Our Dance Dance Revolution

This morning the boys were eating breakfast and I was making toast. We usually listen to the boys' ipod during breakfast and some seriously great Backyardigan songs were on (I love those songs, no really I do). I started dancing with McKay and Hunter joined in. Pretty soon everyone was dancing around the kitchen. We decided to have a dance party in the living room. We blasted the kid music (Witch Doctor by the Chipmunks is another goodie) and danced our little hearts out.

I taught the boys all of the oldies that I did at church dances back in the day. We learned the sprinkler, making cookies and mowing the lawn.

They all got a little wild, but we spent a lot of time laughing (and dog piling on Mom).

Not so into dancing.

But he got sucked in. Dancing led to stretching that led to jumping jacks and "can can" kicks. Seriously great workout.

I am glad that the boys aren't all that flexible, because I am really not.

We did all sorts of things. We did a little break dancing...

And push ups. Don't you love Lincoln's version of a push up?

Sit ups...

And we even did a little yoga. Here are the boys trying to hold a position.

Hunter finally took off the sunglasses (more on that later.)

And here is a picture of me doing "the bicycle."

Happy Babe Ruth Day!

Palmer's school sent home a calendar with a whole bunch of random nationally observed day on it. It had Babe Ruth day as being today. I originally thought I would just get the boys a Baby Ruth candy bar for their after school snack. Then I decided that it would be fun to put a little baseball on it, and it eventually spiraled out of control!...I can't help myself!

On the back of their Babe Ruth baseballs I put a whole bunch of facts about Babe Ruth. Did you know he was left handed (duh), his real name is George Herman Ruth, I wrote which teams he played for, when he was born, etc, etc. They can keep it forever and when they are on Jepordy one day they will know all sorts of answers.

The boys loved their "Babe Ruth after school snack".

You can't have a Babe Ruth party without all the trimmings. The boys ate peanuts while they watched "Sandlot" and waited for our baseball game dinner.

The boys loved the peanuts!

For dinner we had these awesome hot dogs. I am not kidding, I LOVE them! We also grilled corn on the cob on the BBQ for the first time. It turned out AWESOME and the kids loved it. We had Fanta red cream soda (love), and potato chips (which the boys went crazy over, because we don't have them that much.)

We had some left over sticks (in fact LOTS of them), from when we made caramel apples, that I decided to stick them in the corn to prevent buttery, corn fingers-you all know what I am talking about. The sticks were a lot of fun, the kids (and adults), loved it.

What a silly boy!

Lincoln is usually the one that we have to bribe to eat dinner. Dinner usually starts with "what's for dinner? Oh I hate that." Well, he was so into the show-he chowed his food so fast I don't even think he knew what he was eating. Josh and I think we should watch "Sandlot" every night for dinner.

And we found these little numbers for dessert.

Can't you just tell that McKay is thrilled with Babe Ruth night?

They still have prizes in Cracker Jacks! Awesome!

Look what prize Lincoln got!

It is so fun to make a random day fun or special. If you want to know what days are the rest of the month here are a few

April 28 Floralia
National Blueberry Pie Day (I love homemade blueberry pie!)
National Day of Mourning, Canada
St. Peter Chanel's Day
St. Vitalis and Valeria's Day
April 29 Holocaust Day, Israel
National Shrimp Scampi Day (definite possibilities...)
St. Catherine of Siena's Day
April 30 Beltane
National Oatmeal Cookie Day (so easy)
Walpurgisnacht

Lunch Time Hot Dog Spiders

For lunch today I made the boys "hot dog spiders". I just broke whole wheat spaghetti (we have switched to whole wheat pasta at our house, so good!) in half and poked it through a sliced up raw hot dog. They cooked together and the legs got all wiggly. Then I made the faces with mustard. The boys loved it.

Lincoln thought the "spiders" were awesome.

Hunter was a little more skeptical of the spiders, he ate them pulling their poor little legs off. DE-LI-CIOUS!

Friday Night Activity-Lego Night

On Friday we went to Barnes and Noble for "Lego Night." They provided all of the Legos and the kids came up with the creations.

It was actually PACKED with kids!

They had a hard time coming up with something to do at first. I realized that we don't do Legos as much anymore. Eventually they go into it and had a great time.

Hunter's Creation.

Pretty great creations huh? We decided that we need to do more Legos at home.

When I lived in D.C. there was such a cute ice cream parlor called "Maggie Moos." Josh let me know there is one in Utah too and it was right by the Barnes and Noble we went to. It was so fun and the kids loved it. It was a lot like Cold Stone, but the cow accessories rocked!

What to choose, what to choose.

Make yourself at home Lincoln. Cute boy.

So many choices!
The boys love ice cream. 

These brothers are pretty good at sharing.

Lincoln loved what I got (mmmmmm mango smoothie), and ate a lot of it!

Josh once again trying to feed McKay ice cream!

Look at those awesome blue lips.

Spring Puddle Jumpin' 2010

We have loved all of the Spring rain that we have had this week (not the cold so much). Today after Palmer got home from school (and after getting some free Chik-fil-A from the new one opening up RIGHT BY OUR HOUSE! Serious trouble!) we decided to do some puddle jumping. We love this little activity.

Poor little Hunter fell in the water, he was so sad.

The boys didn't want Hunter to feel too bad, so they just laid down right in the water. So silly, but it worked. Hunter stopped crying and started laughing.

Here are some fun pictures that I took of the day. The light was great and I love how they turned out.

So much fun!

Lincoln LOVED splashing through the puddles. All the way home when we were done he kept asking if we could do it again.

And they were done. Can you tell by the look on Palmer's face?

After coming home the boys took a hot bath to get warm. After their bath we had cookies and hot chocolate. I put a big bowl of marshmallows on the table and told them they could have as many as they want-seriously exciting huh? I think they cleared the bowl in about 15 seconds. See the cup above...have some hot chocolate with your marshmallows huh?

Hot chocolate is perfect after being cold.

Lincoln thought it would be cool to drink his hot chocolate THROUGH cookie.

And of course if Lincoln thinks it is cool, then we all think it's cool.