Earth Day Week

We have had a busy week! Fun, but busy! Today is earth day and that is what we learned about during Mommy school this week.

We made the earth out of tissue paper.

We went to Uncle Ryan's puppet show at BYU. It had nothing to do with earth day, but it was very fun and Ryan did a great job!

We talked about how we can help take care of the earth. We made a recycling bin and a litter monster.

We walked around our neighborhood feeding our litter monster. They loved that!

To finish the week with something fun, I made the kids "Dirt" for dessert. I talked it up for 2 days with Adam and you should have seen the looks of disgust he gave me. He was a little less reluctant once he saw the gummy worms.

Eating their "worms" and "dirt"

Daddy even got in on some of the fun. He couldn't believe how real it looked. It was a fun way to end our Earth Week.

There is a lot more to post....stay tuned!

Dentist in Training

Last night I sent the kids upstairs to brush their teeth before bedtime. I went to check on how they were doing and found this....Adam was helping Tessa brush her teeth. He did a pretty good job! Maybe we have a future dentist on our hands.

Farm Week

We have had a fun week at Mommy School! We learned about farm animals. During General Conference (which was wonderful!), I made the kids this Old McDonald puppet show to play with. I gave it to them on Tuesday and they have been playing with it all week!

We also went on a field trip to Thanksgiving Point to see all the farm animals there. We spent most of the afternoon there and we loved it!

Tessa quickly made friends with the chicks

They loved the animals! The kids watched them so intently!

The favorite part of their day was the pony ride! The joy on their faces made me want to pack that night for Disneyland! If they get that excited over a pony ride, I can only imagine how fun Disneyland would be.

Tessa took this picture with the bunnies for little Uncle Ben

My favorite part of the afternoon was while we were looking at the sheep. One started to poop and Adam yelled, "Sick! It's pooping blueberries!!!" Hilarious!

As we were leaving, Tessa got to pet her new friend. She loved those chicks!

Other fun activities included making pictures with corn after we discussed different foods animals eat, reading some fun animal books, watching "Charlotte's Web", and making pig noses. It has been a fun week at our house!

Art

Adam has recently discovered his love for art. He loves to draw! He draws everything from cars to monsters. He loves to draw pictures about his lessons in church and he loves to draw the things around him. This picture is one he drew of our neighborhood. The big thing in the middle is our car. I finally had to have a heart to heart with him last week and explain that although we love his drawings, I cannot keep or hang every single one. At that point our fridge, our school room, his bedroom, Tessa's bedroom and our bedroom had been taken over by "Adam Art". I bought him a sketch pad so he could draw to his hearts content and know where all of his pictures were. Thankfully, he thought that was a fabulous idea. I am glad that he has discovered this interest. I love seeing his interpretation of things and his creativity come to life!

Tessa has also found a new favorite medium for her art....herself! Thank goodness for washable markers!

Quiet Moments

If things get a little too quiet around our house, I typically don't worry. It usually means Adam is drawing or playing with his "mountain alligator" or that Tessa is reading books to herself. Yesterday afternoon got a bit quiet, so I went looking to see what activities they had found. Adam was with his toys and Tess was practicing her ABC's with her "computer". I loved how she was just chilling out on her little bed.

Happy Birthday Bampa!

The kids sure love their Bampa! Happy Birthday Bampa!

Game Day

Although the outcome wasn't what we were hoping for, we still had fun watching our Cougars play their final game of the season. We love our Jimmer and our Cougars!

Adam has LOVED watching the games with us! He gets so excited that we have to tell him to calm down several times.

(she has a yummy basketball cookie all over her face!)

Tessa was not impressed with our cheering tonight and kept telling her Daddy to "shush!".

Thanks for a great season Cougars! Now the countdown for football begins!