Life with my Cowboys

For the 4th of July this year, we spent a couple days in Malabar Florida visiting my grandparents. It was great, there was a high-ish chance of rain every day but it only rained a little one day we were there, so we got to enjoy the beach and pool every day. Totally made up for the 7.5 hour trip taking over 9 hours both ways [kids!] Like those goggles? The boys both HAD to have floaties and goggles and Froggy was the only one to wear them. And not long at that. The inflatable baby boat turned into the perfect pool for Little Bear to play in everyday at the beach. Kid loved pouring sand into his pool. Surprisingly, Monkey's life vest fit better than Froggy's Captain America float shirt. He looks adorable though, very overly muscular. Monkey went boogie boarding a couple times in the wake, Froggy went on the waves and totally dug it. Me and Hubbie spent most of our time boogie boarding, it was a blast! Little Bear fell asleep in my arms as I wa...

Hubbie took the cowboys in the backyard to take photos for me for Mother's Day. Love these little boogers! They each have such a sweet personality, it's a joy staying at home with them and getting to know them more and more each day.

 I finally made our fancy shmancy felt board! My original idea was to make one out of a HUGE picture frame, but I started wanting something that wouldn't take up wall space and that I could tuck away when not in use. So, I took the felt I had purchased by the yard from Hobby Lobby at 40% off for a half yard each, and stapled it to a Dollar Tree tri-fold project board. Like I said, fancy shmancy!  Our first felt set Monkey painted to go along with Eric Carle's Mixed Up Chameleon. It's cardstock that I laminated with permanent adhesive paper and hot glued sand paper on the back to make it stick. Our second set I made for Froggy's preschool when we were learning about Moses. I printed it onto cardstock, laminated with adhesive paper, and hot glued sand paper to the back. I haven't made any more sets because I ran out of color ink. Always out of printer ink around here! I would really love to make some more that Monkey and Froggy can paint themselves, I ...

This little froggy has been my most difficult child. He had colic for months; spent his second year of life crying and pitching fits at the drop of a hat; was so hard to potty train; is extremely stubborn; thinks he doesn't have to clean up the huge messes he makes...but, he cuddles the most; caresses my face and tells me how much he loves me; teaches me patience beyond what I thought I was capable of; LOVES school time; loves being near me and sharing every toddler detail of his life with me; turns everything into adorable song. I adore this little stinker, and if I were to be honest, he is SO much like me that it's terrifying! I am so grateful for the past three years of being his mommy and look forward to many,many more years of loving him, teaching him, and leading him to Christ!

Transporting food to home group via bike. Lego school. Groundhog meatloaf. Fun math.   80's Valentine's Fight Club Heart math and sensory sink Learning about Native Americans Giant sandbox at the park Sweet sleepy baby  Native American stone game, and LOTS of Native American pretend play in the back yard Noah's ark in the backyard with a very cozy ark. Bucket bowling This might look disturbing until you realize we were learning about Jonah.