March 27th - bonus crafts at home day

Cindy had to close the daycare today to help a family member so I planned on staying home with the kids.  We had an appointment to check out a preschool for Tucky for next year and it went great.  He got to go to recess with the kids and really enjoyed it, while Brooklyn and I got a tour.

Then we had to go to Portland to pick up our crazy dog that escaped yesterday and ended up at the dog pound.  We were all worried about Casco but she is just fine.  We also hit up Walmart this morning to buy some more crafting supplies.  We actually have a ton of stuff but it gets the kids in the mood and there was a particular project I wanted to work on!  I'm finding a ton of ideas on pinterest and the kids have to put up with their crazy crafting Momma these days!

 We started with some painting, watercolors over painters tape with their names.  This was really fun, especially since the kids didn't know what to expect.  Brooklyn strung some more beads on her pipe cleaner and Tuck colored on an Easter egg with crayons before painting some more.  After lunch Brooklyn napped and that allowed Tucky and I to try out the Freight Train project.

I bought another canvas for him today and we practiced thumbprints before making the trains.  Then we added details with a straw and some sponges, then the pom-pom puffs of smoke.  He loved this!!!  We added in the sharpie details after it dried.  When Brooklyn woke up, we got out the play-doh and had quite the factory going!  We made a few Easter eggs to dry but mostly just mixed colors and played with all the tools!

I'm spent, the kids are spent, but it was a super fun day!  We have so much fun creating together and I love that we can spend a good chunk of the day doing it.  Tucky is really into making projects, I love it.  Brooklyn is starting to get interested too and doesn't mind getting messy either...this summer we'll be doing some every day!

March 25th - Momma's little DIVA

 Momma's little diva she is!!!  She gave Mimi a hard time at bedtime, whined at Nahne's house whether she was getting her way or not, and she has been wearing her sunglasses nonstop for two days, despite the rainy weather!

You'd think the nap helped but it didn't, the whine factor is on high right now!  Luckily, Tucky is doing great right now and super helpful and entertaining himself.  I brought Brooklyn to the grocery store to get her out of the house and she did well there but she was turning some heads with the rain boots-hands in pockets-sunglasses-pouty face look!!!  She got a hold of the cart one time too and was flying down the spaghetti sauce aisle, luckily I caught her quickly!  She actually did really well in the store but was not happy to be back in the car and refused to sit on her own chair at dinner.

I'm really not sure who she takes after, although I'm sure I'll hear a few remarks here!

March 24th - playdate with cousins!

 We decided against the weekend at Sugarloaf due to the lack of SNOW!!  After a week's worth of mid July weather in March, the slopes are in super rough shape.  We decided to stay home and spend Saturday playing with the cousins instead!

We met at the Mountain Division Trail in Windham first thing Saturday morning for a long bike ride.  The kids are all riding so well and just love being out there.  You don't have to worry about cars, just a few other bikers and a gorgeous trail!  We love it!  Then we played at our house all afternoon.  We played on the deck with legos and the girls had a tea party.  It's so much fun watching Evelyn and Brookie interact!  They both love babies so it's really cute!  The kids played soccer, dug in the sandbox and played trains downstairs. 

 We ended the day off with a nice meal at the Fieldroy's home in Portland!  A full day of fun means tired kiddos....but with Mimi and Poppi over at Nahne's house for the weekend, we drove there, instead of home, and had a sleepover on top of it all!  The kids were happy to see everyone but weren't excited to go to sleep...

 My favorite Tuck quote of the day... as we were driving to the bike trail we passed a small pond and Tuck yelled out, "I see boobies in the water!  You know, like booby traps.  Daddy, you know what I'm talking about?"  It was hilarious because he was referring to a few floating buoys in the water!

March 23rd - is it already summer?

This week has been crazy!!  It hit 80 degrees a few times and just absolutely gorgeous!!!  I wasn't feeling great unfortunately so I don't have many pics of the kids this week.  We rode bikes a ton, played in the sandbox, picnicked outside and just enjoyed the warm weather!  I also had parent teacher conferences this week so it's been a little crazy.

Brooklyn is loving her bike and she loves trying to keep up with big brother!

March 17/18th - St. Patrick's Day weekend at Loaf w/Dunn's

March 15th - digging in the dirt!

Gotta love these warm days...melting all our snow away and the kids can play in the sandbox already, on March 15th!  Bikes are out, sand toys are out but we're going skiing this weekend!  :)

March 14th - fun evening with kids

Daddy and Tucky were talking about making the train tracks have two loops upstairs and Daddy told him that they should draw it out first.  Tuck said, "Daddy I'll make a blueprint and then we can build it."  Um, blueprint???  and used correctly in context... the kid amazes me

At bedtime we read Brooke's new favorite book, "Gossie", which she can recite perfectly!  I leave words out as I read and she places them right in, she loves reading!  "Mama, read this."  "Mama, another one."  She also recited the ABC's this morning in the car and was right on!  She doesn't enunciate well yet but she sure has a vocabulary!

As soon as we were ready to go to bed, Tucky got all worried and said, "Can you turn on my light, I'm afraid of the darkness."  So he's been falling asleep with a light or two on but is doing it on his own.  Best of all, tonight Tucky asked to not wear a diaper to bed.... we'll see how it goes, big boy!

March 12th - feels like spring, time to get the bikes out!

 What a fabulous afternoon!  We took full advantage of the 60 degree weather and got out the bikes!  It's a little tough with all the sand on the roads but biking on March 12th without a jacket....crazy!

We are definitely looking forward to getting out some more, watch out neighbor's, we'll be on the roads!