March 21 - March 27

Can't believe another week has come and gone!

March 21st. I was asked to give a talk in church about the Atonement and the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. This is one of the scriptures I used. John 3:16.


March 22nd. These are the books my little 4 year old guy chose for me to read to him today.


March 23rd. Tonight was our monthly Cub Scout Pack Meeting. The theme was "Take Flight." A man came and talked to the cub scouts about what makes an airplane fly. Then we all went out to the field behind the church and he flew his big remote control planes for the boys. They all loved it!


March 24th. Maxwell Smart was in need of some new shoes. He's always had shoes with velcro straps. He picked these shoes out at Target. I told him he'd need to learn to tie his shoes if we bought them. He was very determined. We came home from the store, I left the room for a few minutes, went back in the living room ... and he had learned to tie his shoes! Chief talked him through the motions and he just did it! He was very proud of himself and called Dad at work to tell him the good news. :)


March 25th. The boys have been all about making (and flying) paper airplanes since Pack Meeting the other night. Here are just a few of the planes and their various landing spots.


March 26th. Poor little guy. A game of tag ended with my 4 year old being tagged and falling into the little ledge where the stone and wood meet on the garage. No stitches needed, but he had a good cry and snuggled with me longer than he normally does.


March 27th. This morning we went to an Easter egg hunt on the lawn behind our church. It was over all too soon and the boys are looking forward to another egg hunt at Grandma's house in a few days.

March 14 - March 20

March 14th. Random Lego Guy. With 3 boys, Legos are everywhere and definitely a part of our everyday life.

March 15th. I took a picture of the big "Drug Free" poster in the hall at the kids' school. Specifically, I took a picture of where they signed their names, pledging to stay drug free.

March 16th. I had to practically drag my 3 boys to see this movie. I loved it. It brought back good memories of when Chief and I got to be in the Princess and the Frog show on the Mark Twain at Disneyland back in Nov. I also tucked in the ticket receipt with the picture -- 50 cents per person!

March 17th. Happy St. Patrick's Day! Our traditional St. Patrick's Day dinner consists of green scrambled eggs served with toasted English muffins, melted cheese and ham, green applesauce, and green milk. For dessert we have Smashed Oreos n Ice Cream Dessert. Line a dish with smashed Oreos, add a layer of Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream, top with more smashed Oreos. Mmmm!

March 18th. Chief did a little science experiment for us today. Pour some pepper on a paper. Rub a balloon to give it some static. Hold the balloon above the paper and watch the pepper jump up onto the balloon. Very cool!

March 19th. Maxwell Smart (1st Grade) had the word "metamorphosis" for one of his spelling words a few months ago. He enjoys letting us know that he still knows how to spell it. :)

March 20th. The kids' noodle jar. They get to put one noodle in for every 10 minutes they read or let me read to them. The jar holds exactly 250 noodles. When it is full, they get a prize.

March 7 - March 13

The weeks just seem to zoom by since I've been keeping track of life with Project Life... here we go again...

March 7th. Every Sunday, while singing in church, Larabee wants me to move his finger along with the words of the song. I didn't take this picture at church -- we did a re-enactment at home. It's a part of every Sunday, so we had to document it. :)

March 8th. I had my little 4 year old take a picture of me vacuuming today.

March 9th. One of Larabee's favorite games to play is hide-n-seek. And this is one of his favorite hiding spots... I love it!

March 10th. Chief has spent the last couple of months researching Martin Luther King Jr. Each child had to choose a famous person who has passed on and portray them in their "Living Museum" project. The parents walked around the room. As we stopped in front of a child they would "come to life" and give a 4 minute speech about their life, accomplishments, etc. We learned a lot of interesting things... I had no idea that Hershey kisses were invented in 1907. :) (Learned that from the boy who portrayed Milton Hershey.)

March 11th. I came across my very first camera while cleaning out the garage. If you read Becky Higgins' blog...this week she mentioned this exact bubble gum pink camera as being her first camera as well. Just can't seem to get rid of it.

March 12th. Lots o' Lego-ness. From the magazine to the little figure to the pajamas.

March 13th. Spring Forward! Tonight I moved all the clocks in the house ahead one hour.

February 28 - March 6

Welcome to another week of Project Life!

February 28th. Maxwell Smart had a lesson in church today about the importance of families. One of the other kids in the class mentioned a sign above his family's piano that says "Love At Home." When Maxwell got home from church he made this sign and hung it on the wall above the piano keyboard.

March 1st. Remnants of Larabee's bubble bath.

March 2nd. Today's picture was Maxwell Smart sitting on the exam table at the pediatrician's office. He has a sinus infection.

March 3rd. Today I went to Maxwell's school to do a craft with the kids in his class. Unfortunately the school is anti-bringing-in-birthday-treats. Max's teacher likes a parent to come in and read books or do a craft. We made a Twirly Kite. Very easy. I drew the line on the paper plates beforehand, then the kids decorated the paper plates on each side and cut along the line. I punched a hole in the center and tied on a piece of yarn. When you run the kite twirls around behind you -- easy and fun!

March 4th. It's that time of year again! And thanks to Project 365 from last year, I know that this year Girl Scout Cookies went up in price 4 cents/box. :) This year they were $3.75/box! I'm a Thin Mints and Tagalongs fan, while my husband is a Samoas fan.

March 5th. Today's picture is a collage of our fun afternoon at the park. The boys had fun swinging, rock climbing, and playing with bouncy balls.

