Happy February

I can't believe we are already in the second month of a new year. At the rate we are going, it will be 2013 before we know it! Okay, before we jump ahead a whole year- let's just celebrate that it is February 2012. I sometimes get ahead of myself and I need to remember that THIS is the day that the Lord has made- I need to REJOICE and be glad in it. I can't change what happened yesterday and I can't worry about tomorrow- all I can do is LIVE today (and let God take care of the rest)!! So, Happy February 2012!

Nathan took control of the camera and this is what we got. . . . .

New Lego Set

Dan really wanted to build Legos with the boys and the easiest way for him to do this is to buy a new set- heck, the pieces are all there- no searching for missing blocks in umpteen bins.

So, he went on got The Pirates of the Caribbean ship- and it's cool. They started in the afternoon and finished after dinner. I love how Dan patiently includes the boys in building different sections and makes it a team effort!

Lots of skeletons on the ship!

check out the new haircuts!

That's one way to recycle!

Puzzle-Obession

My mom brought me a 1,000 piece puzzle on Thursday afternoon and by Saturday morning it was done. I had done most of it by Friday night, but just couldn't see straight to get the last 50 pieces in. I had only done the outside edges by Thursday night (which gave me permission to go to bed that night) so the majority of the work was done in one day.

Border is complete- time for bed

card table with all the middle pieces

Friday afternoon-so far so good

finished puzzle- phew!

I will probably be taking a break for awhile from doing one, but it sure was phone while it lasted. The best part was having Nathan help me. He is quite good at doing them and it is fun to share my passion (I mean obsession) with my boy!

Boy and his Dog

I often will look over from something I am doing and find one or both boys cuddling with Chloe. I just had to take a picture of Nathan with Chloe- We have had our sweet girl for almost 8 months and we just love her so much. She has been a blessing (mostly) to our family!

PS-look how grown up Nathan looks. I can't believe he will be nine this year!

Funny Flats

I made a large bowl of pancake batter and instead of trashing it, the boys had pancakes all week. The first day I made them the silly flats (what Jason calls pancakes) I used chocolate chips and whip cream to make funny faces with them. The next day I took cut out photos of eyes and mouths and put them on the faces. The boys got a kick out of them and now we have a new thing- "funny flats". It is fun to surprise them in the morning and it makes breakfast a bit more fun!

More Straw Fun

Okay, the boys have really gotten creative with the straws they got as a late Christmas present.

Here is Nathan's sea plane- he made up the design and executed it! Want to take a spin?
Here is a nice arch that the boys made. The original design was much smaller, but they really wanted to BOTH be able to walk underneath it without having to bend over- so cute!

Imagination Jason

With some money the boys received for Christmas (thanks Uncle Dave & Aunt Sandy), we bought them some unique toys. I saw this straw building set at a friend's house and I knew the boys would LOVE it. Jason went right for it and the building began. We decided to make our little structure bigger than the one pictured and because of that we had to make many modifications to keep it from falling over. It was very "Suessical"! I haven't had that much fun with my boy in awhile!