Superbaby!!!!

Random fun pictures :)

I have a bunch of photos I want to share. Enjoy!

Levi playing in the playroom. We had the door open because it was a nice day out. He wanted to go outside to play!

Pretty Paige. :)

My boys! <3.......they are a bunch of hoodlums!

Aaaaannnnnddddd meltdown!

But I don't want to wear Paige's jammies!

Laundry basket fun.

Nathan

Levi up on his perch. He likes to wander around carrying his lovey in his mouth. Whatever works!

Nathan's new seat.

I had to end with this photo. It was just all full of win! Paige is watching a signing times dvd. (yes we are starting to teach them sign language) Nathan is sitting in the shopping cart. And Levi is sporting an awesome plumbers crack! LoL! :)

crafty valentines

Yes I know I am still behind. :P I love to craft and try new things. I decided I would try making crayons from old broken crayons. I also decided I wanted to do a little blog tutorial about it. So I took pictures as I went and now I shall share with you how to make your own crayons! Recycling at it's best.

First I gathered all my supplies. To make the crayons you need to take your old and broken crayons and peel all the papers off of them. I used a silicone baking mold to bake the crayons in. I also gathered some construction paper and markers to use later to make the valentines.

I then arranged the crayons in the mold. I tried to get as many different colors in each mold so that they would be all neat and rainbow like!

Next I baked them at 250 degrees F. for 20 minutes or until they were liquified.

When they looked like this I pulled them out and let them cool. I waited till they were cool to the touch to remove them from the mold.

Here they are brand new crayons ready to play with! What is nice is you can find all sorts of molds and make fun shaped crayons. Saves money from buying new crayons and it is one less thing you are throwing out. Win win! Now we shall make them into valentines.

While they were cooling I made my templates for what I wanted to attach them to, to make them into valentines. To get a somewhat perfect circle I usually cheat and find something like a cup or a bowl to trace. After I had my templates I traced out enough of each and then cut them out.

After the crayons were cool and the paper was cut I was ready to assemble my valentines.

Almost done! Just need to add a cute phrase to each.

And here you have it. My finished valentines. I made these for my girls in my Girl Scout troop. Not sure how they went over. No one told me. The phrases on them say....You make my heart melt!......You color my world valentine!....Have a happy valentine's day for crayon out loud! It was a fun craft to do. I actually did it again a couple weeks later with a couple of the kids I babysit. They thought it was pretty neat. So if you need an easy craft to do with your kids this is it. They can have lots of fun breaking the crayons and putting them in the mold. Also it is like a science experiment....from solid to liquid to solid again. Neato! Just please make sure an adult is manning the oven! Happy crafting!

14 months old!

I know I am still playing catch up. On the 11th of February my trio turned 14 months. They are getting so big so fast. Their little personalities are just kicking in full force. I love watching them grow and learn. I took their picture on our steps a couple days before the 11th.

They look so big! They look like little kids. No more baby. It's a little sad but I am liking the stage we are at, so far anyway. We haven't hit too many tantrums yet. Key word is yet. I am sure they are coming and my luck they will hit tomorrow since I am talking about them now!

I took their 14 month photos in these cute Valentine's shirts that a friend of mine got me. This is another person that I met via the internet on the website called the bump. I have not met Melissa or Kieran yet in person because they are from Canada. We are hoping to get together this summer though when they come down to visit us! I am very excited about that! I also tried to get their picture on the stairs again but Paige was being less than cooperative. She wanted nothing to do with the bow on her head or sitting on the stairs. So we did some on the stairs and some in our usual spot, the couch.

Levi

Nathan

 

Paige

I love love love the boys shirts. What is even cuter is that Kieran, and our other friend, from the same website, and who is also Canadian, and also a Melissa (confusing right?) her son Silas also have these shirts. So they all got to wear them for Valentine's day! I had my trio wear them the day before Valentine's day to church. We got a lot of compliments saying they were the best dressed in Sunday school! Way too cute!

Snack time!

We have started to have a regular snack time now every day. They get to have snack around 4pm after their second nap. Sometimes out snack is organized and they sit at their table to eat their snack. Sometimes it is not so organized and I just stick it on the floor as they play.

and yes they are still in their jammies. We enjoy jammie days a lot around here :)

Notice the big hole in the center of their table. This usually holds a box that you can put stuff in. I was keeping their crayons in it. Well Levi took it upon himself to climb up onto the chair and then onto the table to get into the box. He is my little daredevil mischief man. Gotta love it!

Play date with Carter!

I frequent a website for Mom's call The Bump. I have met a lot of different people through this website where we talk about our kids and whatever else strikes our fancy. I started talking to Dee on there and we decided to meet. Her son Carter is about 2 months younger then my 3. We actually met for the first time in October when we went to the aquarium. We decided this time we wanted to be able to hang out and let the babies play. So a couple weeks ago Carter came over to play. They had a great time playing and I had a great time chatting with Dee. I really hope we get to do another play date soon!

Wait where did this 4th kid come from! :P

Cheese!

Say hello to Cater the cutie! :)

Ipod for babies?

Alan has an ipod touch. We have downloaded several baby apps for them here and there. They have just started to really take a liking to it. Before they had little interest in it and now they see it and go flocking to it. Levi has actually gone into Alan's pants pocket to get it out and play. Their favorite app as of right now is an animal app. A big red smilie face shows up and when they push it an animal comes on and makes it's noise. It is very cute and they have gotten pretty good at pressing the button. Hopefully some day they will start making the noises with the animal! Of course I hope that once it gets warmer we can go see some of these animals in real life instead of on a little screen.