Valentines and Paper Soup

Don't hate me because of these Valentines...go ahead, hate me.  The big boys and I made these Valentines today.

 

I copied and tweaked the idea from Ucreate blog.  Who knew that a miniature chocolate bar could fit perfectly inside of a matchbox! And while we worked on our Valentine project, Grant made 'paper soup' (he made that up himself).  He cut and cut and cut scrap paper for probably close to 2 hours.  I had to make him stop to eat dinner, then he was right back at it until his little hand just couldn't cut one more morsel for the soup.  That's his little apron hung up on the wall behind him, he loves anything that has to do with cooking! Bon appetit!

Bye Bye Dad

Matt left for California today.  We took him to the airport and the good byes started with me first.  Next Matt walked around the car and kissed and hugged Grant "Bye Bye Daddy", then Jack snuck up from the backseat, "Love ya Dad", he shut the door and walked around back to get his luggage and lastly he opened Dylan's door and got his last hug and kiss for few days, "Bye Dad".  He'll be back Friday morning, not soon enough for any of us.  We headed for home singing songs, all was well... except 4 just isn't the same as 5.  Hurry home!

Prayers for Lisa's family

A cousin of one my friends died of cancer yesterday.  Her name is Lisa, please pray for her family. She is my age and has a little girl the same age as Jack.  I've just sort of stumbled through today trying to figure out why things like this happen.  I can't.  But comfort comes in knowing whose loving arms she is in right now.  She was talking in the last moments of a tunnel and not knowing which direction to go and she was having conversations with her grandpa who passed away a long time ago....that brings comfort, He brings comfort.

In the time it takes to bake a batch of cookies...

I was putting the last batch of cookies in the oven this afternoon and told Jack and Grant to go upstairs and get all the animals and barns out to play vet and I'd be up in 8 minutes.  The distraction of a football got the 2 involved in a game of catch which started out very kindly.... Grant, put you hands like this and yea Granty-boy, you did it, that's it, great job.  And ended up with Jack laying on top of Grant and speaking through gritted teeth... that's not right, quit it Grant, GRANT STOP, I told you how to do it.  Then BAM football to the head!  Now just in case you're feeling sorry for Grant, don't.  He had his hands on his hips, shaking his hiney and sassing Jack with nanny- nanny- boo- boo and all those sassy words he says with his tongue sticking straight out!  By the time the buzzer went off and I marched upstairs, all was forgotten and they were in their room with the lights off playing with some light up toys.  We did eventually play vet, complete with real water showers for all the animals and that went very well until....... Grant 'accidentally, on purpose' knocked down all of the tiny medicine bottles and baby animals that Jack had spent 30 minutes setting up...oh well. That's how we roll here at the Winger house :)  Hope you laugh as hard as I did while I was posting this :)

I did it by myself!

I'm up way too late, but what do you think about the new stuff on the blog?  I did it all by myself, OK, one phone call to my sis.  I love it, I feel blog savvy :)