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)

Science lesson

Preschool science lessons are so fun. Basically ours consist of finding something cool, looking at it with a magnifying glass and talking about it, the kids really don't even realize they are learning. Our last one was really impromptu. My oldest nephew (A.M.) found a dead Monarch butterfly that was still perfectly together so we "studied it" which led to looking for other bugs,  catching a huge bumblebee to "study" then release and a few other moths and beetles.

Well, they both really enjoyed it, so when my mom found a dead praying mantas she was quick to get a container and save him (despite being grossed out) for next time the kids were over. Well they were very excited about that!! Praying Mantas have to be some of the strangest looking bugs after all.

Dead Praying Mantus

And in case that was too disturbing for you, here is a flower. LOL