St.Patrick's Day!

We had a fun St.Patrick's Day.

The children know it's a party when I decorate our dining room.
 

Silly leprechaun
 

We read St.Patrick Day books: Jamie O'Rouke and the Big Potato; There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Clover; Mickey Mouse Clubhouse St.Patrick's Day Party
 

 

Drank green smoothies (strawberries, bananas, spinach, kale)
 

Ate green beans and basil pesto for dinner
 

 

Had a green bath!
 

Rainbow making
 

Clover handprint pictures
 

 

 

And Shamrock cookies
 

 

Clover stamping with a green bell pepper


Such a fun GREEN day!!!!

Celebrating Hampton

Hampton is 3!!!!
Birthdays are fairly simple around here. A few balloons and decorations. Cupcakes. Two-three gifts. We have simple celebrations, but they are fun! For Hampton's 3rd birthday we had went to church, brunch afterward, and then while the littlest 2 napped, Eric took the big boys to the indoor play place. They had a blast! When they returned we had cupcakes and Hampton opened his gifts. Pizza for dinner ended the fun day.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Very Seussical Day

Tomorrow is Dr. Seuss' birthday and today we had a very Seussical day!

"The more you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you will go."
Dr. Seuss

I displayed all our Dr.Seuss books and we read almost every one throughout the day. The boys' favorite is definitely I Wish I Had Duck Feet.
 

We then made these super cute "things." I think the boys had the most fun when it was their turn to paint my hand. Everett is Thing 1, Hampton is Thing 2, and Eleanor is Baby Thing.
 

We then played this Dr.Seuss matching game. Everett is so good at memory! He beats me nearly every time.
 

 

For snack this morning we had colored Goldfish crackers and read One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish. The children had fun "fishing" out of the goldfish bowl for their crackers.
 

 

And it was a challenge keeping Sassy entertained while we were doing all our Dr.Seuss activities!
 

We then colored Cat in the Hat hats.
 

For lunch we had none other than.....Green eggs and ham! I used spinach and kale to naturally color the eggs green and it was surprisingly delicious! I also used the spinach and kale to make their fruit smoothies green as well. While they ate I read the book to accompany the theme of the meal.
 

 

After lunch we made these cute pictures.
 

And Everett and I worked on the "at" word family. I am so proud of him that he can read all these words with little to no help!
 

 

During rest time the boys watched The Cat in the Hat. I also showed them parts of Seussical the Musical and we continued to read all our Dr. Seuss books.
We had a very Seussical day indeed!


"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."
Dr. Seuss

Once Upon A Time......

Today was National Fairy Tale Day! I love celebrating quirky holidays and today was so fun. We began the day by reading some of our favorite fairy tales including Cinderella and Golidlocks and the Three Bears.
 

Then the boys watched a couple ebooks on the iPad including: Cinderella, The Three Little Pigs, and Goldilocks. I then had them color some coloring pages that corresponded with each story.
 

We then each took turns building houses with blocks (just like the 3 little pigs).......
 

 

and then blowing the house down!!!! They LOVED this game.
 

We also made paper crowns
 

Watched Super Why (which is completely literature based).
 

And made stick puppets. The boys loved putting on a puppet show. I had to demonstrate the concept first though, but they got the hang of it.
 

We had a magical day and.....lived happily ever after!

Sibling Love and Letter Day

Since we are kind of house bound with a new baby and the fact it's really cold out, I have had to be creative to keep everyone happy and entertained for hours on end everyday.
So we've enjoyed doing arts and crafts.....
 

 

And some brotherly love.....
 

 

 

And yesterday we had "letter day." We wrote a letter to our Compassion International child, letters to our family, read book about our letters......
 

This is the boys' favorite
 

And then we played traced letters in shaving cream!
 

It started off well......
 

 

And then got messy.
 

Really messy!
 

So we cleaned up and the boys watched A Veggie Tales movie.
 

While this sweet one and I cuddled near by.