Candy!!

We have been doing an activity every day tis month to help us get into the Christmas spirit.  A few weeks ago we made gingerbread houses.  Lucy loved all of the candy and Bruce and Karina enjoyed decorating the houses.  

  We hot glues the houses together.  It was so much easier than the royal icing. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is Bruce's house (I helped a little). 

 

This is Karina's house.  I helped not at all.

 

They had fun and I learned how to make gingerbread from scratch so I call it a success.

Soccer!

Alan plays soccer on an indoor soccer league.  We enjoy watching him play, well mostly me.  the kids enjoy running around and distracting me from watching Alan, but we all have a good time.  Alan's brother is also on the team so on occasion the kids have their cousins there to play with as well. 

 

 

 

 

4th of July Part 2

In the evening we went to a BBQ with our friends the Hansens.  

We both bought some fireworks so the kids could enjoy their own little show.  

 We gave them pop its first.  They started off by throwing one at a time, but it quickly turned into handfuls at a time.  We were stepping on them the rest of the evening.  

Lucy in another car.   

Here are the kids watching the show.   

 And the best part was of course the sparklers.  

Happy 4th of July everyone.  

Yard Play

We still have dirt from our trampoline hole.  Someday it will be gone, but for now it is a fun place to play.  

 Lucy loves sitting in cars.  

Good thing this one doesn't move.  

She one happy little girl. 

Bruce took this picture of me.   

I took this picture of Bruce.  

 This is Fraiser.  He is a good dog. 

Karina decided that everyone needed  their capes on.  It was superhero play time.  

The kids are really starting to use their imaginations more and it is really fun to watch.  I feel so blessed that we have a nice big backyard where they can play and explore.  We are blessed. 

Zoo times 2

I went to the zoo 2 times in 2 days.  Good thing I like the zoo. 

On Wednesday I went on a field trip with Karina's class.  I had 4 kids in my group.  They were a very well behaved group of kids.   

There was a zoo worker out with a baby python.  The kids all went to touch it and I stayed far away but close enough to grab a few pictures.  Snakes are NOT my thing.  

It was a lovely day.   

The next day we had a playgroup field trip to the zoo.   

We had a doctor's appointment that morning and we went straight to the zoo after that.  We were an hour earlier than the rest of the group so I had some time just with my kids.  It was really nice.  

 As soon as the rest of the group came, Bruce ran over to his friend Lily, gave her a hug, and took her hand.  They walk around the zoo hand in hand.  They are pretty cute.  

Bruce was very excited to see the giraffes.  Anything that resembled the characters in Madagascar, he was very excited about.   

Here is the group (minus Lucy).  

They have a petting zoo.   Bruce was nervous to feed the animals, but not Lucy.  She loves animals.  

I had two very good days at the zoo.  

New Playset

Our weather has been mostly pleasant as of late which is awesome because we finally finished the play set   Some friends of ours were selling their play set and they offered it to us first.  We were so glad because we knew our kids were going to love it.   

Lucy has really enjoyed playing outside. 

 Happy kid. 

 Here is the play set all painted and put together.  I re-stained the whole thing and Alan put most of it back together.  We had to call over some help to get the top lifted but he did most of the rest by himself.  I love the way it looks.  The kids will be able to play on this for many years to come.  

 Karina and Bruce enjoying the swings. 

 I put the baby play set and the sandbox in the same area.  I like the spot were we put everything because I can see it all out the kitchen window.  

 Our next project is to finish the hole for the trampoline.  We are almost done.  Bruce has been helping. I went outside yesterday and Bruce was in the hole digging all by himself.  What a funny little boy.  

 We spent some time on the set yesterday.  The kids really like the swings.  

 Bruce was pretending the slide was a car.  He would sit on the top and put his hands on the pretend steering wheel, turn the pretend ignition, and shoot down the slide.  

It wore him out pretty good.  The play set has many perks!