The Boys!

Ever feel this way? Around 8:30 am this starts or around 4:45 (exactly) this starts! I know all you moms can relate to this one!

Bringing You A Smile Today!

Happy Friday!

I hope today brings you:

A Smile

A Hug of Love

Laughter

Something Sweet To Eat

And Playtime!

Lord knows I certainly need it after this long week!

The sweet innocence of a child can warm any heart...even after making a mom insane, tired and grumpy the last two day. Wish I could go back to being that age!

READY - SET - GO !!!

Last year for their 1 year birthday, Grandpa Hughes bought the boys these cool 4-wheelers (he even came prepared with helmets - which I call the "bumble bee" helmets because they look like the shape of a bumble bee to me ) Is that weird I have always thought bike helmets look like bumble bees??

Anyways, my little guys LOVE driving their 4- wheelers! We don't get to do it alot because it takes both of us to supervise but when we go out, they are the hit of the neighborhood. They can do it on their own now and they think they are such big boys when riding them ( well they always think they are big boys nowadays) ! Christian : " Wait..did you say slow down mom?" No way!
Ken showing them how to pick up speed, mom having a heart attack behind them.

Is mine faster than yours?
Nicolas really giving me a heart attack trying the "no hands" approach!

Nicolas going "off roading"...well as much as he can in Florida living on the "Ranch" !

Look at his devilish grin since he knows I hate when he goes on the grass - Another weird thing about me- I HATE FLORIDA GRASS -RED ANTS AND WEIRD SPIDERS.

Craft Time With The Boys

With very active little boys I had to come up with something fun for the afternoons. So each day afternaps if we are not outside, we have indoor "Craft Time" which usually last about 20-25 minutes. It is so exciting watching them try these activities for the first time and see them have so much concentration and fun! Creativity has always been one of my stronger assets so I truly enjoy thinking of things and doing it with them. Being at home with them- this is one of the greatest little perks!

FINGER PAINTING FOR THE FIRST TIME!

STICKERS TO ADD TO THE PAINTING - MY LITTLE VAN GOGH

Christian not so sure about the whole finger part of it!

So we discovered paint brushes work just as good!

Last week Nicolas slept in very late so Christian and I decided to make " Dinosaur Homes" for their dinosaurs. We took Ziploc boxes and pasted paper over it. Then we colored and drew windows and doors. We even used the the colorful fuzzy sticks for grass!

Some of the other crafts we have been doing include:

• We made Homade Valentines - we learned about the shape of the heart. We made extra hearts and hung them from out kitchen light.
• We used construction paper and cut shapes and colors to make bumble bees ( yellow oval for body, orange triangle for tail, green for wings, circle for head and lines for stripes and antennas.
• ONE OF MY FAVORITES: I took white construction paper cut into a large sheep and we colored the head and legs. Then we glued cotton balls all over the body and worked on the concept of "soft".