutest little lady bug outfit (that she outgrew in 3 weeks) her nickname was cemented.
       So since the majority of my creations are from my Boom and Bug I named this blog Boombug Inspirations.  I hope it will be a fun place for my crafting ideas, my sewing ideas, some recipes and of course some of the fun episodes of my lovely Boom and Bug.

Just an FYI most of the time the girls are called Evie and Anya but when we are home having fun family time they are always are little Boom and Bug!