Wacky Olympics

The Fabulous Keller family invited us over for a Wacky Olympics party. It was too much fun and can’t believe all the work Holly put into this. The kids had a wonderful day!

Will just wanted to run around like a Wild Man and he really enjoyed the neighbors tree.

Here is Holly dividing up the teams. Madeline was on team USA!

A little pregame swing to loosen up the muscles.

Will thought shapes might be covered as an event. He convinced his friends to help him practice.

Here is the Olympic village.

Team USA!

Will made his own event (slide climbing),

Next event, frog splashing with Tru. Will took the Silver and Tru the gold. (He way outlast Will in the splashing.)

Madeline scored a goal for team USA!

I did not get any other event pictures because Will was running in the middle of all the events. There were running relays, Frisbee tosses, balloon long distance, and running through hoops. The ended with a HUGE water balloon fight!

And then there weren’t anymore balloons.. Notice Will in the picture. Big William was so kind he handed little Will his last balloon to make him stop crying.

Then all the big kids came over to give him something to stop the crying. Notice big sister not even thinking about sharing her last balloon.

Then out came the huge fun waterslide!

Madeline loved it!

Will fell asleep before I had backed out of the driveway. Madeline had on PJs before I could even get Will down for nap. Here she is with her gold medal and her popcorn prize. What a fabulous day!

Super shapes

Will is fascinated with shapes. He found this puzzle in the basement and ran to tell us the shape names. Not bad for almost 21 months.

Splash Pad

We ventured out to the splash pad on this hot day. Madeline is a maniac she loves everything and zooms from one thing to another. Will just loves the lazy river and playing with the rocks. He got in the river at 10:00 and I drug him kicking and scream out at 12:10!

Here is Will waiting for the water park to open.

Here are Madeline and Will “hiding” behind the wall. I sure wish I could find them.

This was Will’s spot! He made lots of friends and really likes the girls who bring their own buckets and shovels.

Here is Madeline making a stop at one of the climbing areas.

She made a new BFF today named LaShaunda. She said that they became friends because they both had on tutu swimsuits. Madeline’s was pink and LaShaunda’s was green. They were the two cutest little girls running around out there. I am so thankful for how God has worked to help Madeline become an outgoing little girl. It makes parks days so much more fun.

Waiting on the splash pad to open.

U Day

U day was unique. It is hard to come up with fun U things. We did enjoy Uno.

We worked on a package for Uncle Eric. (Act surprised when you get it.)

Will LOVES markers. He is actually getting better at not writing all over himself.

Thanks to our amazing local library we watched some vintage Underdog (Madeline loved it and it was pretty funny) and Will’s favorite show Umizoomi.

Will has been trying out his new big boy Underwear. Madeline got new princess Underwear. She really wanted the Cars kind but they did not make it for girls.

Happy U day! Until we meet again. I am Unplugging the computer and getting Under the sheets.

MOPS

I have the privilege and honor of co-coordinating MOPS http://www.ofallonmops.com/ this next year. Here is a picture of the fabulous ladies (steering team) I get to work with on Monday’s. We had our steering retreat last weekend and I sure did have a good time and laughed sooooo much.

T day

T day was Totally Terrific. We Tried to Take advantage of all the T Things we could find.

To begin we Took a Trip to the Library, Tried to get our grocery bought, Took a check to the credit union. Then we Traveled home for Turkey Sandwiches and Tuned into the Price is Right.Then the crazy T day fun began. We Took T-shirts and Tie-Dyed them.

Here is the before. Can you Tell Madeline Took this very seriously?

Here is the wonderful Kit from Wal-Mart. It was Totally worth the money.

Here is Madeline’s shirt she wanted polka-dots. She helped me choose the placement and put on the rubber bands.

Here is Will’s, we made his a spiral. He was Taking a nap.

There are no pictures of the dye doing. It Took both of my hands and Madeline’s. The kit came with really nice squirt bottles. It was really easy for Madeline and not messy. Then we wrapped them in plastic wrap. Madeline’s favorite part. She loves cling wrap. She wants to wrap everything in it. I found her leftover peach covered in it in the refrigerator the other day.  In 7 hours we would have our shirts.

We Took a picture of Madeline’s Teeth.

We made Tamale pie for dinner. (black beans, chicken, corn, onions, garlic, chili powder, and cheesy polenta on top) YUMMY!

We Took some Time to work on Telling Time. We made a clock and practice with the o’clocks.

Then Madeline lined up her kids and Taught them all about Time.  Will heard us talking about Time and put his monkey in Time out. He said Go to Time out and carried the poor money to Time out, then he kissed his face off when he went back to get him.

Finally Nick arrived home for dinner. When I told Will it was Mexican for dinner he asked if there was cheesy dip, guacamole, chips, and rice. I think he has been eating too much Mexican Fiesta. We did have some yummy queso and guacamole.

After our food settled we played some Twister. Will just liked to jump on the circles. It was good practice for right and left. We are still working on that skill.

Today we put on our new shirts. I think they came out pretty good for our first Time Tie Dying.

They sure look like siblings.  Today Totally wore me out. Till next time….

S day

Super Duper S day. It was a Sunny day so the Schindler kids went Splashing and Swimming in the pool. (It is impossible to take pool pictures while containing William.) We met our friends Sarah, Simon, and Griffin at the pool. After a few hours of Swimming we were Starving. Then Karen and the boys (Gabe and Gavin) arrived to eat lunch and swim.

We enjoyed Sandwiches. Madeline had 1/4 peanut butter and 1/4 turkey. Here she is Stuffing her face.

Will Shoveled his in and was thrilled that it was Shaped like a triangle.

Simon Shared his Strawberries.

Will Stuffed in some String cheese.

Simon was on the lookout for S words. He had to Smile in his Shark Shirt with his Super Mario brothers Snack.

After Safely arriving home from the pool we Shared Stories and Will did some Snoring. I Sealed the new grout and Madeline Supervised. I also re-caulked the Shower and removed Soap Scum. It is So exciting around here. Then we Shucked some corn for Supper.

We had some yummy Steak and muShrooms.

Will enjoyed the corn the most. He actually Stole Sister’s corn and ate all of it!

Listen for Delicious

We were going to do a Smoke out and have S’mores but at 8:00pm it was Still a Stifling 100 degrees! We just enjoyed some Sinfully good chocolate cupcakes. Now everyone is Silently Snoozing and I am Shuffling off that way, Shhhhhhhh.