Counting Sheep

Landon and I found this craft that we wanted to do last week so we thought this would be the perfect day for it. We made sheep that turned out so cute. They loved doing all the steps to create their sheep. I allowed them to use "washable" markers for the first time and they went crazy. Brady had it all over him, the table, the chair, and then it finally made it to his paper. Notice their shirts that Memaw (my mom) made for them. They are so cute and Landon is so proud of his because it has "him" playing baseball.

Starting the fun

"EEEEEEEE"

Not only does he have it all over him but he is standing in the chair :)

Proud of her work and using her right hand - Yeah :)

Brady's masterpiece

Landon did a great job with all of his tasks!

He is pointing to the barn he drew so that the sheep can eat.

Priceless Artwork

When Landon was at school this morning, I decided to let Macy and Brady paint for the first time. As soon as I gave Macy the paintbrush, she put it in her mouth and tried to brush her teeth. Oh my! She understands a lot of what we say but obviously got confused with the word "brush!" Brady did really well until he decided he wanted to taste the paint. He then abandoned the paintbrush pretty quick and wanted to try fingerpainting. He liked that type of painting better. A perfect case of Brady being the leader of "The Littles" because Macy immediately starting using her fingers when she saw Brady doing it. She wouldn't have thought of it without her "leader!" They had a blast and the good thing about it was the word "washable." Ha ha!

Starting to experiment

Notice the paint on his lip

"Fingers are more fun!"

Young Artists

We have been doing lots of arts and crafts the past few days. I found a website that has simple crafts for a 1, 2, and 4 year old that you can modify to meet their needs. Macy got so excited when she saw me getting the chairs down to sit around the table. Each one sat patiently as I got all the materials together. We made an apple collage out of scraps of construction paper. I cut out Macy and Brady's apples and put glue on it for them. Then, their job was to cover all the glue with the scraps. Macy put about 3 on her apple then starting doing the sign for "all done!" I helped her put the others on the apple. She sat longer waiting on the supplies than actually doing the craft. :) As many of you know Brady, he is all-boy and doesn't like to sit still very long. Well, he worked for 10 minutes straight putting every one of his scraps on his apple. I only helped him with the very last one. He was so proud of himself. Landon had to draw his own apple, put on his glue, cover his apple, and cut it out. He did a great job. More to come . . .


Brady "pointing" to where he is suppose to put the paper!

Macy saying "eeee" for the camera!

Working hard
Such a big boy (notice Brady's hands still working)
Group shot
While "The Littles" were sleeping today, Landon and I made footballs in honor of the upcoming Jamborees this weekend. We colored the ball, glued the football grips on, cut them out, stuffed them with newspaper, and stapled them together. He had a blast with the stapler! :)

PreK

Landon started his first day of PreK today. He attends Tuesday and Thursday from 8:30 - 1:30. He was excited but nervous about meeting new friends and his teachers. We all took him this morning so Brady and Macy were excited about playing with Landon's backpack and lunchbox. He had a great first day and received a star for good behavior. He told me that if he gets 5 in a row; he can get something from the treasure box. Yeah! Here are a few pictures from this morning:

He didn't want to hold his lunchbox for the picture!

Brady decided to carry the Scooby-Doo lunchbox for him! :)

While Landon is at school, "The Littles" and I are going to be having school of our own. We will be singing, reading, working on letters, numbers, colors, and shapes. The craft today was a texture collage. Notice the wonderful coloring by each one and the excellent placement of the items on their paper. Brady's is the blue collage and Macy's is the orange collage. During the craft, Macy managed to eat the glue and chew on the black pom-pom. On the other hand, Brady sat very interested the whole time and only threw his black "ball." We are looking forward to the next session! :)

Summer Fun

We went back to IL a few weeks ago to do a few things to the house. Continue to pray that our house sells in IL. Before we left town, we were able to stop by our friends's house to eat and catch up.

Landon taking Macy for a ride

Jacob

Macy

Brady

Aren't they precious?!?

Landon took this picture of us

Landon the photographer

Visit to Memaw and Pops' House

The kids and I made a trip to visit with Memaw and Pops earlier in the summer. We made the 7 hour trip and everyone did great. We stayed for almost a week and did all kinds of things. We swam, blew bubbles, roasted marshmellows, played mini putt-putt, watered the flowers, and anything else that the kids wanted to do!

The Graves' swimming pool

Brady ready for bubbles

Landon showing them how it is done

Macy watching in amazement

Precious piano players

Bubbles everywhere

Splash Pad fun

Running through the sprinkler

Brady man

Vacation with the Family

We were able to go with Mom, Dad, and Matthew on vacation this year. We went to Guntersville, AL and stayed in a condo on the lake. It was a beautiful location and we had a wonderful time just relaxing. Yeah right!?! I don't think that we will have a relaxing vacation until the kids get a little older. :) I can't complain because we all took our turn keeping them from the fireplace, the stairs, the bathroom, the cabinets, the water on the fridge, the laundry room, jumping in the pool, diving off the boat, throwing their food, cleaning up the kitchen, etc. I know that Mom, Dad, and Matthew were ready to get home after a week with the Allison family. Ha ha!
We celebrated Matthew's birthday, rented seadoos, played mini putt-putt, rode on a boat for a day, went out to eat, shopped until we dropped, grilled steaks, swam in the pool, fished off the dock, and just spent time together. It was a great week and we look forward to next summer's vacation!

Landon got to drive the seadoo

The whole family

Swimming all by herself

Waiting on a cookie

Sweet :)

Best family picture of the week (hard with "The Littles")