Sending Andre a Hug

Our cousin Andre is so special to us.

You can read his story here:

Andre Stoll Caring Bridge

We love playing outside with him swimming, playing swords or just hanging out.  We also love playing video games, since he has been sick we have sure been missing him!
We decided to send him a big hug!!!
Of course I saw the original idea on pinterest.



 We started with contact paper.  I needed something large a sturdy, worked great

 If you are a perfectionist, this may not be the craft for you.

We wanted two sided one for each boy.

We lined up the paper and pulled off the back

but it didn't line up perfect and there were some bubbles, but oh well.

We trimmed off the mismatched edges and moved on!

 

Traced the boys and realized that Sam was WAY bigger that the long paper I thought I had cut!

 

Mama traced in black and then we all helped color each boy,

they chose clothing colors and designs.

 Sam wrote a special message and drew some minecraft pieces for him

 

We rolled it up and sent it home with this grandma to give to him.

He got sick and headed to Riley that night but he came home earlier this week.

Today we saw him in church, Joe waved and waved until he got his attention.

We love you Andre Gregory, we are praying and cheering for you!!!!

Kindergarten day Off



Kindergarten day off with my boy.

I was scheduled to work but took the day off

and I couldn't have made a better choice.

It'll only happen one time.

It was Kindergarten round up for the preschoolers.

He asked to stay home, sounded like a perfect plan to me!

We just hung out for the day.

And made a race track.

 

 

He loved it, long about one he asked when Sam would be home.

The fun really began when big brother came home.  Think they missed each other.

They played for two hours straight after school. 

Sam's comic book!

Sam wrote a comic book while he was on spring break

(in this Christmas jammies).

It started out with a little story gone south a school,

but I suppose all good hero stories have to go south somewhere!



I was super proud of his persistence, loved hearing the story unfold.