Baking Time!

I am determined to get better at baking....and the kids had been wanting to bake some cupcakes, so we did. :) We made mini-cupcakes, and a few regular sized ones. They both had fun with the mixing, stirring, and pouring. Then when it came time to decorate.....well, that was a mess. :)

Plate making

Grandpa and Jenn got the kids these kits to make their own plates since they both love to do arts and crafts so much. Can I just say that this was a HUGE HIT! They had so much fun decorating their plates. :)

Soon to be 4.... YIKES!

Well, Jazzie Mae will be 4 in just over 2 short weeks. Today I took her 4th birthday pics to use for invitations, etc....

Bit of Writing

I am a *bad* Mommy. I haven't thought to work with Jazmine on WRITING her letters. I just never thought about it. We work on what sounds letters make. I can say certain words and she can tell me what letter they start with. And we add. We add and add all day long. She can add up to 3 numbers at a time now as long as each individual number is 5 or less. But writing never crossed my mind. :(

Well, the other day I was working on her birthday invitation on the computer and had it still up on the screen while I was washing dishes. Her and Isaac were coloring at the table when she says to me "Mommy, this doesn't look right, can you help?" I look to see what she was talking about and she had written this on her own.....



So after seeing that, I wrote her name down for her to copy, and this is what she did. And as far as I know....these were her first two attempts ever. She makes me so happy and constantly amazes me.

All about dinosaurs

Did you know........that according to my 3 yr old daughter, pterodactyls and pteranodons are almost the same, but have definite differences. "only most people don't know that". Well, okay then, Jazzie Mae.... Mama didn't know that either! :)

And speaking of dinosaurs....it appears my son has a special place in his heart for them. He will NOT eat his dinosaur chicken nuggets that Mama bought. (Yes, I know they are not healthy...cut me a little slack...LOL) In fact, when I took a bite of one to show him that they tasted good, he gasped and yelled...."MOMMY! Why did you do that? Now he can't see. Would you like your head bit off?" Well, Isaac....I guess not. :) So now his dinosaurs are cut up into tiny pieces before being place on his plate, and he gladly will eat the lunch put before him. And he tries to ignore that sissy is gladly pointing out that she just bit the tyrannosaurus rex's head off. :)