Nominated for "Best mom"...

Tonight I decided to have a little fun with dinner. Originally I thought we could have Waffles for dinner, and Sundae's for dessert, then I thought, why not have Waffle sundaes' for dinner? The kids LOVED the idea, and they were very tasty, hey, waffles are healthy right? and whipped cream and ice cream both have milk in them, and cherry pie filling has cherry's which are fruit, so it was definitely a well rounded dinner!

Bowling

Thursday I sub-bowled for mom again. This time Mom was feeling up to coming, so she brought Wes and let him bowl too. He had a great time. He ended up bowling 4 games! he usually gets bored after about 1.5 so i was impressed. I was especially impressed when he decided half way through the second game that he wanted to "Bowl like the grown ups" and got rid of the dragon slide. He did an awesome job throwing the ball all on his own. He put his fingers in the right holes, ran forward and released the ball just at the line. It was amazing to watch. He need to work on his aim, but he has really good form!

Valentines day

We decided we didn't want to go out for V-day, so I made us a fancy night in! Got a pizza from little Cesar's and a red-box movie for the kids to keep them out of the way, and made our very own Melting pot in the dining room! A camp stove set up on the table kept a pot of cheese fondue and a pot of chicken broth with onions, garlic, rosemary and peppercorns hot for dipping/cooking. Carrots, apples and bread for the cheese and chicken, shrimp, and filet mignon to cook in the broth. Jon has never had main course fondue before, and he loved it! I was fun to dip, talk and eat together and the kids even left us alone! It was a great Valentines day.

Climb a tree

Today Ella ran inside and told me that Wesley wanted me to come outside and take a video of him climbing a tree. Ella taught him how and he was so excited to show off for me. I took the video and some pictures for good measure. I was impressed with how balanced and sure he was!

Turkey, turkey, Turkey!

Today I substitute bowled for Mom while she is out for Surgery. I got a Turkey!

Monsters

Wesley got some clay monster kits for his birthday, Ella has really enjoyed them...

Alice in Wonderland!

The other day we had the wonderful opportunity to see a local elementary schools version of Alice in Wonderland. Our good friend Marissa played the Queen of hearts, and my friend's son played the King. We also know 2 of the 3 alices and some of the chorous too. It was wonderful to see our friends preform and they did such a good job!

My cute little gymnast!

Isn't he adorable?

Ear infections and Bicycles

Today Ella woke up with an Ear infection. It wasn't terribly unexpected as Wesley went to the Dr. with TWO ear infections on Monday and they had the same illness last week that caused them. Ella was in quite a bit of pain, but was excited to miss half a day of school. After the Dr. I took her out to lunch at Burger King before returning her to school. Wesley got a bike from Nana and Grandpa for his birthday, Today is such a lovely day, that we decided to give it a try. He did a great job peddling once he got over his fear. I foresee lots of riding with his sister in his future.

Wesley's Curious George birthday party!

Wesley will be 4 years old tomorrow! I can't believe how fast time is going! Today we had his birthday party. He LOVES Curious George so he requested a CG themed party. I had a ton of fun coming up with the stuff for this party! Since I decided to do messy things at the party, I made each kid a personalized Curious George apron to wear at the party and to take home after. They came out so cute!! Also, it is impossible to find C.G. decorations or tableware locally, so I had to track some down online, and make my own. We started out by watching the episode of C.G. where he makes muffins with the professor. Then we made our own muffins. Banana muffins in honor of our little Monkey friend. I divided all the ingredients into 6ths and put them in little paper cups. Then we mixed them in one by one to make the batter. Each kid make 2 muffins. Then I put them in the cupcake pan and into the oven while we watched another short episode of C.G. This time it was about George letting bunnies out of their hutch and then having to find them. After the show was done, the kids had to find the sparkly bunnies that I had hidden in the room. When they found their rabbits, we got to paint little "stained glass" rabbits. This activity didn't go quite as well as I hoped, I think the craft was a bit over their dexterity level. But the kids had fun doing it, and that is what matters. The Muffins came out of the oven while they were painting and got set out to cool. Once they were done painting, we played "pin the hat of George" while Mom iced the muffins with cream cheese frosting. I had purchased 5 different kind of sprinkles so after our game we all sat down at the table again and each kid got their muffins and 5 cups of sprinkles and got to decorate their own cakes. Then it was time for singing, cake and ice cream and snacks. We finished off the party with presents and some time to play with the new toys. i think it went off very well and Wesley had a blast so that is the most important part. I am so glad that everyone invited made it to the party and that everything went according to plan!