Ryan Decorations

Ryan wanted everyone to know that is a real turtle shell on the square shelf that he found.
Ryan got these mask at the Animal Kingdom on our last trip, he loves them!!
Thanks Grandma and Grandpa...they got Ryan everything in this pic but the shelf!!
I love these new blinds!!!



Here are some pics of the decorations in Ryan's room so far. We are trying to make it a classy looking safari/jungle room. We want it to be something he won't grow out of too soon. He also wanted it as green as possible so most of the shelves and frames are repainted from his old room or other projects. It is really coming together. For some reason the walls look gray in the pics but they are a deep sage green, we left his ceiling blue because he wanted it to be the sky. Lots more to do but we are getting there.

Wax Museum

Ryan giving his speech to a group of 4th graders.
Katie
Nathan
Angie
Emily!

The wax museum turned out great. The kids were all so cute! The costumes were great! Ryan did a wonderful job, I thought he would be nervous but he wasn't at all! I hope that gives him even more confidence for the musical he is going to be in. He is going to be in David's musical. They are doing Singing in the Rain. David is Cosmo, and Ryan is going to be little Cosmo. I about died when the dance teacher ask me if Ryan would do it. He said Ryan and David look so much alike it would be perfect. Ryan doesn't have any lines, but a dance #!! He is doing well. For the wax museum he was Daniel Boone. He did a great little speech about him and even had rabbit pelts to show people. He did really well. He looked people in the eyes and said his speech pretty loudly, it was so hard to hear in there once so many people got there and all the kids got talking. I am very proud of him!!

Our Lives

We have all been working on Ryan's room. We have painted the walls and all of his shelves. I painted and printed pictures for his walls. Kevin has been working on the headboard and foot board.

Ryan has a wax museum at school coming up on Friday. He is very excited. He had to pick a famous person and do lots of research on them. Then write a speech about them. He choose Daniel Boone. Friday he has to dress like Daniel Boone and give his speech as people walk up to him. The whole 3rd grade is doing it. They all get in the gym and people walk around and push "a button" on them to hear the speech. It should be really cute.

Ryan is going to be in McNick's (David's school) production on Singing in the Rain. David is Cosmo one of the lead men and Ryan is going to be young Cosmo in a "flash Back". He is so excited. He had his first practice last night. He has to fall and flip across the stage then do a little dance number with another little boy. I hope he gets the steps down, he did well for his first time last night. The show is the 2nd week in April.

Mine and Ryan's allergies have been going crazy!! And my sinuses have been terrible. Spring is here!!

I guess that is it. I will post pics as we make progress on Ryan's room and of course pics of Friday!! Have a great day all!!

Homemade Decor

Here a few things I made for Ryan's new safari room. The photos were taken by his teacher on her worldly travels. The frames use to be white, now spray painted black and the mats were navy blue, now painted cream. Then Ryan chose stamps to use and we stamped the mats. The other 2 are cork boards, again frames spray painted black and then covered in animal print fabric. The room is now painted green, the new shades are up. We got a animal print rug yesterday. All his wall shelves are painted brown, his bookcase is almost completely brown. Still a lot to do but we are moving right a long. I am painting the headboard and footboard that Kevin made today!! more pics to come as we complete more stuff.

Police Station Visit

Officer Caudell explaining the dispatch room.

Ryan is trying to look mean and sad like a criminal who has been caught. He just looks goofy!

Ryan's den went to visit the Loveland police station on Monday. They had a lot of fun. They really enjoyed seeing the holding cells and me taking their "mug shots". They learned about safety also and got to see the dispatchers. The cruiser was another huge hit!!!

More Maple Madness

Ryan enjoying waffles and fresh maple syrup!
Ryan really enjoyed learning the way pioneers lived. He helped darn wool and make corn into corn meal.

Ryan built a fort out of sticks and dough.

Maple Madness

He much braver than his Mommy!! But I got close enough to get the pics and I even pet the snakes!!

I love the way he looks down at the lizard with such love.

We went to the Maple Madness celebration at the Cincinnati Nature Center. We worried it wouldn't be worth the trouble with the rain and mud but we had a BLAST!! For Ryan that highlight was the Cincinnati Herp Society, they brought reptiles for people to see. Ryan loved seeing and holding the animals. He just fell in love with a huge monitor lizard named Savannah. We went back 3 times to see the animals, Ryan spent a lot of time talking to the people running it. I think he ios going to join their group and then volunteer for them. He would even get to go to things like the Nature Center and work with the animals. He is so excited. We did a lot of other things I will post about later. He really wanted me to post about Savannah. I really liked the lizard too, it was very sweet! I will post pioneer and maple syrup pics later.

Ryan and Nick

Ryan and Nick are so happy it is finally warm enough to play outside. Ryan was outside all weekend with all his little neighborhood friends. They all had a blast and loved running off all that energy!!

Cheerio

We had another class pet home for the weekend, this is Cheerio, one of Ryan's class gerbils.

Cake

Here is the cake Ryan made with a little help from Mom on Friday night for Kev's birthday! He decorated it himself too! How sweet is he!