Father's Day

This year for Father's Day I decided to have the kids make a project for Ray. I decided to have the kids make him a picture frame. The kids painted it with whatever color they wanted and then choose what they wanted written on it. They also got to choose which picture they wanted in it. They loved looking at all of the pictures of themselves.

Look at that focus and concentration in those eyes.

Green of course

You can see that tongue starting to stick out.

I don't have any after pictures so I guess you'll just have to stop by and see the finished product. :)

Popsicles, anyone?

At the beginning of the summer, the kids and I sat down and made a list of things the kids wanted to do this summer. It's our Summer List. One of those things was to make homemade popsicles. That's exactly what we did yesterday. The kids and I made those yesterday morning and enjoyed them in the afternoon. I have no pictures of the process b/c well to be honest it was difficult with 2 very excited kids to stop and take any pictures. Enjoy the pictures!

The popsicle fell off the stick and he resorted to a spoon. He was still as happy as can be.

YUMMY!!

We're ALIVE!!

Yes, yes. We are all still alive here. My days seem to fly by which leaves not too much time for blogging. Let's see where shall I begin. Oh how about here...

One of those signs can now be found in our front yard. That's right we've made the jump to sell our house. A few months back we talked to a banker about the possibility of building. The best idea for our financial situation is for us to sell our current home, rent while the new one is being built and then be able to build what we want. We've had quite a few phone calls about the house but everyone seems to want to do a land contract. Nope, no thanks gotta sell this baby. We're talked to a local builder that Ray has been working with at work and he has been working on the new house plans for us. That way once this house sells we'll be able to start immediately on the next one.

Then we have these. They are the reason I am able to type this post in the middle of the day. GeoTrax. Last spring I was able to snag some up at a garage sale for an unbelievably awesome price. Both of the kiddos love playing with them. And to be honest so does daddy. We've been on the hunt for more this garage sale season. They are hard to find and I'm not a fan of paying the full price for some of these. Last week I stumbled upon a few eBay auctions for a good reasonably price. The mailman brought them yesterday morning and after a quick swim in the bathtub the kids have playing with them ever since. Gretchen was even thrilled to see some new ones after school yesterday.

Miss princess is almost done with kindergarten. She's got just over 2 weeks left. She seems to enjoy school and loves the interaction with other kids her own age and not just brother. I must say it's been great to watch her change this past year. And by the way, Trevor reminds me weekly that he is not going to school EVER. He's staying home to be mommy's buddy. I'm not so sure of that.

Last but certainly not least is Mr. T himself. Whoever told you about terrible two's is lying. Threes are worse!! He's been quite the handful lately. There are many days when Ray gets home from work that I hand Mr. T over to Ray and tell him he's all yours. I love him to death but he wears me out. I think he's ready to have sister home for the summer to play with but I'm not sure I'm ready. :)

Snow Day 2011!!

It started with a little snow and then it just kept coming. The meteorologists listed it as a blizzard. We were then under an emergency warning and school was mostly definitely canceled. However, that crazy husband of mine still went to work. The kids couldn't wait for him to come home and play in the snow with them.

The 3 stooges in the igloo they made.

Gretchen scraping out the inside.

Mr. T getting his rear end in there.

Gretchen observing it from the outside.

Date with Daddy!!

Last night Ray and Trevor decided to head to Ft. Wayne for some bonding time. The Farm Show was there and thought they would check it out.

Mr. T checking out the tractors.

This little boy was like a kid in a candy store. He had so much fun!! This is all he has been talking about today.

To School We Go!!

Today Trevor and I made a visit to Gretchen's kindergarten class to celebrate her birthday.

Being Miss Shy as everyone sang Happy Birthday to her. She was excited to wear the Birthday crown for the day.

We took in some cupcakes and juice pouches. Mr. T was so excited to be able to sit beside his big sister while they ate together.

For some reason he thought he was Big Stuff and was going to spend the rest of the day with the class. Watching them sit together, it made me realize that time has flown by. Before I know it he'll be wanting to march out the door off to school too.

Happy Birthday Gretchen!

This afternoon we celebrated Miss G's 6th Birthday with friends and family. Whoa 6 years already! She is turning into quite the young lady.

As you can tell by the last picture, she doesn't like all the attention drawn on her. She still has her shy tendencies. Happy Birthday Big Stuff!