Red, white, and crafty!

So my kiddos decided this morning that instead of breakfast we should make fourth of July decorations. Of they aren't battling I am down with just about anything so I say okay!
We've made a flag and some firework pennants. Who knows what's next?

Eating nasturtiums

So we've been growing nasturtium in the backyard and today the boys decided to try them. They were not big fans but Mihir did like sucking the nectar out of the flower. I remember doing that when I was a kid. Nice to pass these things on.

Teacher thank you cards

I once again have an army of thank you cards to make at school end. Some day my kiddo won't have 6 different aides and I'll just have one teacher per kiddo but until that happens I guess it's mass production time around here. Three of the cards have owls and will read "who deserves a thank you?" on the front. The bee cards will read "couldn't bee more thankful" at least that's the plan. I have a few more days {read two} to get it done, write a heartfelt message, force my kids to sign them, think about buying gift cards and delivering them. Wish me luck!

Mini Vacay Day 1

So my hubster is not one to stay in a job he doesn't like. And he really didn't like the last one so he got a new one. Yippee that people think he's good at what he does. Double yippee that he decided to take a week off between job 1 & 2 and we get to go on a mini vacation to the Southern Oregon coast.
The bummer is that there is a lot of driving between our house and pBrookings, Oregon. The double bummer is that my oldest son, Kie has supreme carsickness. Like, anytime youtakeacurvyroadtothebeachandeat asnackinthecaryoubarf carsickness. And today we drove I-5 which has some moments of curvy road. And we had sandwiches, watermelon and Doritos. Not a great combo.
It's actually kind of sad. He said he though he was going to throw up and I thought he was just trying to get a sour patch kid. We had an OT tell us once that sour things can settle an upset stomach. Anyhow so we pulled over and I was taking my sweet time getting him water, a towel and out of his seat. Luckily he mostly got the towel in time and his carseat (after a bit of poured water) was saved from the explosion. His clothes did not fare as well. Which is why there is a pic of me at the hotel laundry. Yippee!
Once we got here the view from our room, and proximity of the beach TOTALLY made up for it though!

Rocket ship

Someone decided that today he needed a rocket ship. So here we go. This is the reason we save boxes and go through so much duct tape at our house.

What's the buzz?

The boys decided to play pollinators today after school. I know what you're thinking where do they get this stuff. I don't know what to tell you. I can tell you that first they decided to make hummingbird nectar to drink (apple juice with red food coloring). Next they both put on striped shirts and Kieran gave himself "8 eyes like a bee" by putting on his bumble bee glasses that have a bunch of holes in them. They then turn to me and say what about wings? Ummm...yeah...I'm chock full out of wings boys. But being the crafty pushover of a mom that I am I look around and improvise. I had just bought garden wire earlier in the day. Nice thick stuff that I was planning to use with my pea plants. So took it and made a figure eight. Next I covered each side of the eight with a clear produce bag. I tied the two produce bags together in the middle and safety pinned the whole thing to their striped shirts-voila-bee wings! Love their creativity and even more I love that they are no old enough I can just open the back door and say "have fun, I'll call you when dinner is ready!"

Ahhh Spring Nights

I love sunny nights in spring. Here it is 6:30 at night and the boys have already had dinner and are outside getting dirty and burning some energy. The downpour this morning had me a bit nervous but it's turned into a beauty of an early evening. The water shooters made their way out of storage and now the backyard is a battleground. Ahhh boys. Luckily for me they haven't turned on each other or me-yet.