A few weeks ago we went over to my sister's house for the afternoon. Here is a lovely picture of me and Julie posing with our tummies that just continue to grow and won't stop. It's hard to believe that those two little girls that are in there will be in our arms soon.
Here is Isaiah working on making a leprechaun craft. I always have left over pieces from projects that we do at school and the kids love doing them at home.
The finished product! Mr. Isaiah was very proud of this sneaky green guy. More details later on the visits we had from the leprechaun leading up to St. Patrick's Day.
What girl doesn't LOVE make-up?! Ava loves putting on lipstick, eye shadow, powder, blush...you name it. You're looking at one stylish young lady!
Isaiah was taking a bath the other night and decided it was time to shave like Daddy. He has a little pretend razor set he likes to use. He said, "Mommy, go get your camera and take a picture of me shaving." That I did...how cute!
We met my friend Marissa and her two kids at McDonalds for dinner the other night before the kids had their Big Brother, Big Sister class at the hospital. Again, it was requested that I take a picture of this large fry that happened to be in Isaiah's Happy Meal. He's all about capturing the memories!
Dr. Seuss Day has come and gone; but we didn't forget it at our house. Every year we make "breakfast for dinner" and cook green eggs and ham. I chopped up the ham while Isaiah whisked the eggs and added green food coloring. Ava was off doing something else and didn't want to help with this part, but she sure did eat it. I think Isaiah ate about a half pound of cut up ham while he was stirring. It kept disappearing.
I know that Presidents' Day is in February but who says you can't make a craft to celebrate this holiday in March. I have these hanging in the hallway at school along with a writing piece the kids did. Isaiah has been asking to make one too so one night we traced, cut, and glued together a new future President.
While Isaiah was doing that, Ava was busy making her leprechaun. I like how she was wearing a Santa Mickey Mouse hat while working on the craft.
Kevin and Isabelle came down a few weeks ago and the kids had a blast. We made Easter cupcakes...I know...it seems like this blog contains a little February, March, and April. When your a kid...licking the batter is half the fun!
I bought these pieces from Target to make bunny cupcakes and we also used bunny Peeps to make an Easter basket. Here's Isaiah...in his footies again...(we live in those on Saturdays and Sundays) making the Easter Bunny cupcake.
One of each and one happy kid!
Here is a picture of the bunny one up close.
And a blurred picture of the Peep basket.
This silly girl was very excited about decorating her cupcakes and immediately ate this one when she was done. My kids aren't big cake eaters so eating them typically means eating off the toppings and licking the frosting off.
So good!
Kevin and Isabelle decorating some too. Isabelle was all about licking the plastic knives. You can never have too much frosting, right?
Next was finger painting. These kids love getting their hands in stuff and made lots of hand prints, flowers, and random swirls and designs.
I've posted a picture of this kind of tower before but who knew red Solo cups could be such fun! Ava and Isaiah worked together to create this tower. They made some other designs later but the best part was knocking it down all over the floor.
Well that catches you up on some stuff. Stay tuned to pictures from my Dad's birthday this past weekend and highlights from our "Staycation." (Thanks for the idea Missy!)
My Three Happy's:
1) This year the kid's faces lit up every morning when that sneaky leprechaun made it's way into our house to cause trouble and leave clues and gifts. For the past three years the kids make a trap, use Lucky Charms cereal as bait, and patiently wait for the leprechaun to visit for four nights up to St. Patrick's Day. We saw tipped over chairs in the dining room, flipped over pictures, glittery shamrocks on the floors, and lots of little green footprints. This guy was trouble this time. We still didn't catch him and he made his way back to Ireland again, but left the kids some fun clues that sent them searching around the house for little gifts. They look forward to this every year!
2) I'm almost done with my long term sub plans. Just a few more things to write and then I have to head up to school at some point this week to make some copies and organize stuff for the first week I'm gone. I'm counting down...7 1/2 more teaching days and only 3 more recess duties! Yeah!
3) I went to Hobby Lobby today to get some stuff for Violet and her room. I found a print that I fell in love with and it matched her room perfectly...to the wall it will go. I also got her a cute dress...yes dress! Who knew Hobby Lobby had dresses and cute infant socks. Well they do; if you've never seen them you'll have to check them out. The last thing I got was stuff to make headbands and a hat for the hospital to match some outfits I've gotten her. I spent $15 and made two headbands and one hat...this compared to the $50 I almost spent at Jordan Creek the other day for one headband and one hat. I must say I was a smart shopper today!
My Favorite Thing:
**Andy brought home these cookies from Sam's Club. You just plop them on the tray and bake. They come in chocolate chip and peanut butter with BIG chunks of chocolate and BIG chunks of peanut butter cup. I am in LOVE with the peanut butter ones. It's a little over two weeks before Violet comes...I figure I can stuff my face now before I have to "attempt" to get back in shape again. I just gobbled down three peanut butter ones. Yum.
