31 Day of October Awesomeness- Day 1
October has never been my favorite month on the calendar. All the scaring & spookiness is totally not my thing. That is, until about two weeks ago when I decided that I should just jump in! Embrace...
View ArticleOctober Awesomeness- Day 2
This morning started off with a group photo of my boys. Double mummy jams. I bought them way back in July when I thought it might actually be chilly in October. Not so. These days have been some of our...
View ArticleOctober Awesomeness- Day 3: Candy Corn Tear Art
Today while Anders napped, Jackson & I crafted. Our materials are all too familiar (if that's even possible), construction paper, glue, a pencil & a white crayon. I drew a candy corn using a...
View ArticleWarm October Days
As much as I maybe (just maybe) complain about the heat wave that has seemed to hit SoCal (or rather, stuck around) it's not exactly the worse thing in the world. But, wowzer! It's been like 100...
View ArticleOctober Awesomeness- Day 4: Felt Pumpkins
The boys & I spent the morning at the beach with some friends & what a perfect day it was! We made our way to a little cove that is surrounded by huge rocks. We were surprised that the tide was...
View ArticleOctober Awesomeness- Day 5: Painted Pumpkin Rock & Pumpkin Mosaic
Happy Friday! We spent the morning in the pool at swim lessons. The boys did such a wonderful job. For the first time in a long time Anders didn't whine at all! He was doing so great for awhile there...
View ArticleFunny Boys
Sometimes...just sometimes Super Why makes his appearance at our house. This morning he showed up just in time to help with my morning smoothie.I am so in love with our family right this moment. The...
View ArticleOctober Awesomeness- Day 6: Pumpkin Patch
We always go to the pumpkin patch on the first Saturday of October. James could do away with the whole pumpkin patch thing but I love it! The boys are so happy there & it's not just the same old...
View ArticleOA- Day 7: General Conference
One of these days Conference weekend will be really fun for the boys because it will mean cinnamon rolls (at this point I'm the only person in this house who goes gaga over cinnamon rolls), games, and...
View ArticleDay 8: Q-Tip Skeleton
On the way home from preschool Jackson asked me if we could sing the Skeleton song. It took me a minute but I figured out that he was talking about Dem Bones! We watched it on TV via YouTube & it...
View ArticleDay 9- Co-Op fun
Tuesdays are especially busy for us. They start at the pool for lessons at 8:30am followed by a co-op we do with friends. Today the co-op was at our house. I love our little group & the fun these...
View ArticleOctober Awesomeness- Day 10: Paper Plate Pumpkin
It was a painting kind of day. We'll go back this afternoon (or next week sometime) & put a face on the pumpkin but for now it's drying. We have big plans tomorrow - Craft Club at our house! I'm so...
View ArticleOctober Awesomeness- Day 11: Craft Club
We spent this morning surrounded by friends at Craft Club & had a blast! I invited some of Jackson's friends over who are either in preschool or nursery (at church) with him. The boys & I...
View ArticleOctober Awesomeness: Day 12- BINGO!
After craft club on Thursday (phew!) I sure needed something eeeeeasy & low key on Friday. We picked up BINGO from the dollar section at Target & it was perfect. Jackson & I played while we...
View ArticleFish Fun
We made our way to the aquarium this morning. James had been there with the boys but it was my first time. It was an easy trip which meant my expectations were low & we just did whatever the boys...
View ArticleAnders' Latest Obsession
Anders is OOOOBSESSSSSED with phones these days. Particularly James & my phone which makes one more person that I have to hide my phone from. Of course I am hiding it from Jackson first, but...
View ArticleThe Rains Came Down & The Floods Came Up
My boy was pumped to sing "The Wise Man" during the primary program today with the rest of his nursery class. He's been working so hard on this song for the last few weeks. As soon as he heard the...
View ArticleTwo Boys
Isn't it interesting how two boys from the same parents growing up in the same house can be so different? ...And not different in a bad way, just different. In a lot of ways, they are so alike, it's...
View ArticleCruisin' with the Boys
The boys have spent a lot of time at friend's houses these past few weeks. I feel so blessed to be able to send them to friend's houses where I know they they will be taken care of and have so much fun...
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