Making a Volcano!

Jason and Brody made a really cool volcano one day. They put foil around a paper cup and then put some play dough on top of the foil to make it look really cool!

Then we put vinegar and baking soda in the volcano and watched it erupt over and over.....

and over again!!! We even ran out of vinegar and baking soda because he wanted to watch it so many times.

Towards the end we got a little more creative and let him put drops of food coloring in it and see the color when it erupted. This was a very easy and cheep project to do with him and he LOVED it!!!

Question---

Would you of done this----
to see this????

So I do not post much stuff about me on here. It is mainly for my kids and for me to keep a record of everything that is going on in their lives. It is also fun for family and friends to see what we are up to. However I was talking to a friend of mine who knows that I am a Twilight fan and she asked me if I would be willing to camp out for days to see the stars of Twilight on the red carpet??? Hummm I don't know but I think if my sister and my friends that are into it were with me I just might! Is that crazy???? :)* Some might say YES!!! I think it might be fun. It is just like people tailgating before a football game, or camping out in the wilderness for the fun of it, except at the end of this camping trip you get to see some stars!! Of course if it rained I would be out!! I am not up for camping in a tent in the rain-- been their done that and let me tell you it is not fun when your tent starts to flood with water!!!!! Well non the less I have my tickets for the movie (and no it is not for opening day!!)!!

Family Time last weekend-

Well I am a little behind on my posting but oh well. :) Last weekend my sister, Eric, and Drew came in town for a visit. We had a lot of fun going to a fun new ice cream place, going to the zoo, and playing outside at my parents house! We were so glad the weather was nice and that it was not too hot at the zoo!!! The kids loved seeing all the animals and even got to eat some yummy treats while we were there! We had a great time!

Kaylee letting us all know that she sees the Giraffe!

While we were there a lady from the zoo brought out an owl and sat down on a park bench. It was really cool to see an owl so up close and we were able to learn a lot about them! Brody loved being able to ask the zoo trainer questions and learned that an owl can not move his eyes he can only move his head! We also learned that their hearing is better then their eye sight! Interesting!

We got to see the Elephants up close and personal as well. We saw them eating a snack! It was really cool for the kids to be able to see this!

I like this picture even though the picture quality is not very good.... but it is cute of Pops and Brody!


Kaylee seeing a Penguin up close and personal!!

Jason and I got some free tickets to our zoo and they included free cotton candy and a coke! So of course we had to let the kids sample it and man did they love it!!

Drew trying some!!

Kaylee was not afraid of any of the animals and wanted to go right up to them and pet them, so of course she loved the petting zoo! Brody is much more reserved then she is. It is fun to see their different personalities!

After a long day at the zoo someone was tuckered out and sound asleep on me!

We came home to my parents house and after some much needed naps we had tons of fun outside playing in the water!! Drew loved playing with the paintbrushes in the water!

Brody loved playing with the saving cream and so did daddy...... :)

Even Kaylee got in on the shaving cream action!

And the final result!!!! Shaving cream fights or just painting your body with shaving cream is always so much fun in the summer!! :)

Playing with Pudding

We had a lot of fun playing with pudding! Isn't it every child's dream from their mom to say sure go ahead play with your food and you can eat it as well!! I have done this a lot with Brody but this was Kaylee's first time to play/eat the pudding!

Brody decided to try his first before playing with it.

I think this picture is funny because Kaylee is just looking at Brody like ohh my what is he doing!
She was not to sure about it!


Once I took her hand and made her put it in the pudding she got into it and then realized that it was pretty good to eat!

As you can tell Brody really got into it and I was very glad I made the decision for him to not wear a shirt! He was painting his body!!!

I like this pic! Needless to say we hosed off and jumped in our pool after this! We had a lot of fun!

Summer Fun Idea

So I don't know about you but I am always looking for some creative fun things to do with my kids! I have decided to do several different post this summer with some fun summer ideas that we have done. I know I always look at blogs to help me get some ideas so here are some of mine....

A local bakery had a fun event where they let kids decorate cookies after reading the book, "Who stool the cookies from the cookie jar". It was a lot of fun and it was free! As every stay at home mom is, I am all about fun educational things for the kids to do that are free!!! What a great idea this bakery had! We all had a good time and the kids enjoyed some yummy cookies!

Brody decorating his cookie. This is the first time he has used a pastry bag and he really liked it. I am going to get some of these and we can have our own cookie decorating party at our house! I did not realize how much fun children can have with a pastry bag! Or you could just use a baggie and cut the corner. Just imagine the endless things you can do with them!!

Kaylee did not have a decorated cookie but it did not matter to her! It was her first time to try a chocolate chip cookie and lets just say she LOVED it! All the chairs were full so we had to stand. I don't think the kids minded though I mean they were eating cookies!


