First Snow of the Season = First Snow Day!

On Tuesday it started snowing.

And snowing.

And snowing.

Mason and Ava were so excited and they stared out the window most of the day.

It was so cute watching Mason in complete awe of the change that was happening outside.

I can just imagine what that little mind of his was thinking.

Then when Braeden got home he got started making snowballs right away.

And you can't make a snowball without throwing it!

So he took aim at his sister who was watching him through the window.

 On Wednesday we woke up to school being cancelled and daddy being sick.

What a fun combination!

So to try and keep the kids from begging and whining about wanting to go outside for just a little while I decided to make some peanut butter clay.

It's super easy and just 3 ingredients.

Peanut Butter Clay

Mix 1 Cup of Peanut Butter with 1/2 Cup of Honey. Add 1 Cup of Powdered milk. Gradually add more until no longer sticky but not too much or it will get crumbly. Then break out the cookie cutters and have fun!

 My kids will play for hours with clay or play doh

and that's just what they did.

(And yes we stay in our jammies all day on snow days)

Then of course you can't have the first snowfall without getting out there and playing in it!

So I bundled them up and sent them out to burn off some stuck in the house energy.

I must admit that I think I like snow days more then the kids do.

We have a whole day to stay at home and work on fun things, and play games.

And tonight we start our 24 days of Christmas.

I still have to get the calendar set up but we'll be ready.

We are also doing a special service activity that we will be starting soon.

More to come on that in the near future.

Have a Happy first day of December!

Bringing Back Memories

Well it has rained 

and rained

oh and then it rained some more. 

We spent some time in what we like to call our troll closet.

That's our tornado spot.  Luckily it's close to our books so we had something fun to do.

But then for a whole 5 minutes the sun came out.

And I was able to stare in complete happiness at this.

 It was a FULL rainbow!

Actually a double but the second one was so light it didn't even show up in pictures.

But a couple days ago when we actually had half a day of sun we worked on our motor skills.

Always a good thing to work on.

When I was younger and we would go to visit my grandparents my grandpa would sometimes get out blocks of wood, hammers and nails and light us up.

And we would look something like this.

Who knew hitting a nail could be so much fun????

Well I did because it's one of the things I remember from my childhood.

(I remember surprisingly little about my childhood)

If your kids are younger or get frustrated easily

You might want to start the nails for them.

It might save you a lot of crying.

And a few other tips.

Smaller hammers are easier for smaller hands and

the softer the wood the better.

Braeden loves hammering into the stump and the nails go in really easy.

I'm gonna have to see if I can find any pictures of me doing this.

Our New Pet

I love to watch my kids exploring things.

You know, when you can see the little wheels turning 

and the excitement when they find something new.

Well today my kids found a new pet.

Meet Caddy

Yeah he's kind of tiny.

I'm really not sure how Braeden found him 

but he did and they were best friends from the second they met.

He found him a leaf to camouflage him.

And a leaf for him to eat.

He's not in that picture so don't try to find him!

But I think he camouflaged him a little to well because he lost him.

Which was traumatic for about 2 minutes.

And then he was drawing pictures of birds.

Oh to be a child again.

Takin' Craft Time Outside

We have finally had a few nice days around here.

Sunny and Hot

A perfect turnaround from the gloominess we've had.

When it's nice outside my kids play ALL day.

I can hardly get them to come inside to eat or even pee.

So to throw off their routine a little bit I surprised them with a craft to do at their picnic table.

So what's the perfect craft to do outside?

Nature Collages

I gave them a basket to collect all their pieces of nature.

 Then they sat down at the table and glued them on cardstock.

 Even Mason explored Nature trying to eat the grass. lol

Super easy and cheap supplies.

Just make sure you let them know of any flowers you want off limits.

You don't want them picking all your pretty flowers.

Hope the weathers nice where you are so you can take craft time outside!

Glamin' Up The Hopscotch

My kids LOVE playing hopscotch.

And I must say I have quite a bit of fun with it too.

But today it needed a little something more.

So I glamed it up a little for Ava's liking.

Using one of her favorite things

HEARTS

You should have heard her squeal with excitement.

Instructions: Use hearts instead of squares.

Can't get any easier than that!

 Braeden was even brave enough to give it a try.

I'll have to use something a little more manly for him next time.

I hope you all can have a little blast from the past playing some hopscotch.

I know we enjoyed it!

Workin At The Car Wash...

 I want to start by saying I'm sorry for being a little spacey lately.

Reed went back to work this week and I kind of forgot how hard it is doing everything myself.

 I really was getting used to going to the store and taking Braeden to school without the kids.

 I'm trying to get back into the swing of things but it might take me a little while.

We have been living in some real gloom here lately.

Rain

Then a little more Rain 

And hey why not Rain a little more.

Well today there was 

SUNSHINE!!!!!!!!

So we had our annual kidmobile wash.

Every Spring we break out the sponges and rags and give our kidmobiles a good washin.

The kids have a blast and usually get a little wet.

Look how cute those bubbly hands and toes are.

So when the sun decides to come out again get outside and wash down those kidmobiles.