Some of my favorite, picture worthy moments over the last few weeks...
---Katie came over the day after we got home from vacation and decided to paint the kids' faces...
Batboy fell asleep mid-face.
The butterfly princess couldn't stop checking herself out in the mirror and Spencer wanted to be something scary...
---Rachael and the kids were here one day a few weeks ago and the loud laughter of the older kids made us get up from the kitchen to check things out. This is what we found...
For days afterwards I would find Carson hiding under blankets in the bucket under the table. It was funny every time.
---Another highlight of late was having Jason build the benches on the back porch. Ignore the non-matching swagging red fabric and the black make-shift table in the middle, this was the morning of the 4th and I was trying a few things out. I'm loving those benches.
Also on the 4th...
We're kinda loving the brick wall which is perfect for chalkart. Now if we could just figure out a ladder/platform combination to make accessing the field a little more convenient.
We went to the 4th of July Parade again this year with Grandma and got our annual grandma/grandkid pictures...
The kids loved the pre-parade street dance, even though I had to bribe the oldest one...
Sophie is demonstrating here why she can't do the limbo, claiming she can't bend very low...
---Spencer loved checking out the map we bought in Depot Bay. He was making me laugh when he would say things like, "Oh, it's
Wisconsin, not
Westconsin," or when he pointed out to me the path from "Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico," and suddenly the
song made so much more sense to him.
---On another day when everyone was here, I suggested a Lego building competition between Colton, Spencer, and Trenton. All three of them exceeded my expectations in enthusiasm and creativity. Gotta love the spirit of competition. This was Colton's...
The ocean scene had a beach, a lifeguard, an alien police officer, a guy on a boat, a bridge, and my favorite, a shark wrestling section. Spencer re-posed the guys while I was taking pictures so one guy was wrestling while the other guy was getting eaten.
Spencer's was a mad scientist's lab...
I can't remember anything he told me about it, but this was my favorite part...
This guy spun around. Pretty cool. Unfortunately I wasn't able to get any pictures of Trenton's since he decided at the last minute to take his apart and start over and then he had to go home. Bummer.
---Spencer has been asking for a few weeks if he could mow the yard and Jason finally let him. At one point Jason came in laughing and told me I needed to come check him out stating that it was like watching a rodeo. The self-propelledness of the mower was a little to fast and it would seriously fling him around corners...
After he was done he came in the house and yelled, "Hey Mom! Are you facebooking about me? Cause I want you to." Ah crap, the vanity has already started.
6 comments:
Wow. Awesome benches (props jason), real chalk art ( props to Jason), limbo (Sorry Sophs, I can't either), LEGOs (Love love love them, especially the shark and the spinning madman, props to the boys), First time lawn mowing (I remember my first time. Props to Spencer for not running over yourself or a sibling), and my favorite post of all...the map. I love those "AHA!" moments--the evidence of learning (props to James Horton and Spencer's brain. And last, but not least, props to Amy for the post, it was full of nuggets!
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First of all, wow you blogged! Second I love those benches too, hmmm....wonder where I can put some of those? Gonna have to work on that. Third, I never knew that the kids had mad Lego skills! David would be SO proud.
Super cute post, Amy! And I love the benches, too! You're lucky that you have a super handy husband.
oh me gosh, when you post about so many different things it's hard to remember all of the things to comment on! Ok, first-I can't believe Carson fell asleep whilst having his face painted. katie really did an awesome job. 2nd-I wish the pictures I took of them in the bucket turned out better, it really was hilarious. 3rd-the benches and chalk art really are 2 of the coolest things you've done in a long time, and by you I mean Jason. 4th-your 4th pictures are pretty cute, looking forward to next year already, and I love the swag. 5th-I can't believe you didn't tell me about the cute shadow idea. 6th-Spencer and his never ending questions look right at home looking at the map. 7th- the lego competition really was the best. I think I'm gonna need to go get some more of the bases and have the kids do that here too. Colton actually really used his imagination. And I love that the kisd thought he would automatically win because I helped him a little...I was just so glad he wanted me to do something with him, that I could kinda do...
Oh my gosh! I love that bench! It completely transforms the patio. Totally cracked up that Carson fell asleep while getting his face painted, but it makes sense. How many times have I wanted to just fall asleep while getting my hair done, but figured it would weird out the hairdresser. Loved the random post and all your fun pics. Miss you!!
I think Carson has narcolepsy. :)
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