Friday & Saturday

On Fridays the boys are both at home with me, so this week I decided to try out some new Montessori inspired preschool activities with them. Sawyer is amazingly focused when he dedicates himself to a task, and I really hope that he gets into the Montessori preschool this summer (we're on the waiting list) because I think the environment would really benefit him. Plus, they teach the kids to wash up their own dishes after snack and to clean up and put one project or task away before starting another - who doesn't love that? Sutton did his own version of the "work" that Sawyer and I were doing, but since his attention span is next to nothing, I decided it would be better to just set him up with a painting project since he would be happy to paint all day if I let him.



Sawyer transferring lentils from one container to another with tweezers



Sutton in the process of making the hugest painting mess ever!


(This video is unedited due to time constraints and laziness, sorry lol!)



We decided on a whim that Friday night should be Family Movie Night, so we took the boys to Target to pick out a special new movie (Scooby Doo & the Relectant Werewolf) and snack (Teddy Grahams snack mix - yum!). Mitch set up the sofa bed and we settled in for the evening. The boys loved the movie (which was 91 minutes long - 61 minutes TOO long, in Mommy & Daddy's opinion), but most of all they loved being able to stay up late and getting to use the sofa bed. They stayed up until almost 10:00 p.m. (2 hours past bedtime!), yet unsurprisingly they were still up at 7:00 a.m. sharp this morning. We've learned that it definitely doesn't matter what time they go to bed, they'll always be awake at 7:00! Next Friday we might hit up the free family movie night screening of Madagascar 2 at the Twelve Bridges Library, just to change it up a bit.



All snuggled up and ready for some "Scooby Dude"


Saturday we cleaned out our cars (well, Mitch did the cleaning and I did the kid wrangling), and then decided to take a drive to Sun City to try to find the sheep and goats that have been grazing to "mow" the open areas there. Unfortunately, we got word that yesterday was the last day of the sheep and that they won't be back until Spring. The kids were really bummed, until Sawyer spotted the Twelve Bridges Library and asked if we could go there and get a new library card instead. When they're disappointed about something, I'm never more glad that they can instantly shift their focus like that!

We spent an hour at the library coloring and picking out a huge stack of new books to read and one dvd special about bugs. I really love spending time at the library, and Mitch was really impressed at how huge and nice their childrens section is. With recent cut backs, the library is now only open five days a week for about five hours at a time (which usually fall at naptime/dinnertime), so I was glad it was open for our spur-of-the-moment trip. This was the second time that the boys and I have visited the library in the past couple of weeks, and I have been really impressed that Sawyer seems to completely comprehend that he needs to be quiet and on his very best behavior when we're there. Sutton, on the other hand, gets bored after about five minutes and would like nothing more than to pull ALL the books off of ALL the shelves. Yikes!



Listening to a story at the library listening station



No day would be complete without some outdoor swinging time - Sutton was SO excited that I let him try out the big boy swing today (despite the fact that he was clinging to it with white knuckes for dear life)!