Noah's New Blanket

Grandma Christensen sent Noah his new blanket for his bed a while ago. We are so grateful for the thought that she puts into the fabric choice and quilting design. We love you Gramma Christensen!

Taylor got a new blanket for her bed when she goes off to college next year.

Bubs was super excited to see the 'chooochooo twains'.

And to see the books that Daddy had when he was little.

So he proceeded to sit down on the blanket and read them all.

Thank you so much Gramma C! He loves his blanket so much. It has to be on his bed for night-time or he can't go to sleep.

Texas Snow Angels

Gabs decided that she wanted to do snow angels. As many of you know, we will never have snow for her to do real snow angels so she came up with this all on her own.

Then Noah decided to join in.

Fun snow angels.

Sneaky Little Boy

One morning while Kyle and I were still upstairs, Noah grabbed the stool from the bathroom and pulled it over to the counter. Kyle came into the kitchen and found this...

Good thing our knives aren't very sharp at all. Noah had a very good talking to and got himself into a little bit of trouble for this stint.

Yummy Corn!!

One of our favorite veggies in our home is corn. There was a little bit of corn left after dinner one night and Gabs HAD to finish it all gone.

Sharing nicely with little brother...

'Gabs hurry and eat this so I can finish the dishes.'

Art Projects

Here are just some of the fun things we have down over the last few months around our house.

Finger painting with pudding. Noah was definitely interested in eating it more than painting when he found out that pistachio pudding tastes yummy.

Gabs is our little art star. She is never finished with a paper until it crinkles up on the corners from so much paint.

Here is a fun chalkboard find we got from our neighbors trash.

When I asked Gabs what she wanted to learn about one day, she said 'Dogs' right away. So we made some dog masks.

And on to making towers while watching Sesame Street.

I'm at a wall with ideas for crafts. What do you guys do?

A Day at the Children's Museum

We decided to stop on the way into the museum and have all the kids pose beside the statue that looked like them the most, or in Gabbie's case the statue that had green. Here are the shots...

'What do you mean hold my hands up like he is?'

'Are you really making me do this? I'm seventeen for goodness sake.' (You know you loved being able to be a little girl again Tayyer!)

The weekend we went, they were having physics themed exhibits. The first stop was to make a 'holder' for a ping pong ball that would get down a zip line the fastest.

Here are Kyle and Taylor getting into the construction of their contraption...

Three guesses who the winner was.

Then on to the decorating of faces. They have this little station where you take regular crayons and dip them into a sponge that is coated in alcohol. Then you can mark on your face as if they were face paints.

Gabbie decorated Tayyer's face.

Daddy decorated Noah. Bubs was very patient. I was so proud of him for waiting while Daddy did his face.

This is what I got when I asked Gabbie to take a picture. Not sure why her hands are up like that. (I just asked her why she did her hands like that and what it means. She said cause she loves to and it means I love you.)

Mommy didn't draw enough so I need to add little dots on my forehead.

The finished product...Mr. Lion.

Then off to a visit in Mexico.

With a side stop in Japan. Taylor needed to stop off at school.

And the kids needed to work in a store.

Our museum is pretty sweet. The kids love it. I'm not so sure how I enjoy it when it is just me and two little ones who disappear almost as soon as we arrive. I'm working on not being so anxious when we go into crowded places.

Who's a Big Boy Now?

NOAH!

He has officially moved from his crib to a big boy toddler bed. We got a really good deal on the bed because someone had returned it because there were a couple of things that weren't perfect. It was cheaper to buy this bed and mattress then get another twin. Go figure.He has been so impressed with his bed. Unfortunately, nap time has suffered. He doesn't like to stay in the bed when he could be up playing in his toys and getting into all of Taylor's jewelry.

Notice the clean white wall to the right of his bed...Yeah it's not so clean and white anymore. He got into Taylor's scripture pencils and a black dry-erase marker. We have quite the picture on the wall now.

And someone else was pretty jealous of the bed too. She takes every opportunity she gets to lie down in it.

We're still working on keeping Noah in the bed all night. I'm not sure how or why, but on numerous mornings, Taylor has woken up to Bubs asleep on the floor by his bed.

I can't believe how big he is getting. And oh boy how independent he wants to be. If Gabbie can do it, so can he!

How Do We Spend Our Evening Waiting for Daddy to Come Home?

With Kyle's new job, we have had to make a few adjustments around home. We went from having him home around 4 or 5 to home sometime between 6-8 depending on the day. At first, it was a difficult transition because I was dependent on him being there so I could take a little break after a long day.

We have come up with a few fun things to do while we wait for dinner and Daddy.

This night we took out the blocks and decided to practice our balancing abilities. Gabbie and I took turns building towers on top of each other.

Noah participated by sitting on Mommy and then once the tower was up, headbanging me on my belly so they would fall down.

We sure had fun being silly. The kids and I laughed a lot this evening. Their cute little belly laughs are one of my favorite noises in the whole world. I love being a mommy!