Happy Valentine's Day!

We had lots of fun getting ready for and enjoying Valentine's Day this year. Rexford chose Toy Story Valentines with lollipops and wrote the names on them by himself. Austin had to take Valentines to our "Mommy and Me" class so he picked out Cars and Toy Story ones with pencils to give out. That morning the boys were excited to open their gifts from me and Brian and they loved their new books, toy cars, and candy. I made pink chocolate chip pancakes and they loved them! Then we took Rexford to school and Austin and I went to our "Mommy and Me" party. After that we went back to Rexford's school for his class party where the kids had happy meals and cupcakes, decorated buckets, and passed out their Valentine cards. I didn't make heart pizzas for dinner like we normally have but we bought pizza so we didn't have to cook :) Then we made heart sugar cookies and decorated them with icing and sprinkles. Rexford and Austin had so much fun helping roll out the dough and use the cookie cutters. They especially liked pouring the sprinkles on the cookies and eating them. It was a fun day!

For my little loves

Opening their Valentine gifts

Pink pancakes! The boys loved them

The boys love their new books!

Eating a Happy Meal

Rexford's class

Rexford with his Valentine bucket that he decorated

Rexford passing out Valentine cards to his classmates

Rexford with his bucket of Valentines

They both were so eager to help roll out the dough and do the cookie cutters! Messy but fun :)

Making lots of yummy hearts

It's decorating time!

Pajama Day

This week at school Rexford's class was learning about the letter "p" so today was Pajama Day. They got to wear pajamas and slippers and bring their blanket and stuffed animal. Rexford wore his new Lego Star Wars pajamas and brought his blanky and Pooh bear. They watched part of Peter Pan and ate pretzels and popcorn. He was so excited to go to school for this fun day. They all looked so cute in their pjs and slippers! Here are some pictures of Rexford before school at home and then with his friend Grace when he got to school.

Earning Money

Rexford has recently been playing the Lego Star Wars video game when he goes to my dad's house so when he saw some Lego Star Wars pajamas at Target he had to have them. I explained to him that they cost $13 and he wants a lot of things he sees and I can't just buy them all for him. He wanted to know how he could get $13 so I told him he could do work to earn money. He wanted me to make a chart and he wanted to start doing jobs right away. He picked up lots of toys without being asked, made his bed, washed, dried, folded and put away 2 loads of laundry, and vacuumed my car for me. Brian said that doing some writing practice and not playing Wii could count too so he spent a long time doing workbook pages practicing writing numbers and number words 1-10. He also wrote a letter to his cousin Ethan and got it ready to mail. This all was done in a couple of days. I would have liked it to take him much longer to earn all the money but I let him earn quickly because tomorrow is Pajama Day at school. So I let him get to $13 in time to buy the pajamas for his special day at school. His next goal is to earn $20 to buy a Toy Story game for his Leapster Explorer.

Practicing numbers and number words

He wrote a letter to his cousin to mail

He made his bed (which we should make him do everyday but we're usually in a rush in the morning and it doesn't happen)

He "folded" and put away all the clothes

Two loads of laundry - done!

He earned $13

He was so proud of all the work he did and so happy to have his new pajamas

Brian Can Still Dunk

This clip is for my brother who laughed at me when I told him I thought I could get in shape and dunk again within a couple of weeks. Then I decided I could probably do it in one week, if I really tried. This was accomplished after only three days of training. Who knows where this may lead!