If it fits.....

Yes, that is a golf ball! On average I pull at least 15 foreign objects out of his mouth every day. It is hard to keep up with. Even when I've swept a room of all small treasures before letting him loose, he still always finds something.

Mitch has also been doing a lot of this lately. It's only a matter of time before he is running around with the others. I really need him to just stop growing so fast. I want him to stay this age just a little longer. I love how cute he is right now!

File Folders

Call me crazy, but for some reason I keep making more of these things. And every time I ask myself the same question..."Why am I doing this?" Making a file folder game is VERY, VERY, VERY time consuming, and all the cutting gets pretty annoying. So I'm not sure why I keep making them? It's probably because my kids have so much fun playing with them, and maybe because I secretly like to color.

I started by making a few of them last year in the fall and they have been well used and loved. These folder game are perfect for church. So a few months ago I decided to make some more. And then a few weeks ago I did it again. I really didn't realize that we had so many until I took this picture. 20 to be exact! It's a little out of control. But it makes me feel a little better that my kids actually play with them, a lot! So I guess it was worth it.

This is my latest creation.

I wanted to make some paper dolls for Molly (found here) but I figured they would be trashed in a day, so decided turn it into a file folder game. When it was time to put the dolls into the folder they seemed too small so I created a scenery for them out of an old calendar and some scraps. I think I went a little overboard but Molly LOVES it! I keep saying that I'm not going to make anymore, but honestly I probably will, cause even though it's a pain they are kind of fun to do. So if you want to spend every night coloring, cutting, laminating, and cutting again go here, your kids will love it.

Here are some other ones I have made:

photographer

Ethan's new favorite thing lately has been taking pictures. Good thing we have a digital camera. Here are 4 keepers (actually 3. I think I took the bottom Right) out of at least 100 that have been deleted in the last few days. But he is getting really good at capturing my messy house, the back of mitch's head, carpet, and his personal favorite being his own feet. Yesterday he told me that he likes taking pictures so much that he wants to be a photographer when he grows up. I guess it's time to get him his own camera.

camouflage

Can you see him? I didn't realize just how much mitch blends in with our lovely pink bath tub untill I took these pictures. He sure loves bathtime though.

well actually...

He changed his mind and has decided that he likes to play in the snow again!!!!

We finally had a day that wasn't "too cold" to play outside. And by that I mean that it didn't hurt your teeth to smile, .....so Ethan was able to have fun in the snow again. Yay! One of the hard things about playing in Cleveland snow is that it is sooo soft and fluffy that it is impossible to pack together. But don't worry cause Ethan found a way to still have a snowball fight, and let me tell you, it's not fun to get a shovel full of snow to the face but a five year old will think it's hilarious, so I guess it was worth it.

Curls

Molly got her hair curled for the first time today and I think she looks so cute. I wish I could do her hair like this everyday but we all know that's not going to happen. But now that we have late church maybe it will happen every Sunday?

Snow day

The other day Molly really wanted to go out and play in the snow. It's not often that she asks to play in the snow and she had her heart set on making a "snow girl." I thought it would be fun for all of us to venture out into the cold to have some fun. Well Ethan informed me that he doesn't like snow anymore and would much rather move to California where it's warm. So he stayed inside while I bundled up the rest of us. I pulled the kids around on the sled for a bit and they liked it. We were about to get to work on our creation when Mitch did a face plant right in the snow and was not happy about it. He just couldn't resist checking out all that white stuff. So our snow day got cut very short. I think we will just have to wait for a day when dad is home to make a snow girl.

"When I scare him he laughes"

Merry Christmas

We had a wonderful Christmas. Here it is in pictures.

Christmas Eve

We had a really great Christmas Eve with friends. Dinner, games for the kids, a Christmas pinata, and of course the nativity. Mitch and his buddy Kash hung out by the tree and played with the presents. The bigger kids LOVED playing together and getting all that candy. For the nativity Ethan was the inn keeper and said his part nice and loud. Molly was an angel. It was such a fun fun night! (thanks Bridi & Jason)

Then we went home and did the nativity again, cause Molly really wanted a chance to be Mary. Ethan was again the innkeeper. They were so excited for Christmas I'm surprised we even got them in bed. Thankfully the were so worn out from all the partying.