Pop Pop Pop

When you've run out of stickers and you need a few minutes to entertain the kids before dinner, bubble wrap is always an option:

Snow Day Part II

We got a second snow day today! As of last night the kids had a delayed opening, but this morning I got an email from the principal that school was closed today (of course I read the email right after I'd finished explaining to Sean that we could play in the morning and watch a little Mickey Mouse on TV but we were definitely going to school today!!!).  

So what'd we do with our bright and sunny snow day? After a delicious breakfast of waffles (or wackles as Clare calls them), we did some drawing - Clare really loves to play with dry-erase markers!

We played games...

We did some crafts - we made collages to sharpen our cutting skills:

Clare also loves glue sticks!

And of course, no snow day is complete without playing outside!

We found some animal footprints and tried to track them through the woods, but the clever animal jumped over a bush and we lost the trail - oh well!  Then I pulled the kids around and around on the sled and then they took turns pulling each other.

And of course, we made a snowman - complete with pinecone eyes and carrot nose (much to Clare's dismay, I couldn't find a magical hat):

After we came inside, it was time for lunch. After a few harrowing minutes of a full-blown tantrum, Clare actually asked to go down for a nap BEFORE lunch!  She end up sleeping for about 3-1/2 hours, so I guess the poor birdy was really tired.

The rest of the day was all about games, toys, books, and "Happy Feet."  Hooray for snow days!

In Like a Lion

It was a rough first day of March for the Sooy Babies. Seanybear was playing on the playground this afternoon, fell, and smacked his mouth on the end of the slide. This incident left Sean nursing a fat lip while sitting with the Vice Principal (his favorite teacher) for a little while with a red popsicle. As for Clare, when I got to Clare's classroom to pick her up, I walked in just as she was about to give a warning BITE to her friend to get him away from the mat she was playing on!  Yikes!

 

Things were a little calmer at home - the kids decided to practice some yoga moves(?) before dinner:

And then things got silly - some mugging for the camera:

and pantry peek-a-boo:

Busy

The best way for a Mommy to keep a 21-month-old busy while she cleans up after a pancake breakfast is to give the toddler a full sheet of stickers! Stickers keep this litte girl busy, busy, busy!

More Love

Last weekend, while the Sooy Babies were recuperating from their colds, we took some time on the couch to watch "Alice in Wonderland." I snapped a few pictures of the kids sitting snug and comfy, then a little too comfy, and then nice and comfy again:

Valentine's Fun

Helloooo? Who's there?

Peeky-boo!

Hi Hi Hi! It's us!

Bah-Byeee!

Hi! Peeka! Hi-yeee!

A little fun and games with our little sweeties - Happy Valentine's Day!

Valentine's crafts - mailbox to hold Sean's Valentines

And the craft Clare made at school:



This week

We had a fun and busy last week of January. Lots of playing, crafting, reading, and general silliness.

 

Pretending to nap on the kitchen floor - Clare would make snoring noises and then abruptly shout "Waking time! Waking!"

Playing "photo time" with Mommy's phone:

 

Clare is getting good at spinning this top on her own:

I got flowers from work to celebrate 5-year anniversary on the job!

Mommy had a hard time getting the kids to come home with her one night - they were too busy playing on these mats:

We were cat-sitting for our neighbors' cat, Ninja, last week. I guess Ninja missed us since I found him waiting for me when I got home from work on Wednesday:

We made a trip to the library this week. The kids watched the fishies in the fish tank, played with tons of puzzles, and then settled down with a couple of books:

 

 Snowman crafts:  Sean's is on the left - he cut the shapes and glued the decorations all by himself!

More cutting and pasting:

And some painting:

On Saturday, we took a little trip to see the Babies' Corcoran grandparents - Daddy needed some peace and quiet at home to work on some schoolwork - it's his last semester!!