Painting Pumpkins!

Last Thursday at play group, the activity was painting and decorating pumpkins! I always wondered why in the world moms did activities like this with kids 2 and under. I am still not sure I know why......I guess we want our kids to experience the fun of doing new things. But I am pretty sure we're a crazy group of moms!

Here is Kenzie "picking" her pumpkin:

We decided to get a group picture before things got TOO crazy....I'm not in it because I took the picture : )


Kenzie...still fully clothed. Luckily we realized the bad mix of a 1 year old wearing clothes and painting pumpkins BEFORE any clothing was damaged! YAY!



Kenzie going at that pumpkin with a brush in each hand!


"Helping" her friend Avie paint her pumpkin.


A little bit later, after we came in, Kenz and 3 of her little friends decided to sit on this step...it was completely unprompted! Such a cute photo-op though! I am glad Lindsay's camera was nearby and that Season was able to snap the shot before they were gone! (haha...notice how all the other "good" moms had gotten their children back into clothes while my little hooligan ran around mostly naked with paint all over her body.....oh well)


Here we are back at home...Kenzie was showing her wonderful masterpiece to her daddy.


It's paint...not blood : )


Kenzie liked carrying around her pumpkin and Ryken's pumpkin at the same time..


**A special thanks to Heather and Lindsay for the pictures...I forgot my camera that day and would have been really sad not to get any pictures!**

September 18......PLAY-DOH!

Every Thursday, I pack up the kids and head to a play group. It is probably more for the moms than for the kids...and in fact we mostly refer to it as our "Moms group". We rotated where we have it (although I have only hosted it once as I am the furthest away and live in the smallest home...lol). Lately, a few of the girls have been thinking up fun activities to do with the kiddos. On September 18th we had group at Heather's house and she had the playdoh out! It is always so much fun to watch Kenzie interact with the other kids. Here are a few pictures...of course Kenzie is the one who kept getting ON the table....that's our little climber for ya!



Ryken just hangs out. He was actually AWAKE during the group for once.....he had fun chillin' in the swing. One of the other kids, Jack, found a shoe on the floor and decided it needed a foot, which is why Ryken is sporting a pink toddler tennis shoe on his right foot. One of Ryken's little friends happened to have the same outfit.....so of course we had to get a picture of that!




I'll probably be posting more "moms group" pictures as the weeks go by when we do fun activities : )