Soccer Bunny

Today was picture day again at Colin's soccer class.

Beenana Mushrooms

Sound yummy doesn't it!!! Rich made them with Colin and a little help from Emma once she got done eating her candy! Okay, so they are not really Beenana Mushrooms, they really made Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins. Colin was having a hard time saying banana he was saying "panana" instead so Rich was trying to tell him that it was a 'B' and Emma overheard this so she says beenana now! It is pretty cute, even if I do say so myself! And for some reason Colin kept calling them mushrooms instead of muffins, but I think we have that part straightened out now too!

Both kids had a blast helping Rich make the muffins, even though they won't touch them now that they are done! (The pictures look a little funny because Emma touched the lens on my camera with her sticky candy fingers and left a big smudge on it!)

Video Games

Colin and Emma both love to play video games with Rich. Today was no different!


Emma is still in love with her baby dolls and shopping cart as well! She is very proud of them and wants to show them off at every chance she gets!

Daddy vs. Rich

Rich is laying on the floor using his computer and Emma is laying on his back and this is the conversation that followed.

Emma: "I'm tired of calling you daddy."

Rich: "But that is my name."

Emma: "I love you Rich. I am thirsty Rich. I want more donuts Rich."

Rich: "My name is daddy, Emma."

Emma: "I know that daddy."

She had the biggest smile on her face through this as well!

Today started out cute and well, but after the above episode everything started to go down hill fast. We were not able to do anything fun for today because both Colin and Emma spent most of the day in time-out after taking all of the clothes out of Emma closet. I was more than a little upset about this.

Tomorrow will be a better day and maybe we can try the pretzels tomorrow.

Play-Doh

So Emma has never really been a fan of Play-Doh, but today something was different. Colin got Play-Doh for Christmas (from Emma) along with a whole toolbox full of tools and decorations to building anything a toddler could imagine out of Play-Doh. Well, they played with it for over 2 hours today before I told them it was time to stop and have lunch and take naps! They both had a really great time rolling it out and cutting it with the different tools (all plastic, nothing that is actually sharp) and try to make lots of different things out of it. There are even feet, arms, eyes, ears, noses, mouths and hats so that you can make your Play-Doh into a Mr. Potato Head type object, this was Colin's favorite.

Tomorrow I think we will have more Play-Doh time as well as we are going to try and make our own homemade soft pretzels!

More snow, again!

Big surprise we got more snow! I am anticipating both kids wanting to go out and play in the snow tomorrow, but I doubt it is going to happen! It is supposed to be pretty darn cold tomorrow so I have a feeling that the closest they are going to get to going outside is when the Schwan man comes and we open the door for him!

I feel so lucky that we don't have to get out in this weather. Since I am at home with the kids they are not having to go to daycare or preschool in this nasty weather and that is a good thing. With as cold as it has been I can leave the kids home with Rich when I go run errands so that they don't have to get out in the coldness.

Kids and car seats are so much more difficult in the cold weather. I mean they are bundled up like little Michelin men and can't move, but you still have to try and bend them so that they can get into the car seat and be buckled in. Sometimes it is more of a challenge than it is really worth! Sigh. Okay, so this really my only frustration with all of the cold and snow!

I think tomorrow we may play with the play dough that Colin got for Christmas so we will see how that goes! Hope that everyone is safe and warm for the night!

Yay! Back to soccer!!!

Today was Colin's first day back at soccer since the holidays. He was excited to go, Emma was excited to go and I was excited to take them so they could use up some energy! As always they had a great time while they were there!


Emma also had to have her earrings on today! She loves to have them on and shake her head so that they move around!