Check, Check, and Check!

I’m proud to say with only 10 days into our summer list we have checked off 3 things! Over this past week and a half we’ve gone to see Toy Story 3, we went to the slash park (tomorrow will be the 2nd time), and we planted our garden. The boys also decided to add 3 more things to the list: bake a cake with nana, go watch uncle wheat play baseball, and bike ride to the park. This is going to be a busy summer!

At Toy Story 3 with sweetie pie Kate and cousin Tyler!My Cody Bear Mason and cousin Tyler 

Splash park time with our buddies! BFF’s :) Watch out for these boys! Water fight!! :)

Daddy is working on our flagstone garden so we are using pots for now (fingers crossed its ready for our fall garden). We are waiting on one more pot and then we’ll have Cherry Tomato’s, Red Bell Peppers, and Green Beans.

 

FREE Summer Movies

I’m sure most parents know about this, but it doesn’t hurt to throw out a little reminder. FREE summer movie festival has begun! From now till the end of August select Regal Entertainment Theaters will be showing a selected G and PG movie on Tuesday and Wednesday each week at 10am. Yes, the movies are older. Yes, your child has probably already seen them. But… they are FREE! Any movie, old or new, in a theater is AWESOME! And if you don’t believe me, just take your kid and find out. :)

Click HERE and select your state.

Our Summer List

I first saw this cool idea on Debbie’s Blog and thought this would be a really fun thing to do with the kids. Not only would it allow them to choose things they would like to do over the next few months, but it would also help us implement our rewards system with them better. Then I saw the same idea, with a little twist over on Eighteen25 and knew I must do it this way. Of course I’ll be kicking myself in the ass when I’m up at 2am doing it, but oh well. :)

~Materials~                                                                                                              1. 11x17 poster frame ($4 at Walmart)                                                      2. 12x12 scrapbooking paper (5 for $1 at Joann's)                                3.  Black dry easer marker                                                                                 4. Glue stick                                                                                                           5. Kid(s) with a great imagination!

• Cut a 5x11 piece of paper for the header
• Cut 1x11 strips with 3 pieces of your paper
• Cut 1 piece of paper to 11x12
• Glue down your header paper and 11x12 paper
• Next arrange 1x11 strips and then glue those down
• Place glass top back into frame
• Now have fun with your kids and write out your summer list!!!

I Heart Faces – Week 24 “All About Babies”

This week over at I Heart Faces is baby week! And I knew right off the bat which photo I wanted to submit for this challenge. This entry is dedicated to my husband, Adam; in honor of Fathers Day this weekend.

Check out I Heart Faces for more precious “Baby” entries!

One of “those” days…

Today has been one of THOSE days!! Our day started out great with everyone sleeping in and waking up in good moods. But all that took a sudden change over breakfast, in a snap of a finger my children went from fun loving kids to hellions! All I wanted to do was get them out of the house to meet friends at the park before swim lessons. And even though I know I should’ve just kept them home for the non stop bickering and not listening, I just needed a break. Of course that didn’t happen! It all carried into the car ride to the park, which led to pouting kids (because I refused to answer either one of them in the car) wanting to sit next to me on the park bench. Really?? GO PLAY! LET MOMMY BREATH!

Then there was meltdown central with Taylor . How do you make an almost 2 year old happy when they don’t even know what they want? Up. Down. Swing. No swing. Sit. Stand. Stroller. No stroller. MINE. MINE. MINE! I don’t remember the boys ever being this emotional. What have I gotten myself into?

I truly thought about stopping at the strawberry stand on our way home from swim lessons and asking if I could trade all 3 of my children for a flat of fresh strawberries. It could have been a win-win situation, free labor for them and silence for me (plus the strawberries). Thankfully I remembered this photo and it was enough to give me the strength not to stop (and the fact I was leaving for work shortly). Tomorrow WILL be a better day!