Our Family Tree

hahahahahah lol...i'm sitting here blogging, jb's in the office with me. He sees the pics that i choose for the next entry. I pause....thinking about a title. The lightbulb dings in my head, and i say out loud (thinking that im clever) "Our Family Tree". ha ha ha
Jb:(the whole time, not taking his eyes off his work) "No. That is not our family tree. THAT is an ACTIVITY tree."
I almost fall off my chair laughing...and now its been 20 minutes, im crying im laughing so hard and neither of us have gotten any work done! Hilarious! On with the post.....

So I got an this idea from Laura via Brassy Apple.

Got a blue piece of posterboard, painted on a tree with 31 branches and some grass.

Then got it laminated at Thorne printing for $4.26 woot woot!

(notice that it is hung ABOVE the lightswitch... D proofed it)

Then cut out 31 leaves, numbered them and wrote activities on certain days, and taped them up on the branches.

Viola! Now, everyday we work on our numbers. I'm going to make a blank calendar that we can put the leaves on...then she can see the month progressing. The winter will be snowflakes, pink popcorn balls for spring and green leaves for summer =) a couple tips....

1) make your leaves have a point on both ends... (or rounded like laura's)

i tried having an 'end' but then my leaves were all on the same side...ya know?

2) Have a list of what you write down on the back =) I had a rough draft with ideas...and the day of the week listed next to it...so that i didn't have us going to the library on Tuesday. Lame Nampa Public Library =P

our activities are simple...sometimes i just wrote 'Preschool', or 'Happy Halloween'. Carve pumpkins, paint project, go to grandmas. Starting my list for next month =)

Gonna get my list started

I know M posted about this on Brassy Apple.... but my wheels are turning

Preschool Field Trip!

Ab had her second 10am field trip (the first was a tour of Krispy Kreme-AJ and D came along) to Idahos Original Maize on Meridian Rd. Ab, D, Jb and Me were joined by the Sasser girls ;) And her class of course, but everyone split up after the intro. We started with some songs, Old McDonald and such. There were alot of little groups there, so i think this was their way of staggering it.

Jb was entertaining D while the music went on..... and on.... jk it wasnt that bad

Then there was a little track with a few pedal cars the kids raced on...

D won most of the time...he had a good motor ;)

There was a cow train. As we were waiting in line I read the names of the cows to Ab....

She picked this one =)

A fun huge bouncy thing they call the "blob", and a couple slides

And a hayride out to the pick-your-own-pumkin patch

Glad we went.... as a family :)

Sunday bath

Hes been pushing the chair over to the counter, striping down, and climbing in =) He'll stay in as long as you let him.

Flower Petal Fairy Friends Friday

At least I know that she knows

We have this thing we say. We'll say 'guess what?' ...'what?' ...'i love you'...'gasp! i love you too!'. So this evening she's standing a little ways from me, not really doing anything. She loves whispering in my ear lately, so i walk over and lean down and whisper 'guess what?'. She hikes up her shoulder and gives me a brush off look. "I know, i know, i know", she says. "You love me." =)

Morning loves

So I was in the kitchen pouring bowls of ceral this morning and i heard Ab walking over from the living room. I squated down and opened my arms so i could hug her when she came around the corner. She smiled and hugged me saying "I'm sorry I didn't eat my oatmeal yesterday." lol I told her it was ok and lifted her up onto the counter still hugging her.
Ab: "Ummm, your cute"
I leaned back to look at her
Me: "Your cuter."
Ab: "Your cuter."
Me: "Your adorable."
Ab: "Actually, You and me are both cute."
I laughed and squeezed her tight
Ab: "MOM! You are hurting my BONES!"

Things are not always what they seem... (title pirated from M's blog) hehe

So we ran out of milk, so we couldnt have cereal for breakfast. We are only pancakes/waffle, eggs, hashbrowns and toast people on a very rare occasion...unless its for dinner ;) but with no milk, and hungry kids, i busted out the toaster and cinnamon and sugar. A treat they havnt had in a long time. Ab was right there when i opened up that cupboard and she spotted something. Before i knew it, she had set up an "office" right there at the dinner table. "Look mom! Me and Bubba are working on our laptops!" lol it does look like a keyboard with all those squares...good thinkin Ab!

SERIOUSLY dressed himself !

He pulled it off the hanger in the closet, stripped down, and put it on. Abby helped him find the ballet shoes. He did a kinda power ranger dance. ha ha

Wordless Wednesday - Abby behind the lens