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Fingerprint Mother's Day art

For this Mother's Day I wanted to do a simple craft that was more personal, yet fun.  Over at The Crafting Chicks, they offer a hand print flower printable.  Taking that same concept and printing out a smaller version, we used out fingerprints instead.

For Jeff's mom, we did his fingerprints with Skylar's and with my moma, we did my fingerprints with Skylar's.  After the prints dried I framed them and gave Jeff's mom hers, but I have to mail my moma's to her, all the way to Arkansas, through the mail.  :-(

















To get this printable from The Crafting Chicks please visit their site.  And PLEASE give The Crafting Chicks some love while you're there.  There's some super crafty and fantastic girls behind that site.

The Crafting Chicks

And Happy Mother's Day to my own moma in Arkansas!

Circa 1978

For my own Mother's Day, all I wanted was breakfast made and to spend time with my son and his day.  This year is sort of bitter sweet because of Skylar and I moving in September.  We had a good day just enjoying each other and spending good, quality time together.  Last year I received a birdbath, so when we were sitting outside, in view of the birdbath, I got to enjoy just how wonderful life really is.

 


The love of others is really what life is all about.  Hope all mommies had a great Mother's Day too!

Eco-Tip:  Newspaper goes a long way when it comes to many uses.  It can clean glass, be used in the garden, and even used as packing material in boxes.  Newspaper has a wide range of uses and the best part is, it can be recycled to be made into more newspaper.  Don't forget to count on newspaper instead of other paper products when needed.  For this and other tips on going green visit, The Earth and Me Go Green.

Kite flying

On Saturday last weekend, after the Lebanon Fire District Open House, the wind picked up pretty good here in the Willamette Valley of Oregon.  It made for the most wonderful time to fly kites and that's just what we did.







Eco-Tip:  Conserve water more in your home by washing full loads of dishes and clothes.  If your washer has a setting to reduce the water fill, be sure and use it for smaller loads.  For this and other tips on going green visit, The Earth and Me Go Green.

Lebanon Fire District Open House (2013)

Last Saturday, May 4th, the Lebanon Fire District had their annual open house for the public.  This open house is always a blast for us because Jeff is a very active volunteer fire fighter and having a little boy that loves fire trucks and fire engines, we just have to go.  We made a day of it and even got to ride in a fire engine with Jeff driving!

 



 

Skylar enjoyed sitting, playing, and even hanging on the fire engines.  

He got to hold one of the fire hoses and pretend he was putting out a fire.  






 
He even got to try on daddy's fire hat.

The Fire Danger sign showed that it could be a pretty dry and hot summer this year in the Valley.

Jeff was able to be a driver of the fire engine we took a ride in.


Our little pal Conner got to ride with us too!



The fire engine we rode in was E35 with a nickname of "Hoover."

The boys really LOVED it!



The REACH Helicopter was brought in and we got to see how flight rescues work.






Two generations of fire fighters and a "Future" Fire Fighter in training.

Scott (Jeff's Brother), Chester (His Dad), and Jeff.



It was a pretty fun and educational day for us all!  

Thank you to the Lebanon Fire District for allowing the public to see what all it takes to save lives everyday.  

And thank you to Jeffrey Wilkerson and the other men and women of all fire districts and departments, full time and volunteers, that put your own lives in danger to save others.  You are very appreciated!


Eco-Tip:  Before throwing out old clothing that either don't fit anymore, or are stained, consider putting the clothing to another use.  Uses like oil rags, using small pieces to mend other clothing or jeans, or even as dish rags.  Re-purposing old clothing for other uses will keep them out of  landfills and cut down on the waste that already takes over our planet.  For this and other tips on going green visit, The Earth and Me Go Green.