Our crazy lives: August 2012

Our summer time is officially winding down and Im trying to soak up as much time with these two rascals before they are in school all day, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday. While there have been (many) times where I have been very very eager for school to start to have some time back to myself, I am realizing that I am really going to miss these big guys running around all day and giggling together. So, we keep making things together, building things together, playing games together, and sitting on the floor together a lot and I am loving it. Our most recent project was making a fun felt fishing set and coming up with games to go along with it. I sewed 20 little fishies out of felt and put a metal brad for an eye on each. Then sewed two hooks and put a strong magnet in the bottom of each, so as we go fishing together, the magnet grabs the eye of the fish and there you have it! Fishing in the backyard. :) We also made up our own little board game where the fish are the pieces and they have to flop from the land back to the sea and the boys love it. At dinner tonight, Keenan was talking about it and said, "I have new ideas for rules for our game. You have to get to the ocean, and if you are Mama, you win!" "OK!" I said, "I like those rules!" "Aaand if Mama wins, she makes us apple pie!" Elliot chimed in, "No, I win!" "If Elliot wins, he makes us a tree, and then it will grow and grow and make apples. Then we will climb up the tree and get them so Mama can make us some apple pie!" This kid!!! Just for fun I dressed the boys up and took some silly pictures of them playing their new game together. Confession: My secret dream is to be a professional photographer and want to be as good as my BFF's Shauna and Sabrina. So just bare with me on every silly photo shoot that comes on here! :)