23 March 2018

Charlotte's Little People

Charlotte still absolutely adores her Little People. She must be really type A because she loves to line them up in rows and circles, sometimes they sit in chairs and sometimes they have dinner parties.






She also likes to line up the little Lego Duplo characters


And sometimes her big babies have dinner parties too

21 March 2018

Valentine's Day

I ran out of energy this Valentine's Day so instead of doing something creative, I purchased a generic, store-bought valentine kit for each of the kids. Noah handed out Captain Underpants valentines with pencils since no food is allowed in public schools. He addressed and signed them all by himself.



I picked My Little Pony valentines for Charlotte because she loves ponies. They came with tiny temporary tattoos, but those aren't very fun, so I attached a box of Starburst jelly beans to each one.




Wyatt needed two sets of valentines since he is in two preschool classes. For his main class, I picked taco-centric valentines (because funny). They each came with a tiny taco eraser.


And for his nature center class, I picked up some bug valentines that came with sticky, window-cling bugs. Even though doing Valentine kits were supposed to be easier, it still ended up to be a lot of work to label and put four sets of valentines together.


The kids were super excited about their valentine gifts from mommy. Charlotte received a Puppy Dog Pals book, a Minnie Mouse t-shirt, coloring stickers, and a set of Little Charmer dolls. Wyatt received Luke Skywalker and a Star Wars beast and a scary serpent. Noah received an ET storybook and a really nice wooden game that's a fun twist on tic-tac-toe.




14 March 2018

Donuts and Gators

One Saturday morning the Apple Cider Donut truck came to a neighboring village, so I stood patiently in line in the frosty temperatures to buy us some.



They were worth the wait.



Later that day we stopped by a local nursery to see the reptile show. Wyatt bravely helped hold this gigantic snake and he also loved meeting the alligator, Bubba.






Charlotte enjoyed the show from afar, but did not like meeting Bubba