USO Sesame Street Show

To honor and support the military community the USO and Sesame Street come together and tour military post sharing issues of our livestyles in a level children can appreciate. This year both children were old enough to enjoy the show. While Charlotte didn't understand the message she LOVED Elmo and the gang.

 Clayton looks thrilled! Not

 Much better

This year the show was on moving and how to stay in touch with friends we leave behind-I hope Clayton understood and can use what he learned because our move is just around the corner.

Charlotte takes life one step at a time

Just a few weeks ago Charlotte started walking and now she is climbing stairs...time to get the baby gates out again. Life is never dull with kids learning new skills everyday!

Smart Start Soccer

Last spring Clayton seemed interested in sports so we gave Start Smart baseball a try! He really enjoyed so we gave soccer a try...

OK Manchester United here is your next big star!

Coconuts and piggy backs

This past weekend was pretty laid back. We hung out at home, steamed cleaned carpets, started a new small group bible study and explored coconuts.

Do your children watch Jake and the Neverland Pirates? They are always talking about coconuts so C wanted to see one and taste one and play 20 questions about one. We only had the bagged kind in the fridge but I let him have a little taste.

When I did my weekly shopping they had the coconuts marked down so I brought one home for C. I don't want him to be one of those children that think milk originates from a jug or whatever, I want him to see where our foods originally comes from.

 

Well this "easy open" coconut was not so easy to open!

J trying to figure out the process of opening this thing!

 C was waiting patiently

 Step one: drain the milk by puncturing the "eye"

 Step two: Drain the milk

Step three: Break open at crease...this is where J quit...until he decided to "go all monkey" on the coconut and took it outside to brake it open on the side walk. I missed this part because J grabbed to coconut and went outside before I had a chance to grab the camera...men!

 

Do you have those moments when your family is doing something and you know it will make a good blog entry or a good scrapbook page?

I was sitting at the computer which is in the dinning room (don't get me started on how much I can't wait to move to a bigger house!) and J comes through with this...

 

 

Apparently this is how an older brother gives his younger sister a piggy back ride when he isn't much bigger than her (there is only a 9 lb difference in them). They ran around and laughed for a good ten minutes!

 

O-M-G I love my little family!

Window washing and watching

Saturday is my "honey do" day. I compile a list of stuff I need Jason to help with or I need him to do. Last weekend it was cut the grass and wash off the back porch. Clayton thought it was raining and wanted to watch. Sadly it was just Jason washing the windows but Clayton still had a good time watching :)

                                                     I love Saturday's with my little family!

Awana end of the year ceremony

May 9th Clayton had his first (I hope of many) AWANA end of the year ceremony. He learned so much in AWANAs! I was honestly a little nervous that he wasn't going to be able to memorize the verses but he did and he did great and he has a little certificate to show it. But more importantly he has the gift of the Word on his mind and in his heart and for that I am awestruck.

The little bear is for completing his first year book and the "C" is all the patches he recived at different stages in his book.

Look at that pride!

And silliness :)

And of course Charleigh had to get in on the action!!