My Boys......

I was just looking through my pictures this morning and thought I would share some. A few weeks back the kids and I made pirate hats. They had fun making them and have been using them for play.

Here the boys are snuggling in there blankets. Last week my parents were able to stay for a couple of days and the kids get to camp out on the living room floor. They have fun and especially enjoy the time of with Grandpa and Grandma.

Madison Children's Museum....
Last week we went to the Children's Museum and the kids spent a few hours playing. There is so much there for the kids to do. There a good art area....

building area....

a pretend food area.

and so much more. I am planning on taking the kids about once a month.

Anna's Spark Verse....

John 14:6
Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."

It is so awesome to listen you your little girl recite her Bible verse. She put great reflections into the verse. It's also been great for me because I get to review verses that I have memorized. I'm not sure what I am going to do next year with 3 kids in Awana's.

I saw this written on Facebook and I had to post it. Have a blessed Tuesday:)

Happy Moments PRAISE GOD

Difficult moments SEEK GOD

Quiet moments WORSHIP GOD

Painful moments TRUST GOD

Every moment THANK GOD

Boys' Room......
Today I went to Ace Hardware and found a gallon of paint in their clearance section. It was only $5. I thought it would look good in the boys room. I painted this room yellow before Anna was born because I didn't know if we were going to have a boy or a girl. It's been needing a change. When I saw a deal on this paint I couldn't pass it up. It only took me about two hours to paint the room this afternoon. What do you think??? About the paint color not the ugly green carpet. We really need to get new carpet in this room.

Before:

After:

You Shall Not Want

The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want. Psalm 23:1

To the lost sheep, He is the seeking Shepherd;
To the needy sheep, He is the providing Shepherd;
To the hurting sheep, He is the comforting Shepherd;
To the bruised sheep, He is the healing Shepherd;
To the anxious sheep, He is the peaceful Shepherd;
To the wandering sheep, He is the guiding Shepherd;
To the fearful sheep, He is the protecting Shepherd;
To all His sheep, He is the Good Shepherd.

-Roy Lessin

Menu Planning Sheets.....

I've been wanting to find something, so I could keep track of our meals. I found one that I really like and wanted to share it with you. Hope this is helpful for someone. To find it go here. Happy menu planning:)

Flying Wings.....
Don't ask me how we ended up making wings out of cereal boxes and pipe cleaners, but we did. Each of the kids got a set and it was Gabriel's idea to make wings in the first place. Anna then thought of the idea of using pipe cleaners, so they could put them on there arms and have something to hold on too. There are so many great uses for cereal boxes and we also made a race track, which the kids have colored and decorated.

I have to say cardboard is wonderful and such a inexpensive way for kids to craft. We went to a friends house this past weekend and they had made a doll house out of cardboard. It was awesome and I guess the little girls loves to play with it. Kids tend to play more with things they make themselves:)

Snow Fun....
Yesterday we got a good amount of snow, so I sent the kids out to play. Well to our great surprise the snow was the nice sticky stuff. The kids had a blast making this snow man and they made a fort. It's to bad the snow isn't always sticky because the kids have so much fun with it.

Kids Websites....

I new website that a friend told me about is called Starfall. It teaches kids letters, the sounds and goes as far as teaching the child to sounds out words and read. It's wonderful and am so glad a friends of mine told me about it. I am finding it is a fun way for the kids to have fun and be learning at the same time. Does anyone else have some learning websites that they love to have there kids play at. I know the other websites that my kids love to go too is Nick Jr, PBS Kids and Playhouse Disney.