Valentine's Day for our kids

Kylie, Brayden and Colton had loads of fun on Valentine's day with their best babysitter, Lizzie!

Our kids had a great time with Liz, while Brett and I went on a Valentine's Day date!!!:)

Thank you Lizzie!!!!

Recently we...

...have been busy and here is what we have been up to!!!

* P is for Pajamas-- I (Kylie) wore my PJ's to school today! We are learning about the letter P and we had a pajama day to help us remember the letter P!

* Colton has been a little ornery lately. Amongst the throwing things in the toilet, climbing on the top bunk, getting pasta and flour out of the cupbords; he has been standing in his high-chair. One morning at breakfast, he crawled out of his high-chair and on top of the table to get more cereal....mommy flew into the kitchen and we thought she was going to have a panic attack, she didn't.
* We babysat Braylen for 4 days last week. He was a lot of fun! Mommy had to use the timer so we all had a turn holding him. His usual babysitter was on vacation and since our parents are friends, he came over to our house!

Colton liked Braylen too *only every once in a while he got a little jealous when he had to share mommy with Braylen, he got over it though!!

* We made Valentine's day cards to send out to family!
* We have been playing with puzzles a lot lately. Kylie put this puzzle together
ALL BY HERSELF!!!
*Mom and Dad were SO proud!!!!

* We have been building with blocks too. Look at this tower, is taller than daddy, he helped us build it!

* Sam and Ale came back from Colombia(yeayy!) not too long ago, and among other gifts they brought us lollypops. (this was Colton's 1st, he liked it ALOT!)

That's it for now!

Signing out - Kylie, Brayden and Colton! pEace!

Saints vs.Colts -Superbowl party

Sunday night was *as you all know* the Superbowl game: Saints vs. Colts. We went to our friends' house for a Superbowl party! It was fun!

Here are a couple of pictures...

Kylie played "house" with her friends most of the time we were there and I don't have a picture of them playing; but I do have a picture of Brayden playing with the "million" cars and motorcycles that our friends have.

My Brett and I :)

"Walk this way!!!..."

In spite of all the challenges (*watch the 1st video) that stood in front of his walking career ...Colton has won the battle and is now....WALKING!!!!!!!!

We are so very proud of you our sweet, sweet Colton!!!

* So sorry the videos are sideways; i realized after i uploaded them to my computer that I can't modify them...ugh!

** Okay, i know I have posted 2 things in one day...HOWEVER, i have fallen way behind on my blogging life (busy here lately) AND i just couldn't wait any longer to tell you all about my Colton! :)

Trip to Las Vegas, Nevada

As part of his admission liaison responsibilities, every once in a while Brett has to travel and meet with students that are interested in the flight department at UD. He and an admission counselor flew to Las Vegas, Nevada to meet with a few students and to speak at a high school about what UD has to offer. They left on Sunday and came back late Tuesday night. I so wanted to go with him, but this trip was short notice, PLUS I am going with him to Florida at the end of the month!!
In between meeting with potential students and speaking to groups of highschoolers, Brett and his co-worker were able to visit the Hoover Dam, walk down the famous Las Vegas strip, and watch the Bellagio fountain.



Brett was telling me there were guys working on this bridge suspended in a cable cart on top of the bridge...you can barely see them on the left side of the picture.

At the Hoover Dam...

Cirque du Soleil was in Vegas and were advertising on the streets.

Kiddies goodies!

* Monkeys, elephants, frogs and lions: Kylie and Brayden painted these cute porcelain animals, then we went online and gathered information about where they live (we looked the place up on Kylie's globe), what they eat, and other fun facts about them. Then we added a Bible connection to our little unit. Where does God talk about these animals in the Bible? We read the creation story, Noah's ark and the flood, Daniel and the Lions' den story, and the plague of frogs in Exodus. We are not quite done with it, but the kids look forward to learning more every day (*I am not sure how much Brayden learned, he has lost his patience once or twice and wondered off, but you never know! :D )

They come in a set of 4 and include the paint and 1 paintbrush, they were only $1.25 at Target!

* Snow men: I took this idea from a blog I follow: "Children's learning activities" (see right side-click on shapes activities and scroll down). I like this blog because it has many fun crafts and activities so I don't have to surf the net for ideas, they are at my finger tips. This was more for Brayden, we talked about shapes, colors, and he traced his name, but I know Kylie had fun with it too!

* Bathtub crayons: My kids got these for Christmas so I am not sure how much they are or where they were purchased, but they LOVE them!!! After this post, I should start working for the PTPA (parent tested parent approved) website. :)

This is an older video but I ran across it and I couldn't believe it it hasn't made the blog yet...so, with no further due...our drummer, pianist... and dancer! (* i was folding laundry that day, hint the laundry baskets :D )
"I love the Earth!!! "

Santa

"Just thought I would pass on an interesting conversation Kylie and I had today. I was up on a ladder taking Christmas lights off our roof and the kids were outside "helping." Kylie noticed there was no chimney on the roof and asked where it was. I told her we did not have one on our house because we don't have a fireplace. She said:"Oh, is that why we go to Grandma's house for Christmas, so Santa can get it?" I told her that wasn't the only reason and that Santa had other ways to get in, like the door. She thought that would be way too loud though and it would wake people up. You could just see the wheels spinning in her head, her thoughts shifted back to the fireplace. I told her that chimneys were for fire places, so the smoke would have somewhere to go. Once she figured out the chimney led to the fireplace, she wondered how Santa got down without getting burnt, I told her the fire wasn't going all night. Then she was worried about his suit getting all dirty from the "black stuff" left over after the fire. Then to "can the reindeer land on the roof?" And on it went until we finished the lights. In case you are wondering what Brayden was doing during this enlightening conversation, he was eating snow the whole time. After that we made it back inside for hot chocolate."

Brett


*This is an email Brett sent out to his parents yesterday and I found it blog worthy!