Spring Puppets

The kids got a new Highlights magazine today. Actually, they currently get High Five...cuz it's a little more age appropriate right now.  I got them when I was a little girl....and I still LOVE them.  I had been reading most of the book upside down (a skill I developed when teaching)...when we came to the page on puppets.

SO, we broke out the bags and markers...and had a puppet making party.

Emma is a serious artist...she considers her plan before working...Caleb...he just wanted something to color in...and even that didn't really hold his attention for long.

He was intrigued by the mechanical workings of puppeteering.  He can only work it if he looks at it.  So, here he is barking at his dog!  HAHA!

Emma did the front and back of her puppet...with purple spots colored in with brown...and a tail. 

This led to a discussion about playing pretend...cuz Caleb was NOT interested in stopping his play to add one.  I said, "If you can pretend it's a dog, you can pretend it has a tail too."  Then before you know it...they've gone over the creative deep end into deciding the puppet dog can go PRETEND potty outside.  Good Grief!

Mud Stew & Head Wounds!

Thanks for everyone's patience while I recovered from pneumonia. I'm pretty much back to my perky self but still run out of battery before I should...The Dr. said to be patient...she laughed when she said that...like she knows me or something.  Humph!

Thankfully, we've enjoyed some simply gorgeous days...and the kids were able to play while I sat watching from the screen porch.  When they made a very yummy mud stew...I went and got my camera and sauntered out to capture the yumminess for ya'll.

When I got home last night from picking up my bridesmaid dress for my brother's wedding...a lovely head wound greeted me.  Evidently, while Darren was helping Emma out of her bath...Lubby was running around under tables...and cut his head on something below...like a screw or something, I guess.  Typical boy...he hits his head a lot.

I was about to shave his head so I could get a bandaid to stick...but decided to call my Dad for first aid advice.  Since he's been an instructor for the Red Cross he's a pretty handy resource...even long distance.  He saved Caleb's hair...and advised putting a bit of Neosporen and a towel over his pillow case and let it scab over....since the bleeding had stopped.

Today, he woke up and was happy to see it much less swollen...and I told him about scabs.  He scooted downstairs and said, "Hey Dad...I got a Jesus Bandaid called a scab!"  Hehehe...isn't that neat!  PHew...

Talented Boy & Pretty Girl

Poor little Lubby...he went from bronchitus to pneumonia today.  So, we broke out the ole nebulizer and set him up with some cartoons!  Praise the Lord...he hasn't needed this thing for almost a year...so, I had to remember how to hook it all up.

He's most impressed with the fact that he can now make "smoke ring"...OUI!  HAHAHA!

Emma has decided...that she will be a MomE..."and a bakery, and have babies too!"

Just so you know everyone...I do not model the wearing of a tutu and tiara around the house...When I asked her about this aspect of her outfit...she said, "Well, MomE's like to look pretty too, ya know!"  HAHAHA!  Yup...that's true.

A favorite Christmas Gift!!

I've never taken pictures of this event...

Grand Uncle Tim picked this out for the kids for Christmas....and boy is it fun!

You just can't go wrong with glow in the dark that can be child manipulated!! WOOTWOOT!!

Sweethearts...aww!

Happy Valentine's Day!

We got many wonderful LOVING Valentine's from Grandparents and GREAT Grandparents...

...the stickers were put to immediate use...except for some that MomE set aside for a rainy day! 

The little artist has a stack of "projects"...It ought to keep her busy for...oh, a day or so!

I got a Valentine with a PRINCESS on it...from a little boy who only draws Star Wars Robots most of the time!  I feel special!!

My sweetheart Emma drew a bird and butterfly....and a heart with an arrow...and some words that she can spell!! 

But, my favorite comes from my GEEKy husband...who proved, in a differential equation, that I take womanhood to the positive limit!  Hehehe...gotta love how he puts his Master's classes to good use!

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!

A fun day, even with a germ-o-phobic MomE!

My friend Maria talked me into a fun afternoon yesterday.  We went to Monkey Joes (how do they name these things?)...a bouncer place that had newly opened in our area.  Yes, I did say she talked me into it...cuz I have a germ-a-phobic fear of such places....Generally, they smell like a mixture of feet and pizza...filled with screaming kids!  All I can think is fungus and sweat...ew!

But, childhood is filled with such dangers, right?  This place was new...so it smelled like vinyl/plastic.  The bathrooms were super clean.  I was really impressed with their security too...they did the wristband thing...where they check to make sure you're leaving with only your children.  (You wouldn't want to take home extras...har har!!)  Seriously, I've always thought it'd be easy for predators to walk into these places of screaming bedlam and leave with a little kid.  Much less likely to happen here.  They also have "referees" that remind people to walk...and keep the chaos controlled. 

The kids had a GREAT time...and slept really well last night!!