Friday, February 10, 2012

More Building...

(EARLY) Saturday morning
Kids in their pj's yielding hammers
laughs
paint everywhere
hammer hammer Bang!
singing
sticker
patience
more building,,
Snowmen napkin holders and wooden pencil boxes

 snowmen napkin holders
 pencil boxes


Good job.. :) 

Saturday, February 4, 2012

A Hammer, A Couple Nails And Some Glue

The little builders were happy today.... Monthly project day at Home Depot. Today was a keepsake box.

 gluing and hammering.
 Then painting.. little man went crazy with the paint. It is an inch thick so it may dry in a week:)

No busted fingers, toes or teeth...A successful fun project. 

Protecting The Cart


I am one lucky lady to have protection from a clone trooper while I shop. He even wears his mask while I drive him around. He looks quite threatening doesn't he?
:)

Thursday, February 2, 2012

You Pay For The Whole Seat But You'll Only Use Half

Monster Jam is that exciting for Fieldin.
He has played with Monster Jam trucks for awhile, but thanks to Jeff and DVR, he now can watch it and reinact the jumps and crashes.
He is REALLY into this.
We are talking, digging through ALL the Monster Jam trucks in the toy section, telling anyone who will listen about how"Grave Digger, he loosed" " The trucks go crash and jump" I thank these people for their kindness and listening to the little fellow.



It has become his whole world and he has only watched Monster Jam....ONCE.
I see lots of this in my future..... 

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Apprentice

It is impossible these days, to open a cabinet, pantry or the fridge without hearing Fieldin come up behind pushing his baking stool. With a determined face he says" I will help mix". If no cookings to be done, he shrugs at the false alarm and is back to flying his airplanes. If it is cooking time, well, game on.... and we cannot shy away from help by our little apprentice.
He stirs, pours ingredients, uses the kitchen aid mixer on his own, he scoops, pours batter into baking pans and he can form the perfect cookie. If he is filling a bit artistic he will make you a cookie with a face of chocolate chips.
 He is a tidy cook. He likes things done correctly. He is a bit of a perfectionist.
Of course to make sure his creations are of highest quality, he must taste test.....often.
If Jeff or I try his cookie dough he says" Don't eat it, It will make you sick" and " I need that for my cookies!!!!" I've learned to follow his rules and not to mess with him. He knows his stuff.



Cookie making is serious business for this little fellow... yes indeed.


Teacher


Many days, after she gets home from school and is finished with her homework, she teaches him. She reads him books, practices flashcards with him and they play in imaginary worlds of dress up and dancing. It makes me so happy to see them do these things together and I appreciate that she teaches him. She will never know how much it means to him... being taught by his #1 hero. Thank you Greta. 

Friday, January 27, 2012

When It is Rainy And Cold, We...

We... play until we get tired of it... then play some more

We find any way we can to entertain ourselves without going stir crazy.

We look forward to practices, errands and time at the indoor sports park

We learn

We play lots and lots of hide and seek. We like it when Chompers hides... the rest of the time he gives our hiding spots away.

We love being with friends and seeing cool new stuff

And if we get too terribly bored.. I give Fieldin the camera and let him take lots of pictures.


The sun is finally out but it is very cold. I am still in Spring cleaning mode, finally mending Gret's clothes that get ripped up and caught in jump ropes, catching up on Season One of Downton Abbey, reading and suduko, reinacting Imaginext movies with Fieldin(over and over again), trying new recipes, helping Gret with homework, Doin the daily routine, eating warm oatmeal and drinking(lots) of hot coffee and tea, adding more to my "to do" list than marking off.
Spring is right around the corner.. My plants have blooms and I hear lots of frogs outside at night. We have to be getting closer:)