this and that

(PICTURE OVERLOAD)

just playing catch up

we really haven't been doing a whole lot of projects

because the weather has been so nice

yesterday we worked did some water coloring

we are making pictures for the lady who lives behind me

she is beautiful and amazing

and so good to my kids

especially when they stand at the fence

begging for flowers

here are the kids working on their water color creations

today (friday)

we spent the whole morning outside

the kids were forced wanted to pull/push me in the wagon

i may have even yelled 

"i am the queen go faster!"

its all good only one vehicle slowed to watch!

the kids gave up because they thought i was to heavy

old to be riding in the wagon! :)

at such a young age the kids learn that

if they put there feet up at a certain point there is enough 

of a hill they will coast!

weeeeee!!

queen jill is far to lazy busy 

to give the kids rides in the stroller!

toddler get to work!!

(they actually enjoy doing this!  I promise no one is forced to do anything around here)

this is what happens when the strollers wheels

do not go the way you want them to

you have a HUGE melt down!

 this is the koala bear in the "bamboo tree"

you will almost ALWAYS find a child hanging in this spot!

what a cutie!!  waiting to head to the park!

 the 3 amigos!  there is only 8 weeks between these boys! 

they were annoyed with me because i was trying to get a good picture of them all smiling and looking!

instead i just got a picture of them looking!

the whole gang heading to the park!

it was beautiful out!

I ordered pizza to be delivered to the park!

thinking this would be a fun idea!

we played in the giant sandbox also known as a sand volleyball court!

i dislike sand!

it gets in my house

in hair

in shoes

in my house

in eyes

and in my house!

but...

they love it so i decided to let them have fun!

we did some swinging!

this is when i realized the sun went away

the clouds got darker

the temp was dropping...

hmmmmm....

4 blocks from shelter!

seriously put the camera away you crazy lady!

this made everyone giggle!

this is also when i called the pizza place and 

asked if they could move our delivery to my house instead of the park!

look at the little man on the big boy swing!

yay!

we then ran home because I was confident it was going to rain!

it didn't! the sun came out!

so after we ate our pizza we got our shoes back on

and it started raining!

so we ran in the rain for a few minutes!

now its quiet time!

and its friday!

hip hip hooray!!

Spaghetti Dogs!!!!

everyone who reads this blog

even if you don't believe in feeding your kids hotdogs

(find a healthier hotdog)

needs to try this fun out!

honestly i found these disgusting 

(i LOVE hotdogs but you couldn't pay me to eat this)

but the kids LOVED them!

what you need are hotdogs 

(we used turkey dogs, i have no idea if that is healthier but it sounds healthier)

and spaghetti 

i cut each hotdog into about 5 chunks

and broke the spaghetti in half

then had the kids wash hands

and then re wash hands 

and threaten to smell hands making sure they used soap

(a few kids went back to the bathroom) :)

then i told the kids to put 6 "dry" (uncooked) spaghetti sticks into each hot dog

they had a blast doing this all different ways 

and maybe stuck more than 6 sticks in 

and may have even tried putting more like 10-15 in! 

concentrating...this is what following the rules looks like 

she made sure each one of her hotdogs and the kids at her table 

had only 6 spaghetti noodles in each chunk!

aaaahhh this is sooo much fun!!!

(he actually looks scared)

i think he was telling me what he was doing!

working hard sticking in as many spaghetti sticks as possible 

until queen jill takes away his hotdog! :)

after the hotdogs were filled with uncooked spaghetti 

into the boiling pot of water they went!

then the kids devoured them

some of their crazy hotdog creations!

(before they were boiled)

while we were eating the kids were talking about how they were eating 

rapunzels hair, squids, an octopus, and a hair monster!

so much fun!

lunch was successful!!

sorting and matching

sometimes i can't think of a single thing to do

i get stuck in a rut

i think i over think ideas

or try to be to creative

and forget that kids don't really care as long as we do something

so while staring at my craft area just clueless with what to do

i spotted buttons

and then i thought

matching, sorting, dumping, really whatever the kids want 

as long as they are doing something

i started off by placing one shape into each container

then i figured the kids could do what they wanted with it

and they did exactly what i was hoping they would do!

i gave the little man an ice cube tray and a handful of buttons

and let him do what he wanted as well

they were busy

we talked shapes

we talked colors

it was simple, easy, no mess, and educational!

happy tuesday!