Everyday Stuff - March 2013 Edition

What do you get when you make a ball of discarded masking tape?
A bunny tail!  Add a pair of ears from preschool, and you're hooppin' to go. 

   

When Cat started doing my hair one night, Jack decided to join in the fun. 

First, the box was a house for Eliza.  When Jack wanted to come in, she told
him to take his shoes off, which he did. Then they both enjoyed
the house for a while, until Eliza decided the box was better suited to be a bed. 

Cat worked really hard and earned her Cursive License this month!  She was so proud
to be the first one in her class to complete her cursive workbook and earn the right to
do future assignments in cursive.  She's been talking about learning to write in cursive since
she was 4, but back then, it was "cur-fish." 

When Jack requested a "Figure 8" track, this was the best I could come up with
using the pieces we have on hand.  He had a good time with it, but didn't appreciate
Eliza trying to let the giant Thomas drive on it, or Eliza acting as a human tunnel.

Saturday morning fun ... play dough ... aka making cookies

When Jack brought the toy Parasaurolophus to school for Show & Teach, his teacher
was impressed that he knew how to pronounce it.  She wrote the name on the board so that
all of the kids could help her count the number of letters.

I could hardly believe Eliza actually contorted enough to fit completely inside this box. 

One day during quiet time Jack made a Diaper Forest in the hallway.
He used about 120 diapers from an almost-new Costco pack.
On the left you see him halfway through the deforestation process.
On the right are all of the diapers, after they were "put away." 

tired (adj) - falling asleep on the living room floor with the lights on

Jack has had a hard time with the fact that he isn't playing soccer right now.  The league he played in during the fall was free, and I haven't wanted to sign him up for a rec league team at such a young age.  During Cat's first soccer practice of the Spring season, I was with Jack and Eliza while they played on a nearby playground.  Jack suddenly started running to the practice and I could not get him to stop.  He said he just wanted to watch, but he ran all the way into the practice.  The coach told him that he could help, so he did.  For the rest of the practice.  And he loved it.

I think he might have been hoping for a similar opportunity during Cat's first soccer game.
He wore his soccer socks with the built in shin guards...under his cowboy boots.

When Cat found some fake flowers sitting around the house, she decided to plant them in the flower bed.

After watching 'The Adventures of Tin Tin" Saturday morning, Jack decided to get
dressed for an adventure.  (I like that his Adventure Pants are backwards.  It was easy for me
to tell because there were no holes in the knees...on the front.) 

Adventure #1:
Helping Mommy make sloppy joes by mixing two bowls at a time.

Eliza insisted on cleaning the toilet one afternoon.
Apparently the lid was the dirtiest part, because that's what she spent
almost all of her time cleaning.

Jack was obsessed with this Little People Pirate Ship for several days this month.
He asked to sleep with it.  And he wanted to bring it to Church.  We let him take it in the car,
but he was distraught when we wouldn't let him bring it into Sacrament Meeting.

Cat's definition and drawing of a peninsula in her book of land formations.
Yep.  And she was born in Florida.  I think we'll practice the drawing part.

T-Ball in the front yard on a warm day in March. 

When Eliza and her friend were drawing with sidewalk chalk, they
decided to draw on themselves as well.  It's kind of hard to see in the shady picture,
but their faces are streaked with green and purple sidewalk chalk.

Jack enjoyed seeing his reflection in the produce section of the grocery store.
Of course he's holding on tight to his bag of tomatoes.

Alternative use for Easter Baskets: Helmets
I think Eliza was mad in this picture because Jack wasn't sitting in the seat she'd assigned him. 

Where do you keep your monster truck??

Eliza's been doing a lot of writing like this lately.
I'm thinking she needs to start learning the alphabet..?

Jack has been playing in the dirt a lot lately.
Here he is after he washed his face.

Cat practiced using watercolor pencils after watching an instructional YouTube video. 

Jack is more picky about music than I thought.

It's hard to tell, but here Jack is sleeping with a punching ball Mema sent in a package for the kids.