Pipe cleaner fun. . .

We got out the art box this morning. My sister gave it to Lexi for her birthday a couple of years ago. It has beads, pipe cleaners, paper, string, crayons, scissors, glue, glitter, confetti, markers. . . etc. The kids LOVE it. Any way, they started playing with the pipe cleaners, bending and twisting them into all sorts of shapes. I started playing around with them too. . . Lexi was thrilled with her "princess" decked out in pink high heels and matching purse. I even made a little tiger with a leash. I made Brandon a Ninja Turtle. . . what fun!

Questionnaire for a 4 Year Old

Ok- So I couldn't leave out Lexi. It's interesting to hear what they say. Here we go. . .

What's your name? "Lexi, want me to spell it? L-E-X-I"

What is your favorite color? the whole rainbow and blue and green

What is your favorite breakfast? smashed potatoes and cinnamon roll (???)

What is your favorite lunch? cinnamon rolls and peaches

What is your favorite dinner? pizza

What is your favorite kind of juice? milk and water

What is your favorite snack? pixie sticks and fishy crackers

What is your favorite movie? Sleeping Beauty

What is your favorite book? Brown Bear Brown Bear

What is your favorite song? ABC and wish you well

What food do you NOT like? bones

How many people love you? 123456

What is your favorite toy? doll house and princess barbies

What is your favorite #? 49

What do you like to take to bed with you? Princess bean bag and doll

What do you want to do tomorrow? go to the park and go to play house Disney then go to church and then to Seth's house

How old is daddy? 30

How old is mommy? 25

What do you want to do when you grow up? be a nurse

What's your favorite game with daddy? play doh and art and wrestle

When you can drive, where will you drive first? Grandma in Idaho

Are you going to get married? Yes!

Who will you marry? Seth

What is your favorite animal? giraffe, zebra and fish

Who do you think is SO cute? Sophie (the kitten)

What are your favorite clothes? purple dress

Who do you like to play with? Seth

What are you thankful for? Jesus

Why? because he can bless us

What is your favorite TV Show? Dora

What is your favorite ice cream? chocolate with cookies in it

Who is daddy's wife? Mommy

How much does mommy love you? 30

What do we do on Sundays? go to church, play

Who do you want to go see? Sponge Bob

Who does mommy love? Daddy

Where do your cousin's live? Billings and Utah

Not sure why, but this interview with Lexi took MUCH longer than it did with Brandon. She had to think about every answer and changed her mind a lot. What a cute girl.

Questionnaire for a 3 year old. . . .

Ok, I NEVER EVER do tags, but this one is actually kind of cute. Instead of a personal interview for me, it's one for Brandon. Here we go. . .

What's your name? um. . . three

What is your favorite color? gween

What is your favorite breakfast? fish

What is your favorite lunch? hot dog

What is your favorite dinner? hot dog

What is your favorite kind of juice? orange duce

What is your favorite snack? animal crackers

What is your favorite movie? Ninja Turtles

What is your favorite book? My new book (Disney Seek and Find)

What is your favorite song? Hulk Song (not sure how that one goes :) )

What food do you NOT like? pinecones

How many people love you? 50 50

What is your favorite toy? Hulk glubs

What is your favorite #? three

What do you like to take to bed with you? Hulk blankie

What do you want to do tomorrow? wrestle

How old is daddy? 25... him 25

How old is mommy? 25

What do you want to do when you grow up? Work with Daddy

What's your favorite game with daddy? wrestle

When you can drive, where will you drive first? to work

Are you going to get married? "no, I a boy, I a weirdo" (I about died when he said this)

What is your favorite animal? elephant

Who do you think is SO cute? Baby Josie

What are your favorite clothes? Hulk shirt

Who do you like to play with? Aiden

What are you thankful for? the food

Why? Make me really strong, like Hulk

What is your favorite TV Show? Hulk and Diego

What is your favorite ice cream? "banilla"

Who is daddy's wife? Uncle Nate (ha ha)

How much does mommy love you? lots and lots

What do we do on Sundays? go to church, wear a tie, play, wrestle

Who do you want to go see? Mickey Mouse

Who does mommy love? Handy Manny

Where do your cousin's live? in Billings

Ahh- the mind of a three year old. What a cute boy!

Class Valentine's

Lexi's preschool Valentine's Day party is tomorrow. She worked hard on her Valentine cards for over an hour last night. She had to write her name 20 times! She really concentrated, and tried to write in her best handwriting.

Playhouse Disney Live!

We took the kids to Playhouse Disney Live in Billings on Saturday. It was fun to see their faces light up when they saw all of the Disney characters in real life. Brandon was especially excited to see Handy Manny. . . his favorite. It was hard to get pictures, but I did take a few.

Little Einsteins

"blast off!" Lexi helping Little Einstein's take off in the rocket ship :)

This picture cracks me up. Obviously they had WAY too much sugar and missed naps. I wanted to get at least one picture of them together. This is the best one I could get.

Easy Bake Oven

Lexi got an Easy Bake Oven for her 4th birthday. We used it once, and put it away. We completely forgot about it until today. Lexi was so excited. She did everything by herself, mixed, poured and "read" the recipe. My little girl is getting too big!

Mixing up the chocolate cookie dough. . .

Licking the bowl is the best part

Waiting. . .

All done!

Chocolate frosting on chocolate cookies! Yum!

So sweet. . .sharing the cookies with her little brother

Diaper Cake. . .

I made this diaper cake for a friend's baby shower today. Rolling up 75 diapers took a little longer than I thought it would! Any way, I think it turned out super cute. Take a look. . . .

Dress up for boys?

Brandon got lots of costumes and dress up stuff for Christmas from Grandma Cole and Granny Zito. He favors his Hulk gloves, Spiderman costume and "Super Brandon" cape, but loves to be a fireman, policeman, Super man, knight and pirate too. Here are a few pictures I took of him dressed up in his different outfits. . .

Super Brandon! (My mom made this cape)

Policeman. . .

Fire man. . . this one's from Grandma Cole

He's about worn this costume out. . . he wears it almost every day

Argh! A pirate hat from the cruise. Thanks Grandma Cole!

A knight. . .

One of his favorites. . . this little boy LOVES the Incredible Hulk!

I'm glad he's out of this stage. . . . . he he :)

Craft time. . .

The kids had lots of fun making Valentine's Day wreaths for Grandma and Grandpa Cole today. I even let them use the glitter. (This is a big step for me, I HATE cleaning up glitter!) It was cute to see how meticulous they both were with placing the hearts in just the right spot. Any way, I think they turned out pretty cute. . . .

The dreaded glitter! They loved it of course :)