Brandon birthday

So Brandon turned 11. As usual Mom took the week of his birthday off for vacation so we did lots of stuff. We had his party on the Sat before and Scott's family came out on Sunday. On his actual birthday we went to the zoo. Dad even took the day off so it was a real family event. It was kind of cool because they changed some things around so it was like seeing it new. It was also cooler so the animals were out more than usual. We also went to the children's museum. It was okay but I wouldn't take the kids if they didn't have free tickets for themselves, they still had fun though. We went swimming although not as much as we would have liked to because of the weather. Brandon still had his baseball practice and game. Friday we took the dogs and kids to the park for lunch. It was a good week. Only two and a half weeks left before school starts. Also did I mention Jessie is taking summer tap classes? She likes them but doesn't think she is progressing fast enough so will be happy when they are over.

                                             Jess just loves her brother

                                               new pitching machine

                                             the fire station

                                        a police station to go with the fire station he already has like that
He also got some science experiments, and a few other things. My baby boy is growing up but he still likes enough kid like things to make it easier. More pics will be posted to shutterfly soon.

recycled dollhouse

This was my dollhouse that was made for me when I was about 6 years old. Jessie wanted it but it was starting to fall apart so we decided to make her one for Christmas. We made it big that way when she grows out of it she can turn it into a bookshelf or something. We took parts off the old one and put them on hers so she would have a part of mine.

While we were making Jessie's, Brandon said he would like the rest of the dollhouse to be made into a fire station for him. For his birthday we gave him his fire station. (more about his birthday later) We had to redo the top of the dollhouse because we couldn't put a landing pad on the old roof. Dad got really into it and kept wanting to add stuff but we ran out of time. I made a CWFS plaque for the outside and a fire painting on the inside and Chris and Dad are going to make furniture for Christmas to go into it.

So now my dollhouse is completely gone but lives on with the kids hopefully for many years to come. I hope they have as much fun with theirs as I did and appreciate the work that went into making them