"T" is for The Treehouse Museum

My cousin Natalie and I took the kids to Ogden's Treehouse museum a couple of weeks ago when it was so cold. The kids had a great time, and even Trent and his cousin Colby let go of their "cool" for a little bit and made the best of what could have been a very boring situation for them. Thank goodness they have cute personalities! Kaytlin and her cousin Jody loved dressing up in every outfit that they could get their hands on. Not only did they love dressing up but they wanted a picture of themselves in every outfit. Austin and is buddy Matt also had a great time dressing up in the hunting clothes and pretended to be hunters. Their is so much to do their and we had a great time.

"F" is for father's day ties and farm friends

I haven't had a lot of time to blog lately so I am a little behind. My good friend Jodi invited us over for a fun afternoon of decorating old ties for father's day gifts. It was a lot of fun and it came with a really great poem that was very funny and basically told the dad's that they "GOT" to wear the ties. All the dad's were really good sports and wore them with pride! Later that day we had the privilege of going up to Jodi's farm to see the baby cows and bottle feed them. The kids LOVED this activity and beg to go there almost everyday. Kaytlin wasn't so sure about the fact that the eggs she got were brown and not white. After explaining why that happens she seemed ok with it but declared she would definitely not be eating them, that was ok though because Austin had every intention of eating all 3 of them himself. Right when we got home he asked me to cook them so I quickly did. Just as soon as he was done eating them he went right up to Kaytlin and told her that they were delicious and that they didn't taste any different, it didn't matter though because Kate didn't want to hear it!
Trenten has a natural knack for caring for animals and has been blessed to be able to go back up with Jeff (farmer Jones) who is Jodi's husband and help him feed and care for the animals. He must love it too because he is willing to get up at 6:00 to be ready by 6:30 to leave. Every time he has come home he tells me all sorts of stories that farmer Jones has taught him about farm life : ). If you ever want to know how a cow becomes a steer and not a bull you can ask Trenten, he can tell you!

The ABC's of summer

I used to do the letters of the alphabet in the summer with my kids to get me motivated to do some fun activities with them, but we've had passes the last few years and have been busy with going swimming or to Lagoon or hiking so I haven't needed to do anything to get me motivated. This year however we didn't get passes anywhere and the weather has been to cold to go hiking so..... I decided to start this up again. We went to the Animal shelter for the letter "A" and played with the animals. I have to say that this was a lot of fun and very therapeutic! The kids loved it so much that when we left, they asked if we could do this every week! The Davis County Animal Shelter in Layton has a horse to so if you go, take some carrots and let the kids feed it!
For the letter "B" My sister and I taught the kids how to make banana bread. We also incorporated the letter "C" and taught them how to Cook Swedish pancakes and orange french toast. YUM!
Today I took the kids to the fabric store to pick out some material. I have been promising them that I would let them pick out their own fabric and teach them how to make pillow cases (something very easy since I'm just learning to sew myself) and they did a great job of sewing it all on their own with the exception of Austin. He did do all the sewing by himself it was the ironing that he was concerned about. I'm proud of them for wanting to learn something new and they did a great job! Kaytlin was very helpful with Austin's and I'm so thankful I have her...
Trenten even enjoyed this activity! He did it all on his own and when he was done, he said "it feels good to make something all on my own".
Of coarse Austin picked the skull fabric! I tried to get him to choose something with soccer balls on it but he was set on this one!?!? Between his dew rag and his fascination with skulls I feel like I'm raising a hillbilly? Oh well at least he's a cute one!