Money Machine

For Spencer's school fundraiser they sold cookie dough. Every student that sold 15 or more boxes got the prize of 10 seconds in the money machine. Spencer was the only one inPM Kindergarten that got to in.

He got $8
Since we have the hook ups at the school, Benson got to go in also. He didn't get to keep the money he caught though. Instead he got one starburst for every dollar he caught. He got 8 starburst.

California (Part 3)

(Finally) The 3rd and final post from our California vacation. The Beach!

California (part2)

Dennis the Menace Playground

Just a few blocks from Tiffany's house is a fun park.

There were a lot of activities for the kids to do.

There favorite was this long slide. It is made of hundreds of little tubes that role.

My favorite part was the train. This was also the scariest part because my kids have no fear. They were climbing all over this thing with out a care in the world.

Benson and I climbed to the very top to get our picture taken.

California (part 1)

When Tiffany moved to California, she made sure to let her nephews and niece know how wonderful it was there, and then told them to ask their parents everyday, "When are we going to visit Aunt Tiffy" Her evil plan worked. Kristen and her kids, me and my kids, and my Mom all went to visit Tiffany for the weekend.

It was a long 13 hour drive, and so we stuck Mema in the back to entertain the kids.

*insert evil grin here*

We made it to Monterey California very early on Friday morning. We had been there about 10 minutes, and some people came to the door and informed us of a tsunami warning. They explained that the evacuation was not mandatory, but told us places we could go if we wanted to. It was suggested that anyone with in 4 blocks of the coastline evacuate. We were 2 blocks away, so we decided to go inland for a few hours.

Everything turned out just fine, and a few hours later, we were back at the coastline to visit Monterey Bay Aquarium.

Treyton, Spencer, Benson, and Addi looking out at the ocean.

A few random pics from around the aquarium

A few more random pics from around the aquarium

Measuring up against a baby whale. None of us even came close.

Plan 2. Stacking on top of Mom to see if we were tall enough. Tiffany came the closest, but we still weren't tall enough.

The kids in front of an aquarium full of sea dragons.

I Love You Day

As you all know, my husband works with Jewelry, That means I don't get to spend Valentines Day with him because he has to work.

Instead of being all depressed and saying "poor me", I decided to make it a fun Valentines for my other 2 sweethearts, Spencer and Benson. It turns out planing a fun dinner, is a lot easier (and cheaper) then planning a romantic dinner.

For dinner we had spiral noodles (because they are cooler then spaghetti noodles) , with love sauce ( aka spaghetti sauce). We had strawberries, tomatoes, and strawberry milk because they are all vday colors.

Benson helped me make these heart shaped biscuits.

For dessert we had fruit dipped in pink-chocolate.

The boys loved it, and so did I.

Happy Birthday Spencer!

As Spencer's Birthday got closer, and we started talking about a birthday party for him, I gave him 2 choices. Number 1, lots of friends over for a few hours on a Saturday, or number 2, 2 friends over for a sleepover party. He thought about it for about 2 seconds and decided on choice 2.

He invited his 2 best friends, Treyton and Jonas over on a Friday night.

The night of the party we went shopping for all the sleep over essentials. I took Spencer to the store and told him he could buy what ever junk food he wanted. He chose cookies. Yep that's it, one box of cookies is all. I figured he would be throwing things in the cart non stop, but he didn't. I had to talk him into buying more. He said he didn't want to waist money on buying a lot of food. ( He is such a good kid)

Spencer was so excited, when he got home from school that day. He ran in and started setting things up. This only took about 5 min. Then he had to wait for 2 hours for his friends to show up. This may have been the longest 2 hours of his life.

When Trey and Jonas arrived, they all wanted to open gifts, so that's where we started. They were moving and jumping around so much, I wasn't able to get any good pics.

Then on to a healthy dinner. Spencer's choice was chicken nuggets, french fries and soda.

What's a birthday without cake? Luckily one of the items I was able to talk him into at the store was some cupcakes.

I should have just bought a bucket of frosting. That is all the kids ate anyways.

Then all the superheros put on their costumes and continued to destroy my house until late at night when the evil mother pretty princess told them they must go to bed.

Cake Boss

Spencer and Benson love watching the show on TLC called Cake Boss. After they first watched the show, they started making their own cakes out of blocks. I thought it would be fun if they could decorate their own real cake.

They both had their own style. Spencer (top) did it slow a steady.

Benson (bottom) just squeezed the frosting bottle as hard as he could.

There cakes turned out interesting great.

but the most important thing is, they tasted great.

A Long Hard Day

When I picked Spencer up from school today, I asked him how school was. He replied, "Good" but then added with a sigh, "I need to go home and take a long hot bath".

Meditation

While driving home from school one day, Spencer asked if everyone could please be quiet so he could meditate. I turned around, and sure enough he was in a meditation pose. Later that day, while at home he did the same thing.

I have seen him do it a few times since that day.

He says he learned it from Fantastic Mr. Fox.

Emergency Preparedness

The project we have been doing, that has been getting my boys so dirty is;

Helping Bampa stucco

and build shelving

and paint the shelving

and finally fill those shelves up with food storage.

We now have a year supply of food for all of us at the house. Dad, Mom, Spencer, Benson and Bampa.

We hope to get more of everyday items. For now we used this website to calculate how much we need of the basics.

Some New Projects

My sons are all about projects. Everything from painting to building. When we found out that Lowes and Home Depot offered wood building workshops, we knew it was for us. Here are a few of the things we have built.

We went with cousins to build train engines.

Spencer building a periscope for his fort.

Benson also built a periscope.

Spencer made a picture frame. ( He also drew a picture to put inside it.)

Benson made a tool box to keep all his tools in

Jr. Jazz

Spencer did great at his first Jr Jazz game. He was nervous the first quarter but did a lot better in the 3rd.

Practicing for Bball

Spencer has his first Jr. Jazz game tomorrow so Grandpa ( and Dad ) are teaching him some of the basics.