Pinterest Boards to curb being bored

The big girls had Junior Ranger Camp and Auntie Jennifer/Mommy had only 2 kids for four hours in the morning! I got creative and hit up my Pinterist boards! 

On Monday I made Cloud Dough which is 8 cups of flour and 1 cup of baby oil and INFINITE fun!!! I highly recommend this activity. The 3 year olds enjoyed it immensely then when the 6 year olds got home, they enjoyed it too! 

Addison holding up her "snow ball".

Jax holding up his.

Check out the mess! I HIGHLY recommend doing this outside. 

My Jax. 

Shaving cream on the kid table. This wasn't a Pinterest idea, it came straight from the mind of the kids. $.97 for an hour or so of entertainment! 

It was a bit messy, but it cleaned up quick & easy. 

Look how much fun they had!

Hair chalk on the babies! Yaya sent us some hair chalk so I put it on the little ones one day while the big girls were at Ranger Camp. 

Addison got pink & Jax got orange

Summer snow, at least that's what Pinterest claimed. 

Apparently all you're supposed to do is freeze some shaving cream and voila, fun. Not. So. Much. The kids hated it. So, we moved on. 

Kool Aid paint. I froze some Kool Aid, bought a huge pad of paper, took them outside, and boom! Fun. 

I'm not going to lie, it was messy & sticky. And who can resist the yummy smell? Not Jax or Addison, they ultimately ended up eating theirs. ;)

Weekend

Friday night

Saturday Jax got a summer "do"

Here's a before

Here's after!

Maryam & Charlie went to a painting class at this cute place called the Art Mill.  Look at their beautiful creations!

Lunch after haircuts and art class!

Jax chilling in his car seat in the parking lot waiting to switch cars for some "boy time" with Daddy 

Sunday we had a fun cook out at the lake. This pictures will be in a separate post. 

Picture time

Here are various pictures of the children and their cousins Charlie and Addison.
The first one is from Friday of the 4 of them watching Life of Pi together. They really liked it! Next up we had Jax and Addison digging in the dirt Saturday morning. After that we have all 4 of them painting with water colors and eating Lava cake I made for them on Sunday. Today, Monday they had a water balloon fight!
Enjoy!

Valentina's Day!

Maryam made heart shaped pizza. Jax doesn't like pizza, I know it's super crazy, but he doesn't. So I made him bacon and shaped it like a heart. :)
Their kid craft was to make heart shaped sun catchers out of Dollar Tree beads. They sure love crafts!

Chinese New Year

My kids love to celebrate! They don't care what the occasion is, they always want to do something "special". One of my best friends in the whole wide world is Katie. She's Chinese. She taught me about Chinese New Year whilst we were in college. I have since been teaching my children.
Every year we go out to eat Chinese food and try to make a craft. Last year Maryam's Aunt Brande bought her a Chinese dress and she still fit it this year!
Here are some photos of the lanterns the children made. I forgot to take pictures at lunch! But Maryam was all about telling everyone Gung Hay Fat Choy!