Butterflies

The boys loved watching caterpillars turn into butterflies last year so I ordered some more caterpillars again this year. They were so excited and wanted to look at them all the time. We had one butterfly emerge a couple of days before the rest. I put some fresh watermelon in for it and we watched it drink it and waited for the rest. Rexford noticed when the others started to come out and was very excited. Austin kept having me hold him up so he could watch the butterflies fly around. We kept them for a day watching them fly and eat. Sadly, one of our butterflies died. I think it was the one who came out before all the others. It looked small so maybe it just wasn't developed all the way or something. Anyway, the other four were fine and we released them outside in the backyard and they all flew away. Rexford was sad to see them go but says that they are out exploring the world :)

Christmas Crayons

Our crayon box had been bothering me for quite some time. It was full of broken crayons and almost no whole ones so I decided we needed new crayons. I bought a new box at the store and decided to recycle all the old broken ones. Rexford helped me peel the wrappers off the old ones and we broke them into small pieces. I was just going to use a muffin pan but then I remembered I had a couple of pans with Christmas shapes. We put the crayons into the pans and put them in the oven for a few minutes. Then we took them out and let them cool. A few minutes later, new crayons! The boys loved them and thought they were really cool. They love coloring with their new box of full-size crayons and their new homemade ones!

Our new Christmas crayons

Coloring with our crayons

New crayons!

Austin the Elephant

At Mommy and Me class one day we made animal masks. Austin picked the elephant one to make and it was so cute! Here's Austin wearing his cool elephant mask.

Roar!

We had a church activity one night and there was a blood drive, barbecue, face painting, helping out with an eagle scout project, etc. The young women painted the boys' faces. First Austin just wanted stars and Rexford wanted to be a tiger. Once Austin saw Rexford's face he wanted to be a tiger too. They were so cute going around roaring but their cousin Stella was terrified of them :( They had so much fun and loved their tiger faces. They were both very upset at bath time because they didn't want to wash it off. They both cried :( But we took pictures and assured them they could get their faces painted another time.

Lina and Kaley working on Austin

Rexford getting his tiger face from Lexi

So cool!

Austin getting his tiger face - thanks Lexi :)

My two little tigers - ROAR!

Science Center Field Trip

Rexford's class went on a field trip to the science center. Aly was sweet to watch Austin so I could go have a day with just Rexford. I don't have many pictures because everyone was all over the place. We had fun visiting the exhibits and playing and watching a movie. Rexford had fun with his friends and he liked having me all to himself.

Rexford and Mason in the Curious George room

Rexford as the door man

Going down the slide

Early Mother's Day Gift

The last school day before Mother's Day Rexford brought home a gift bag for me that he made at school. He didn't want me to wait until Mother's Day to open it and he was so excited for me to open it right away. He was so sweet, telling me how much I was going to love it and how it would make me cry happy tears :) He's such a sweet boy and I love my Rexford.

He decorated the bag

He made me a card

And a flower and cute flower pot

He made this cute certificate too :)

Silly Stories

One day Rexford and I spent the afternoon making silly stories. We have this little toy from a kid's meal that has lots of little picture cards in it and you shake three out and have to use them to make a story. Rexford had so much fun making up stories and titles and drawing pictures to go with them. We turned them into books and both the boys love to read these at bedtime. They laugh and laugh :)

Rexford with his books

The Popped Bubble

The Smushed Bow Tie