Thursday, May 30, 2013

"The Ball Museum"

Today Markus asked if we could go to "The Ball Museum" while Joli was in her theatre class. Figured he hardly ever asks to do a specific thing and the park wasn't very busy, so it was the perfect day to do it!


 "Look Mommy! Jurassic Park!!"






 This is the first time we've been there and there were so few people that Markus was able to play on one of the computers!















 I was blown away at how quickly Markus was able to figure out how to point and click with the mouse! He must get his computer skills from his Daddy :D



 Before we knew it, it was time to go get Joli. I figured it'd be much quicker if I offered Markus a ride.

 Of course he enjoys giving me a heart attack, and going up and down the stone steps!


 "Come sit. Right here."



 Joli was very excited to show off ANOTHER hole in her mouth! She was eating a peach and accidentally swallowed this one!
 I have to say, Markus really rocks the pink super hero costume!


 I, of course, was told to wear the crown.

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

A Happy Day

Like most people, children have good days and bad days. It just seems that Markus' are on the extreme end of one or the other.  Today was a good day, in fact, a great day! This first picture was from last night. We were trying on costumes for the Faerie Festival, and all Markus wanted to do was put on his Max costume, then he refused to take it off and wore until bedtime!

 The first thing on our agenda today was to give Markus a hair cut. He told me that it was fluffy and I needed to cut it. I think it was making him sweat too much...

 Love the back of his head when he has hair!
 After about a half hour of me cutting and him watching cartoons on my phone, we were finally done.

 It was shorter than I had intended again, because he won't hold still, but at least this time there weren't patches!
 After we cleaned him up, we set to making Play-doh! Markus loved putting in all the ingredients.



 Came out pretty good!
 Then it was time to play with it!


 When I was working at the child development center about seven years ago (wow time flies!), my co-teacher, Tina, gave me the recipe for play-doh that I still use today!


 You know, because regular play-doh tools are boring.
 You should always use protective eye wear!


 When we were leaving to pick Joli up from school, Markus and I noticed that we're getting strawberry blooms!
 After picking up Joli, we had an ice tea party in the front yard.
 Since my chocolate mint plant is thriving, I thought I should add it to the tea. So yummy!
 Markus' car rug is finally clean, and he is thrilled to have it back!