Birthday Party

We had a joint birthday party for Michael and Cal this year at a fun play place.  Michael is now 5 and Cal is 3.

Snow, snow and more snow.

We've gotten about 4 or 5 snows up here so far.  The boys aren't as enchanted anymore when it is coming down.  They still love to play in it, though.  Here are some pics from a couple different snowfalls.  We've made some interesting snowmen, that's for sure.  My favorite is the one with the olives for eyeballs--he looks totally possessed.

Painting

We use a really neat book to do some of our homeschooling activities.  It has a list of wonderful books to read aloud and then activities to do with each book.  These activities are related to things in the story and help me teach the boys while having fun at the same time.  These are some pictures I snapped while the boys were painting.  We were trying to recreate the pattern on the kitchen floor in the storybook, Jesse Bear What Will You Wear.  It is a random pattern of triangles, circles, and squares.  I also had some little kitchen helpers making stromboli the other day.  They love to help me cook.  Michael asks me almost every day if he can help me cook.