Sunday, March 30, 2014

Family Visiting!

We continued to have a great visit with Grandpa and Grandma Haug. On Sunday morning we made homemade donuts! Kieryn liked the ones with blue frosting best!


Our first time taking the kids bowling was a success. However, I think there were too many frames for Kieryn... she was tired by the end!



We took the grandparents to Chocolate world...



And to the Hershey Story Museum.




Kieryn loves the new dress up clothes they surprised her with! We were so sad to see them leave, but had so much fun while they were here! We love you both so much and can't wait to see you again soon!


Ronan continues to get into things... he loves to investigate and explore!



Then, at the end of the week, Kieryn got to see her cousin Tiana singing at a talent contest! Tiana did a wonderful job! Congrats Tiana, we love you! Kieryn wanted to watch the video of you singing OVER AND OVER AND OVER!


Until next time...

Sunday, March 23, 2014

Tons of FUN!

We began this week with a very proud girl... Kieryn can dress herself ALL BY HERSELF from head to toe! She was so happy about it!


We also hooked up the land line and spent a few days talking about emergencies and when to call 911. Surprisingly she seems to understand it real well. We'll continue to work on it and practice...


I caught the kids playing nicely, had to take a pic...


Ronan enjoys gymnastics but isn't quite fast enough to keep up with the big kids... Kieryn on the other hand is all over the place... she's in the pink pants waaaay up front.



Towards the end of the week we decorated the house with our Easter things... Kieryn and Ronan did the window clings.


Then on Thursday night, Grandma and Grandpa Haug arrived from Kansas! Kieryn was soooo excited to have them visit!


So far we've taken them to gymnastics...


Bass Pro Shop, and to some antique stores. We all had fun at Bass Pro...






We are so happy to have them here and even more happy that they get to stay until Wednesday!!

Sunday, March 16, 2014

Safety First & Counting!

This week we talked about road safety and practiced counting and writing letters in Kieryn's name. We will most likely repeat this week next week as it will take lots of practice to get all this down...

On Monday we practiced counting even numbers 2-10 and practiced writing KIE

Tuesday we practiced counting odd numbers 1-9 and practiced writing RYN... on one day she chose to write with her right hand and the next day with her left... who knows! :)


On Wednesday we talked about the safety in holding hands when we crossed the street. We learned a new song about it and read some books...The two kids later had story time together!


I caught Ronan giving Violet some snuggles one morning ...



On Thursday we did an obstacle course and practiced count all numbers 1-10. She loved this and did VERY well. I was impressed. First she jumped off the couch...


Then ran down the hall, jumped over two pillows...


And chose a number by the front door. She then ran the number to the opposite end of the house, to the back door...


Where she counted out that number of cars or trains! Then back to the couch to do it again. She loved it!


She was very proud when she completed them all!


We didn't have much nice weather this week but on at least one day we made it out to enjoy some sun! We had a play-date with our friends who will soon be moving... sad! The kids were pretending to be on a sunny beach. It was adorable!




Hard to believe, but our baby turned 9 months on Wednesday! He is growing so quickly; sitting, pulling up and standing...three teeth, eating solids... WOW, where did the time go??
Kieryn likes helping with the photography!

 

We love you two kids to pieces!!



Sunday, March 9, 2014

Learning the Seasons!

This week we talked about the seasons and began working on Kieryn's name. Recognizing it and beginning steps to writing it. I had a lot of fun with this week as you'll see. I think the kids did too! Each morning I had a surprise set up on Kieryn's table as to the season we were going to cover. We made sure to read books about holidays that happened in that season and we did activities that would normally happen in that season. Great fun! I will remember this next year on snow days when we're stuck in doors!


We played with ice..which turned into splashing when the ice melted... I should have known!



Then we made ice shakers and later turned on the music for an ice dance party!


I tried to do different activities each day dealing with her name...



We made snowflakes and decorated with sprinkles!


And enjoyed some hot chocolate with our snack.




I brought back the umbrella from U week because Kieryn liked it so much.



We dressed for spring...


And later played an egg alphabet matching game. Super fun! I wrote capital letters on the top half of the egg and lower case on the bottom half. We put them on opposite ends of the house and before Kieryn picked up an egg she had to do 2 jumping jacks. I was very impressed that she could match them all with ease!


Ronan did some rice play!



Fruit kabobs with breakfast!



Picnic lunch. Kieryn had to "set the table" and match all the colors!



Then we built a tent for camping and went "fishing" for letters of her name. She had to put them in the correct order on another piece of paper after she "caught" them.



We had a picnic supper with Daddy and made smores for dessert!


Then that evening we took the kids swimming at the Palmyra HS. It was the first time we'd done the family swim night. Kieryn had a blast... Ronan wasn't so sure yet...






We added costumes to our dancin' & dustin! We had a blast!


Ronan is standing up very well next to things now! The kids are starting to play together more... melts my heart!


Over the weekend we ventured to Maryland and Virginia to celebrate birthdays! It was Great Grandma Hamlin's and Grandmom Copp. We had so much fun catching up with family!




Ronan has found the steps and is pretty proud of himself for climbing to the very top on his own...