Finger Painting Day

My blog was feeling a bit neglected so I'm going to try to post pictures a bit more often again. Here's some pictures from today's art project.

First I taped off their names with masking tape on a piece of canvas:
Then I set them loose with finger paints and brushes. Benny had no idea what to do at first:

But a couple of minutes watching his big sister and a little help from me when i just squirted the paint on the canvas, and then he finally got the hang of it.

Benny was a real trooper and painted for a long time despite being pretty sick with an ear infection.

And Miss Bea needs no incentive to paint, she'd paint all day long if you let her!

Here is Benny's masterpiece, still wet and waiting for the masking tape to be pulled off.

And here's Kaylee's all dry and ready for it's art house debut.

Ben chasing Kaylee

Possibly the best video ever of these 2 kids. They are finally playing together. Kaylee still prefers to squeeze his head, steal his toys, and hit him. But it seems as though every night they need to chase each other a bit to get that last bit of energy out.

Ben and the Stairs

Apparently you need to be a friend of mine of facebook to see the last video. So, this is for you Grandma!!

Ben and the Stairs

I was attempting to get a video of the kids playing together. They were "chasing" each other for a good 20 minutes. When I finally got the camera out, Ben decided he was going to try to get up the stairs for the first time!

9 June 2011, Day 92

It used to be that I could let Ben cry for a minute or two if he wakes up and sometimes he falls back to sleep. Apparently that is no longer an option because the second Kaylee hears him cry, she runs up to his room, climbs into his crib, cuddles with him and pats him on the back while saying "It's ok Baby Ben, Kaylee's here."

8 June 2011, Day 91

Ok ladies, who wants tickets to the gun show? Hurry up they're going fast!

The beach is that way!

I'm so glad we've made it to muscle shirt weather. We're gonna have lots of fun with this outfit.

Summer storytime started this week at our library. Kaylee just loves storytime. Summer storytime is about twice as many kids as normal, in a different room, and is lead by her usual teacher Ms. Debbie, but also by the other Ms. Debbie (there are 3 Ms. Debbie's on the kid's floor at our library, I guess it makes it easier for the kids!). Even with all these changes, Kaylee was more than happy to join in with the singing, stories, and craft! Maybe my little, shy girl is growing up!!

6 June 2011, Day 89

Daddy is gone on another business trip, Mexico for 3 days. And Kaylee decided to take every single toy out of her toy box and spread it all over the house. Times like this make me think it's time to go through that toy box again and donate some stuff, then I get distracted cleaning up!

5 June 2011, Day 88

One weekend every year the Schnormeier Gardens are opened up to the public. We went last year and went up the hill to the upper gardens, this year we stayed on the lower half and explored the meadow gardens and the forest walk.

And, just cause I can, here's some pictures from last year, followed by a picture in the same place a year later.

Last year crossing the bridge.

This year crossing the bridge.

Last year feeding the koi.

This year feeding the koi.

What a difference a year makes!!

4 June 2011, Day 87

Another Farmer's Market day. Today there was a little surprise when we saw the fountain was filled with bubbles!! Maybe a graduation prank, I don't really know, but Kaylee loved it!