Fun With Water

The week before Christmas the boys got a present from Jeff's dad in the mail...a fun new pirate water table.  Since I knew we would be in Breckenridge for Christmas and there was no way the huge box was traveling all the way with us just so it could be opened on Christmas day, we opened it up and had some water playtime fun.  Of course it helped that it was 80 degrees outside...perfect weather for some water fun!

Ethan LOVED splashing and pouring water EVERYWHERE...he did not care where it went.  He was pretty wet by the end of the afternoon.

Evan would have loved to play and not get wet, which of course did not happen.  Here his pointer finger was about to come out to Ethan..."No splashing everywhere brother."

Moose checking it all out, thinking it was his own huge personal water bowl.

The boys had so much fun playing with their new water table.  I know there will be many, many more fun water days ahead...especially since it is hot here about 90% of the year.  I'm usually not one to wish for the warm weather to hurry and get here but I hope it is soon so the boys can have some more fun playing!

Run, Run, Fast as You Can...

One of the books we have been reading a lot recently is Gingerbread Baby.  It's one of my favorites...loved reading it when I taught kindergarten and now I love reading it with the E's.  Since they also love to read it I thought we would have a fun day today making our own gingerbread babies.

We measured, poured, and mixed everything together to make our gingerbread dough...

...which was lots of fun until the boys discovered all of the other spice bottles in the little cabinet next to us.  Stacking the bottles as high as possible...way more exciting.

When I say we had a fun day making these gingerbread babies, it really was a day project.  Once the cookie dough was all mixed and ready, we had to wait a couple of hours for it to get cold in the refrigerator, making it easier to roll out and cut into cookies.

So...after we ate our lunch and ran a few errands around town we finally got down to business.  They were so excited to make their cookies.

Such a mess but having so much fun.

Evan, waiting so patiently...but also happy he wasn't getting messy.

Ethan was so mad he had to let Evan have a turn, because according to him it's always his turn.

After a lot fun and a lot of mess, the little gingerbread babies were ready to go in the oven.  The E's watched and waited patiently for them to be done and ready to eat.

To make those LONG 10 minutes go a little faster we might have snacked on a few M&M's {or B-O-M's as Ethan calls them}.

FINALLY...eating our cookies.

Love this one of Evan.

When I told him I got a good picture, this was his reaction.  NOOOOO Mommy!

We had such a fun day making these little guys...a lot of mess but definitely a lot of fun!

Mr. Sneaky Sneaky decided he needed a few more "B-O-M's" while I was cleaning everything up and he was all done with his cookie.

Look at that face!  He was so proud of himself.  Little dude is trouble with a capital T.

My Heart

No doubt about it, these two are my heart.  I adore them and love them to infinity and beyond {been watching a little too much Toy Story recently}.

Jeff has been out of town the last couple of days, which means I get to get caught up on the blog.  Click on the links below to read and see more pictures of my adorable pumpkins...

Pumpkin Patch 2012

Party Pumpkin Time

A Pumpkin Snack

A Christmas Treat

A few weeks ago I had a few fun Christmas treats waiting for the boys when they woke up from their nap.  The table was all decked out with their Santa place mats, plates, and reindeer cups and waiting for them were Little People Santa and Reindeer and fun new Christmas jammies.  The Little People stuff was a birthday present from my grandparents but I saved it until we got closer to December and the jammies I decided to do early instead of Christmas Eve, like we usually do, so the boys could wear them all month long.  

The boys had a fun time eating their snack and playing with their new treats.  Ethan talked about how Santa was going to bring baby Jesus presents and in the next breath told me the sleigh was Santa's pirate ship...love his imagination.

All lined up for a little snack.

"No pictures Mommy!"

The boys wanted to sleep with their Santas and Reindeer that night and the next morning brought them downstairs to play with after breakfast.  They have brought lots of playtime fun over the last few weeks!