Painting with pudding

I can't remember exactly where I saw this idea, but I knew right away it would be perfect for Morgan. She isn't quite ready for regular finger paints because she still likes to put (almost) everything in her mouth, but she loves to color and isn't afraid to get messy.

This is really simple to do...just make some vanilla pudding and separate into different bowls or on different plates. Then add food coloring so the kids have different colors of "paint" to play with.

It's nice to give them time to be creative and they get to have a little snack at the same time. Who doesn't love that? :)

Board Game

I came across this in a box the other day.

It is a board game that my friends Lena and Jamey made me for my birthday one year. I can't remember exactly, but I think it was my 19th birthday. What a great idea huh? I think we played it exactly once, BUT it is like a little time capsule showing all of the places we used to hang out and all of the questions were based on people we were friends with at the time. Here are some of the questions:

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it's steven...I guess they weren't exactly sure because we always just called him Vinny.
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And here is the best one :)
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Sorry, Mon..., but that it sounds about right coming from those two.

I bet you guys didn't think I kept it...well I also have a huge box of letters from middle school, high school, on up and they were for "my eyes only". :)

Out and About

This past week has been a pretty good week. It seems like we have had a little something to do everyday. Which is nice considering how long we had been stuck inside recently.

This past Saturday we interrupted Kevin while he was working on his car so Morgan could take a little ride in hers.

After that we took some time to  admire the progress Kevin was making on his own car.

On Wednesday, my friend invited me to join her mother's group for breakfast at a close by airport. I know sounds weird huh? But the cafe' had a patio where we could sit and let the kids watch the planes and helicopters take of and land. It was neat for them to be able to see that on a closer level.

On Thursday, we decided to head back to the splash zone, but this time we brought friends with us. We had the whole place to ourselves. It was great!

Here is to hoping that next week will be as nice as this one was :)

The splash zone

I took Morgan to the Lake Skinner splash zone today. I have desperately needed a place I can take her where she can run and play and I don't have to worry about her running into the street or falling off of stairs or ladders. This was a great choice!

She had such a good time and even made a couple of new friends. I think we will have to go back next week :)

Surf, sand, and make-up

Yesterday Morgan and I headed out to the beach with our friends Emily, Joseph, and baby Aaron. The weather has been much nicer this week and it felt great to get some fresh air.

This cute little car was given to us by my in-laws neighbor. She has a granddaughter a little older than Morgan and has been generous enough to pass along clothes and toys that she has outgrown. Morgan loves it!

It was a quick trip. We didn't stay too long. We ate lunch and let the kids play in the sand. The waves were pretty big, but we let them crash against our legs. Morgan loves that part and gets so upset when it is time to go.

A couple of days earlier, Morgan was watching me put on make-up like she loves to do and I let her put some on. These pictures don't show it because I barely put anything on  her, but she has some light eye shadow, blush and lip gloss on. She was pretty excited about it.

Going stir crazy!

 What have we been up to lately? Well, we have been stuck inside! At the beginning of last week Morgan had a bit of a fever and was complaining about her mouth hurting. I could see that she is getting some new teeth so I just assumed that is what the problem was. Well...you know what they say about assuming? :) Turns out she had something called hand,foot,mouth. The problem is I found this out AFTER we had a play date with some of our friends. The only reason I even found out she had anything at all is because she started getting a rash on her legs and arms. Apparently, hand,foot,mouth is SUPER contagious so...I had to call my friend and let her know I exposed her children to something really unpleasant-BOO :( I was so scared of making that call, but luckily my friend is so easy going and was just like "hey, kids get sick". I was grateful for that :). 

So like I said we have been hanging out inside for a while and after watching a billion Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Yo Gabba Gabba episodes we were both getting a little stir crazy. 

To entertain myself I made Morgan some hair bows using my friend, Elizabeth's tutorial . 

 

I thought they turned out pretty cute and they are so easy to make.  I made five bows and the cost was under $5! 

Here are the rest of them on her board. (I made this a while ago. I just painted a canvas and added ribbon. Another super easy project)

Now that Morgan is feeling better we are able to get out more, but with it being over 100 degrees outside we want to stick to places with air conditioning :)

I am FINALLY getting around to posting the last pictures from my trip. I feel like eventhough I took quite a few pictures, I didn't take as many as I would have liked. 

You know how people joke that you don't need to buy kids expensive toys because more than likely they would rather just play with the box?

I can see the truth in that :)

I am so thankful for these boys. They were so sweet to Morgan and really helped watch her for me so I could relax and visit with everyone.

I love my family so much! I don't get to see them nearly enough.