George

George has started Kindergarten and is very proud of the fact. He wanted me to take this picture of him with the pencil behind his ear.Part of the curriculum we use has the kids put things they find around the house that start with the letter they are learning in a pillow case/bag. We were learning the letter "b" and George decided to put his entire Bat Cave toy ( a favorite) in his bag. It barely fit but he persevered. Then he continued to find every Batman thing he had and try to put it in the bag too. I think "b" will be a favorite letter for awhile.

Caterpillar

Ward is very big into making "caterpillars" with his blocks right now. He is very particular about any one of the blocks being out of place on his caterpillars. He is also very good at pronouncing "caterpillar" but does it slowly which makes it super cute. It's another one of those times I try to make him say it over and over because it charms me.

Camping

Joffre took the kids camping in the yard yesterday. I love when he does this. Especially because I get the bed to myself. ( Though, that didn't happen this time. I got a horizontal sleeping 2 year old in bed with me.)

The kids get so excited and think every part of it is fascinating ("Mom, they make these clips on the camping lanterns so you can hook them into the tent and the tent has a hook for them!")

We got some cute candle lanterns at Ikea that he let them light and go star gazing with when it was dark. It is also just fun to see Joffre fit into a tent.

My New Wreath

I saw these at Pottery Barn and a wreath like it and decided to make my own. I bought some wooden eggs and painted them. I bought a branch of faux leaves ( I had no idea how expensive fake flowers were!) I bought one branch and had some reindeer moss. I added some plum tree branches from my yard and hot glued this puppy together.

New Things

 Here are some of the new things I got from Pottery Barn while my mom was here. A really pretty new quilt and shams. George and Ward wanted to show you how comfy they are.

 A new rug. I love love these sisal ones. They don't show stains much and keep dirt from tracking everywhere. I got a nice smaller one for my front door that I really needed to keep the dirt from getting in the house. George also wanted you to see the new car puzzle Grandma brought him that he did on my floor.

 The boys just decided they needed to be in every picture. So even though this is for you to see the cool green clay lantern in the background there are children making kissy faces at you in the foreground.

And last is the terrarium I got for Christmas but couldn't fit in my car to bring home. It is super fun and is already full of my seeds. I feel like my house was redone in one day.

Days of old

Joffre Jr. was talking to Renata and I yesterday and said, " Jake was born in 1999!" I looked at him waiting for what exactly he was getting at when he burst out with, "You know, in the old fashioned days!"

A Visit from Mom and Dad

 

I just had a really nice visit with my Mom and Dad. We ate out,went to see Tangled, went shopping, went to the park and just hung out with the kiddos. Nice to go out so much and have two extra pairs of arms around. My Dad was determined to show George how to put his shoes on the right feet. I finked out on photos again but here are a couple. I'll show some of my new stuff from Pottery Barn ( my Mom works there) that we got in another post .