Art skills

I am not one to really brag about my kids, but every once in awhile it is fun to show others what they can do. Here is my few times of praising my kids. Here is goes!


Cariña's has shown signs of having finger dexterity skills. Here is some of her things that she has done. This first picture is what I saw one morning. Apparently she woke up and quietly got into the craft box and
wanted to make something. So she woke me up with her snowman picture that she did completely by her self. Notice the green on the bottom for grass. The best part was I asked her what the line was that was going across the page. She told me with no hesitation, that is the horizon. At first I didn't remember telling her about horizon lines before, but then it came to me that one time we were coloring, several months ago, and I drew a horizon line and she must have remembered. What a funny girl!


These two plants she planted by her self. She got the dirt, seeds, and cup from her nursery class. She came home and "read" the instructions and planted them all by her self. Her reading was pretty good. She must have remembered it all from the teachers explaining.








This envelope has her writing. I have never gone over writing with her. I have offered several times, but she never wanted to, so I decided to wait until she wanted to. Well this was her first time trying to draw letters. She actually did a great job if you ask me. Also those envelope lines are pretty small.








This idea came from the "Friend" Magazine. It was a story about a kid making a can to put things in. She did this completely by herself too. Notice how well the paper fits on the can. She cut out the paper by herself. She used elmers glue, and I didn't think it would hold so I didn't encourage this project, but it worked.










This is her water painting. It is actually really impressive that she stayed so close in the lines especially since water colors bleed through the paper.









This is her ability to stay within the lines. Give her a small tipped maker or pencil and she can color the smallest things. This picture is just a section of a larger piece of paper so it is hard to tell the actual size of the picture. The picture is actually much smaller than it appears. She has actually been able to color this well since she was barely two. Good job Cariña!

Dr. Carter

The videos below are of the kids at my chiropractor. My chiropractor is so nice that he adjusts my kids every time they request, for free. They absolutely love it. For awhile they were getting a free adjustment 3x a week because they would beg after I get adjusted. It is kind of embarrassing to have such beggers for kids. Anyway my chiropractor is fantastic. He has gotten me to be able to run again. He is the only chiropractor that has been able to fix my jaw. He knows which muscles to massage when my finger knuckles seem to pop a little to often. He helps when my arms go to sleep. There is only one other chiropractor that has almost helped me as much as Dr. Carter, but not quite. My kids backs are better because of him too,Thanks Dr. Carter!

Helaman is my favorite to watch. He absolutely loves it. Notice when he climbs up on the table he just lays there, and doesn't move until he is done. Anyway I have to agree with Helaman, there is little that compares to a good adjustment.
Thanks Dr. Carter

ps don't let Helaman's crying fool you. He is not upset about getting adjusted. The reason way he is crying is because it is so cute when he crawls up onto the table, but he was crawling too early and I wouldn't have gotten it on the camera so I pulled him down. He was MAD about that. Also did you notice the huge slobbery spot by his mouth when he gets up. :)

ppss sorry about Cariña's lack of covering in Helamans's video. I didn't notice until I watched the video after it was loaded, and now I am mortified, but what can I do. I have already tried to do this video several times and my chiropractor is such a good sport to let me do it that I don't want to bug him a 4th time. :)

Easter Outfits!!!

So they were done about 2 weeks after Easter. Well, except for Helaman's button holes. I sewed on the buttons and then safety pinned him in. It was pretty funny because the nursery teachers noticed. :) oops. But I finally finished them on Monday. My machine doesn't have anything besides a straight stitch. (But just for the record this straight stitch has gone through 12 pieces of sweatshirt fabric without even thinking about it. This is why I can't give up my machine.)


Here is Helaman's outfit. This is the jacket that made my life miserable. The good news is this past Sunday Helaman walked in and I over heard this lady say, "what a cute jacket." It made the torture worth it. :) Well maybe. This jacket was suppose to have a collar, but as you can see there is no collar. I think it was because I added extra fabric on the back. Also the shorts are way to big. It was a size four pattern but I took the size 2 pattern and it didn't seem that much bigger and the size four patter was so much easier and after the jacket I wanted easy, but from the picture down below you can see that the shorts are way to big. They make him look like a cholo.


Here is Helaman. What a handsome dude. He is wearing Sam's glasses, and notice his wide, opened mouth smile. You just can't help but smile.


Here is Cariña's dress with her bloomers. The only reason why her dress is acceptable to her is because of the glass buttons, and the only reason why she is absolutely in love with her bloomers is because of the lace on the bottom. What a girl!!!



Here is beautiful Cariña. But that stinkin girl took out her green bow in her hair and put in a pink one after the picture.






Can you find what is wrong in the picture. Yep it is the pink floating comb. Helaman chucked the comb right as soon as I pressed the button to take the picture. What luck! Both kids are nuts. :)

So what do you think. Were the outfits worth the torture and misery, and should I do it again next year? :)

Helaman

Helaman is my super cute little guy. He is so smiley and with his smile it is always the big wide open mouth smile that is so contagious. It is the type of smile that you can see both the top and the bottom teeth and gums. He also has super floppy, soft ears that are irresistible to play with, and yes he does have a big round head. He also goes by several names which include, Helu, which is the most used. It was given by Cariña when he was just a baby and has stuck. Helababy, which is the cutest and given by Arys his cousin. Other names include Hela-monster, Search and Destroy, phone wrecker, biter, cord lover, and whatever else anyone can come up with. Here in this picture he was dressed for church. I can't resist little boys dressed nicely for church.


The next couple of pictures are what happens when I am not looking, or for the more dramatic ones, the activities happen when I am in the shower. The picture where Helaman is in a skirt, Cariña dressed him all by herself. She did pretty well. After a few minutes she got on a skirt and 2 shirts so she could match. Poor boy. The funny thing is some children could look like either sex when they are children, but not Helaman. He is 100% boy and looks pretty ridiculous dressed up in a skirt.



With an older sister you can't help do what she is doing. It is too bad that she isn't playing with cars or something more manly. Notice that they are twins again. They are wearing their purple outfits with blue headbands. With the headbands Helaman is playing Lamanites. :) It was the mostly manly thing we could come up with for the headbands.



This picture inspired another nick-name that probably isn't the best, but I couldn't resist. When I pulled his pants up I didn't realize how stretchy they were, so ineffect this is what happened. Poor wedgey boy.






Poor little Helaman was so exhausted that he fell asleep right there. It was Sunday and he didn't take a nap, so at 7pm he zonked.






This picture I can't resist. We found this wig at a thrift store. What more can I say. :)






This is also what happens while I am in the shower. He has been playing with knives. I obviously couldn't take a long video while he had the knife. Usually I come with bananas all chopped up. Yes I am obviously not responsible, but I do put my knives away and I have no idea how he always finds them. The other day he got the cleaver out of the drawer and was holding it over my head. I admit I did scream and grabbed the knife. Luckily I didn't cut my self as the sharp end of the blade was the first thing I grabbed. :) I have reorganized the drawer so he can't get to the knives. Yet the other day I found him standing in the kitchen sink standing on a knife with another knife that had fallen into the disposal and the tip of the knife was pointing straight up. I don't know how he does it. Luckily he has only had one mishap and that was when I was trying to take the knife away and he quickly put it back on the counter and it fell off and the tip fell and nicked him in the toe. Stinkin kid!

ps I haven't proof read this because I have started it three times and I just need to get it up!