Fun with Cloud Dough

While browsing Pinterest for fun activities for the boys and I to partake in, I came across this recipe for cloud dough. It peeked my interest, and I am so glad it did because the boys had an absolute blast with it. And I had an absolute blast cleaning it up (insert sarcasm here)! :) Seriously though, cleaning up was worth it to see the boys playing so nicely together with big smiles on their faces. And I can even keep it in my lovely container and save it for a rainy day (monsoon season will be here before we know it!), or I was thinking I could hide letters, numbers, and shapes in it for Owen to find, oh the possibilities, ha ha.

Owen was a little hesitant at first, as he is with most new things and places, but as you will see a few pictures down, he quickly got over his fear. :)

I couldn't even get them to look up for a picture.

The Aftermath! :)

Ice Cream at the Park

We were at a park in Tucson one day when we heard it.....the faint sound of ice cream truck music. I told the boys they were in luck as the truck came closer. Minutes later, the boys had ice cream in hand, because ice cream trucks are rare these days, so when you see one, you better take advantage of it! :)



I just LOVE spending each day with these boys!



Marshmallow Madness

I apologize for the lack of posting lately.....we had a little incident involving Owen and apple juice, so now my laptop won't turn on. Yep, you read that right. I was the smart one who left Carson's apple juice on the dining room table (he doesn't use lids anymore) and then left the room to do some laundry. Minutes later, I hear Carson screaming, "Owen spilled apple juice on your laptop!" I guess while Carson was playing a game on it, Owen decided to bring his apple juice to him, but something went awry on the handoff, resulting in my now ruined laptop. At least I put most of my pictures on this blog, but I'm still secretly hoping it will miraculously turn on one of these days. The joys of toddlerhood. :)

Anyways, we had a fun day of marshmallow fun last week. First, we built a variety of houses, people and shapes with toothpicks and marshmallows, which the boys got into more than I thought they would. And then things got a little crazy....due to our marshmallow fight! I'll admit, it was a lot of fun, and one of these days, we just might surprise Jason at the door with a surprise fight since he missed out on all the fun.

I didn't get any pictures of our actual fight because I was too busy defeding myself, but I did get a picture of the aftermath. It was like this in our entire dining room and kitchen. We picked up the marshmallows in record time though; I set the time for 3 minutes, and we all were running around like crazy to get them all picked up in time. We even had 30 seconds to spare!

Valentine's Day 2012

We hope everyone had a lovely Valentine's Day this year! Carson had his preschool Valentine's Day party that day, and got so many cute valentines. You can see the valentine's he gave out below. I thought they turned out really cute, and they were so much fun to make! Here are a few pictures I took on that day of the boys being especially loving towards each other. :)

Owen hopes everyone had a super cool Valentine's Day. :)

Brotherly love on Valentine's Day. I'm so sad this picture is blurry because I love it!

Here's another one that isn't so blurry.

 

The valentines that Carson and I made for his preschool class - super hero tootsie roll pops! We also made valentines for the grandparents, aunts and uncles and cousins, but I forgot to take a picture! They looked similar to these (which is also where I got the idea!),