Today...

We fed a spider ants and watched it attack and learned about it. Macey's birthday is coming up and she is going to bring a treat. Happy Birthday Macey!!! I like feeding the spider. And I liked the lunch.

The Fun of Picnic Day

Rugrats present today: Tobias, Philip, Evan, Lily, Oskar, Sylvia, Macey, Henry, Lindsay, Slipper and Teresa. We had a smorgasbord for breakfast to please all palates consisting of sausage, French toast, waffles, cinnamon toast, bananas and orange drink. Many wonderful foods were brought for our picnic today. Our main course will consist of bratwursts cooked on the grill. We will picnic in the backyard accompanied by a variety of yard games. Activities already this morning consisted of bike riding, follow the leader, video game, computer, statue maker, blocks, little cars and the fun still continues.......

bye for now, many diapers to change........

And the vote was unanimous, Evan still holds rein as "poop king!"
Lilly took her own diaper off and sat on the toilet. Way to go Lilly!

Oh the trials and tribulations of planned activities! Upon our return from Pumphouse Park and just before our picnic lunch Henry took a digger on the driveway. He hit his forehead hard and the contusion was "egg" size in no time. After doctoring a very upset Henry, feeding lunch to the babies and tucking them into bed, we had a long awaited picnic lunch on the patio. The children ate great, the food was delicious, and full tummies were had by all. With tummies full and tired eyes we ventured inside for a much needed quiet rest.

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Wednesday Fun

Yesterday we videotaped Evan walking and we got him to walk all the way across the room with a little bit of help!!!!! Congrats Evan!!!!!!! For quiet time we watched Penelope. At the end of the day we had a princess ice cream snack. Yum!!!!

So far we are having a FUN WEDNESDAY!!!! We played statue maker two different ways. We played helicopter(a jump rope game). Teresa, Sylvia, and Lindsay all played on the computer it was called make a wedding gown. And played with Slipper, a game she LOVES called catch me if you can. and that's all we did so far today.


The Rugrats

Favorite Book Day

As our Monday continued we went for a walk to the bank, suckers were of course a bonus, followed by the post office. We had spaghetti, garlic toast, Caesar salad and grapes for lunch. We then proceeded to take a much needed sleep nap. Later in the afternoon Evan walked across the living room floor on his own. It was great. We've all been waiting to see him walk on his own. I guess it took dad to the rescue. Congratulations Evan!

Today is Favorite book day. The children brought great books in which we will read in increments throughout the day. Present today are Tobias, Evan, Lilly, Macey, Sylvia, Oskar, Lexi, Henry, Lindsay and Slipper the "barking" dog. Philip will be missed today as he is out with mom. We will have waffles, cake donuts, and bananas for breakfast. Lunch will be tuna or peanut butter sandwich, carrot sticks, apple slices and bananas. Sylvia says "I'm hungry!! lets eat breakfast!!" I guess it's time to go......

The vote was unanimous to walk to Beach Park and read some of our stories there. We will bring water, and some snacks too. Signing off for now, lots and lots and lots and lots and lots to do........................................

Tired Monday

The rugrats are tired today. Philip and Evan both took an hour morning nap. Much happier now.

Present today are Tobias, Philip, Evan, Oskar, Sylvia, Henry, Lindsay, Slipper and lets not forget Teresa. We never seem to mention her....

Sylvia, Oskar and Henry are battling Star Wars on the play station. They said they got pretty far but then the game froze. We are going to go outside now and have some playtime. Oskar says they got on the Ewok level. Sylvia is bouncing Tobias on her lap and he is laughing out loud. Evan is putting Lego's together and pulling them apart, it seems to be his new favorite activity besides of course walking. Philip is trying to put his shoes on as he knows what outside is. More to come later. Bye for now...

July, 17

Today we celebrated Tobias's birthday! His mom brought sugar cookies and all of the kids enjoyed them and LOVED them!!!!!! Thank you Tobias!!!!!!! We played in the water and got sprayed with the hose including Philip and he liked it!!!!!!! We made a water slide out of the play set and we had a ball!

