A little entertainment

Mia told me it was time to update our blog or else...So here's some recent activity in our neighborhood last week.  It was quite entertained for a while! And anytime we can get outside right now is a good thing!  Maybe tomorrow I'll find something a little more exciting to add.  :)

A little of this, a little of that

Mia was on an organizational kick and decided to go through all our DVD's, CD's and videos.  She particularly enjoyed organizing the CD's by Artist wondering why there were so many Amy Grant, Jimmy Buffet and Van Halen CD's?  :)  Holly has been learning about wolves this week and one thing they did was learn how to make origami wolves.  One night after she "went to bed"  she was busy putting this pack together.     Just a crazy quad cousin shot! Aren't their feet just the cutest thing, Emma's match exactly.  

And then this....Show-n-Tell.  I can't tell you how many, MANY times these 3 have been their sisters Show-n-Tell.  Holly asked if they could come Friday to school and they said they wanted to.  The kids got to ask both Holly and them some questions and Holly's teacher asked some questions too.  One of the questions was what their favorite thing to eat.  Lucas said peaches, Tyler said pears and Joey said watermelon.  Another question was if they could go anywhere, where would they want to go?  Lucas wanted to go to the park, Tyler wanted to go to the zoo and Joey wanted to go to Mexico.  And in the end Holly's teacher made a point of saying even though they all look a lot a like they're all very different with different answers for each question.  

Good Morning!

Someone was having just a little to much fun with their breakfast! :)

Caution:Kids in Charge

With 3 days off of school last week we had a few days to play.  Friday, Amy and I decided we'd let the kids plan the day (some other friends of ours had done this and it sounded like a potentially great idea)  :)  When we first told the kids what we were doing,  6 out of the 8 chose going to the "Jump Fun Zone", one chose a trip to Treasury of Memories for some crafting supplies and another chose a trip to Target.  Since Ella had school until noon we had to stay around home until she was finished.   The thought of sitting at the Jump Fun Zone for a couple hours didn't appeal to me.  (see how good I am at letting my kids pick what they want!)  We then decided to just make it a day where everyone chose something different and told them little to no money could be spent.  It ended up being so much fun and way more creative(these are 2 "pictures" I'm using for my Project 365...you can check it out HERE!  You can also see what else we did with our days off.)  Here's what they chose

1. Tyler wanted to go for a bike ride.

2. Holly wanted to play Rock Band and have Hot Chocolate.

3.  Jake wanted to play football with everyone.

4.  Levi wanted to play Carcassonne. (kind of like Settlers of Catan for kids)

Lunch stop at the new Sonic...yummy!

5.  Ella wanted to go to Hovander.

6.  Joey wanted to play some basketball.

7.  Lucas wanted to play a couple rounds of Duck-Duck-Goose and Telephone.

8.  Mia wanted to go swimming.

9.  We crashed from exhaustion! :)  Thanks, guys, it was a great day!

Hey, Best Buddy!

Thanks for having us over today!  We had a great time!!  :)

Remember me!

That's what Mia and Ellie's snowboard instructor told them to do after they win their medals in the Olympics for snowboarding.  :)  It was the girls first time snowboarding and their wise Dads took advantage of the 1 1/2 hr lesson before taking them on the mountain themselves. 

 It was a great way for the 4 of them to spend their Saturday.

But they couldn't be the only ones having all the fun.  The rest of us went and visited Baby Ava, Emma, Lily and Aunt Mandy.  They're all doing great!