I totally need to share a cute Valentine’s colour by numbers that Emanuel did today. You can find it HEREon Education.com. What we liked about this one is that you can’t see the image it is going to be right away AND the separate hearts means he had to slow down to colour. All in all a fun way to practice number recognition. He was VERY proud of it!

Awesome job!

We had a bit of an abbreviated day as when discipline issues appear (telling mild lies, being loud and rowdy during learning times) we have to stop everything and deal with that first. The result of the behaviour was the twins loosing about half their afternoon or more to a time out/naptime. Disciplining multiple children of varying ages in one family is definitely a fluent ever changing endeavor. I have to my greatest challenge is in dealing with Zander. 

I have baked my cookies for the party on Saturday and with the help of my able bodied boys basically packed us up. It is always a bit of a trial to get everything we need and not fill the vehicle we are taking… so much more than clothes, there is the cloth diapers and wipes… the special blankets and toys for the younger ones, Ken’s computer, the laptop, my crafting supplies (can’t sit idle for 2 days!), the birthday stuff and of course the stuff we need Grandma to look at and or repair. And don’t forget a full set of winter gear for EACH child! 

I did get an owl completed for the first time since before Christmas. It feels good to get back to creating. I have TWO more pairs of socks (bought from Dollarama of course) to make into owls and while they will not be done in time to sell for Valentine’s Day I will have them for the rest of the year! I have just been gluing the features on lately as Trinity’s with hers not sewn on is doing just fine. 

Owl!

And with this slightly brief (for me) blog post it is time to post and finish my pre trip prep work! I am sure there will be LOTS more to share this weekend!!!!

Watching tv and hanging with Uncle Sean