Throwing Rocks on Fathers day!

For Fathers day we took Gary (aka dad) to Mt. Charleston here in Nevada. We are so lucky to have these beautiful mountains less than an hour away. The last time we went there on Fathers day I was about 7 months pregnant with our first born, Sheamus. It is so beautiful and peaceful and nice to get out of the desert. We took a nice hike to little falls and when we made it to the falls we had a snack and watched the kids throw rocks. Shea has always loved throwing rocks, it all started when he was about a year old. There is something he gets out of it that I will never fully understand. Throwing rocks, do u remember doing that as a child?

Morning Smoothies, Bubble Wrap, Singing and Video Games, Does It Get Any Better?

 
On Monday myself and the kids made our usual morning smoothies. The kids really like to be a part of making them. We practice counting out the ice cubes and fruit and throw them in the Vitamix blender. It is an activity that improves their gross and fine motor skills. They learn how to measure and have a little lesson in nutrition! I love how Sheamus asks,

"Am I going to grow bigger and bigger and bigger from drinking this?"

Haha, love it! I love how they take turns and share without a fuss because they love what they are doing. Of course at the end, we cleaned and talked about the importance of sanitation and caring for our blender and home by keeping it clean. The smoothies were good, recipe below:

Strawberry Canary Melon Kefir Smoothie

I don't measure my smoothies much so make it to your taste
Organic Strawberries-about 1 cup
Canary Melon-about 1/4 cup
One Banana
Flax Seeds-Couple tablespoons
Blend up and enjoy!
lots of ice
1 cup Kefir
 

After smoothies I continued on with my packing, one room down the whole house to go... Sheamus and Jocelyn had fun jumping on the bubble wrap having their own cause and effect experience! I remember popping bubble wrap as a kid! That was one of the funnest things in the world back then, Ahhh to enjoy the little things in life. After they burned up all there energy popping bubble wrap we had a little cracker snack and took the opportunity to count the crackers and learn about adding Shea's crackers to Jocelyn's to see how many there were total. They love these little butter crackers and I think they are pretty good myself but I noticed they had refined white salt in them :( so of course I had to give myself a kick in the butt for not reading the label thoroughly! Oh well what do ya do after you have already eaten half the box? While we munched away we had some time together singing our ABC sounds song, Itsy Bitsy Spider, Im a Little Tea Pot and whatever else came to Miss Jocelyn's head. She is getting good, almost knows all the words. Of course this lead us into dancing around the house and then I realized I need to start working out again! Later they took turns sharing Shea's DS Sonic game. Shea is absolutely loving Sonic The Hedgehog. He has given me specific instructions to have a Sonic cake made for his next b-day, his just passed a month ago! He is going to be waiting a long time! It was a fun day :)
What did you do today?