Seasons

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Cheerio Towers

A little activity for Camden while I got breakfast ready.

Quick set-up, no need to buy supplies, and easy clean-up (and it works on fine motor skills, an added bonus)...my kind of fun!

Stick spaghetti noodles in Play-Doh, then put Cheerios on the noodle to make a tower

Concentrating

Watching the Cheerio slide down the noodle

Cheese!

I broke some noodles to make different heights

Then Camden took matters into his own hands and stuck all kinds of noodles into the Play-Doh!

Cool!

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Yogurt

Parker has yogurt every day after his nap. He loves it (and he doesn't drink milk so we have to get some calcium in him). Lately, he wants to feed himself!

Sunday, May 20, 2012

Prayer

A few words from Ann Voskamp (author of One Thousand Gifts) on prayer. This is from her site, which you can find on my list of "blogs I love."

Prayer becomes what we live when we want to get hold of God, not just get a hold of what we want.

And real prayer isn't about changing God's mind but about finding God's heart--and letting His heart change my mind.

If one's not praying regularly, it's only because something else is regularly loved more than God.

Without prayer, how can our life and His will have anything in common?

We need to pray without ceasing--because it's the only way to live in communion.

Sometimes I underestimate the power of prayer. Oftentimes I fall asleep at night while praying. I tell friends and family I will pray for them, and I do, but I am guilty of only doing it once or twice. And let's just be honest, every once in a while I question the necessity of prayer. These snippets were great reminders of why we pray. Encouraging to read, challenging to put into action. Pray for me! :)

Saturday, May 19, 2012

Camden and Mommy Outing

On May 12th, Camden and I saw Recess Monkey (a local band made up of three teachers). The show was called "In Tents." They teamed up with a circus so it was the band mixed with some acrobats and juggling. I thought it was great, but Camden was not a fan of the guy in the huge bear costume (he has never liked anything in that category...not even Red Robin). So, although he loved the band, he was a bit tense the whole time about the bear. Bummer! However, it was still fun to spend some one-on-one time with my big boy!

Pre-show photo

He was excited!

They had games before the performance...

....where the kids won cool (wink, wink) prizes like this one!

After the show

Friday, May 18, 2012

Fizzy Fun!

Vinegar mixed with food coloring + squirting it into a dish of baking soda = an entertained preschooler!

Getting started

Watching it bubble and fizz

Adding more

Someday I will capture a real smile!

All done squirting so he wanted to see what happened if he stirred it

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Mommy's Day 2012

I had a great Mother's Day weekend! We didn't do anything big, just spent the day together as a family, which is just what I wanted! On Saturday, I took Camden to see Recess Monkey (a local band) in the morning then took the afternoon "off." I sat outside of Starbucks (loving the sun!) and read One Thousand Gifts (a present from my MIL. It is a fabulous book and I highly recommend it). It was great having time to myself. Sunday we went to church, had a picnic lunch in our front yard, then headed to the park and dinner after naps, and topped it off with fro-yo!

Before you were conceived I wanted you. Before you were born I loved you. Before you were here an hour I would die for you. This is the miracle of love. ~ Maureen Hawkins

Making the decision to have a child – it’s momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body. ~ Elizabeth Stone

Woke up to this awesome sign in the kitchen with sweet cards from Jonathan and the boys (the words at the top are straight from Camden. I love the "You're Mommy!" So cute)