Let Your Light Shine!

I started a letter of the week program with Carson and Shane.  I thought it would be something fun and educational.  They have really enjoyed it and I have been blown away by what they can do!  The program I am using is called Raising Rock Stars Preschool and it is from a blog I read.  I love this program because it is based on scripture.  I get to teach letters but our main focus is learning God's word.  Each week focuses on a different letter, number, color and sight word.  This week we did the letter L, number 1, color yellow, and the word see.    Each letter also has a memory verse which is the main biblical topic for the week.  This week we talked about letting your light shine!  I thought it would be fun to do a little video of Carson saying his verse.  By Wednesday, he had is down!

After I took the video of Carson, Shane wanted me to do him too.  I thought it would be fun to see what he would say.  I was completely shock at what I heard!  Let me warn you that his video is the most adorable thing you have ever heard!!!

I could not believe he knew the entire verse!!!  What an amazing little guy.   Two days shy of his second birthday and he memorized his first Bible verse and a lengthy one at that!!! 

I didn't take many other pictures of our letter L activities, but here are a few.

Carson writing....he did much better than I expected!  He looks so focused in the picture, but is wasn't quite as peaceful as it looks!

 

Each letter has a power point that goes along with it.  This was by far their favorite thing!  We have done it every day and multiple times the last two days.  They know it word by word.

Here they are holing their lights getting ready to sing This Little Light of Mine!

But this is what they do when the music comes on!  I am singing very expressively and they are reclining on the fire place.  They enjoy the song, but don't want to sing.  It is way more fun to watch me do it myself!

We had such a fun time with the letter L.  I can't wait until next week!

4 Little Trains

 Carson and Shane love the Thomas trains.  Tommy had the idea to make train Halloween costumes for our boys and Andrew and AJ.  He used diaper boxes, spray paint, tape and lots of creativity!  They were amazing!!

 

 



Thomas





Percy



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Salty



 

James

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So sweet!

Tommy made the funnels out of cups so the boys could put their candy in there.  That was a huge hit and part of the reason the costumes stayed on the whole night!  We were expecting the boys to love them for 5 minutes and be done, but they wore them all night.

I love M & M's!!!

"Open it, PLEASE!!!!"

Shane carried his "pukin bucket" all night.  Even after it got a little heavy from all the candy, he did not want me to hold it.  He cried when I took it from him to buckle him in his car seat, but settled right down when I gave it back to him.  He held it the entire way home, even after I took all the candy out because he was trying to eat it with the wrappers on!

The State Fair

Here are a few pictures from our visit to the State Fair.  The kids had a great time!  They got to try some interesting new foods and play with Gigi and Pops.  We got to visit the Children's Aquarium that is reopening at Fair Park.  They didn't have all the exhibits ready,but Carson and Shane loved the ones that were  open.                         

    

 Where did the fish go???

 There was a little farm set up for the kids to go through and do all the chores.  I love the little aprons!



My Sweet Boys

Carson loves.....

*singing the ABC song and Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.
*playing in the dirt and sand.
*giving Shane hugs.
*working in the garage with Daddy's tools.
*getting two kisses and two hugs before bed.
*playing hopscotch, but he can't quite hop yet. He does more of a skip.
*painting and coloring with markers!
*playing with trains.
*saying "I do it myself!"



Shane loves.....

*getting chased. Even if that means he must take something from Carson and run!
*smiling and giggling.
*Elmo
*books, books and more books! The boy loves to read.
*eating....he is not a picky eater!
*saying "yea" and clapping when Carson sings.
*trying to sing the ABC song with Carson.
*throwing toys, especially if they make a loud noise.
*giving hugs.
*saying "go, go, go."

Yes, they look so sweet and still, but what a challenge it was to get a picture with all four boys sitting next to one another and looking in the direction of the camera. Melissa did an amazing job! After seeing how crazy the boys are while we are taking pictures, I am always amazed that she is able to get so many good pictures. Shane was the difficult one this time. He did not want to sit, he just wanted to run!! These are some of my favorites.....

The Zoo

We took our first family trip to the Zoo at the beginning of April. Carson and Shane loved all the animals!

There are pony rides in the children's area, but Carson DID NOT want to get on the pony! He did enjoy petting it.

We walked right by the camel rides thinking Carson wouldn't be interested, but he ran up the stairs and said he wanted to ride the camel! I guess the camel looked like more fun than the pony.

Carson got to feed the birds! I was so surprised that he let the bird get so close. I really thought he would be too scared to do it, but he loved it! He still talks about it!

A Day Out With Thomas

In March, we went to Grapevine with Gran and Grandpa to ride Thomas the Tank Engine. All the boys had a blast! Carson and Andrew love Thomas.