Random

So this isn't my "activity" post for today but I took pictures of my comedian of a son. Lincoln and I were playing with his stuffed animals and some stuffing came out of one of them so I was teaching Linc how he could blow at it and it would move on the ground. My phone rang and when I came back into the room he was trying to get it to stick on his lips, eyes, etc. We were both laughing pretty hard.

Explanation

Some people have been asking me about my blog lately so I figure I might as well explain myself on here. I'm pregnant with our second child and during the first trimester I found it harder to function with morning sickness. So, I used the tv as a babysitter while I laid next to Lincoln. Once I finally started feeling better I realized that Lincoln watches way too much tv and I wasn't being the mom that I wanted to be to him. So our new rule is that Lincoln can watch a show in the morning when he wakes up but no tv after his nap ( which also includes when Thomas gets home until Lincoln goes to bed. He only gets to see Lincoln for about half an hour each day so now they spend the time playing). In order for me to hold myself to this I set a personal goal to share our crafts/ playtimes/ outings on my blog so that I would stick to it. Yesterday Lincoln didn't watch tv in the morning because my Grandma was here, that afternoon I was exhausted so I turned on a show for him. After about ten minutes he got up, walked over to the tv, turned it off, and went to play in his room. I just stared in awe, I guess we're getting somewhere!

Weekend fun!

Thomas and his brother Jimmy went to the BYU/ Utah game on sat so the girls (Kira, Sara, baby J, and I) and Lincoln got to visit Kiras Aunt. Lincoln played with her dogs, cat, ate raspberries from her garden, jumped on the trampoline, then picked carrots to feed to the horses. He loved every minute! When we got back to Kira's the kids went to bed and the older girls had a nail party, then we all spent the night.
The next day my Grandma came to visit! Unfortunately the only picture I took from this weekend was Lincoln introducing Grandma to EVERY stuffed animal he owns!



She spent the night last night and today we took her to the aquarium and her favorite store, The Quilted Bear. It has been such a fun weekend!

Homemade bath paint!

I saw this idea online awhile ago and I've been dying to try it. You mix shaving cream (the sensitive kind) with 3-4 drops of food coloring and it makes some fun, fluffy bath paint. And it doesn't stain!


How many of you who have seen the movie HOOK have always wanted to play with the food their eating? Well how much does this look like that?



Lincoln literally played for an hour and a half in the tub!






This last picture was taken half an hour after I let the water out, and cleaned out 3 of the 4 colors. So he was left with a cold naked body (which he didn't seem to mind) and purple.

Lights, camera, action!

Lincoln was asked to be in a commercial for sunglasses. He played the "gothic" kid. I wish I got pictures of all of the kids in the commercial but whenever they were all together they were filming and us moms were catching the runaways. So here are some pictures of Linc in his gothic outfit.

Two little monkeys jumping on the bed

Alison and I were talking in the kitchen and all we heard was giggling from the bedroom. Thomas had just gotten home from work and was playing with Lincoln and his friend Henry on the bed... I'm not posting videos of Thomas launching Lincoln and Henry onto the bed, sorry.

Puppets

My friend Alison came over and brought a gift, brown paper bags!! So why not have a puppet show today!?! Only one problem the puppets turned out a little scarier than I anticipated. Oops!