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boys are crazy


The kids were gone over the past couple of days which makes for a very quiet house. I forgot that silence like that even existed. I missed them while they were gone, but that level of relaxation hasn’t happened for 6 1/2 years, so it was much appreciated!
 

I know I usually think that it can be hard to get anything done with children in the house. But the past couple of days have shown me how hard it is to get anything done when children are NOT in the house! When you can sit under a blanket and watch it snow without interruption, it is extremely hard to be motivated to do anything else.
 
 
The other day, I was trying to explain to someone why life with boys is a little crazier than life with girls. I get it..kids are going to be wild and full of energy either way. But I would say that boys are just built with more of an intensity to them. And when you have more than one boy, that intensity is…..intensified. 
 

These pictures from a few days ago are here to serve as an illustration. They put couch cushions at the bottom of the stairs and were jumping down (sometimes from halfway up the stairs.) I was going to stop them but decided I had to document it first. Surprisingly, no one got hurt…this time.

boy jumping down stairs

 

liam

 

young boy jumping down stairs

So check back with me in a couple of years and make sure I’m still sane. Because I’m pretty sure my sanity slips away on a daily basis!

Blog, boys, Family

cream art


Having a good memory can be a blessing and a curse. Liam has the best memory. Sometimes it’s so good, I think I would believe him if he said he remembered his own birth. So the day I told him “maybe someday we can make puffy paint out of shaving cream” I should have realized that he was going to remind me every day until we did it. 
 
So finally, the other day, I mixed up some unwanted shaving cream, glue, and food coloring so we could make “cream art” (as Liam calls it.) I spent far too much time making multiple shades. If I ever decide to be brave enough to do this again, I think I would skip adding glue to the mixture and I would only make 2-3 colors. All the kids really cared about was making a mess anyway.
 
And as with the majority of situations, I took probably more pictures than necessary. But hey, I love these kids.
colorful puffy paint

 

toddler painting

 

blue cream paint

 

childrens artwork

 

little boy painting

 

boy painting

 

kids activities

 

boy smiling

 

toddler boy with paint on hands

 

kingston 2

 

kids art

 

childs painting

 

It was all fun and games until they realized the texture is awesome for finger painting
finger painting

 

kids paint with fingers

 

young boy with messy hands
  
then it got a little out of hand (pun wasn’t originally intended–but now that I typed it, I think it’s hilarious)
kai 2

 

kids having fun with paint
boys love getting messy

At this point, paint was starting to get all over the chairs and table. So I declared art time over and threw them into the bath. The water was a gorgeous shade by the time they were done! And the blue only stained their skin for a few short hours.
The moral of the story is that it’ll be a long time until we do this again. But they loved it!