BIRD DAY!!!

I know I'm a little crazy... but we volunteered to host Bird Day at our house today for our Homeschooling Group. I had no idea that 32 people would RSVP - yikes! I didn't even know there were that many people in the group! I knew I couldn't cancel, so we went with it and everyone had a great time! Once everyone arrived, we read a short bird book and then past out these feathers so all the kids could help "dress" the bird.

Then we headed outside to make bird feeders made out of toilet paper rolls, peanut butter and birdseed of course!

Here's Brynn with her friends Kellen & Reagan

All of their feeders turned out great and we had little bags made up for them to put them in to take home for the birds at their house.

When kids are involved, snack time is a must! We had "dirt" cups, fruit & goldfish.

A few of the boys!

and some of the girls... Reagan & Kennedi

Mason on the pink bike. Real men drive pink cars!

Miss Brooklyn and Maxden... so crazy to see how big they're getting. They were only about 3 months old when they first met!

Emmett & Brynn! Brynn was waiting ALL week for Emmett to come to her house - she literally has not stopped talking about him since our last play date. The craziness of the morning was all worth it once I saw the smile on her face. She was so happy to have her friends over! 

They all had lots of fun playing...

Brynn and her bird feeder that she made (it's the one hanging from the real bird feeder!)

Dressing the bird! (or undressing!) ... the bird only lost his feet by the end of the morning. I'd say that's a success!

They did a good job with all the feathers.

The bird bags for their feeders.

 

Some fun bird facts for them to learn about at home

The gang! Looks like a lot of kids but we're missing 8! We had LOTS of friends over :) Happy Bird Day everyone!

This Will Make All of You SMILE!

Our Family...

I love the timer on our camera! We always seem to get pretty good pictures. I think these came out pretty well and the whole process only took about 5 minutes!

I even got a surprise kiss! I love our family soooooooooooooo much and our girls are getting so big - too quickly!

Fun With Auntie Col!

Auntie Col came to visit for a few days last week - we had so much fun! She brought out little veils for the girls to practice for the big day! Brooklyn was way more interested in the new toothbrush that she found in Auntie's bag.

Beautiful Princess!

We did so many things while Col was here... well enough to wear the big kids out for sure! The first day we had to go to the park per Brynn... She kept saying, "ET (her version of Auntie) big pok (for park)" SOOOO CUTE - so we had to go!!!

Col got to witness how difficult it is to watch them both at the park. Brooklyn has no fear and will literally walk off an opening 10 feet high if you're not right there with her.

Wheee!

Time out for a snack

That night we heard the ice cream truck so Col gets the great idea of trying to find it. We ran all over the neighborhood and never found it. We ended up at the convenient store up at the corner and told Brynn that's where the ice cream truck drops everything off. She kept saying "icy truck PLEEEEEEASE!" 

Baths were needed after those ice pops. 

The next day we went to the indoor playground for lunch and fun. I could not take the sand at the park one more day!

Brooklyn looks all happy hear but boy did she have her moments. She was throwing fits left and right and I'm surprised I still have hair left. She was yanking it out by the handfuls!

Mmmm - iced coffees! This helped us get through the days!

bonding with Auntie Col!

Love how her shirt says, "Purr-fect"! Haha, perfectly crazy!!! LOL

She insisted on wearing the frog backpack and running down the roller coaster while sucking on the coke bottle from the play kitchen.

The next day we had a pool day at home.

and Popsicles!

This picture cracks me up. Brynn is trying to watch her alphabet show while Brooklyn keeps messing with her behind the chair. She looks proud!

Brynn LOVED Auntie!!! She wanted to go on the airplane with her so badly. Col gave her her necklace to hold onto until we see her again real soon. Too cute.

Col looks a little pooped! We had fun - thanks for coming!!!! Love and miss you lots! XOXO

Riding The Horse!

I had my first ever Saturday off last week so we took Brynn to go ride a horse. She had been wanting to do this for a while. Even though she doesn't look very happy in a lot of these pictures, she loved it!

There's a smile!

Just had to add this one in of Brooklyn. I never thought I'd ever back down and play movies in the car for the kids - we never had that growing up, right?!?!? - BUT I changed my mind. We were desperate. We LOVE Barney, he saved our lives while driving! Brooklyn loves the car now (in moderation) but at least we can go out and do things without her screaming the entire way! I love you Barney!!!

A Couple Days In Our Lives... Busy but wouldn't trade them for the world!

Remember how Brynn used to love climbing in this drawer? I'm shocked that Brooklyn hasn't climbed on in yet but she sure does enjoy emptying it over, and over, and over....

They love sliding down the slide in the pool (even without water!) Who needs a playground when you've got this?!

Oh, am I not supposed to stand up in the grocery cart??

Brooklyn has advanced from giving head butts for kisses to full on smooches. Just be prepared to wash your face from the drool afterwards!

She's a crazy one but we love her to pieces!

The girls gets dirty all day long so I've resorted to the kitchen sink for quick dunks. She loves it!

She wants to be just like her big sister so of course, that includes the potty. She actually even went on the potty for real last week!! I'm sure that was not planned on her part but still exciting. She loves to flush and her favorite part of the entire event is washing her hands. Everywhere we go, she wants to wash her hands!

She's in charge of feeding Jack these days.

She even shakes his paw!

Bryce got new flowers for our backyard and once we finally convinced Brooklyn not to rip them off the stem and just smell instead... this is what she did! Zoom in and see for yourself - she has part of the flower in her mouth!!

Time to water!

Brooklyn is soaked. Brynn was in charge of watering and everywhere her head went, the hose followed. It didn't matter if you were standing right in front of her!