Baby Kittens!

Today we went to Sierra Vista  to visit my parents. While we were there, we went to a friends house, whose cat just had kittens, two weeks ago.  The kids LOVED those little baby kittens. Kyra just lights up around animals. These friends also have four horses and the beast of a pig, and Kyra just LOVES every moment she spends around them.  Here are some little videos of each of the kiddos holding one of the babies.

Cake from Week 2

This week in class we worked on Roses...which was really FUN! Making flowers has definitely been my favorite part...baking the cakes...NOT so much!

Carter IS LOVING my class!

I never posted the cake I made for Carters birthday.

Cake Decorating

I am taking a cake decorating class this semester. Here is my first cake!

Postal Museum

In preschool, this rotation, they have been learning about different careers. Kyle says he wants to be a Monster Truck Driver!  Today we went on a field trip to the Post Office Museum.  Kyle LOVED it!

They started by gathering the kids and going over the parts of an envelope such as where the stamp goes, what you write in the middle, and in the upper corner, the mark that is placed over a stamp so it can't be reused, and what the postmark means. They then read a story about a cow that liked to scare the postman. At that point they had various stations set up for the kids to participate in.

 They could dig through a treasure chest filled with THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS of stamps and pick out as many as they wanted to, to take home and start their own collection. The each received a stamp collecting book as well.

Carter was definitely a fan of this!

 They could make their own postcard. They decorated the front, addressed it, wrote a message, and added a stamp. Then they walked to the post office part of the building, and cancelled the stamp (by stamping the stamp), and mailed the card. Here is Kyle working hard on his postcard for his cousin.

 They also made bookmarks decorated with stamps. Kyle wanted an all dinosaur bookmark. So the INCREDIBLY nice woman took him over to the archive area of the building, where they cross reference all of the stamps by style and picture, and pulled the "Dinosaur Stamp" file, and let him pick out the EXACT ones he wanted. Here is Carter cheesing it up for the camera.

And his completed work of art!



 As part of the building they also had a 100 year old post office from a small town in Arizona. They showed the kids the process of getting the mail, sorting it, stamping it and delivering it 100 years ago. They also got to try on a Post Masters hat which Kyle was thrilled about...Carter was not amused.

It was such a fun field trip!! I love finding a little hidden gem in Tucson!

New Year...New Commitment to Blogging??

Well, in terms of keeping a family journal/blogging this year...I kind of stunk it up!  So here is to a new year, a new comittment!
Sara

Deep in Concentration

Kyle is good at puzzles. Like REALLY good at puzzles. He can whip out a brandnew 48 piece puzzle in a couple minutes. Recently he has completed 100, 500, 800, even 1000 piece puzzles. The most intersesting thing is his level of concentration/dedication to a puzzle. Anyone who knows Kyle knows he is a run around, crazy little boy. But when it comes to puzzles, he will stay at the table, until it is done....one, two, or three hours..there he stays. He also has his own way of doing each puzzle. He doesn't seperate pieces, or do the outside first. He just picks up a random piece out of the pile and goes from there. It makes me wonder what job this little guy will have when he grows up.

Sprinkler Fun!

We have had a BEAUTIFUL May. But, I think June is going to hit us with a vengence! But, that also means that its perfect sprinkler weather! Kyle was first to place his claim on the hose.
Poor Carter was the first victim.

Followed by Kyra. Then Karl. I was able to avoid the brunt of the spraying by yelling "I HAVE MY CAMERA, YOU CAN'T SPRAY ME."My sweet girl. Carter bailed early, and headed to the local sandbox, while maintaining a constant look of disgust for the obvious lack of respect for the water hose rules. Kyra making mud puddles.After the pool was drained, Carter sat everyone down, and went over the proper safety protocals. Finally after a grueling 10 second meeting, they hugged it out and were best buds, yet again.