What a Pair!: A Week in the Making

Well, here I am with many things to write about. My computer was giving me some problems which kept me from writing during the week. This entry covers Monday (March 9)- Sunday (March 15).

On Monday we found a bug in the house, so Joshua ran to get a bug catcher. Once inside the jar, I think it was a little roach. Disgusting! That didn't stop him from looking at it, and possibly playing with it because it was gone an hour later.

I am attempting to do a few more art projects with the kids. My good friend Elizabeth sent out a website of a mom who does art projects daily with her child and includes the ideas. I will add it to my favorite websites. When they woke up from nap that day, I had a large sheet of brown paper taped to the floor for each of them. I had them lay down so I could outline their bodies. Tabitha had no problem, but Joshua was quite wiggly. After we outlined, I showed them a picture of a body with organs and then the skeleton. Joshua decided on his own to add the spinal cord to his picture. He later added a heart and stomach. I think he even put some bones in his leg. I chose for Tabitha the heart and stomach and had her color them in. It was such a simple project, and they really didn't seem too interested, but now I realize it was a learning experience. Joshua now has "spinal cord" in his vocabulary.

After three or four days of cold, rainy weather, I decided to take them to Goin' Bananas for some indoor fun. I have written about this before. It has a lot of inflatable bouncers as well as large toys to play on. Boy was it packed! And there were at least four birthday parties going on. Mental note-Check into this for Joshua's winter birthday.

I was so proud of Joshua sliding. He is a little timid but decided to do this all on his own.

There was a bouncer for kids three and under. Good because there were some really big kids there who don't seem to watch out for the little ones.

Tabitha found a pair of superstar shades. The girl knows she looks cute, and she didn't even have a mirror.

To finish the week, we celebrated Buela's birthday. Joshua has been planning it since the day after his birthday party (December 29th). I was glad it was finally here. We just had a simple lunch after church with our church family. That morning even with many things to do before going to church, I took the time to let Joshua decorate. We hung up the "Happy Birthday" sign we always use and put up streamers. When I asked him where he wanted the streamers, he pointed to the places they were at during his party. We also decorated a chair just for Buela. When I later saw her sitting in another chair and the birthday chair was vacant, I told her Joshua had decorated it just for her. She said he had already come up to her to inform her but there was a little girl sitting there. I should have known. It was probably the first thing he told her when she came in the door.

This is Buela with her small group.