March 6th. I can't resist taking pictures of my excellent grocery deals. I combined coupons with store sales and "store cash" and ended up paying $9.03 out of pocket, as well as received another $10 in "store cash" to be used on a future trip to the store. Woo Hoo!

February 21 - February 27

Wow! Two months down and 10 to go!

February 21st. Today's picture is of Chief and The Skipper looking at an old scrapbook that The Skipper's mom put together for him 30+ years ago. It includes photos and memorabilia. It's holding up pretty well.

February 22nd. This is a picture of Maxwell Smart's spelling pre-test. I liked the 100% that he added after correcting the test. I ended up deciding to put an 8 1/2 x 11 page protector into the binder for this week and slipped this spelling test in, and put Chief's 100% spelling test in on the other side. So my real pic of the day will be one of Chief and Maxwell Smart reading outside. They were sitting back to back on the sandbags that hold the basketball hoop in place, just reading away. Very cute!

February 23rd. Tonight was the Cub Scout Blue and Gold Banquet. Each scout had to decorate a cake with their dad. No Mom helping allowed! It could be anything they wanted to do, they just had to do it together. We ate the cakes for dessert after a taco salad dinner. (By the way, those are Ding Dongs on top!)

February 24th. Chief was invited to an ice skating birthday party. He had never been ice skating before, so we decided we better take him to the rink so he could give it a try before the party day. Lots of falling and a few tears. But...when he got home from the party a couple of days later, he was excited to tell me that he only fell once!

February 25th. "Mom, can we play The HAT in the CAT?" Larabee is all about playing games with me during the day. This one was a favorite this week.

February 26th. I was doing laundry tonight. (Yes, it doesn't get much more exciting than doing laundry on a Friday night...) I was putting Chief's white shirt away. I wondered how it was possible that I could have a child old enough to wear a shirt this size.

February 27th. My original picture for today was a cute one of Maxwell Smart teaching Larabee how to read. They were sitting on the couch together and Max was trying to get Larabee to sound out the word "bats" in the story he had to read for school. BUT... then this happened. The Skipper dropped a plate on the kitchen floor. You've got to be kidding me. This same scenario was one of my POTDs from last week! Except it was Chief. Tortillas were involved both times. And cheese. And now we have 1 less plate...

February 15 - February 20

I put Sunday's in with last week's Valentine post.

February 15th. Today's pic is The Skipper and Maxwell Smart working on a homework assignment together. Max had to color a map of the U.S. -- just the states where a relative lives -- and The Skipper had to talk to him about why that particular family member lives in that particular state.

February 16th. We had Steak Fajitas for dinner tonight. Chief went to the stove to serve himself some more steak. Oops! He dropped his plate and it shattered. Poor guy. He felt horrible.


February 17th. My current favorite cereal. Yum!

February 18th. Chief's latest creation.

February 19th. Tonight was the Art Fair at the kids' school. We looked at their art displays in the hall and they also did art activities in the gym. Lots of fun!

February 20th. Just a scene from the living room wall.

February 7 - February 14

I wanted all of my pictures this week to be Valentines-y. I decided to throw Valentine's Day in here as well, making this week's post Sunday - Sunday. :)

February 7th. Today Maxwell Smart and The Skipper made Maxwell's Valentine box for school. The Skipper wrapped a shoebox in red wrapping paper and Maxwell decorated it with a few hearts. Being all boy, and not all that into art projects, we were surprised that he chose to put any hearts at all on the box. When he was first thinking about what to do, I told him that I had a bunch of Lego stickers he was welcome to use. His reply..."Well that's not very Valentinesy!"


February 8th. I made cookies for the 7and 8 year old kids I teach at church. I gave them each a baggie filled with cookie letters that spell "Choose The Right" -- a phrase we use a lot to remind the kids to do what Jesus Christ would want them to do. Of course the letters were all mixed up so their job was to unscramble them and figure out the mystery phrase. I also tucked in a few heart cookies, a small container of pink frosting, and a small bag of Valentine candies so they could decorate the cookies.


February 9th. A special cookie I made just for Larabee.


February 10th. Every year I do a Valentine treasure hunt for my kids. I make up clues that send them all around the house leading them to their candy treasure at the end. Here's Chief with one of the clues. (Wow -- you'd never know that these 2 hearts were cut from the same piece of paper! Speaking of the hearts, I was happy when Maxwell Smart asked if he could cut out the hearts for the clues this year. Again, something that's not typically his thing.)

February 11th. Today's picture was taken at Maxwell Smart's Valentine Party at school. It's a great picture of him sitting at his desk, holding a Valentine, head down with a shy look on his face, with the girl who gave it to him standing in front of his desk watching him open it.


February 12th. The Skipper and I had our Valentine date tonight. We went to a cozy little Italian restaurant. I ordered a delicious Mediterranean salad and a Spinach Fettuccine dish with basil cream sauce, pine nuts, tomatoes and chicken. So so good. The Skipper ordered Prime Rib Cacciatore. I was in the mood for something brownie-ish for dessert so this is what we picked up at the bakery on the way home.


February 13th. Today the kids had some friends over for a Valentine Cookie Decorating Party. Another Valentine tradition. Having all boys I don't imagine I have too many years left when all 3 of them want to do this, but for now they love it.

February 14th. My Valentine bouquet of roses from The Skipper. This arrived at the door on Friday. I put them in the middle of the dining room table. Larabee saw them and asked, "Are we having those flowers for dinner?"