snow

It is spring and we just experienced the first snow (that stuck) of the year.  The kids just had to get out in it before they had their breakfast.  So Pepper is in her pajamas.  After breakfast we got on our snow suits and made a snowman.  The building went great, the kids LOVED it.  All went well until it was time to give the snowmen arms.  Pepper and Tabor picked different sets of sticks.  I could not convince them that we would use one of each of theirs... it was all or none for them.  Soon the argument turned into a fight of hitting each other with their new found sticks.  Tears came and we went inside, our poor snowman is armless.  We have warmed up with hot chocolate and baths.

row row row your...

Today the kids sang "row row row your boat" several times while paddling their horses.  And they couldn't step on the carpet (it was water, with mean sharks in it).  I love love love their imaginations.

Peppers Flower B'day Party

The day before Peppers birthday I threw a flower birthday party for her.

 We got a calendar of different flowers.  We cut out the small pictures on the back and put them into a basket (to draw out of) and used the big ones to walk on.  Instead of a cupcake walk... we did a flower walk.

planting seeds.

 going on a flower hunt

 blowing out the candle

 eating dirt and worms

 On Peppers actual birthday my mom curled Peppers hair and gave her a mani and a pedi.  This is also the only picture I have of the cake "Grandma Vicki" made for her.

Shrink art.  A genius present.

no rhyme or reason

Two Thursdays in a row we have had missionaries return to our family.  Roberts sister came home from St.Louis and my brother came home from Brazil.  Yay! And we have had very mild weather this March, which brings a lot of backyard play.  And yes, we do go out in the backyard in our pajamas. These pictures are of random days from the last week or two.

Tabors Bearthday

Tabor wanted a "Bear" birthday.  We went to the zoo and visited the bears.  After dinner we had a Bear Party.  We had a "Ned the Healthy Bear" FHE lesson, followed by a bear hunt, and the perfect bear cake made by Grandma Vicki.  Tabors favorite activity was chasing Robert around (who was wearing bear ears) with his nerf gun.  He had a great day!

responsible

I feel such a responsibility for this boy.  Most kids come, and you have to teach them how to work.  Tabor came as a worker.  He wakes up in the morning, eats breakfast, then asks what he can work on.  I have mentioned it several times I know... but his eagerness to work and his ability to stay on task astounds me.  If dad, grandpa(s), uncle(s) etc. are working he is outside helping rather then watching a show or playing with toys.  He also asks millions of questions about how things work. And the questions are always more specific then "why". He listens to your answers intently.  (top picture: him listening to why mushrooms grow in them middle of the grass). Anyway I hope I can keep him busy enough with "fun" tasks and information that he won't "unlearn" how to work.