15 batches of cookies

I gave them these little houses for their birthday and they love them. Each one is different and each one has different furniture. I got them at a yard sale for $3.00 each. Great bargain I thought. They carry these little houses everywhere they go. Anyway, now they are fighting over who gets what furniture. They all wanted an oven. So I thought I was being smart. I got on the internet, looked up a picture of an oven and printed it and made an oven out of a little card board box. Good Grief the fighting never stops here. Next they wanted cookies to put in the oven. So I made 15 batches of cookies for their ovens (pictures on cardboard).

United States Puzzle

My kids amaze me everyday, and I never take time to write down the things they do or say. So I am hoping to start journaling some of the neat things that they do.

Today, Austin was playing with the United States puzzle. He is really good at putting it together. And he knows what several of the states are named. But Greg and I looked at each other in amazement when he would take a puzzle piece and match it up to the same state on the map on the wall (which is 2x bigger than the puzzle).

I can’t get a clear count of how many states each child knows, but they seem to be learning so quick. And I am learning where the states are located too.

Mason likes the puzzle too, but he gets frustrated putting it together because the lines don’t match up exactly. So he usually ends up quitting or making me put it together.

Ashley usually needs help (me just sitting there), but she does a great job too. And I think she knows where more states are located than the boys.