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Corban {one year}

08.26.08

Corban is 1! I first met Corban in the hospital just a bit after he was born, hard to believe this handsome guy is already a year old. I had a fun time with his family as they celebrated his birthday…

At the hospital

One year old


Getting a little help standing from his brothers…you know I am a softy for brothers:)

Digging in his first cake….his brothers digging into his first cake too!

the post cake bath

Corban’s cute cousin…he liked smiling for me

With his handsome brothers and adorable sister

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Jeannette Swan - Yeah – I love the preview…can’t wait for more!! Thank you so much.

bopha - He is very cute and getting so big! You have a great family, Jeannette.

Mandy Beam - Jeannette, I’m glad we timed our children together…what cute kiddos.

Angie - What a beautiful family. They look so grown up. I love Corban’s smile!

Lesley - I love the one with him in front of the huge window! These are so great.

heather - these are priceless!!!! they are all great!

Jenn - He is incredibly cute… what a beautiful family. I love the bath picture… precious.

a question for Sarah on explosive lava

08.25.08

Sarah, I was so excited that you had an idea for the lava to erupt (see comments on the last post). On our walk tonight I stopped by the gas station and picked up a box of strawberry mentos and a diet pepsi. When we got home I put the mentos in a bottle then added the pepsi….nothing. This is a pic of me shaking it to see if that would help…what am I missing?

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Ang - Ryan did that in China and it worked . . . I don’t remember the specifics, though. I love that you are pointing the bottle towards the boys as you shake it and that it looks like Corbett is chewing on, what must be, a strawberry mento!

AshleyAnn - I had already shaked and poked it some…yep Corb is chewing on one

grandma campbell - I think you did it all right on the baking soda and vinegar except that what I remember you use warm water in the bottle, put in your food coloring with 6 drops of detergent, 2 tablespoons of baking soda and slowly pour in vinegar and that should make the eruption work

brittany - we have done this but used only the mint mentos and the whole 2 liter. maybe that is the trick?

Ang - Ryan said he used the original flavor and Diet Coke.

Kellie - Do a search on youtube for diet coke and mentos! There are some funny videos and demonstrations how to do it!

DIY {volcano}

08.25.08

Biggest recently became very interested in volcanoes, so I thought it would be fun to make one. We used a bowl as the base shape, covered it in plastic wrap, then paper mached it. Once the paper mache was dry the boys painted it. After the paint dried, I put a few coats of Mod Podge on it so it would last longer for lots of eruptions. We used a water bottle for the “lava” container. To make the lava I put baking soda, a bit of dish soap and red food coloring in the bottle. Then to make it “erupt” we poured in vinegar. It was a fun process, but Biggest was a bit disappointed that the lava poured out instead of exploding into the trees. He was hoping for a REALLY big eruption…a bit of let down, but he still plays with it nonetheless. Oh yea, before the initial eruption he had to put all the dinosaurs around the volcano because evidently that is how all the dinosaurs died….


Guess who found his feet…and is quite fond of them!

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Jeannette Swan - Oh, my gosh – that picture is beautiful!

liz winsby - How cool is that volacano?! You amaze me with all the creative things you come up with for the boys to do.

Shannon Phillips - Ahh, I can’t believe how much the little guy has grown! ALL of your boys are so stinking Handsome! Jeanette is right, that picture is absolutely AMAZING. So angelic.

jenn - That is one of the cutest pictures I have ever seen. My Everett is getting sooo big, well, let’s say mature.

Sarah - That picture is amazing! For a bigger eruption, you can try using Mentos and diet soda. It will have more of a geyser effect and shoot really high in the air. Make sure your boys are wearing clothes that can get wet and sticky because it will make a mess. Thanks for this volcano idea…

Carol - He is just getting more and more precious each day. What a beautiful child!!!
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