Bendaroos

My aunt and uncle got the girls Bendaroos for Christmas.  Very interesting.  And sticky.  Monday was the first time we actually made something with them other than just twisting them.  Pnut made the tiger, and Pilly and I collaborated on the turtle.  She did the yellow decorating.

They are pretty neat but a little tricky for someone very small to figure out.  Pilly just couldn'tn figure out how to start it and keep it going tightly.  Pnut did great with them.  A fun project if you need something to do!

First Food

I can't even believe it, but LB had his first food last night.  He is just so hungry and is waking up a lot at night.  I wanted to wait until he was 6 months old, but he is just not making it.  And he really seems ready.  He drinks water out of my cup and out of a sippy cup (sort of).  He does better with the water out of my cup.  He had some peas for his first time.  He was not impressed.

 Here we go...

 Um, I'm not so sure about that.

I'm concerned, you're not coming back again with another spoonful of that stuff are you?

Aaah!  No more!

And tonight he wore his favorite bib, which I just needed to share, gifted by his Auntie Randa:)

New Swimsuits!

My MIL Jayne bought the girls each a new swimsuit at Target.  They are super cute, and they got to use them yesterday for the first time:

They have little tutus on them.  How cute is that?!  And they were only $10.  I don't think that is a bad price for a swimming suit at all!

And look at what this little buddy is doing:

He's been drinking out of my cup lately so I thought I would give him his own.  He hasn't totally got the hang of it yet, but he does enjoy spitting water all over himself. 

Tomorrow we are taking our friend Elizabeth halfway home.  She has been here with us since Monday evening, and the girls have really enjoyed having her here.  I've enjoyed it too, but I'm also looking forward to getting those monkeys back on a regular schedule. 

Only 20 more minutes until the tornado watch expires.  I hate the thought of a tornado.  Talk about something that will make me nervous!

Monkey Butt

He rolled himself over by accident today from back to front...I don't expect it to happen again for a while!  He is currently sleeping in just a diaper on this hot and steamy night.  Hopefully he sleeps well or I'll be up all night:)

I'm not doing any crafts this week as I was in such a rush with it the past few weeks.  I'm just reading, watching some TV, and eating snacks.  Oh happy day!  I'm not burnt out because I'm already thinking of things that I want to make.

Pnut is having allergies.  I had wondered if she was going to develop them as she has had a rash in the spring the past two years.  This year her eyes are swollen and red and she is just very tired and sneezy.  She hates Benadryl.  I need to see if I can find some chewables so hopefully it won't be so bad for her.

It is almost time for Raising Hope...gotta find a snack!

Easter

We had a fun Easter, and the kids really enjoyed being together.

Pnut tried to bribe her Pap to get them a swingset and a playhouse.  I'm not sure he took the bait.

They stood outside and found almost all of the eggs before they could hunt them because they had to wait a few minutes.

Then they raced around like crazy and knocked each other over and displayed bad manners.

Pilly collected the most.  She was in super-fast mode!





Randa and I went to the craft show Saturday...not good!  It was in the middle of nowhere and only had a port-a-potty for a bathroom.  We had a corner spot so no one could really see our things because we couldn't set a table at the front of our booth.  The only people who really did well were a woman selling jewelry and an Avon lady.  But, we learned a lot from the lady beside us.  And we have some ideas for different things to do in the future.  Eric took pictures of all of our things, and as soon as he sends them to me, I'm going to list them in our etsy shop!  There is still hope!

Craft Show

The craft show is this Saturday so I am in super-fast mode and need to get as much done as possible in the next couple of days.  Therefore, I'm going to make this the last post of the week and leave you with a picture of my sweet baby:)  I'll let you know how things go on Monday.

Pirate

Pnut had a birthday party to go to that was pirate themed.  They were supposed to dress up so Joel thought we should make her a pirate dress.  He brought this home and thought we could just cut it up to make one.  I think he thinks I am magic:

So I finally figured something out and came up with this (click the picture for a better view...it is really dark):

She was happy and had a blast at the party!