Super special saturday storytime

Now that winter is over I am feeling a renewed desire to take the kids on outings. I know terrible right? Keeping them cooped up all winter. But I am trying to make up for it now. I saw one day while I was out running errands that there was a very special story time happening at Barnes and Nobles and so I decided to take the kids. We invited our playgroup friends along and we geared up for some fun! The Very Hungry Caterpillar and The very Quiet Cricket were the stories being read, which are 2 favorites in our house! After story time the kids got a cookie and got to visit with some dressed up animal friends and then got to make a special craft! It's to bad her friends were a little scared by the costumed people, other wise I think I would say that this special Saturday story time was a total hit!
After we were finished at Barnes and Nobles we went to a nearby park and had a picnic and played with our friends and enjoyed the beautiful weather. It was a great Saturday. The only thing that would have made it better was if Ziff didn't have to work and could have joined us.

And the color I choose...

is green! Happy St Patty's day!
Yum yum...green pancakes!

Sand pants

Playing in the sand box may seem like a simple thing, but this time it was special because Lilly and Kyle could play together. Lilly was so excited that Kyle could actually play with her and Kyle was so happy to be playing in the sand...he loved it! This was his first time and I think he had a lot of fun. He loved the shovel and even got the concept of using the shovel to fill up the pail. Lilly's favorite part was burying her brothers legs and feet. I think we are all so glad that spring is here and we can play outside again.

Flower girl

For Christmas we were given a bulb flower and Lilly was so excited she decided it needed to be her plant. She watered it, sang to it, danced for it, gave it kisses, and watched it grow. She would get so excited every morning when she woke up and realized that it had grown. At night during dinner she would tell me her plant was sleeping.

This flower was so neat; it grew and grew fast. Within the first week it doubled in size and by the time the flower bloomed it was almost taller than Lilly.

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Imagination

Our house has become an imagination station! We go on trips to the moon in our rocket ship, race around the track in our super fast race cars, travel the west on horse back, have tea with the queen, and take trips to the bank and grocery store (just to name a few) without even leaving our cozy little home. It's amazing what things can become when you use a little imagination and how far you can travel with out having to pack a bag. We have so much fun spending our day thinking of new games to play and new places to see.

Kyle loves to play along. He loves playing in the kitchen; putting a bunch of food in to a bowl and "stirring" it all up and then putting it into the oven. Lilly usually plays the boss and she tells Kyle and I what we need to make or clean. Thankfully for now Kyle doesn't mind the bossing. Me however...well I can put up with it for a while. It is so great that the simplest of things can entertain a young mind. A box or bowl. A bag or some tupperware. The play for what seems like hours with all that stuff and if by chance when they aren't looking I pick up the house and put it away, they notice and insist I bring it back out.

Our house is becoming quite fun and I love that Lilly wants me to play her games with her. Kyle is such a great little guy who plays so well and loves playing with his big sister!