A Week at Home

Hard to believe another week is almost gone by again!
We didn't get out this week as Jordan is still trying to get the van fixed, so we had a low key week but it was a nice little break. Spent an evening out in the workshop keeping Daddy company and spending time together.

The kids and I made our own ice cream, this was an activity I had done when I worked in the daycare and remembered how much the kids loved it so I tried it with my 2! We also sing a fun song which makes it even better, here's the directions.
Take 2 (or 3 or 4 sandwich size ziploc bags depending on how many servings you need)
put 1/2 cup milk, 1 tsp. sugar, 1 tsp. chocolate syrup or vanilla flavour in each bag and seal
Place all bags into a large freezer ziploc bag fill with ice and 3/4 cup salt (since salt lowers the freezing point of ice) and seal, then roll in newspaper and tape up your giant 'tootsie roll' (we used construction paper since we don't get a newspaper). Then shake vigorously for 6-8 minutes. To add to the fun we sing this song while shaking it:

Shake it baby shake it, 

Shake it like you can, 

Shake it like a milkshake 

and pass it to a friend 

(I added a video below of our song, sorry about my singing)

Alivia wasn't fond of shaking the cold 'tootsie roll'

Enjoying his special treat

Jaxon and I also made a tin foil river one afternoon while the younger 2 slept, shaping the tin foil in a u shape and putting it on a hill then running water from the hose at the top. He had fun floating leaves and flowers down as well as some toy boats, he also tried rocks and realized pretty quickly they were too heavy!

We also planted some raspberry bushes with Grandma's help this week, we got them last year from my Grandpa's property when he passed away and the house was sold. They've been in pots over the past year and we finally got them planted this week in our garden area, excited to add all kinds of plants and vegetables to this area next year! There were lots of snails and worms and beetles once we started digging, the kids loved it and Jaxon let the snails slide all over his arm.

Here are a few more pictures from our week...

2 little artists

cute little pose while he sleeps

Built a fort for the kids, they LOVED it

This was the first time Alivia actually 'held' Hudson

Jaxon either runs from the camera or makes funny faces

 Hudson rolled over for the first time a few days ago from his tummy to his back, just today he rolled over from his back to his tummy! This boy is going to be mobile way too soon then I'll be in trouble.
He also sucks his thumb now, and puts himself to sleep like a dream.

I have a thumbsucker

I gave Alivia 'pretty toes'- as she calls them

We had big plans for this weekend as Jordan has taken some holidays and has the next 5 days off, but we'll see how much we actually are able to do as he injured he knee in hockey last night and can hardly walk today. He went to the doctor and was told he has a medial collateral ligament strain, he was so bummed as hockey playoffs are in just a couple days and he won't be able to play.