Family Photo's

Just wanted to give a Shout out to:

 www.PhotographybyAmanda.blogspot.com

She is my cousin in Law who took our Family Photo's last month while we were visiting Utah! We didnt have much time , because it started raining as we were driving to the spot to take the Pics.

She does a WONDERFUL JOB and it great with the Kiddos!

Thanks Amanda!  

ThankFul For....................

Here is our ThankFul Project my family has been working on. Each day , (if we remeber) we write on a leaf what we are Thankful for and then tape it on the tree. Its been really fun so far and then kids really look forward to taping their leaf on the tree.


It was Super Duper easy to make. I just cut branches out of card stock and taped them on the wall with clear tape, then used the cricket to cut some letters out and taped them on the wall. Here is where I got the fun templates for the leaves: http://kids.creativity-portal.com/d/projects/autumn/fall-leaf-cutout-templates2.shtml

I love the things that Doodle and Bug like to right down, especially when Dad asked Bug the other night what she was Thankful for, now Remeber she is only 22 months and she said "BackPack", so thats what went on her leaf! It was also very funny when Doodle was mad the other night and made her own leaf and wrote       " Iam not Thankful for dinner" Becuase she did not like what I made! It was super funny and we got a good kick out of it!

Hope you all are enjoying Novemeber as much as Iam. Only 2 weeks until we get to be a Grandma and Grandpas for ThanksGiving!

Keep kids busy in the Car!

Here's a few Ideas to keep your Kids busy in the car!

I decorated clip boards for both Girls. Then, instead of  hauling around coloring books I

clipped on some pages I tore out of coloring books and that I had printed from online.

They love playing with magnets so I snatched some from the $1 store along with some of these magnet boards. And then added some Laminated Sight words that I had in the activity closet.

Here's a few other things added: Sunglasses, Crayons, a few fav. toys, some books, a mirror and some snacks!

They were excited to find the little boxes in the middle of their seats when we got in the car for our trip!

A Barrell of Monkeys were in there also, and that was a big hit!

I love to hit up the $1 store before going on a trip for some fun unusual things to keep the girls entertained. And if they get ruined Oh well, it was only a dollar!

NetFlicks

We LOVE NetFlicks!

About a month ago we decided it was best to get rid of the cable! We love watching good wholesome movies together as a family and as a couple after the kids go to bed!

So We decided since we werent paying the $70 a month for cable then we would sign up for NetFlicks. It is so much fun to just go down to the mailbox and get a movie instead of driving into town. Saves Gas and spending extra money on grabbing stuff in town while you are there. If you havent heard about it or tried it go to http://www.netflix.com/