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So, today in art class we learned about growing things. We read a book about seeds turning into flowers and talked about all the pretty colors in nature. Noah fingerpainted flowers and decorated his design while Penny became our little pickpocket trying to get into all the other mommas' diaper bags. Nothing says "hi, nice … Continue Reading...
Ahhhh...behold the BLUEBERRY! Penny and her bucket Noah finding the perfect blueberry ...or should I say blueberrIES A boy, his bucket, and his blueberries! Our little taste tester..."mom, these ones are just right!" Chasing down her morning snack Noah!This morning we went to McCann's Berry Farm and picked blueberries! It … Continue Reading...
Check me out..."checkin' out!" Helping Penny count her drawer out at the kiddie Potbelly Restaurant "Hey Dad...we're out of developer!" Studying up for early admission...following in her parents footsteps,maybe!? Future veternarian, what do you think? Teamwork gets the job doneWe both had this morning off from work so we … Continue Reading...
The boys practicing some swim moves At the end of class they turn on the water fountains Who needs a life preserver? All smiles before class starts Enjoying the swim lesson with Daddy My littles have swimming lessons on Fridays this summer. Noah has gone through two summers of swim lessons and is now enrolled in the class … Continue Reading...
Today, the theme of Noah's art class was "sand". We read a book about sand and played games about sand and water. Then, we went outside to get messy! We made sand dough art and decorated it with sea shells and then did a drawing with glue that we added colored sand to so it has a 3-D effect. Here's how we did it: Sand … Continue Reading...
This is... how she... does it! My two naughty monkeysToday, as I was cleaning up yet another hurricane that somehow landed in my living room, Noah came running to me yelling, "Momma, Baby up!! Baby up!" I thought he was talking about the fact that lately Penny has been getting up into his little flintstone foot pedaling … Continue Reading...
Breakfast, the most important meal of the day! It is so neat to be able to watch Noah and Penny's sibling relationship grow from the day she came home from the hospital. I have a big brother so I am a little sister, but I have no idea how our relationship grew to be. From the very beginning, Noah couldn't wait to shower … Continue Reading...
PICNIC! O000h, the food! My gang...aren't they cute? Penny loves her apples Penny also loves sharing her apples with Daddy Noah clowning aroundSo, we FINALLY made it to Ravinia Festival, the outdoor concert park in Highland Park, IL where you can chit-chat with friends, have a picnic, bring your own wine and listen to great … Continue Reading...
The best cupcakes in the world, chocolate chip cookie dough cupcakes!! Clif grillin' in the rain on the Fourth of July Me and my girl Noah and Grandpa Sam getting messyToday is the Fourth of July and oh, what a day we had! We decided to have a BBQ at our place with some relatives. The day wasn't as sunny as we had thought … Continue Reading...
Noah making his art, check out his technique Some art class love! The finished product! Thursdays this summer are our official art class day. Noah has been signed up for this great art class and his teacher is absolutely fun, super high energy and she has great messy art project … Continue Reading...
Today a friend and I decided to take our kids, 2 two-year old boys, a 10-month old girl, and a 7-month old girl) to the movies. We knew the boys might be a bit antsy and the girls, well, it was their naptimes but the movie was free and so we thought why not give it a try. We started off our little field trip by getting … Continue Reading...
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