Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Bend a what???

Maybe it's my lack of patience or creativity, I don't know. But I can't seem to figure these darn BENDAROOS out! If you've seen the commercial and have a child 10 or so and younger then you know what they are. Dakota requested these fun little wax strips for her birthday. So my sisters got them for her. She got the Flowers and Butterflies and the Animal Bendaroos. They come with an instruction sheet of the different creatures, etc. you can make with step by step instructions. These are for age 3+ mind you. After trying on her own for awhile, "D" asked for my help. Note: no pic. of my "pinky the pig" creation. I couldn't even show you how my pig turned out. When I got about one third of the way through it was falling apart. I know we tell our kids, "practice makes perfect"...ummm sorry not with these things. Even a twenty-something, mother of 2 can't make a step by step pig! So I suggest getting rid of the inventors ideas before your child has you trying to do them and let them make up their own creation!

Monday, September 21, 2009

Letting kids be kids!

So as you can see in the picture above, Dakota is a lover of all creatures. There's rollie pollie's(which the girls play with daily and are no longer allowed in my car) and praying mantis' on our porch. After school today we noticed there were 2 praying mantis' on our chairs. Dakota's immediate question..."Oooh, can I touch it?" My response, "Ewww, no!" This coming after me telling her they're good bugs and they get rid of the bad bugs. My reaction changed her mind and she settled for a picture with Mr. Mantis!
This morning before school Dakota put on her gingham dress w/ matching headband. It was time to go and she needed to get her shoes on. She asked what shoes should she wear. I responded with, "either your gold or pink sandals...either one would match and look cute." Then out she walked in her shin-high brown boots...not very matchy matchy but I let her wear them.
So like my title says, let kids be kids. I'm trying to relinquish control of the things that don't really matter! I want to watch my kids enjoy life and God's creations and make some of their own decisions.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Labor Day, Birthday and Move-in Day

It's been a month since I had a post up, so let me fill you in on what's been going on!
It's official, we sold our house Sept. 4th. We moved out and moved into our rental. Luckily the transition has been an easy one on both the girls and us. We settled in and went on a mini vacation.
For Labor Day we drove up to Dinky Creek and spent the weekend camping with family and friends. Unfortuantely I didn't get many pics...I forgot to charge the batteries in my camera. But we had a blast. The kids played all over the campsites making "houses", fishing with daddy, exploring the river and of course making s'mores. Dakota is definitely our little explorer. She loves to search for and pick up bugs. She's quite the climber too. She made her way up, down and through rocks down on the river. Sawyer sure keeps up with her big sister doing everything with her. Above Dakota and Sawyer Saturday morning up about 6:30am. Luckily our friends' kids were up too!
Dakota is now 5 years old! I can't believe it!!! Daddy came home with a bouquet of flowers for the birthday girl. We went to Lemoore and celebrated D's birthday where she got a cute new pair of "cowgirl" boots from Grandma and Grandpa.
Dakota had her 5th birthday party with her friends. There was a big waterslide and they made ice-cream sundays. It was so much fun to watch.
And finally, we went out to the house Monday to go over all the electrical. They started laying the roof today. We should see some big progress within the next couple weeks. We've been told our move-in date should be sometime in December before Christmas. We're so excited and can't wait to be in!