Almost Summer

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Cilantro

She doesn't know it's there and I'm not gonna tell her. HAHAHAHAHAHAAA! Happy Chipotle Friday!

April Fools Day!

I wrote a big :-) breakfast on April Fools Day! It was very good. It had ketchup and mustard for the eyebrows, and sunflower seeds for the eyes, and peanut butter crackers for the smile. And the nose was a really good mint! I made it for my family! -Nash

The Centaur Of Magic

Getting Tutored

I thought it would be a good idea for Nash to have a tutor, someone who came over just one day a week to give him a little extra help with his homework (give me a break), help with his hand writing and anything else he needs. We've been doing this a few months and it's great. What I didn't expect was how anxious Margot is to get in on the help! She's beyond ready for kindergarten, but until she goes, she'll be getting ready with her tutor.

Birthday Traditions

A year or two ago I started making sprinkle-rimmed milk glasses for the kids birthday milk. Somewhere along the way I started blowing up balloons and putting them in the kids rooms while they sleep. These little traditions keep expanding, and for his 7th birthday Nash woke up to balloons in his room, streamers on the door, sprinkle-rimmed milk glass and a stack pancakes with a candle stuck in it. The kids love it! I'll just have to be careful not to do more than I can handle 2 times a year.

The 3 Piggy Opera

Margot's first performance, with her preschool class!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4s4qmg0AL9E&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Nash's 7th birthday party!

Well, my little boy is 7 years old. How did that happen?? We went to see the brand new lego movie in 3d for his birthday party. All of bis his boys came, and it was just a blast.

Gator!

Finally Nash and Margot have a dog! His name is Gator and he is sweet little Brittany. We got him from the breeder last weekend.
Nash's favorite thing so far about him is, "he's a really nice dog, he's soft, and he's fun to play with."
Margot is asleep so I can't ask her.

Happy New Year!

Margot got to wear this beautiful dress my Mom knitted. Very special.

These two amazing little kids loved celebrating Rosh Hashana! Happy New Year!

July in pictures!

This is what Nash and Margot call a horse festival. Lucky horses, they get lots of festivals.
Mr. Lion protects Nash while he sleeps.
He's going up, not falling down!
Love this picture of Margot's pigtails flying as she bounces in her seat. This month we got rid of diapers! Hooraaay!

Summer Tiiiime

It has been so long since I updated that my new computer, which isn't new anymore, doesn't remember this web address.
I think I stopped putting pictures on because it was so hard to get good pictures! I didn't have a good camera, and it was frustrating to see everyone else's gorgeous blog with great pictures. I got a new camera. I still post all the time on Facebook. Of course, maybe this is partly for the kids, when they're older, and they can't look back on Facebook.
So, randomly, here I am posting again.
Margot is sitting next to me reading me Thomas stories, her most favorite thing, while Nash is in VA with Maeme and G for his first ever big boy trip week away from me. I miss him so much it feels awful. He is having fun. Margot and I are having alone time together. And things are much more peaceful than they usually are when the kids are here playing together and teasing each other and running around like crazy little people.
I guess it would be impossible to catch up. The kids are enrolled in a new school now- yes, even little Margot loves school, and Summer camp. I'll just throw in a few pictures. And hope I can carve out some more time for this blog for them soon. I am on it now because i wanted to show Margot pictures of she and Nashy (since he's gone and she misses him.)
So here's what my not so little people are looking like these days:The kids crawfish boil wear. The shirts say "I wanna be loved bayou".
Nash has always been afraid of the goats at Grant's Farm (can't say I blame him, those things are so aggressive!) until now. He decided it was time, and now when we go we have to stop at the goat feeding area, and he also has to feed the ducks, and llamas too!
Nashy was Shabbat king at his school, so he had prayer honors and got to carry the torah. He says, "I am the Shabbas King, I can do anything! YEAHH!"
Nash is so crazy about Star Wars. Star Wars this and that. This is a pretty cook little helmet that Uncle Eric got him. Bobba Fett rocks. Here's Margot's bike she peddles around on. Yep, she peddles.

Copycat Picture!

Then...

and now

Family art

Nash has gotten a lot better with his writing! He's able to sound out simple words and knows how to spell his name and some of his friends, and his family and write "I love you" :)

He does a lot of his practicing on his easel, which is a white board and a chalk board, and this makes me a little sad because it means I can't keep every piece of it.

