Monday Movies!

When I was in fifth grade we each had to choose a Shel Silverstein poem to memorize and recite in front of the class. I picked "Too May Kids". The girls have recently been enjoying Mr. Silverstein's work and Beatrice has picked up on my favorite of his poems. Silliness abounds!

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Beatrice was in rare form tonight!

Monday Movies!

One of Obie's sweetest little habits is his tendency to sing throughout the day. Mostly he sings the Bye-o Bye-o lullaby that I sing to him at nap times, but I've heard him hum other little ditties, too. It is just too adorable for words to have a singing toddler. The boy can barely talk, but he is a wonderful singer!

That's Beatrice in the background giving her two cents.

I also love that the first frame of this movie is Obie giving us his Harrison Ford half grin. What mama wouldn't love a boy who looks like Han Solo??

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Obie has learned to slide and he loves it! All day long he stands at the door begging and pointing to go out to the playset! Grandpa fixed some handrails so that he can go down all by himself, but the girls still like to catch him at the bottom.

Action Shot!!

I'm Cleaning My House!

And you can, too!! Here's a link to an encouraging blog that's helped me to get my kitchen under control this week. It's not entirely under control and it won't be until all of my children are logical, responsible beings but the organization has been wonderful! If you want to get some organizing and cleaning done but don't know where to start, or need someone to support your efforts, check this out!

http://christianhomekeeper.org/blog/5-weeks-to-a-clean-and-organized-home-week-1-begins-today/

And enjoy your clean house!!

Maggie's Birthday Extravaganza: Sushi

Here are the pictures from the main event! I am so glad everyone loves sushi! It's a really fun, hands on meal for the kids. Even Obie was really interested in eating.

The Miso Soup was a little hot.

Obie liked it. He especially liked the seaweed and the edamame.

Maggie specifically requested the "little balls" for her sushi. Yup, that's fish roe. It came in two sizes - you can see the little orange ones on her plate and the great big one on her chopstick. The menu said they were Salmon Roe and Flying Fish Roe. I have no idea which is which. They love roe because it pops between their teeth. (And as much as I love sushi, ICK!)

Here's Beatrice dipping her roll in soy sauce like a true expert!

Happy Birthday, Margaret!!

Maggie's Birthday Extravaganza: Playland

Maggie's main request for her birthday was that we all go get sushi. The closest sushi restaurant is in Rochester, which is an hour away. So we decided to make a whole afternoon of it! We started at the indoor playland at the mall. These things are popping up in all of the malls and I think it's a great idea. Especially because I don't want to take my kids to a fast food restaurant in order to give them some play time - fast food and exercise just don't go together! So here are a couple of shots of the kids playing. I mostly took pictures of Obie, even though it was Maggie's big day. Sorry Mags!

Sitting on a Fish!

Pointing to a Frog!!

Action Shot!!!

Grandma treated the girls to a ride in the motorized ice cream truck. It's a good thing we only had three quarters between us or we may have been at the mall a lot longer.

I really tried to convince Maggie to push her socks down.

After the playland we got ice cream from Coldstone Creamery. YUM! (We did the same thing on my birthday. I really like their cake flavored ice cream!) Then we wasted a little more time by hitting the ol' Hobby Lobby to get yarn (not Maggie's choice), and then stopped by the pet store. All the kids love the pet store. Obie was old enough this time to pay attention to all the "tweets" and "meows." Very cute.

Up next: SUSHI!

Maggie's Birthday Extravaganza: Presents

We celebrated Maggie's 6th birthday a little bit early this year. Grandma and Grandpa Supan came up this past weekend for Easter and birthday fun.

Rob and Obie documented the singing, candle extinguishing, cake eating, and present opening.

Here's Maggie with her "Mario Surrounded by Lumas" Birthday Cake. It's a Super Mario Galaxy thing. Don't worry if it doesn't make sense. Grandma did a great job and the girls were both thrilled that they got to eat the Lumas. Maggie got both of the g's.

This year Maggie got a lot of books for her birthday! Big informative books on her two favorite topics: Pokémon and Dinosaurs. She's been pouring over them since she opened her birthday gifts last Saturday. She also received several kiddy cross stitch kits from me and two Littlest Pet Shop playsets from Grandma and Grandpa. Here are some pictures, in no particular order...

Maggie and her pile o' gifts

DINOSAURS!!

Beatrice paitently waiting for her turn. Happily, Easter was the next day!

HOW TO DRAW POKÉMON!!

POKÉMON VISUAL GUIDE!!

She's already used up several sheets of paper drawing pichus and clefaries. Again, if you don't understand, don't worry. Even those of us who do understand only smile and nod when she starts talking about it. She also started her first cross stitch kit, though I think I need to get bigger cloth to make it easier for her. But she's really excited about it. And of course all of the kids have played with the pet shops!

Monday Movies!

Here's a little glimpse of our Easter Egg Hunt. The weather was beautiful for Easter this year and we took advantage of it! Enjoy!

I'll get more pictures from Maggie's Birthday Extravaganza soon.

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I got all three kids into the boat at the playland at the all in Rochester, but that was as far as it went. We went there as part of the first day of Maggie's Birthday Extravaganza!!