Flannel Board Stories and a Hot Day

Who's present at Farm Tree today? We have Lilly, Macey, Oskar, Sylvia, Evan, Tobias, Henry, Lindsay and their cousin Aaron. Our day started out with Bakery Fresh Donuts, Strawberries and Sausage. We then listened to music from the computer. We then when outside and played in the tent. We jumped off the little playground onto cushions. Then we hung outside a little more. The weather became hot so we came in and did Flannel Board Stories. We also made flannel board faces and played "what's different"?. We had lunch consisting of spaghetti, tacos, strawberries, carrots, chicken, cheese. We then read "The Spider and the Fly" and "Humpty Dumpty." We then took a sleep nap. Was a quiet house. Sylvia, Oskar, Lilly, Macey, and Evan woke up as Evan was crying to get up. Then we did this blog. This blog was written by Macey and Sylvia.

Tobias' mom is going to have a baby and Tobias is going to be a big brother!!!!!!Big news!!!!!!We are so very excited.........

Quiet Day

Today has been a fairly quiet day. Rugrats present include Evan, Tobias, Oskar, Sylvia, Henry and Lindsay. The children had strawberries, watermelon, donuts, toast, for breakfast. We spent the morning in the yard. Evan and Tobias enjoyed the freedom of exploring including pulling grass, playing with sticks, riding and pushing bikes, playing with dirt, picking flowers, and of course playing on and around the jungle gym. The older children once again decided they needed more tent play. They were able to put it up completely on their own today. Practice makes perfect I guess. Lunch consisted of Grilled Cheese, more strawberries and watermelon, carrot sticks, pickles, and lemonade. As of this posting both babies are sleeping as well as Oskar. Sylvia is taking a movie quiet time. All is quiet on the home front.

Emily and Tanner

We had more all day vistors!!!! Emily and Tanner and we love it when they are here so we are haveing a lot of fun!!

Tent

We got a new tent and we set it up all the time and all the kids LOVE it! We have had Emily and Tanner in it to.

Bo and Maggie July 11

Today is Maggie and Bo's last day at daycare. They will only come back if needed. We hope they will be fine and we want them to know that they will always be welcome. Evan is almost walking. Philip engaged slipper with a game of fetch all on his own. The kids and teresa helped put up the new tent and all of the kids could fit in it and the kids had loads of fun!! We had lunch in the tent as well as a movie. Very good friday indeed. Have a great weekend everyone.

July 10th, Thursday

Today the rugrats will be going on an early morning walk before the heat sets in. The gang today includes: Tobias, Philip, Evan, Oskar, Maggie, Bo, Sylvia, Henry and Lindsay. Today's lunch will be homemade Mac and Cheese with Baked Beans, and mixed veggies. On a sad note Bo and Maggie will be leaving us as they have run into a scheduling conflict. Although their time was short we enjoyed them and will miss them. Their last day will be tomorrow. Some of the suggestions for today's activities were: ICE CREAM, Tag, ICE CREAM, Water balloons, ICE CREAM, tent, and of course more ICE CREAMMMMMMMMMMM........ We'll see what the day brings about.

over the days

Lindsay, Macey, Sylvia, and Maggie made games and entertaind the kids and played in the tent for the day. We all had fun!!!! We hade a dance/helie with music on the patio. Some of the girls dressed up in the old dance costumes and played in them and they all had a lot of fun!

July 9th

Today we went to beach park and abby came along to. We swam and plyed at the park. Fun!!!!!!! Macey has been here for a few days and we love her!!!! We hope she loves it here!

Lindsay Has Been Gone

Lindsay has been gone and the kids miss her terribly. I think Lindsay misses them to and her dog Slipper and her family. She will be back soon and she will have lots of attention. I hope she thinks about the kids. because the kids talk about her a lot. We miss you Lindsay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!