Rainy Day Play

What does a rainy cold day equal? Yep, wearing pajamas all day and building a fort out of the sofa pillows in the living room! Honestly, I was doing the breakfast dishes and I looked up to find these two jumping around on my sofa pillows, and of course Marek telling McKenna where to go and what to do! :) They honestly played in the "pillow pad" jumping from the empty sofa on to the pillows for over an hour and a half! Meanwhile I got some really cute pictures of all of the silliness! Gotta love rainy days...sometimes! )

 

 

Feels Like Summer!

Hello eighty degree weather! This week has been so amazingly warm it really does feel like summer. The kids have been outside playing everyday, and yesterday we even pulled out the kiddie pool! I mean seriously people it is only the beginning of May. Spokane can be tricky though...I wouldn't doubt it in the least if the weather took a huge dip and stayed that way until July. :)  I really hope not though! We are enjoying our sunscreen, shorts and tee-shirts, long evening walks, and most of all Popsicles way to much to let it go! Here are some pics of Marek and McKenna playing in the kiddie pool yesterday with Nana.

Riverfront Park

Today we had a fabulous play date with our friends the Talley's at River Front Park! The kiddos got to go on the big red wagon, ride on the Carousel multiple times, play at the park and even run through the water station! Marek was so excited the whole time he could barely contain himself! McKenna's favorite part by far was the carousel! She had a perma-grin on her face the whole time! Thanks for sharing a wonderful afternoon with us Sara, Rylan and Ayla!

 Checking out the ducks by the water.

 

 I think he would have jumped into the water if I would have let him.

 

 Going down the big slide together...they had to have gone nearly 10 times!

 

She loved the carousel so much that she literally cried when she had to get off!

He was very specific about what horse he wanted...it had to be the black one with a mask over its face!

Marek's face says it all! They had a blast!

Second time around he picked the tiger. 

Love, love loved the water! 

Going though the tunnel at the play ground.

"Under Cover" Play Session

I love how Marek and McKenna can at times be amused by the most ordinary things! Today it was our bed. As I attempted to make it they had a fun impromptu play session under the covers. I especially love it when McKenna gets so excited that she literally squeals with delight, which causes Marek to crack up laughing. I MUST remember these moments!!!

 

Floors

This weekend was a little crazy and hectic due to the fact that we installed new wood flooring in our master bedroom. Having all of our furniture and clothing strewn across the house and two little kids that went to "help" was a little maddening to say the least. Sunday I wised up and took the kiddos over to my moms house for most of the day which made the situation much better. I'm just glad that the floor is done and my house if put back together! And did I mention that it looks fantastic! Here are some pics of Marek and McKenna being entertained by the install on Saturday.

 Marek holding onto McKenna's leg so she couldn't escape.

 

 Inching closer and closer to see all of the action.

 

Marek had his very first piece of gum that day...and he wanted me to document it!

Potty Girl

No, I am not potty training McKenna.....yet, but she is definitely interested in the potty as of now! I found Miss McKenna in the bathroom with her clothes off just sitting on the potty, so I decided to let her try, and wouldn't you know she actually went her very first try. She mostly just likes to play when she's on the potty, and some people would say that I should take this opportunity to train her, but I'm just not ready and we also just bought a huge thing of diapers at Costco not long ago and I don't want them to go to waste. Maybe when those run out we will give it a real go! Here are some pics of the potty girl and her first time on the pot.

Yes, she wanted my Gatorade while she was on the potty!

 

Being silly and screaming and laughing - she really though she was something else!

 

She really was thirsty.

Paint Project

Let me start off by saying that at times I'll admit that I can be a pretty anal mom about doing projects with my kids that are messy. They aren't fun for me, even if the kids are having a blast. Throughout the whole project/activity I am constantly thinking of what I am going to have to clean up, as well as how I am going to get the stains out of their clothes. With that being said, I know I need to push myself to let go and let my kids have some good old fashioned MESSY fun. This weekend I was searching through the hundreds of kids craft pins I have on my Pinterest account and I decided to actually do some. Today's project was making paints out of condensed milk (the paint dries really shiny and pretty). It was super easy and Marek had a lot of fun painting. Miss McKenna stuck to crayons....I could only take so much of the messiness. I know...small steps! :)

 What we needed for the project: ice cube try, condensed milk, food coloring, paper, and paint brushes.

 

 Working on his first master piece...he said that the paints smelt like cheese! :)

 

 Concentrating!

 

 McKenna getting in on a little finger painting.

 

 Such a BIG girl!

 

 Showing off his handy work.

 

The finished product.