Monday, February 3, 2014

January 2014


Josh drew a picture of us :)




Josh reading to Anna




Playing inside with snow because it was too cold to go outside




Dissecting owl pellets for a science project


uncooperatively modeling their Christmas pjs


emptying the dishwasher while mommy makes breakfast 



Josh drew me a picture of the Dawn Treader from the Narnia books


Shredding newspaper for our worm composting bin

Worms for the bin :)  (2 lbs of them!)






Playing "haircut" (thankfully with NO scissors involved!)




We raised caterpillars in the fall and one thought that January would be a good time to emerge, so we've been raising it inside and Anna adores it!




 Trying to teach Brooke to shake hands...

The kids started playing card games, all by themselves (on a blanket, in front of the heater, because it was cold).  Here they're playing go fish, but they played about 4 different games.



Josh, making poor decisions...

  yep, he's completely stuck.  and I'm taking pictures instead of helping.... 



Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Cousins!

Megan, Joe, Christian and Jackson came for a visit this weekend and the kids had loads of fun playing!  Christian and Josh played with Legos for a good part of the weekend, especially the set with the gears and the zip line!


 The kids also enjoyed checking out the butterfly we're raising



Megan made Jackson a Lego helicopter, which he loved but crashed constantly, and then kept begging people to put it back together, lol!


Josh was good about helping him, he loves building stuff!










Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Playing with the new toys...

We've only been home a few days but all of the Lego sets have been assembled and most of the toys and games have been played with several times.... 


 
 


digging for rocks and gems
 


assembled the 3D skeleton


Modeling one of their new sets of PJs.  (based on the book Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus)
 


Mike's Christmas gift- a picture of his van painted by my very talented cousin Brian
 
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