This one he drew just for me! See, that's me (cause I have long hair) and there's a sun and a rainbow and I'm standing on grass. But yes, a storm is rolling in and those are storm clouds above my head and rain is coming down. But I'm still smiling, see? That's cause I love my little boy. Oh, and lower left hand corner art work is courtesy of Margot, who always wants to participate in whatever her big brother is doing.

Catchin up!

Getting slower with the blogging. Usually post pictures to Facebook now. But still, we get to keep the things I post here, so will try to do better. I think now I've missed Margot's second birthday, Thanksgiving and Hanukkah. Whew that's a lot to catch up on. Pictures. I'll start with pictures.
Margot decided before her second birthday party, that she needed to wear a crown. This is not something she usually does, I guess it just felt right. And if I'd known she was going to wear it, it would have definitely been decorated for the occasion. She had a "Sweet Shop" theme to the party, but it kind of went by the wayside. It was fun though to see some of the kids playing and "making" cupcakes cookies and cake and "selling" them. All pretend! And we discovered why people pay money to have others run their party for them. It's too much work when it's not at your house to get it all together!




Bullet points:
-Nash's favorite songs are "Eye of the Tiger" and "We Will Rock You"
-Margot's favorite song is called "Mouse In My Toolbox" by Laurie Berkner
-They both also love Barenaked Ladies kids album called Snacktime.
-Margot got her first Barbie-ish doll for her birthday - a fairy. And she likes her. But she doesn't really play with her.
-Margot is discovering her emotions and makes faces on command. Mad. Happy. Silly.
-Margot carries around the step stool all over the house turning lights on. Or off. Or whichever they're not.
-Nash writes his name on his own! Just drew an awesome picture of his family under a rainbow :)
-Nash got all kind of great cool presents for Hanukkah but his favorite one is an Iron Man toy.
-Nash and Margot's favorite place to eat is Dewey's pizza. And on the way there every time there are holiday lights they both yell, "Pretty lights! I saw them first!"
-Nash is becoming a better eater! To get seconds at school he has to eat everything on his plate. So he's even had a few bites of green beans lately! Yesterday at home he ate a half a banana. He hasn't done that since he was a baby. Thanks Raintree!
-Nash loves to paint watercolors, and is so very diligent about cleaning off his brush before changing colors.
-Nash wants to wear jeans EVERY DAY
-Margot wants to do whatever Nash wants to do. Right now apparently they both want to take a nap, which is awesome because my birthday is tomorrow and my awesome husband surprised my by getting a babysitter tonight!



Also, Nash graduated from Superhero school with the Superhero name "Black Flame". He is WAY into Superheroes. At Superhero school he learned how to be a good friend and a good citizen, how to mix colors, how to design a pattern, how to draw shapes, the characteristics of a Superhero vs. a hero (Is a doctor a Superhero? Firefighter?)

We all celebrated and it was a happy day.

25 Months Old Counting To 10

Get it?

Nash:
Knock Knock.
Who's there?
Banana.
Banana who?
Interrupting Cow!

Dear Susan,

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the jacket. Big thanks, and hugs :)

Scary = Good??

Nash suddenly likes all things scary. I'm sure there is a fine line between being a big boy and thinking scary things are fun, and actually having the pants scared off of him.
Not too long ago Nash was afraid of the following things: thunder, fireworks, monsters, aliens, sharks, the dark. Straight from Nash's mouth, "Now I'm not afraid of anything." Nash watched Star Wars with his Daddy for the first time yesterday and his favorite guy is Darth Vader! And today his picked out the toothy shark sticker to put on his hand. He loves looking at all the Halloween costume catalogs we've been getting in the mail, and keeps picking out scary grim reapers and ghosts. What a big kid!

It's not always so crazy around here. Oh, wait, yes it is. I actually take my daughter out of the house in rain boots when it's not raining, and with mismatched shoes.
And clearly Nash is allowed to wear his Superman cape as we run errands. In fact, we met another Superman last week at the Post Office! Can you believe it??
During quiet moments Margot likes to sit on the window sill and read.
Deep breaths. Love these kids.