CrazySox

2 kids

sara — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:30:25 +0000

Sawyer found an orange spider ring the other day. He was very excited to put on the “halloween spider.” He then said to me, “take me to Halloween, mom, please.” I told hime I couldn’t take him to Halloween, it just happens during the year, like Valentine’s Day is coming up- we had just bought bubbles for the kids in his class for Valentine’s Day. He wasn’t happy with my answer, he kept begin me to take him to Halloween. Silly boy.

He’s been doing this for a while; I’ll call him a monkey while giving him a piggy back ride and he tells me, “I not a monkey, I a kid!” He loves pretending to be a baby or a kitty cat or a monster, but when he’s finished he’ll tell me, “all done now, not a —, I a kid now!” I guess he loves being a kid!

Avery’s update is easy, she has pretty much ceased whining! FOr the last month I’ve been working in the Kids Church with the 2nd & 3rd graders. All the grade level kids cover the same info and concept, just in different ways, so I was able to talk to Avery more about the lessons during the week. I focused on whining and communicating- huffing and puffing, groaning… It worked! She’s doing way better and life is much more pleasant for all of us.

Dear Diary,

sara — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 06:12:57 +0000

I have been reading “Little House in the Big Woods” to Avery. We are really enjoying it. I was telling her that the stories in the book are autobiographical, the stories are about Laura and written by Laura. She asked how she could remember the stories, there are so many. Laura kept a diary. That peaked her interest. She’s been talking about keeping a diary or a journal for a while now, no time like the present.

This is the diary I bought for Avery. I thought one that she could decorate would be good, she loved it and got right to work.

Working on her first entry.

Showing off her new "gorgeous" diary.

When I was a little girl I kept a diary too. My parents still have them in the basement. I’ll have to dig them out the next time we are there. It’ll be fun to look through them with my daughter.

New bike

sara — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 06:00:46 +0000

Sawyer got a new bike for Christmas. It’s a bike with no pedals, he uses his feet to make the bike go. It helps him with balance so it’s easy to transition to a bicycle- not training wheels. We didn’t take it to Boise so he got it on NYE Day.

What is this? A new bike!! He kept asking if it was his bike.

Figuring out how this new bike works.

He loves his new bike!! He rides up and down the street, from the street to the sidewalk swerving from side to side.

He asks to ride his bike just about every morning and every afternoon. He loves riding his bike. He’ll transition to a two wheel bike soon…

games

sara — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 05:14:42 +0000

I’ve been trying to play more games with the kids. We have them, and we rarely play them. Why? I am now making time to play the card games, board games and puzzles.

So far Avery and I have played Boggle, mancala and Spit. She’s beat 3 out of 4 games of mancala!! I made her a deal that when she finds a word in Boggle that I don’t have, I’ll give her a quarter. She earned herself 75 cents tonight.

Ready to play another game of Mancala.

Sawyer and I have put together 4 puzzles and played with a tangram set we have. He is really good at it. He can “build” the easy shapes, no problem. I was quite impressed with him and I am happy that he wants to play it again.

2012

sara — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 04:59:17 +0000

Since it’s the beginning of a new year, we try to make changes that will better our lives and blah. blah, blah….

I’ve decided that I want to use the kitchen gadgets I have that I’ve never used or barely used. So far, I haven’t.

I’m working on emptying our freezer. It’s ridiculously full. I can’t even put anything else into it if I wanted to. On that same note I’ve decided make real dinners again- no more open a bag up and throw it in a skillet. That means I need to plan ahead, such a pain! It’s been 2 weeks, and I’m doing it!

I’ve been making more time to play games with the kids. Avery and I have played Blink, Mancala and Boggle so far. Sawyer and I have done puzzles & tangrams. They are each enjoying the games and pretty good at them. They both asked to play games tonight.

Cheers to 2012.

Christmas Eve Traditions

sara — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 04:14:56 +0000

Lots of traditions!!

Christmas Eve- I made crepes with tons of topping options; Nutella, chocolate chips, punt butter, white sugar, brown sugar, cheese, ham & cheese, cinnamon sugar, whipped cream, powdered sugar, apple sauce, apples and a few jams options. I ended up making 5 batches of crepes for 12 people! Needless to say, we didn’t have dessert afterwards! Crepes 2010

Lots of toppings and empty plates. All bellies were full after this yummy dinner.

For as long as I can remember we’ve always read The Gift of the Magi (O’Henry) on Christmas Eve. Now anyone who wants to take a turn reading a page. I was really happy that Avery wanted to participate in the reading this year, she read 2 pages.

Crunched on the couch reading The Gift of the Magi.

My parents asked us (the parents) were to pick out a book for our kids. After they are wrapped they are placed by the kids bed, so it’s the first gift they open when they wake up. The kids can open these gifts first thing, they don’t have to wait for everyone to be up. It really helped keep the kids calm and away from the tree till everyone was awake to actually open presents. Avery got a Roald Dahl book set and Sawyer got a new Cars book that has 6 stories in it. They were both excited about these gifts.

12-13 gymnastics christmas party

sara — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 22:00:01 +0000

The kids are both taking gymnastics classes. On Tuesday, December 13th was the Christmas party. THe party was from 2:30 to 5. Sawyer had class from 1 to 2, Avery came to the party with a her friend, Abby after school. We stated till 5!! There was food, a lady putting feathers in the girls hair, and The Glam Truck was there! Avery and Abby stayed in the Glam Truck the entire time. She got her hair done, glitter tattoo, decorated a mask… just had a great time. Sawyer and I played on the trampoline, and got to try out the trapeze.

12-6 letters

sara — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 16:15:30 +0000

Sawyer and I got together with a few friends at a park to make handmade cards for veterans and active duty service members. There were a lot of supplies- paper, glue, stickers, die cuts… We ended up making 29 cards. After school Avery made one more card, so we mailed out 30 cards to my friend in Virginia. She and her son are involved in a group called Socks For Vets. Socks for Vets is an opportunity for the community to give back to our Veterans.

Handmade holiday cards for vets.

12-11 Holiday Show

sara — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:43:15 +0000

Avery and I went to a Holiday DAnce Show that was put on by a local dance school that her friends go to. It was ocean themed- pirates, mermaids, Hawaiian dancers… it was a great show, very fun to watch.

12-10 Santa Paws

sara — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:37:46 +0000

I took Avery to a Girl Scout event called Santa Paws. I had no idea what to expect when we got there. It was a learning experience, Avery and her troop loved it. It was organized by a troop of Juniors, 6th graders. They did a great job, entertaining 40+ Daisies and Brownies.

The first station was taking a picture with Santa Paws. They printed the pictures and gave them to the girls on a paper frame signed by all the Juniors Troop..

There were different stations; knot tying, games, songs, snack and crafts.

It was kind of dorky, but Avery had a great time. THe girls who organized the event all had purple shirts on that had their “camp names” on them. Some of them were pretty funny; Onomatopoeia, Bri Bri, Cherry… So Avery has now chosen her camp name; LOL. I thought that was quite funny and creative.