Bean Museum Scavenger Hunt

We decided to go see the Bean Museum a couple of weeks ago. Just getting in the door was a challenge. Megan and Abby were nervous to get close to the animals. I had to pick them both up to walk in the doors. If you have never been to the museum before they have right near the front doors a lion, bear, wolf, and other scary looking animals. They are dead of course but the girls needed to warm up to the idea that they weren't alive.

It was fun though. They have a paper with a scavenger hunt for preschoolers. She just had to look at the image on the paper and find the animal in the museum. Abby loved it. She was determined to find every animal on that paper.

While we were there they did to presentations. One was about plants and insects. The other was similar he just showed different insects. It was a fun trip to the Bean Museum.

Abby's "A" & "H"

Abby loves to write letters. Here is a picture of the letter "A" and "H". They are upside down.
We went to get the mail a couple of days ago and the whole way to the mail box she wrote an "A" on every other sidewalk square. Megan following shortly behind just drawing lines. It was cute.

Nursery Battle wounds

Last Sunday was Megan's official first day of nursery. There is this little boy named Mason who likes to bite the other Nursery kids. Well he for some reason targeted Megan this week. Rob and I didn't even notice until we got home. Poor Megan. This picture was taken a few days after the incident.

Jake giving Megan a message

Cute gift from Aunt Rachel

These cute little tool belts were made for the girls by there Aunt Rachel. She is awesome!! They love them by the way. Thanks Rachel

AMEN

Abby has been asked to say prayers in Nursery several times and just freezes. She gets really shy and wont say anything. She can say a prayer just fine. We decided to see if we can help her overcome her fear of saying a prayer in nursery by having her say the all the family prayers. Tonight was the first night. We couldn't get her to say one so I decided to have her tell me what to say as if I didn't know how to say a prayer. She said, "Heavenly Father, bless the food, Jesus Christ...." she then just sat there and we waited for her to finish it. Then out of the blue Megan said AMEN. I looked up at her and she started to giggle. She then continued to say amen over and over again. So proud of herself.
She always surprises us with random words that she has picked up. Amen who would have guessed she knew how to say amen.
On the other hand Abby did say a prayer and I decided not to tell her we don't bless the food during family prayer, because I want her to feel comfortable with praying. It was hard for me though.
Fun moments when your a Mom

The Easter Bunny came to our house.

Easter Egg Painting

Megan had a little too much fun and broke her egg

Yep all the way open.

The after math of cleaning up the broken egg.

PINK, PINK, PINK & PURPLE. 

Purple because she put two of her pink eggs into the blue. She didn’t want to stop painting eggs.

We had tons of fun!!

Cutie Little Megan

She has such a fun personality!

$0.13 Smith’s Shopping Trip

What I bought:

5 – Bumble Tuna Pouch = .49ea - .55/1 coupon

5 – Lunchables = .99ea – $1.00/1

3 – Johnson Buddie Bars = .99ea - $2.50/3 Catalina

6 – PowerAde = .25ea

Total = $ 1.62 + $.51 tax = $2.13 - $2.00 Catalina = $0.13

Paid: $0.13

Megan Loves To Read

We usually pile the pillows on the floor between the two coaches so they are out of the way. Megan wanted to read so bad that she just climbed on top of the pillows and started to look through the books. CUTIE!!

TOO TIRED

Yes, she fell asleep while eating dinner. Too much excitement for one day.

Paper Towel Tower

A Favorite in my house. We pull out a bunch of paper towels and stack them up and continuously knock them over. The kids laugh really hard and have lots of fun doing it.

Megan sleeping

She always sleeps with a stuffed animal. She hugs it the whole time she sleeps. I think it’s so cute. As you can carefully see she is hugging two in the photo. She usually has on in each arm. Fun kid.

Abby’s new hair cut

Yes I finally got Abby’s hair cut. I LOVE IT!! She looks so cute and grown up to me now.

But, I’m shopping Mom

Abby decided to go shopping with Megan. I guess they wanted to purchase all of the DVDs in our house.

My little Monkey!

Child Labor

They love it when i move the table to mop the flour because they get to help.

Check out Abby’s outfit. She loved strips this day. Good thing it was cleaning day.

 

I loved the help.

My Messy Little Eater

She loves to make a mess when she eats.

Bath time is right after dinner.

Abby was bored!…

I was doing the dishes and Abby was way too quiet. This is what I walked into.

Abby has not done this sense because she sat for a half hour putting every single piece back in.

What's New with us

Well I realized that it's been forever sense I've posted anything and decided to post some stuff. I've got tons of pictures I want to post but I can't do it while the kids are awake because they destroy the house when I do. Rob is really busy with projects right now so he's on the computer at night and my little lap top wont let me download the soft ware for my camera so there won't be pictures for a little while SORRY!!

New Stuff:

Abby is now three and loving it. She holds her fingers out showing people that she is three whenever people ask (Thanks Nicole Field for teacher her that)
I have also been doing a mini preschool with one of Abby's friends (Abby calls her "my best friend"). She has been learning the alphabet. She knows "A" now. She loves to point it out where ever we are. She also likes to remind me that her name has an A in it. CUTIE!!

She went three night without having a wet accident in her bed. Then last night oops!! She has for the most part been doing lots better with potty training. She has a few accidents here and there. She has honestly been pretty good for a while. Funny story, Hopefully Nicole wont mind me telling this. Rob and I had Nicole watch Abby and Megan one day and while we were gone Abby pooped in her panties. Nicole was not very happy with her. Honestly I get unhappy with her every time. So discusting!! Anyways Abby for a while after that would say that she needs to go potty so that Nicole wont call her a baby again. Nicole helped us over the hurdle of potty training Abby. She has done so much better now.

Megan's 2nd front tooth has finally come in. She looked like a hillbilly for a while. Her also has two more molars on the bottom. Those have been a struggle coming in. They bleed a little and have been swollen for a while.
She has been showing interest in panties and the toilet but I AM NOT GOING THERE!! No I think she just wants to because Abby does. She is Abby's little shadow. It drives Abby crazy most some of the time. They both like the same things and we only have one so they fight. Joys of parenting I guess.
Megan also knows her nose and her mouth. She can say ball, barbie (weird I know, she leaves the r out) Dada, Mama, Papa, uh oh, she attempts to say drink, this, Abby, there are also a bunch of words that she has said one or two times and then never says again.
She has been climbing up and down the stairs really good and can start climbing down all by herself. She loves to be outside (no shock, I love it too).
She is a very delightful kid.

Rob's business is going well. He has been staying busy with projects.
My business ( I guess you could call it that) is going well. Starting to pick up. I've made $350 in one week. Not bad for 4 hours of work.
That's about it for all of us.