Moon Dough

My boys love to make messes and the bigger the mess, the better. Every now and then I help them create those messes. Yesterday, I thought it would be a fun/good day to make moon dough. It was 2 fold...they get to make it (which I don't have any photos of) and then they can play in it. Of course when we were almost finished mixing it up, Tyler woke up so I had to go get him and Conner added more ingredients...the bigger the better :) In the end it still worked just fine. I let them play on the deck and had them use a table cloth. They loved it and it kept them busy for at least a half hour. Clean up was easy too.

Gingerbread Houses

Today, I declared a jammie day in our house. I had gifts to wrap, floors to sweep and the kids have been asking to do gingerbread houses. It helped that they both are snotty and have coughs. They didn't complain about getting dressed and rushing out the door. We skipped the gym (and any other thing we could have done today) and stayed home. Conner helped me put bows on gifts, both of them helped me pick up their toys; honestly, I think they needed a day at home!

I put together 2 of the 4 gingerbread houses and then let them 'decorate' them. Sorry in advance for all of the pics...just kidding, I'm not really sorry :)

Third trimester

WHAT?! I know. Crazy! 27w. I had the glucose test this morning and I know that everyone complains about the way that stuff tastes but I think it makes me feel disgusting. I drank it and 20 min later, I wanted to start throwing up. I was happy to have my blood drawn so I could eat some protein (to counter act the sugar). Then I hit the gym, which was just eh. Workouts just are not as fun when I can't fully participate but I'm doing something and I'm proud of me for that.

I'm going to be posting a picture. If you think I'm huge, I do NOT want to hear it. I have had a very hard time w/the weight gain for this pregnancy and am sensitive to it.

In other news, I'm obsessed with this bracelet and am going to attempt to make it. I hope it's not too difficult. Conner got sent home from school today b/c he threw up a tiny bit after snack. I imagine he got grossed out and gagged and then...well, you can imagine. The point, I'll take him w/me tomorrow to get the supplies for this. He can help me make it, wrap it and give it to me for Christmas. I'm totally ok w/that!

Sweet crafts

One of the things that the kids get to do at school is make crafts. They both really LOVE to paint, color, play with play-doh so school is great! They have already come home with some adorable crafts. I can honestly say that they LOVE it. Yesterday when I picked them up, Parker was SO excited to see me. He gave me a HUGE hug and kept saying "mommy, miss you". I die. I mean, seriously, he's precious. Conner is happy to see me too but he isn't lovey dovey like Park. Neither of them cry when I drop them off, in fact, they don't even tell me 'bye'...break my heart!

Parker's theme in is class is owls. Here's the owl he made.

Conner is in a class where crafts and Science are HUGE to the teacher. It's no surprise that he came home with this on the first day!

Puff Paint

I decided that I need to do more craft activities w/the kids and I've pinned a bunch of things on pinterest so I was not lacking in ideas. I don't have tons of craft supplies on hand so I decided to look and see what I had before deciding on an activity. I grabbed elmer's glue, shaving cream, food coloring and egg crates.

I wanted them to try to make ice cream tops on the triangles...FAIL. They had fun though. and they didn't fight for about 10 min! score.

Rainy Mornings

Yesterday it was a rainy morning and the kids were super energetic, as usual. I put on my thinking cap and decided I'd do something different/fun. I pulled out the painters tape, you know the blue one, and made simple shapes on the hardwood floors. They were screaming the shapes as they jumped from one to another. They even played for more than 10 min without fighting. Score one for mama!