Spring Break Fun

Since Trevor is on spring break I set up a couple field trips for him through MOPS. The first one was to Albertson's for a Healthy Eaters Tour. The kids had a lot of fun walking around the store learning the importance of breakfast and learning what all the different colors of fruit mean for your body. I think the favorite of everyone that attended was all the samples! Lots of fresh fruit and sandwiches. We ended up having lunch there with all the food they gave us! Trevor is excited to use his card he got from Albertson's to go and get his free apple! Everytime we go in to the store if we bring his card he gets either a free apple or banana!

On Tuesday we had a tour at a Chinese restaurant where the kids got to make their own egg rolls. This is a favorite of Trevor's. This is the 7th time he has done this particular field trip. He is always requesting it. It is a lot of fun and great food too! The girls joined us for the first time and had a blast. Allie got into the egg rolling. Her favorite part was finger painting with the egg! Both Allie and Kara enjoyed rolling them up, but Allie enjoyed dipping her fingers in egg the most :)

There were a lot of kids that came and it was fun to sit down and enjoy our lunch that we helped make. Allie was being very helpful and picked up the container I was putting food in and rice came flying out when she turned it sideways. Rice was everywhere! Her pants, shoes, chair, floor... Rice is very hard to get out of clothes. She kept saying that she was helping mommy. She was a great help too, too bad I hadn't closed the lid first :)

Trevor is looking forward to more field trips. So far this summer we will be going to a pediatric dentist, local library and a radio station. I have others planned but so far they are not confirmed.

Sleep over

Ever since Allie and Kara have come home from the hospital Trevor has been anxiously waiting to sleep in their room with them. Well, a little over two and a half years and that dream has finally come true! Since yesterday was the start of Trev's spring break we decided that would be the night he could sleep in there. He has been so excited counting down the days!


He has been asking the girls if they want Trev to spend the night in their room. They say "yes" but I am not too sure they no what that means :) Last night we put in a movie and the kids ate popcorn on the couch. We watched the Jungle Book. It only kept Allie and Kara's attention for about 30 minutes. Trevor on the other hand finished the whole movie. They got to stay up later than usual as it was a special night.

Trevor took his mattress and put it in the girls' room and got his sleeping bag out. The girls were very curious about what was going on. We got the kids ready for bed and read stories on Trevor's bed. They all had a lot of fun in their talking and giggling. The girls kept staring at Trevor wondering what he was doing in there. Trevor kept playing with the night light moving the stars and moon all over the room. The girls had a lot of fun with that. Trevor finally wanted to go to sleep and wanted the girls to be quiet. Of course that did not happen :) Trevor fell asleep first and finally about an hour later the girls fell asleep. Trevor had a lot of fun sleeping in their room and they all did great. I'm sure there will be more slumber parties in the room next door.

Ladybugs need friends too...

This weekend we have been outside enjoying the beautiful weather. We found a ladybug and showed it to the kids. They thought is was pretty exciting. The girls squealed with delight as we put it in their hands. Trevor had then taken it and I thought he eventually had let it go.

Later I noticed all three kids were gathered around their dump truck.  I looked inside and their was one lone ladybug amongst many squiggly worms. I asked why they were all in there. Trevor replied " I'm looking for friends for my ladybug". Of course! I wouldn't want it to get lonely :) The kids spent an hour looking for bugs so the ladybug and worms would have lots of friends to play with. Worms do not bug me, but I would rather not touch them. I asked Trevor why he wanted to hold them, "because I like when they dance in my hands" :) 

Next he'll want to go shopping for real.

Recently I have been teaching Trevor how to count money. He knows how to count by 1's, 5's, and 10's. I was amazed at how fast he caught on how to start counting by 10's (dimes) then go right to 5's (nickels) and then to 1's (pennies).  We have been playing store. I write down the price on a sticky note and attach it to the item. I then place coins in front of him and have him count them and see if he has enough to buy the item or not. He got everyone right! I was surprised at how fast he caught on! He asked if we could go to the store so he can buy something using his change. I told him we need some more practice at home first. He is learning so fast. This kid amazes me!!

Snow Days...

We had a rare end of February snow storm that at first delayed schools and then closed them for most of the week. I think at one time we had 4 inches! It snowed off and on for about 5 days. Accumulating, melting, freezing, repeat again the next day.

The kids had a blast playing in it. We made snowmen and Trevor taught the girls the art of eating snow :) I think that was Allie and Kara's favorite part. Towards the end of the week we bought a small sled and towed the girls around the back yard. They had so much fun! Trevor was able to go to the airport trials and slide down some hills.

By the second day of the snow Trevor was ready to go back to school. He loves it so much. I was glad for the snow to finally be gone and school to resume also. I do not want to spend more of the summer than I have to making up snow days from this snowstorm and the one we had in November.