GO KUMQUATS!
It's a Mohawk, Baby
We didn't do it last time, so this time I just couldn't help myself. Considering we were cutting off about an inch of Jack's shaggy hair, it made for a pretty good mohawk. (And explaining to Cat what a mohawk is was fun too.)
I think Jack liked it too!
Like father, like son. When Ben got home from work he told me that he'd cut his hair with a #2 attachment (same as what I used on Jack) just a few days before.
I think Jack liked it too!
Like father, like son. When Ben got home from work he told me that he'd cut his hair with a #2 attachment (same as what I used on Jack) just a few days before.
THE Playdate
Cat didn't have school last Wednesday and she's been in need of some special attention recently. I debated taking her to children's museum or something else fun and exciting, but didn't really want to drive far enough to make that happen. I decided I could put in a little time and make a fun and special experience for her right here at home, and it worked great. Plus, it was all over in time for 2 kids to take naps!
So I decided on a "Fairy" theme that would be fun and lend itself to games, and also let the girls spend some time outside. (Unfortunately, it had been raining for a couple of days before this, so it was still really wet and we were only outside for a little while.)
There were so many girls I would have loved to include, but I knew that if I was to keep the stress factor under control, I had to keep it small. So we ended up with just two girls from Cat's class at school and one girl from her class at Church. It was perfect. Notice Cat's coloring pages on the wall. She insisted on putting these up because they were fairy-ish.
The first thing was collecting food and gifts to put in the fairy house that Cat, Suz, and I made before the playdate. We knew that if we put nice things in the fairy house, some fairies would visit. So the girls got busy gathering flowers, acorns, berries, and leaves, and then we went inside to play some games, hoping that the fairies would be enticed by our offerings.
First we made our fairy princess crowns using this idea from Family Fun. Suz and I spray painted a piece of white posterboard, cut it into a crown shape, put some velcro on the ends to hold it together on different sized heads, and cut some slits into it. Then I cut small sections of silk flowers and leaves and let the girls insert what they wanted into the slits, and we taped them down on the inside. Simple and pretty - they loved it!
We played a matching game with sets of fairy wings. (Thanks for putting that together, Suz!) and then the girls found pieces of a fairy puzzle outside, and brought it in to assemble.
Before we ate lunch, we checked our fairy house and the fairies had visited! We know because they ate all the food, took the rest of the gifts, and left pixie dust all around the premises. Indisputable evidence; and the girls were completely awestruck. They all wanted to take some of the pixie dust home with them as a souvenir, and they all pointed it out to their parents as they left after lunch.
The girls brought their own lunches to eat, and we had pink party punch and a berry pizza for dessert. Suz also made each of them a big tissue-paper flower, which they were excited about too.
What a fun playdate, and much cheaper than anything we would have done out of town!
So I decided on a "Fairy" theme that would be fun and lend itself to games, and also let the girls spend some time outside. (Unfortunately, it had been raining for a couple of days before this, so it was still really wet and we were only outside for a little while.)
There were so many girls I would have loved to include, but I knew that if I was to keep the stress factor under control, I had to keep it small. So we ended up with just two girls from Cat's class at school and one girl from her class at Church. It was perfect. Notice Cat's coloring pages on the wall. She insisted on putting these up because they were fairy-ish.
The first thing was collecting food and gifts to put in the fairy house that Cat, Suz, and I made before the playdate. We knew that if we put nice things in the fairy house, some fairies would visit. So the girls got busy gathering flowers, acorns, berries, and leaves, and then we went inside to play some games, hoping that the fairies would be enticed by our offerings.
First we made our fairy princess crowns using this idea from Family Fun. Suz and I spray painted a piece of white posterboard, cut it into a crown shape, put some velcro on the ends to hold it together on different sized heads, and cut some slits into it. Then I cut small sections of silk flowers and leaves and let the girls insert what they wanted into the slits, and we taped them down on the inside. Simple and pretty - they loved it!
We played a matching game with sets of fairy wings. (Thanks for putting that together, Suz!) and then the girls found pieces of a fairy puzzle outside, and brought it in to assemble.
Before we ate lunch, we checked our fairy house and the fairies had visited! We know because they ate all the food, took the rest of the gifts, and left pixie dust all around the premises. Indisputable evidence; and the girls were completely awestruck. They all wanted to take some of the pixie dust home with them as a souvenir, and they all pointed it out to their parents as they left after lunch.
The girls brought their own lunches to eat, and we had pink party punch and a berry pizza for dessert. Suz also made each of them a big tissue-paper flower, which they were excited about too.
What a fun playdate, and much cheaper than anything we would have done out of town!
Jackinese
Jack has been working on his verbal skills for a few months, but has really picked up on a lot recently, both talking and listening. Here are a few of the things we hear most often:
ba - ball
pay - play
ma - more
peeze - please
ow-veh - flower
COOKEEEEE - cookie/snack/treat/anything edible really
DAAAAAAADEEEEEEEE - Daddy
pay - play
ma - more
peeze - please
ow-veh - flower
COOKEEEEE - cookie/snack/treat/anything edible really
DAAAAAAADEEEEEEEE - Daddy
Too Many for a Sidebar
"Let's call Suz's boyfriend a girl name. Like Melissa.""I'm good at singing. And dancing. And wearing dresses."
"My name is Anya. I live in China. I speak Spanish."
Me: "Okay, Cat, I'll take a nap with you on my bed. I'll sleep on my side and you can sleep on Daddy's side."
Cat: "And Daddy can sleep in the laundry basket."
Family Milestone
Our car turned 100,000 miles on Sunday!
It was 99,999 as we arrived home after Church, so we circled the block until it made it to 100,000 so that we could all witness this momentous occasion together.
(Note: please excuse the dust in my car. I don't know what kind of Dust Monster snuck in there to make a mess right before I took this picture, but if I catch him I'll let you know. Of course it was incredibly clean before I got the camera out.)
(Note: please excuse the dust in my car. I don't know what kind of Dust Monster snuck in there to make a mess right before I took this picture, but if I catch him I'll let you know. Of course it was incredibly clean before I got the camera out.)
Apparently, Jack didn't think it was as exciting as the rest of us did.
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