monday 3/3: playing with a bow hairstyle

 tuesday 3/4: it was wacky mismatch day for malloy. she thought it was so much fun! 

peek-a-boo! 

 wednesday 3/5: today was rex's turn for wacky mismatch day at school! gotta love fun days at school - they really motive rex to want to go! most days it's very much a struggle to get him out the door for school!!

my little mermaid

 thursday 3/6:

spiderman! 

we've dropped naps for the most part recently. malloy could still use them, but does better going to bed around 6:30pm so she can get a good night's sleep and be up at 6am for school! rex will stay awake in his bed for 4 hours and refuse to sleep. he's such a stinker!!! so, we've been keeping busy in the afternoons!! we had a tea party for a bit. while the kids were finishing up their party, they let me take a cat nap in malloy's bed. we've all got bad cold and i needed to rest. they were so sweet - we were all in the same room and i woke up to malloy stroking my hair. that's how i wake her up in the morning.

the kids watched tv and rested on the couch for a bit and then it was time to keep busy! i taped some contact paper to the wall and gave them a bunch of art supplies to stick on it - pipe cleaners, google eyes, tissue paper, popsicle sticks, ribbons, etc. they were busy for over an hour making their masterpieces. it's so fun to see their creativity shine and how their little brains work!

after dinner, we had a dance party! the kids were dancing around with capes on and then daddy got home and joined in!

malloy's masterpiece

rex's masterpiece

thursday 2/27:  cuddly kids

 friday 2/28: malloy LOVES to take care of her baby dolls and stuffed animals. she talks to all of her friends like they're babies. so i figured she'd like real live ones! she was loving "holding" our friend Sam and is dying to go to her house and "babysit" Sam and Cam!

 we are back to not napping most of the time. rex refuses unless you lay with him for 2.5 hours to get him still enough to fall asleep - not worth it!!! and malloy does well with going to bed at 6:30 when she needs to be up at 6am for school. i've been trying to plan  more activities to keep them occupied rather than just watching a movie. we had a fun afternoon of baking chocolate chip muffins and butterscotch bread. then we did some experimenting with baking soda and vinegar. this kept the kids busy for an entire hour!!!! it was a hit!!

 saturday 3/1: we spent the day at home. napped, and then went to brew pub for dinner! it was nice to get out and have some nice family time!

 malloy learned how to make fishtail bracelets and and will sit for long periods of time making them. she made her first one for rex's friend, cadence, because we were going to her birthday party the next day!

 sunday 3/2: we spent a good portion of our day at the museum of science! rex's friend, cadence, had a pirate themed birthday there. it was so fun!!! then we hung out and showed daddy the museum since he hadn't been there in a long time!

monday 3/3: this week is dr. suess week at malloy's school. today was crazy sock day for Fox in Sox! 

 we played school this afternoon. malloy was the teacher and she started writing on the white board like she knew what she was doing. and she did! she wrote "today is" all on her own, spelling and all!

rex was the science teacher and he had a "great idea" for an experiment. he just kept saying "put the green food coloring in the bowl." and then he decided that we needed glue and glitter added to it and then they'd play in it with their hands. 

 this resulted in green stained hands for the rest of the day! 

green eggs and ham sandwich for lunch!