Hammering

 

I saw this idea on a blog and thought, humm... it involves tools and hitting... AJ will love this! He sure did!  So did the preschool kids!  This turned out to be a great activity.  Materials needed: Old sturdy box, golf tees, hammer and an adventurous child!

Tangled Monster Truck Pajama Party

 

Birthdays are for kids.  AJ was VERY EXCITED that mom was having a birthday!  Kurt took the kids shopping and when they came back AJ ran in the house and said, "Mom, mom, I got you a car for your birthday!"  He couldn't wait to give me the little white matchbox car he had picked out for me.  He was also very excited about the card and balloon.  I decdied I would like to stay home and watch a movie as a family, we borrowed Tangled from my sister and becasue it was getting a little late we decided to all get in our PJ's.  AJ played with his monster truck during the show.  He kept calling it our monster truck pajama party.  Good times!

2 year old and Vaseline...quite the combination!

First off let me say I would not normally leave a brand new, full jar of Vaseline in my son's bedroom.  BUT he has been licking his skin around his mouth and it was getting all red so every time I changed his diaper I would put a bit of Vaseline around his mouth.  That said...

AJ was suppose to be taking a nap, I had been downstairs working on some preschool stuff.  When I came upstairs I heard noises coming from his room.  When I went in to investigate the first thing I noticed was I stepped into something slimy.  Then I looked over at AJ he had a grin from ear to ear and was obviously

This shows just how thick it was all over!

 covered in something.  I soon saw the EMPTY jar of Vaseline, when I looked inside I could see his little finger marks where he scraped it to make sure he had every last greasy morsel.  It was EVERYWHERE and I do mean EVERYWHERE!  I think he walked around the room and thought...oops missed a spot!  It was in plugs, on shudders, on toys, the dressers, all over his bed, sheets, closet, walls, carpet and not to mention HIM!

Have you ever tried to clean-up Vaseline?  Not easy!  I googled how to do it, but nothing worked very well.  I gave him a peanut butter bath, but that didn't seem to work.  I washed his hair with dish soap, but it still took 3 days until I could get it all out.  The only thing it came out of great was his clothes, hot water and Charlie's Soap worked wonders! We had his carpet cleaned, but you can still see spots.  I wiped everything down with a citrus solution, but it we could still feel the grease.  It took about 3 times wiping it off and washing it down before everything seemed to come out.. I use everything very loosely because we are still finding little greasy spots around his room.  Oh, the adventures we are looking forward to!

Griff is one!

Griffin turned 1!  WOW!  This past year has seemed to fly by!  He didn't have any teeth when we left for Hawaii, but when we returned he had 1... he now has 4!  He loves to eat anything he can get his hands on, but he is not fond of milk although chocolate milk is tasty!  There has bee a lot of sicknesses going around so for his birthday party we decided just to have his grandparents.  AJ was SOOO excited!  He thought it was great that his brother was having a birthday!  Griffin seemed to enjoy his smash cake! Happy First Birthday our darling boy!

HAWAII

I went to Hawaii!!! I have wanted to go to Hawaii as long as I could remember!  Well, I finally got the chance!  The best part was I was able to go with Kurt and my parents!  Kurt had his two week tour over there so I decided to fly over and meet him. We invited Mom and Dad to come along so we could do things together when Kurt had to work.  It was a fabulous trip!  I will add more later, but I wanted to at least get it on here!  Many thanks goes out to family and friends for watching our boys while we were gone!

Guava Cake

You know when you first get married and you want to make sure you do everything really nice for your husband's birthday?  Well, as any good wife would, I asked him what his favorite cake was... his first choice was Haupia cake.  How-a what? I asked!  I had NO clue what that was so I asked him what his second choice would be and he said Guava. HUH? What about chocolate or banana nut?  So I spent several times trying to find a recipe for these cakes.  When Kurt came home from Afghanistan I thought I had made him the perfect Guava cake, I even had to go to a speciality store to get some of the ingredients.  He looked at it and said, "That's not Guava cake."  I was hurt.  I had spent a lot of time researching Guava cakes and still came up short.  Since then I have not tried again to make a Guava or Haupia cake.  I told him when he takes me to Hawaii and I see what the is talking about, I may try again.  Well, he took me to Hawaii!  This is what a Guava cake looks like.  Now I know.  It is delicious, I see why he likes it. Maybe it's time for me to try again.  I also got a mix to make Haupia so I may need to try that one out too!

***This was purchased at Dee Lite Bakery in Honolulu Hawaii

Groundhogs Day Treat

AJ had to bring the treat on Groundhogs day for Kindermusik.  I found this idea online and thought it was a clever take on the worm/flower pudding cups.  I called Miss Susan and asked in chocolate pudding with crushed Oreos would be okay to bring and she said , Sure!  So this is what we brought.