Annual Davis Family year in review for 2017

I am a total slacker on getting my 2017 year in review started!!  I can hardly believe that it's that time of year to do my year in review.  I'm sitting here trying to figure out what happened to 2017, it blew by so fast!!  I think last year I said that it seemed like tomorrow I would be doing the 2017 year in review, I blinked and tomorrow arrived.  So, "tomorrow" I'll be doing my 2018 year in review.

I've been thinking about how I want do do the year in review and I've decided to do it in alphabetical order this year.  So, first up in the alphabetical seniority is APRIL!!

My good friend moved out to Vernon and tried her hand at hatching chicks.  We went out for a visit to play with the little chicks.  There was one that would snuggle into my hand and fall asleep, it was adorable. 

We went and played at Trafalga.

I don't think he liked it much.

Spider Monkey LOVES horses!! His dream is to become a jockey.  So, we found a place for him to learn to ride horses.  He has so much fun.

He also got his first black eye from playing kick-ball at school.

Then there was Easter Egg hunting.  I made the kids wear those silly capes so they could be "super" egg hunters.

We decided to make a combined office for Nathan and craft room for me.  So, we began de-construction on the room on the middle floor. 

Meow-meow was adorable as ever!!

And of course we can't forget the cats.

And that is April 2017 in a nutshell.

What have I been up to?

I have been getting my craft on for the past couple of months.  I needed some quiet activities that I could bring to church for Meow-meow and I also wanted some fun and educational games for him to play with at home.  Some of you may remember that day a couple of months ago when I overloaded Facebook with all of my quiet book Pinterest Pins.  From that, I came up with several ideas.  After several trips to Michael's and hours and hours of work, I have finally finished my project.  I think they turned out fabulous.  Meow-meow loves them and it keeps him busy during Sacrament Meeting. Anyway, I thought I would post the finished projects here.

This is the build-an-animal I made out of felt. Everything is removable so he can mix and match to create his own strange animals.

This is one of the build-a-monsters I did.  

This is the other build-a-monster I did.  

I also made this build-a-jack O lantern

I had fun with this one.  It's a build-a-Mr/Mrs Potato head and a build-a-Minion.

This has been one of Meow-meows favorites.  It's the build-a-cupcake/ice cream cone/birthday cake

Build-a-scene

I made this one out of wood letters that I painted fun colors.  Then I found this awesome magnetic paper.  I put some magnets on the back of the letters and got a pizza tray from the Dollar Store.  I'm thinking that I may get a rectangle cookie sheet instead.  But Meow-meow has fun matching the letters.

These next pictures are of the shape match game I made.  

The build-a-face.  I laminated the eyes and put magnets on the back of them.  I put the heads on the magnetic paper.

A build-a-worm.  I glued pom-poms to magnets and on some of the pom-poms, I put googly eyes.

Another felt project, build-a-robot.

Another fun build-a-face.

I made these color match popsicles out of felt.  The felt glue didn't work so well, but hot glue worked wonders.

Ice cream color match.  

I made these geometric shapes out of the foam sheets

I had fun making these.  I painted the wood blocks and then I found smaller beads with the alphabet on them.  I added velcro dots to them and voila.....he can stick them together and have fun!!

Alphabet bug match.

This has been one of his favorites.  I have the blocks with holes, mini spools, little knobs, and tiny flower pots.  I had to drill the holes into the wood boards which wasn't too hard as the wood wasn't too thick and I found a nifty hand drill.  I painted all of the wood dowels and such.  

Rainbow colored popsicle sticks with velcro on the ends.  

These are little wood shapes that I painted.

A shape match out of jumbo craft sticks.

I had a lot of fun working on these projects and it's a lot of fun to see Meow-meow having so much fun with them.  And now onto the next project........

A Gringotts update

Well, I had doubted whether or not "Debra" would email me back with my over-the-top response to her and to my surprise, she actually did email me back.  My life got busy and hectic and I didn't get a chance to email her back until today.  It will be interesting to see if I get any further responses from her.  Anyway, here is the email she sent me:

Dear Friend,

 

Thank you for your prompt response.

 

Thank you for your sympathy. I am deeply touched by your words of condolence and thankful as your kind words are of great comfort. I so sorry about the loss of your husband as well and I want you to know that I have found a new sister/family with you.

 

Please send me the following info:

 

Your full name

Your full contact address

Direct telephone number

Occupation

 

These details will help me address the two boxes to you. As soon as I get your full details, I will courier the boxes and get the airway bill across to you within the

shortest time. Please send me your direct telephone number as soon as you read this mail. The diplomat will need it to call you as soon as he arrives in the US with the boxes.

 

I want to assure you that there is no risk involved in this and I want you to continue with me so that I can advise you on how to get the package. But just one thing,

I have to be assured that my share will be safe in your care until I return home, I want to have a very peaceful retirement, your confidence in me matters so much. I have to get this package out of Camp Stanley immediately. Please send the requested details so I can furnish the diplomat with them.

 

I await your response ASAP.

 

God bless you.

 

Sincerely yours,

Sgt. Debra Moore.

And here is my response back to her:

Griphook,

I apologize for taking so long to get back to you.  I, unfortunately, came down with a terrible case of Spattergoit and have spent the past few weeks as St. Mungos.  But I am cured and back to my old self again.  Healer Smethwick is a complete gem.

My contact information is as follows:

Full Name:  The Niffler (We must use our code names at all times to ensure the utmost safety of "Gringotts")

Full Contact Address: Number 12 Grimmauld Place.  Ottery St. Catchpole, Wyoming 82002

Direct Telephone Number:  Unfortunately I do not have one as I have stated before, my work within the Department of Mysteries as an Unspeakable has led me to believe that the government uses phones to spy on our every movements.  And since our "transactions" are of the most delicate nature, telephone contact wouldn't be a prudent idea.  However, I do have a trusted contact that your contact can call on my behalf.  He is very discreet and trustworthy.  His name is Tom Marvolo Riddle.  You can reach him at:

1-402-88-22266 and if you can't reach him there, his secondary number is 876-5309

Occupation: I am an Unspeakable and I work in the Department of Mysteries.  I, unfortunately, cannot tell you anything more than that.  The Death Eaters would love to have any reason to get me fired.

Hoping to hear from you soon,

The Niffler

Hope you all enjoy this as much as I do.