Grocery Store Scavenger Hunt

I've been thinking of how I'm going to make it this summer, taking all 3 kids to the grocery store. One option is to go at night or naptime when Matt can watch them and I'm sure I'll do that many times. But sometimes that just isn't the best choice. So I tried to think of something to occupy their time.

It took me about 20 minutes to make a grocery store scavenger hunt list. I just made 3 columns in a table in a Word document. The first column is the word. The second column is the picture and the third column is blank for a check mark. (You can get great pictures on Google images - even name brand specific if you want.) I'm going to give each one a clipboard with their list and a crayon or pencil. Because it is a word doc I can change it each week if I want to. At some point I might give Jayci my actual list without pictures and let her try to find things that way. I was also thinking I could use expired/actual coupons sometime.

Anyone have other ideas??

An Awesome Day!!

Today was such an awesome day! I remember the last time I felt like that - day after Thanksgiving, 2008. That sounds terrible. It's not to say we don't have many really good days. But sometimes we have a truly awesome day that seems too good to be true.

We started off the day by sleeping in . . . .I should have known that things were on my side when all 3 kids slept passed their usual bedtimes. They owed me though. 2 of them were up VERY late last night - not their fault, but still, they owed me.

We went to the park and played with friends for a couple of hours. I packed a picnic lunch but our friends all went home before that. It was no big deal. The kids didn't fuss about it at all. We packed up our fun stuff and ate together. I caught a glimpse of peacefulness just sitting with my little guys have a great picnic lunch. It was one of those moments.

They all went down for nap fairly easily. The only glitch in the day was that naps didn't last very long but I still got to sit on my butt AND get some things done. YAY! After SHORT naps, all three kids got up and we baked. Karis entertained herself (a new thing for her) while I baked with the older guys.

It was an unusually fun time for all of us. . . . .

Karis is 1!!!

I really can't believe it - my BABY IS ONE!!! ( I sound so old. )

So far she can:

- walk around while holding on

- stand for brief seconds by herself

- say "Dada", "Saysee" (Jayci), "nana" (banana), "yumumum", "hey", and "yea"

- smile so cutely while wrinkling her nose

- eat like a man

She is so cute and growing so fast. Don't worry. I'm being realistic about her perfection - I can see the temper from a mile away. It's really fun to watch her grow and learn.