C is for COOKIES!

Its been a fun filled full week Wednesday I was down to one kid so we went to the mall and rode the Merry Go Round then ended up at the park for lunch.




Today was a fun filled day of giggles and messes. With 5 girls for the day I was trying to think of something to keep us occupied so what better than an all day project of making, baking and decorating cookies. With over a dozen cookies, lots of frosting (of different colors) and lots and lots of sprinkles, we all created masterpieces.







One of my favorite things of the day was when Greta (age 4) told me that the VANILLA flavored frosting that we had used food coloring to turn purple tasted just like GRAPE...Very interesting! :)

We ARE NOT talking about the fact that the summer is almost ending and the girls and I will all go back to school, but I sure am going to miss these little faces!

One of the things that I love the most about my job is the innocence of young kids. I love just listening to them talk and listening to the answers that they come up with to the questions that I ask them. Today I was amused once again, but not amused in a funny haha kind of way, amused in the pure genius of the child's mind. Today after Jorja went home and while Ava was napping, I was talking to Greta (age 4) as I was pushing her on the swing. I was asking simple questions: what she would like to do the rest of the week, if she liked her sisters being gone for the day, what she did while I was on my trip, etc...One thing I asked was when she would be learning to swim without her vest that she wears in the pool. She looked at me and very matter of factly said that she would wear it until she is seven, then she will swim without it. She then went on to tell me that I would be there then. When I asked her WHY I would be there and how she knew she looked at me and said, "well, you already went on your trip. So you will be here when I am seven and I am swimming." I guess in her mind, I went away once, so I will be around forever now! :) Something else she said was when we were talking about painting our nails. She told me that if we were to do that then I would have to clean off what was already painted on hers. She first asked if I new what the stuff was that took off the polish. When I told her I knew what it was she went on to explain: that you take that stuff and you pour it on the white puffy thing that is like a cloud and then you wipe it all over your nails until the color comes off and then you let if dry and then you can put the new color on. Yup, the white puffy thing like a cloud...I love it. Everyday it is a little sad for me to think that the days with these girls are coming to an end for this summer. If there is one thing that I miss when I go to school it is definitely the moments and the conversations spent with these girls. They are what I look forward to everyday and every summer!


"Super Greta"


I have to say that I love my job! :)

Back to Work

After spending 2 weeks in the Dominican Republic it was back to work for me this morning. This week I have two four year olds and the baby so it is crazy fun around the house. I spent the day listening to squeals of laughter as the 2 girls played together and played their various imagination games. It was very cute to watch them interact. We played a game of Pretty Pretty Princess and then went on to finger painting, however, I am pretty sure that more of the paint ended up on the girls than on the paper.
It was really good to be back with the girls. 2 weeks away was so sad and long and I missed them a ton. We have been plans for the rest of the week including probably some goo, cookie decorating and whatever else I come up with to keep the girlies occupied...Good times! :)

Just for KICKS and GIGGLES! :)

KICKS...





and GIGGLES!

CHOCOLATE CHOCOLATE CHOCOLATE

Today was one of those silly, slimy, but not so sunny days. Our mission was simple: make a big mess and have fun...but have it all cleaned up and look just fun by the time mom gets home. So what did we do??? We painted with pudding. We started doing this one day last summer and the girls LOVED it...so I brought it back this summer and boy did we have a blast! :) I'm pretty sure more of it ended up on them or in their mouths than on the paper and I still feel as if I am in a sugar-coma...but it is a very fun project.







We have also had a 2-day project going that we started yesterday which was tie dying. The girls each got to tie dye their own shirt yesterday and then today we unwrapped the rubberbands, washed them and now they are ready to wear! It was fun for each of them and now they have new shirts that are very cute.

The Game of LIFE

I can not believe how much board games have changed or "improved" since I was playing them. Today Sasha decided that we should play LIFE so we pulled it out and as I was watching I realized that there were more cards and pieces then I have ever played with. There is this new "spin to win" card and first you by a starter house then later on you sell that house and buy another and there are so many different paths to choose from the game of LIFE was beginning to stress me out more than my real life. I realized as I was being sued for $100,000 dollars for what I still do not know, that games are just not fun anymore. Also, the innocence of how good it all looks on the game as a 12 year old is telling me, "oh, you don't have money for that, just take out a $100,000 loan." Oh how glad I was that the money was pink and I got to put it all back in the box when it was over and took no loans home with me. Greta was convinced that I was winning the whole time because my car had the most kids in it saying that "you only need one more boy to win" and Sasha started out the game by eloping and moving ahead 5 spaces to "Get Married." These new and improved versions are just too much for me. Its ridiculous. As ridiculous as it was and how strange all the additions were, it all worked out in the end because I still won, even with 1 space open for another little boy.