Career Day!

Today is career day at Ella's school. Guess what she said she wanted to be when she grew up?

30 years young!

I already posted about my AH-mazing birthday party, but yesterday was my actual birthday and it was special too. I did a photoshoot in the morning, then went to a play-date with my MOPS friends. Then Mom took me out to lunch at Mei-Wei. It was delicious and Wesley was extra-well behaved and we got to chat for a long time. Then after Karate we all went down to bridgestreet, got treats from the Chocolate Crocodile, had pizza at Tommy's, rode the Carousel and to top it off, we rented a peddle boat and got to enjoy the beautiful sunset from the lake. Wes was TERRIFIED to get on the boat, but once we were all sitting he realized how cool it was and could't stop smiling. Once we got off the boat... he wouldn't stop asking to get back on. It was a wonderful amazing evening with my family, I am so lucky to have such wonderful people in my life! I might be now officially "old" but I don't feel any older. I am excited to be 30 years young!

sum-sum-summertime

It might be just barely Spring, but it sure does feel a whole lot like summer!! It was such a nice day Monday that we decided that we needed to get out our sprinkler to cool off.

The Crocodile gets sick.

Ella brought home another book from school.

"The Crocodile gets sick" By Ella

The Crocodile was following a rainbow

It lead to a pot of gold.

The Crocodile got sick

So he took medicine and he was better

And he was on his way

Banana Peel

Wands

Over the past couple of weeks I have been carving wands to give as party favors at my birthday party. I love the way they turned out, and I had so much fun making them! To make things more interesting, Jon wrote some awesomely funny discriptions for each wand, and read them out in character as Fred Weasley at the party before we handed them out via drawing out names from a cup. I think they were a hit! The discriptions were even funnier in person, since "Fred" adlibbed quite a big. Also, for some strange reason, I didn't get a picture of one of my favorite wands... sad! Not sure how I missed it when I did the pictures?

Wand of Smores

Originally know as the Smurf wand, its previous owner abused it by using it as a skewer for miscellaneous purposes. Eventually the wand absorbed several objects with which it came in contact and integrated their properties into its magic. Now it seems this wand’s only use it to conjure up tasty treats.

Material: Enchanted Forest Switch, Sugar, Corn Syrup, Water, Gelatin, Dextrose, Vanilla Flavoring, Artificial Colors and Sweeteners

Length:

Core: Licorice rope

Special Uses: Good for soothing rumbling stomachs.

Wand of Lethargy

Created by a wine bibber to assist in opening bottles, this wand shows extra strong results with sleep charms when twirled while casting.

Material: Dizzy wood

Length:

Core: Twisted Metal

Special Uses: Opening bottles and sleep charms

Unicorn wand

Though not a bad wand, the maker of this later went on to making wands from other various animal parts just to prove that he could. He soon became infamous when he began making wands out of human parts.

Material: Unicorn Horn

Length:

Core: Unicorn Hair

Special Uses: Good for summoning forest rodents by conjuring shiny things.

Dagger wand

This wand was created as a makeshift replacement wand for a tri-wizard champion who’s wand was eaten by a giant black sand terminate. Good for both spell casting and poking things, this shows that wands can be crafted out of more than just tree branches. However any attempt to cast a lightning charm will only electrocute the wielder.

Material: Ebony and Steel

Length:

Core: Tri-wizard Champion Hair core

Special Uses: Good for poking

Wand of the Something

Believed to originate from an aborigines tribe of witches and wizards, the purpose of the creation of this wand are yet un-known. On occasion, rather than successfully casting an intended spell, a pink stuffed bunny will shoot from the tip of this wand.

Material: Dragon Oak

Length:

Core: Dragon Heart String

Special Uses: Good for entertaining small children.

Midget Wand of Betrayal

The core of this wand use to be phoenix tail feather but its previous owner thought it should have been dragon heart string. While attempting to replace it he was accidentally turned into a toad. Since the replacement was never finished, the wand’s core is half phoenix tail feather and half dragon heart string. (It continues – blah blah blah blah, “Extreemly dangerous” – blah blah blah blah “Use at your own peril!” So who wants it?)

Material: Mahogany

Length:

Core: Phoenix Tail Feather / Dragon Heart String

Special uses: Good for lending to enemies and making it seem like they had an accident.

Vine Wand

The previous owner of this wand was an obsessive gardener. Not satisfied with the assisted magical results of her wand, she tried to create a (h)erb-a-thrive potion by combining skele-grow spell with Miracle-Grow. There were no survivors. (I wonder what that means?)

Material: Grape Vine

Length:

Core: Unicorn Hair

Special Uses: Makes grass slightly greener

Wand of the Molten Core

Confiscated property of the pyromancer wizard Zedicus Zuel Zarander. You will never need a box of matches again with this wand! Not for use indoors.

Material: Compressed unidentified cinders

Length:

Core: Dragon Heartstring

Special Uses: Good at making small fires into big fires and big fires into bigger fires!

Rubik’s Wand

A witch once came into contact with a muggle puzzle artifact know as a ‘Rubik’s Cube’. The witch attempted to solve the puzzle using magic but it turned out to be more than her wand could handle. As a result, the wand itself became confused and ultimately suffered an identity crisis.

Material: Plastic Wood

Length:

Core: Phoenix Tail Feather

Special Uses: Good for casting confusion and mind charms.

Ginsu Wand

For $29.95 you will receive the Ginsu wand, our signature cutting board, 3 baby mandrake roots and our special introductory video, “Dicing for Dummies”. Call right now and we will double your order!

Material: Ironwood

Length:

Core: Unicorn Hair

Special Uses: Can shave the skin off of a tomato within a 0.5mm tolerance

Not featured at the party, but still cool