His face here cracks me up!!! Like ohh mom I don't want to take another picture! This bakery also lets you have Birthday partys there. I will have to remember that for the future! We had a great time!

While I was working on Wed night at our church, Jason was being creative with the kids and letting them play some music! They loved tapping the glasses filled with different levels of water and hearing the different sounds that they made.

Kaylee loved this as well and was really good at lightly tapping the glasses! :)

So if your children are already board this summer just pull out your glasses and see what kind of music you can make and then decorate some yummy cookies for everyone to enjoy!

Dinosaur Egg Fun!

It is my mission this summer to do some fun and educational activities with Brody, so when I saw this Dinosaur Egg at Cracker Barrel I thought it looked like a fun thing to do with him. He has been watching PBS Kids in the mornings (they have some great shows on there)! One of the shows is called Dinosaur Train- whoever thought of this show was a genius! What boy would not want to watch a show that is about Dinosaurs and trains?!?! I find it very interesting because they try to teach the kids about different dinosaurs and what happened to them while making it fun for them to watch! ANYWAYS--- We knew he would love watching a Dinosaur egg crack open and a dinosaur come out of it!

This is what it looks like in the box.

UPS Man Brody was very excited about seeing what kind of Dinosaur was going to be inside!

You have to submerge the egg in water for up to 24 - 36 hours. We put ours in a big bowl in the kitchen so we could observe it.

Kaylee was watching Brody put the egg in the water.

After 24 hours we were able to see part of the Dinosaur. We could see the shell cracking and the Dinosaur's head sticking out of the egg.


So of course we decided to peel back the egg and see what kind of Dinosaur was inside.


The egg was very easy to peel back and this part was a lot of fun for him. As we peeled back the egg, we talked about all the different kinds of animals that hatch out of eggs.

To Brody's excitement he got a T-Rex! The instructions said that as long as the Dinosaur was submerged in water it would keep growing. So we put it back in the water and watched it grow for 3 days!

After 3 days Brody decided it was big enough and we took it out to dry and of course to play with!

It was a lot of fun and very educational at the same time!

Our Trip to Austin-

This past weekend we went to visit Jason's sister in Austin, Texas with his whole family. We had a great time and enjoyed being all together as a family! While we were there we did a lot of fun things - here are some pictures of some of the things we did.

We went shopping and enjoyed the outlets that are there! Brody of course has never really enjoyed shopping and Jason and I have always had to think of creative things for him to do while we shop. On a previous trip I bought him some new cars and trains when he was really into that. Then we would pull a new one out for him to play with when he got a little bored. This time I pulled out the quarters and if Brody was good in the store he would get to go ride a kiddie ride that they have at the outlet malls. This was fun for him and it taught him a little bit about money and the value of it. He only had so many quarters in his pocket and he had to choose which rides to spend them on. He of course enjoyed it and endured going in the stores so that he could go ride a different ride. :)

We went to the Domain (a different shopping strip) to eat dinner and to do a little more shopping that night. We ate some yummy Mexican food and really only went in one store. Forever 21!! I do love this store but sadly walked away empty handed!! They had this really cool play area for the kids so that is where we ended up.


Grandma showing Lilly the waterfall

Drew, Heather and Luke!

Cute little Luke enjoying looking at the water.

Jeremy, Brandy, and Traber. Traber just lights up in front of the camera!

Ryan, Holly, Lilly, and Linnea.



It was funny when we would all be somewhere. Many people would stop and look at all of us with all the kids. One lady in the restaurant was counting all of the kids at our table! :) To have 6 kids all under the age of 3 sitting at one table is bound to draw some attention!

On Sunday we ate at my favorite restaurant in Austin! Flip Happy crepes! If you are ever there it is a must go to! They are delicious!! We then went to the Botanical gardens and enjoyed being outside! It was really pretty but a little hot!!

A family pic.
Brody and Lilly checking out some wildlife--- a caterpillar. Lilly wanted to let it crawl up her leg and Brody wanted to kill it! Ohh the difference between boys and girls! :)

Brody enjoying the fish in the pond.

I don't know why but Kaylee has been making this face lately! I just think it is so funny and so cute!
Kaylee and daddy walking on some rocks in the water.

To get him to take this picture I told him it was the last picture that I would take of him! He then walked over to where I wanted him to stand, posed and after I took the picture said "good we are done with that"! HAHAAH ohh Brody!

Grandma sitting with Linnea, Luke and Traber.

Saying goodbye to the gardens. We had a great time while we were there and enjoyed so many fun things as a family. We got some yummy snow cones, ate lots of yummy food and had a great time as a family at Heather and Drew's house! Thanks Heather and Drew for everything!!