November passed quickly due to all of our visitors. We absolutely LOVED having people come visit. It was made especially sweet since we are in our new home and have so much space to share.
(Anyone is welcome, anytime..please come see us!)
In between the cleaning and getting things ready, I tried to do some fun projects with the kids. And also to just enjoy the sweet, simple moments with them. It was definitely a fun month!
Noteworthy: my first bun. Yup- ever. I was excited:
Callen- snuggle time after his bath. Oh this boy melts my heart:
The boys are in love with him too. Tave tells me every day how much he loves Callen and that he is the 'cutest baby we've ever had':
He loves to jump in his jumper:
One of the activities the boys loooove to help with is baking.
I've tried baking with them more often since it's a great boredom buster and we get a yummy treat out of it. win/win:
I let them do most of the work, so our cookies are usually pretty funky shapes after they are rolled in the cinnamon! It just makes them taste extra delicious!
I love that these boys love to bake:
"mom, take my picture while 'm dumping this in" you got it, buddy!
Tave-man, ready to get cookin!
Ryder's favorite job:
He insisted on wearing my apron:
mmmmm....
Another thing we've been working on a lot more is ART. I want to encourage the boys to use their creativity in expressing themselves. Allowing them to do hands on projects where they get messy, dirty, and experiment with colors, paints, crayons, and a variety of mediums is something that I think is extremely important. I have a goal of doing some kind of art every day and then doing more in-depth art projects once a week with a lesson on an artist. I have yet to do the lesson part, but, well, we're all a work in progress, right?!
Here's our watercolor with salts and glue (project idea found
here)
West & Tave worked on one canvas:
and Ryder & I did the other:
He picked all the colors and I just filled in where he wanted:
The boys were on their own with theirs.
I looooove how they turned out. But more importantly, the boys LOVE it.
And they think it is so cool that we have them hanging in our house:
And just a few cute moments.
We find Ryder sleeping in the funniest positions. Sometimes he's halfway off the bed even. So funny:
And the Tave-man saying "Have a great day, friends!"
