ZOO

Its no secrete we love the zoo. The best way to have fun at the zoo is to first ride the rides... This time the train was broken. The sign said down for repairs. When I told Ty he was convinced he needed to go home to get his tools and help them fix it. He is totally Mr. Fix it now days. I love it. He calls himself "builder man". I'm assuming he is getting this from Bob the Builder.

He really wanted to ride a horse this time. When I told them they only have the zoo animals to choose from he said "O yeah mom, were at the zoo...they have zoo animals" and laughs then says "silly mom"... Yeah I'm the silly one. So then he got up on the Giraffe. His favorite animal this week! 

We stopped for a little snack on the benches and fed the geese a few crackers. big mistake. They terrified me after that. They followed us around and looked like they wanted to eat us. scary. haha

Jayson always puts the kids up on his shoulders.
Ty says its because  "Daddy is big and strong...not mommy just Daddy"

 Then we met up with some friends. Ty and Molly both had the map under control.

We spent most the time looking at the fish. Having a pass and living ten minutes away is really nice. If we only want to spend an hour there and see a few things before nap time then its no big deal.

Our heart day

 The kids woke up to their felt boards... Even though Ty found his the night before and played with it most of the night. little stinker. He was still excited! He kept calling it his "valentime". Its still his "valentime" and not a felt board. Ember loves hers... Most the object get put on crazy and she giggles...i love it.

 We read a few love stories and made delicious cookies. We had a pretty chill day!

My babies last year and this year.... Ahhhh I LOVE THEM! :)

this and that

Ty's little play group! They are so adorable and have so much fun together:) Ah, I can't get over the cuteness there.

Its easy being a fun mom when you had a fun mom to show you how. I remember doing half the things I do with my kids with my mom.. Thanks mama.

Ember has been surprising me lately. She will wake up in the middle of the night and my Miss Independent wont go back to sleep unless I go sit next to her. She grips right on to my fingers like she did when she was a newborn. Last night I probably sat with her for a half hour before she fell back asleep. I love that she needs that little bit of comfort. . . and I am definitely more than happy to give it to my little sweetie.

I wanted to hang the felt boards low enough for the kids to play with them so I moved the toy shelves together to open up the wall for the felt boards. Im really happy with the way it turned out. Its very busy but very fun. The kids have endless hours of play in there.

My little Valentines

I love them so much!

felt boards

Miss Embers:

I have been wanting to make the kids some felt boards for a while. I finally got around to it and decided to make them for Valentines.

I wanted hers to be bright and colorful! The inspiration for the houses came from here. I am in love with the way it turned out. I am dying to see her face... Only a few more days.

It will most likely will end up looking like the third one with houses on the street and cars in the air... That's OK!

I have seen felt boards before where nothing was glued together. All the pieced were separate. I like the idea.. I just think Ember is still too small for that so I glued all the houses, cars and trees together but she can still move them around how ever she wants.

The only thing glued down is the hills and the road.

EEkkk.. Excited for her to play with it!

Tyger's

Ty has been loving Dinosaurs lately... We watch a lot of Dinosaur Train on Netflix. I can't wait to see his face... Ty's needs a lot more pieces. I plan to make him a few more dinosaurs and trees. The good thing about the felt boards is you can add as many pieces as you want! 

He can name a lot of the dinosaurs when he is watching the show... hopefully he can recognize these ones. My artistic ability is slightly lacking. 

all my inspiration is here
hopefully the kids like them... These ones are small enough to hang up or tuck under the bed.. if they do like them ill probably make one more really big one to stay hung up on their wall low enough for them to play with.

I used an old canvas for Embers and a cork board I had laying in the closet for Ty's. All the small felt pieces I had on hand. The big felt pieces I got at Joann's with a 50% off coupon. Then a little hot glue and thats all the supplies needed. O and a little fabric paint for the dino faces.

The best projects are the ones you can whip together with stuff you already have on hand!