There is no time to rest!

Whew! Yesterday was go, go, go and now today is slow, slow, slow. I guess that's the way it is. I am falling behind on my list of to do's for the summer and so I really got focused yesterday. Me, myself and I was able to drag the kiddos through wal-mart (which I have to say they did wonderful!), finished painting my rocking chair, setup several appointments for next week, laid out by the "pool" for an hour, made dinner, and read from Teaching with Intention. Not to mention I have been cleaning like a mad woman because Siddalee lost my keys. At the moment I thought it was harmless to let her play with them and now they are gone forever! I seriously have looked in every drawer, picked up every toy and it has officially been 24 hours of missing keys! Keep you posted on whether I ever find them :)

Well I was on a roll with working on my master's class so I better bet back to it!

What to do?

Well I about lost it yesterday! I had no idea what to do to keep my children busy... we have ran out of songs and are bored with our toys. So to Pinterest I went... I found LOTS of ideas but am still in Topeka and therefore stuck to limited resources. One of the ideas I found from Productive Parenting had a long, long, list of things to do depending on the age. So we stuck some pretzel bits (it had suggested cheerios which we didn't have) into a plastic bottle and boom they were entertained for 10 WHOLE minutes! Not only the challenge of getting to the snack but making all the crunching noises and seeing how well it bounces off a sister's head :)

Now on top of things to do I mentioned running out of songs, so I stumbled across a very cute song today! I sang along with this mommy and few times and then shared it with my kiddos. Max loves it and immediately tried sticking his tounge out too! Thank goodness for a new song... I will be on the lookout for more!

Summer = Cooking

Most people think of grilling when they think of summer and I have to agree! However, my summer is a time for me to try all those recipes that I haven't had time to make. Today I tried some Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies, with life cereal in them.

They were delicious, of course I was craving cookies at the time! The life cereal seemed to add an airyness (if that's even a word). They are crispy (not crunchy) cookies, so if you're a soft cookie fan don't bother. I got the recipe from the side of a Kroger brand box of Life cereal and I have to say I may just have to cut that off of the box and keep it for future use.

Well we completed our 2nd day of swim lessons and the kids love it! It's been a great time to try some new things and really experience the water beyond sitting in a floaty. The instructors are HORRIBLE, but we are making the best of it. By the end of the 30 minutes the kids are tired and cold, but they love every minute of it.

A dip in the pool.

So Sunday we took our first dip in the pool at Amanda's house. We were filling up her pool and the water was ICE cold, but it was so hot it felt good. So we just sat in it as it filled up and enjoyed the sun. When the kids woke up from their nap we let them try it out. Max did not like the cold so we sat his floaty on a raft and he barely touched the water. Siddalee wanted to jump right in, however she didn't last long :)
Then on Monday we filled up the baby pool at our house and got in that evening. The kids LOVED it! We got in again today, but the water was almost too warm. The temperature was like bath water, so I ended up splashing half of it out and adding some cool water. Kids liked playing with the hose anyway. It's hard to get them to come in the house after playing in the pool! Summer fun!

And now we begin our adventure tomorrow of not being home for almost 3 weeks! Long story short we have reason after reason to be out of town. My poor husband will be quite lonely, but I am sure he will enjoy every bit of it!

Summer is here!

Well, after yesterday I was feeling a little unsuccessful after my first day home with the kiddos! It was hard to keep them busy and it was difficult working out a schedule. However, I have to say today was a 100 times better. We finally got a schedule down and I can only foresee a little bit of tweaking. But I have to also keep in mind with all the traveling and other activities we have these first few weeks it will be hard to keep with it. I am really looking forward to this summer with my two beautiful babies!
I am also trying to keep up with my 2 masters classes which are fun classes but boy do they have a lot of work to go with them! I also saw the email that the district sent out about the workshop I am teaching mid June. So I was also starting to think about how and what I want to do for that.

Sidda is walking!!

So all of a sudden in the last three or four days, Siddalee has just taken off in walking. She walks everywhere and when she falls down she just gets right back up. I knew it was just a matter of time, but now that she is actually doing it, it's hard to believe! I just smile every time I see her wobbling around. Max is definitely got his eye on her, he's been showing a few brave moves of his own. I think he'll be walking sooner now that Sidda is. Her walking has also made her more brave in being a little bully to Max. Now that she can get away faster she just walks by bops him on the head and keeps on walking by. It's actually pretty hilarious!

Aww... a night to myself!

...well sort of. After taking a kids on a walk, feeding them dinner, showing around the Friday babysitter, and getting the kids bathed, a night to myself. Brett is out test driving a car and I am sitting in front of the tv watching Grey's Anatomy. Laundry is going. My glass of wine an arm lengths away. I am so relaxed it's amazing.
I wish I was posting some cute craft or new recipe I have tried but this me time is absolute bliss!