My neighbor is an Austin Firefighter. On Saturday, March 21st, he will be shaving his head in support of the St. Baldrick’s Foundation to raise money for childhood cancer research.
Please consider taking the time to read about St. Baldrick’s.

To donate to the AFD group, go to Chris’ profile
Thank You!

Well, I never thought I would say this after living in Seattle, but it FINALLY rained here. A couple of days stuck indoors inspired us to work on some kid crafts. I saw this post about making your own I Spy Bottles on the Entertaining House blog.
We used empty Coke bottles. (Thanks neighbor Sara for my new addiction to Coke Zero.) I bought a big bag of cheap rice at the grocery store, and we used craft supplies and tiny toys that we found around the house. I was going to try to make each bottle a different color theme, but the kids were so excited about this project, there was not time to sort colors. This was such a fun, quick project. One of my friends, Average Jane Crafter pointed out how great these would be to take on summer vacations. After the kids put them together, I used the hot glue gun to secure the lids.