bugs

this week was all about bugs. eww. not my favorite topic, but they had a lot of fun.

i found a bunch of fun squishy bugs in the dollar isle at target.


we went on a bug hunt.


















mimi found some bugs and brought them to us to look at.

we watched a bug's life.

we read a lot of fun bug books.

we went to the zoo and the kids got to touch a snake!

we painted with worms.










and we made and ate dirt. yum!

we found a bug while making dirt. and now every time we are outside and mason finds anything i get notified. do you know how many ants are in our backyard?? because i do.

play time

i LOVE listening to the kids play together. i always have but the older they get the funnier it is. i love listening to their imaginations and the way they interact with each other. sawyer always bosses mason around. and they never stop talking. they really play great together.

in a boat-

fish

this weeks theme was fish.

we made a fun aquarium that had fish in it with brianna. brianna did all the work though. :)

we ate fish sticks. well the kids did.

we read lots of fish books.

we made fish bowls.










we watched fish movies: finding nemo and the little mermaid.

we got some pet goldfish that they named jake and lily.







and lastly we went fishing. no fish were caught but fun was had. thank you darrell and bessie for letting us use your backyard.

embrace the camera

gnomeo & juliet

this weekend we took the kids to see a movie at the theater for the first time. we went to see tangled but it was sold out. seriously?! so back-up was gnomeo and juliet. i was worried that it would be a little old for them, but it wasn't too bad. mason loved it. he didn't move much the whole time. he laughed at all the same times as papa. and said, "that was a great one" as we were walking out. sawyer asked if he could go home towards the end. i am excited for dollar movies this summer though!

aliens

i decided to start having themed weeks at home. i wanted to start doing more with the kids that is more geared toward teaching, but also having fun and spending time with them. so i made out a schedule and have been thinking of activities, crafts, books, food, movies, etc that I can do with them for each week. some themes are more fun and some are more educational or biblical. this week was our first week and i wanted to start out very easy. so it was a fun week. aliens.

we did a really fun craft project and made alien hats. my friend alison introduced me to this awesome website where i found the idea.

we colored a couple of different alien coloring pages that i found online.


we read a bunch of alien books.


and we watched some fun alien movies - lilo & stitch, toy story 2 (it has the little green aliens).

i have already bought all of the stuff for next week and checked about 50 books out from the library. well not that many, but it will feel like it when we start reading them all.

wow it's been a while since i have updated. we have been staying busy, but not doing anything too exciting. we have been spending a lot of time outside and playing with friends and going to birthday parties and gymnastics and on and on. so here's a random picture update.

the other day i was cleaning up the yard and found a couple of snails. the kids were entertained for hours. it was great.












we have frequented that new froyo place quite a few times, the kids kinda like it.




word.