Sunday, February 17, 2013

Ninja Jackson

We celebrated Jackson's 7th birthday with a Ninja training party.
The kids threw ninja stars(made of popsicle sticks) at famous cartoon villains that we had taped to the wall. 
And shot q-tips at them through a straw.



We learned about making fog to hide in (and play with) 
They also fought helium balloons, one by one.  I wish I had that on video.  It was quite entertaining!



A fun time was had by all!  Jackson said that the party was even more fun than he was expecting, so I'm a happy mom.  I heard him say this morning as he was playing with all of his new things, "the day after your birthday is the best day too!"

Science FHE









Jeff found a video all about experiments with dry ice and gave us a demonstration for Family Home Evening this week. We had a lot of fun creating giant bubbles and playing with some of the smaller ones. It was a big hit and we did it again at Jackson's birthday party a few days later.

Oklahoma Snow




We got some nice big flakes of snow this week.  The temps dropped on the one day that I kept all of the kids home sick with different symptoms. Harrison had a runny nose, Lincoln had a fever and cough and Jackson had a stomach ache.  They didn't get to play in it much since no one was feeling great, but they did enjoy a few minutes of outside play. It was all melted away by the next day.

Longest Blogging Break Ever!

I can't believe I haven't blogged in a month and a half.  Where do I start?  We have moved back to Oklahoma and are trying to get settled.  We are renting a much smaller home than the one we were in before, so half of our boxes are filling up our garage. We are generally settled though and are starting to get into our new groove.  (don't throw off our groove!)  The big kids are going to the same school that they went to before, so it is nice to see familiar faces. Jackson doesn't remember most of the kids, but Lincoln knows quite a few. They have made some new neighborhood friends.  Jackson has especially befriended a girl named Emily who seems like a girl version of him!  She is fun to have around and is here frequently. I'm so glad, because having a good friend is the most important thing for him in this transition.

My favorite things about our new house are:
The bus stops at our front door.  Love that.
Garbage disposal (yeah!  hated cleaning out the sink without one)
It is easy to clean because everything is so close and easy to access.
It is close to our old home, so I know right where the closest everything is.
The neighborhood has sidewalks for bike riding and lots of kids outside every afternoon.
There is a great view of the pink house from our old street out the back windows... hah!
Knowing we do just fine with less junk.
Jackson is loving the warm afternoons riding his bike with friends.

 Harrison learned to pedal his tricycle
Lincoln made up this game of flipping a carrot into a box with a spoon.