The Life of a Box

We received a new box in the mail today loaded with diapers.  It lasted only 2 minutes.  Here is a life of a box in our house...

We are no respecter of boxes... even small ones keep the boys entertained...

Catapult

We've enjoyed some beautiful days this winter.  The boys decided to make a catapult this afternoon.  They were outside from 12-5 and I can't remember a single dispute.  It was one of those days a mom lives for.
The basic premise behind the catapult was this...animals will come up and push on the end (at one point there were some pretzel sticks balanced on the top) and then the rocks will flip up and kill the animals.  We've recently talked about David and Gloliath so the boys understand that it only takes 1 rock to kill something.  Then Easton planned on cutting up the animals, cooking them in the fire, and eating them.  He was hoping for a deer.

Declan enjoyed hanging out in the dirt with the big boys.

Children's Museum

David had a day off work so we decided to take a day trip to the Winchester Children's Museum (only a 1 hr drive).  The museum front and inside isn't very impressive...kind of old and run-down, but the kids had a blast.  My favorite part was an apple station that had a conveyer belt, rope pully, and all sorts of buckets and ramps.  The babies loved a series of tables that had different manipulatives.

 

  

  

A little nap after a hard days work!

Gingerbread Cookies

I bought a 'just add water' gingerbread cookie mix this Christmas.  We decided to make cookies since cookies are always delicious and it was a way to keep the boys occupied.

I told the boys we had to give most of the cookies away (since I'm the one who ends up eating everything!).  I gave them each a plate and said they could keep what was on their plate.
Cache had 3 medium sized cookies on his plate.  Easton had, well, look for yourself!  I was quite impressed with his ability to precariously balance each cookie on the very edge of the plate.  Technically, he did exactly what I told him, so I let him keep all of them!

Thank you.

I must say we have very polite babies.  They love to hand us EVERYTHING.  Everytime they hand us something, they say, 'thank you'!

Red Robin

We did it!  We ventured out with all 4 kids to a restaurant.  This was our second attempt and it went quite well.  Declan broke the square sugar container and we went through about 50 napkins, but definitely no disasters.  I can't say that it inspired me to try it again anytime soon, but score 1 for team Svir today!

The Great Outdoors

We have had a very unusual winter...by late afternoon, we are often in the 50's (which is good!)  In fear that our good luck is going to end (and in fear that we may all go crazy), we try to get outside every afternoon.

Sticks and Stones...

The twins LOVE the boys scooters.  They are probably tired of watching their brothers have all the fun while they get pushed around.  Both twins will stand on the scooter for 20 minutes while we push them around the yard.

If the babies get to ride the scooters, then Cache is going to take his turn getting pushed on the baby car!

The baby swings have been a hit.  I only wish I had 4 instead of 2!