Painting Project

It's hard to keep the indoors fun and interesting when you can't be outside because it will not warm up past 25 degrees. My Mom found these ceramic magnet kits for the kids to paint. Once dry, they will be great to display their artwork on the refridgerator. It was a really great project for the boys. I'm always looking for fun, exciting projects that both a 3 year old and a 6 year can both enjoy. Feel free to leave me a link to your blog or comment on you favorite cabin fever activty for kids.

Have a good week blog friends!!

Party Planning

We woke up to a beautiful snow fall this morning. Too bad I have a lot to do today and no extra time for snow to get in my way. Adam's b-day is this weekend and his party is tommorow. Of course falling on the heals of Christmas, I'm not ready. I see a busy day ahead of me and no time to fight snowy roads. Oh well...at least I have 4 wheel drive and lots of determination!!

Making Christmas Cookies

Anyone who knows me know that I LOVE CHRISTMAS. I love the music, the lights, the decorating, shopping, wrapping, and making cookies. I also love to include my children with all of it. Nick didn't feel like helping me make cookies on this particular evening, but Adam was totally excited about it. Below are pictures documenting our fun.

Patiently waiting until Mommy gathers all of the supplies.

Stirring with all of his might.

Carefully placing the sprinkles.

The finished product!!

And this is what Nick and Ray were doing while Adam and I were being festive...they were in the Wii Zone downstairs in the family room. Lego Star Wars Wii that is!

Merry Christmas!

Bumble Bee

The local Chevy dealer in our town got the Bumble Bee car from the Transformers movie. It is on display in the front parking lot. We knew for a few weeks that is was coming and it arrived on the day of Nick's b-day party. Of course we had to check it out. The dealer was so great and he opened it up and allowed the kids (Ray included) to sit in it and check it out. It is a limited edition that is decked out with the Transformer emblems and decals and it is made identical to the movie. The extra details made it really cool!!

Nick's Soccer Picture

PlayDoh on a Rainy Evening...

...is a great way to entertain the kids. In addition to the playdoh toys we have, they enjoyed cookie cutters, crab mallats, plastic spoons, and anything else I could find to keep their attention. We did have the occasional fight when they each wanted the same thing (of course!) but luckily I was able to pull the next new item to divert the attention from the toy worth fighting over. They created lots of little "must-haves" for Mommy.