the rest of our week

He's trying to lift his head and he's really trying hard to sit up, man the abs on babies....

 Aurora helping me with the dishes before doing an "experiment"

 baking soda + vinegar + food coloring = fun for Aurora

 Yesterday morning we made pancakes and Aurora had a "funny one"

 Here she is making them

 flour on her face....

 Gideon tried out the excer saucer, he's a bit small but he really liked it, he just needs a lot of supervision because he doesn't have complete control of his head yet.

 Aurora learning to sew yesterday as part of her school work. She loved it.

And a little kiss for her baby brother.... 

Oh ya, and an official blog congratulations to Caleb for his big promotion!!!! (that is what the yellow cake was for we just had to keep it a secret until HR announced it at work)

11/11/11

Happy Remembrance/Veterans day!

To change things up and make them interesting for her I decided to do our math lesson on the window today using dry erase (window) crayons. They are really fun to use, (way more fun than dry erase markers) and I hadn't let her use them before. (Usually my husband and I just use them to write notes to each other on the kitchen window or on the mirrors - he works shift work so sometimes he is home after we are in bed)

 After our lessons Aurora wanted to make a cake and since I didn't have any mixes (I tend to usually take the easy way out and use cake mixes) we made it from scratch (which is really almost as fast so i don't know why i use mixes)

 She did most of it herself. (I tried to put my OCDness on hold because she really likes doing it) Here she is pouring in the eggs, yes she poured one onto the floor... but oh well, we are making memories.

measuring

 oops, got some on her arm...better lick it off!

 measuring and pouring the dry ingredients

 Then we dyed the cake yellow for reasons I am not allowed to say yet. LOL

And she decorated it for her daddy

 and of course licked the spatula...

We also had a visit from a friend I haven't seen in years who had a little due the same day as I was due with Gideon, and they happened to both be late and both were born the same day!