Family Project

I found this blog post and just had to do it. I heard you need to bake them for longer than 30 minutes. So Wednesday when it's cold, I'll bake them for over an hour. Just to be safe we only drew on the outside of the mug. Wouldn't want a yummy hot chocolate to taste like Sharpie!

Also, they are hand wash only. The price we pay for cuteness!

UPDATE!!!
This does work with a sharpie – but not the one at home in everyone’s drawer. You can do it with an oil-based paint pen that Sharpie also makes. Or with any ceramic or porcelain paint pens sold in stores. Here's a helpful blog post.

Karate Soccer Saturday

Another busy Saturday. William participated in his first karate tournament. He hasn't taken a sparing class so he couldn't compete in that, but was able to do his Kata, sword fighting and the ninja game. He placed first in each. He even won a trophy for the ninja game. If you're wondering how you play, don't ask me. John told me and I still don't get it.

After the tournament, we went to Jacob's game. Ian and William played on the playground, but boy was it hot! As for Jacob's team, they did OK. I've seen them play better. I honestly think it was too hot. Everyone seemed tired. They did win but I think they just got lucky.

William climbed the trees. He wanted me to take this. He's photogenic and he knows it!

Daddy trying to keep Ian from running onto the field. 

Headed home afterward for homemade chicken sandwiches and a movie. 

Stop Motion

At the beginning of the year, Jacob was assigned a project for his gifted and talented class at school. Since he is gifted with nonverbal skills, he had to do a nonverbal project. He chose to create a stop motion video using Legos. I think the number 1 thing he learned...how much time and effort it actually took. He did a wonderful job. He gave a short presentation and then played the movie.

He was so proud of himself tonight, and I know some other people that were too! Love you baby boy!

Computer

In between fits tonight, Ian played on the computer. He works the mouse and the keyboard just like your suppose to. Too smart!!

Cool River Cafe

Saturday started early with Jacob's soccer game. They won this one and played very well. I saw a lot of passing. After the game, the team took pictures.

Later that afternoon, we picked up Jacob and William for a Rapids game. Afterwards, we were in desperate need of a place to eat. John took us to Cool River Cafe, and it was definitely cool! The kids loved it. I had Chilean Sea Bass, John had Halibut. Jacob had popcorn shrimp, and it's a good thing they gave him a lot because Ian ate 10 of them. We all almost passed out because this is the child doesn't really try new foods. William had mac 'n cheese, and while John and I thought it was excellent, William was disappointed it wasn't Kraft.

It was really expensive so I'm not sure we'll be going back anytime too soon, but what a fun, unplanned experience.

Mouthwash in the bathrooms!

Mix it Up

I love this picture of Ian "cooking" with his whisk and colorful bowls. When he doesn't have an ear infection, he's so happy and playful.

Kids Under Construction

Tonight the second graders at King Elementary performed Kids Under Construction. It's a sweet musical about what kids can be when they grow up. William had a short line but it was so perfect for his funny and outgoing personality. I know I was laughing.

Mr. Brown showed up on stage and I caught William looking so cute.

William was a little disappointed there wasn't an after party. So William had his own after party complete with cheesecake. Yum!

Orange! Belt!

There's just no stopping this boy. He just keep going and going. Congrats William. I'm very proud of you.

Busy but Fun!

Saturday, John took the boys to get hair cuts. Afterwards, they were headed to the movies to see a matinee. Ian and I were relaxing in the parking lot at Costco, when John asked us to meet them.

With much hesitation, I decided to go. We saw The Croods. It was super cute, and Ian watched almost all of it. Jacob and William loved it too. Back home to have sandwiches for lunch and then to El Pomar for an early evening soccer game.

The opposing team was and still is undefeated. What a hard game. The boys played well but it wasn't enough to win. I guess sometimes that happens. We just can't win 'em all, and losing only makes us work harder and in the end become better than we were before.

Sunday. it was sooooo windy. So we went to the park. :) Silly I know but we needed to get out of the house.

After the park, we went to Costco. We ate a lot of samples, and though we wanted to buy everything we sampled, we remained strong and resisted temptation, well mostly.  The rest of the evening was consumed with chores and homework. Jacob finally finished his ALP project. (It's really good!!) We ate dinner and watched Wreck-it-Ralph. 

All in all a busy but excellent weekend!

Snoopy in Space

Today Jacob's class went to the Pioneer Museum to look at the Snoopy in Space exhibit. Since it's next door to the Plaza, I met him there during my lunch break. On our first stop they created a mission patch. Each space mission created their own patch. So everyone got to be creative and create one of their own.

Yep, I think my hair is shorter than Jacob's! :)

The actual Snoopy in Space exhibit was neat. The kids got to explore by working on a scavenger hunt. 

Building straw rockets was pretty fun. Each kid made one and then one by one was allowed to launch them.