Marker Faces, Play Dates, and Lizards!

Guess who got into the markers again while Mommy wasn't looking?! Yes folks, that is washable marker all over their little grinning faces! It was also all over the arms, leg, and hands! This of course, happened on a night that I had not planned on giving them a bath. I didn't have to submerge them in water to get them cleaned up-just a little soap and water on a washcloth and waa laa-magic-clean faces,legs, and arms! I so love the big grin on Henry's face! He was so very proud of himself.

We had a play date about a week ago with the son of one of my girl friends. Daddy had a day of errands, so I covered the keeping the kids entertained. We had a full day. We built a huge tent in the family room that almost took up the entire room. I've come to the conclusion and I think the kids would agree, that Daddy(Jason) is so much better at tent building. We made chocolate chunk cookies from scratch. I think there was more sampling of cookie dough before they actually went in the oven than actual finished cookies. Then after lunch and some playing with toys, we sat down at the dining room table and painted the exterior walls to the castles we built with them after the paint dried. I forgot to get pictures of the finished products. they turned out really well and the kids had a good time. I just kind of threw the idea together. We used old diaper boxes, cut them down, and flipped them over ad painted on the blank cardboard with our washable paints. Washable paints and markers are a MUST with kids! It was a good day and the kids had fun. I will say this, I'm glad we have just our two because I COULD NOT handle three on a daily basis. I was so tired afterwards.

Let me see, where to being should I begin this post? Hmmm, we've been kind of busy so there's a lot to go through in my head to decide what will bore you and what will put a smile on your face about what's been up at the H house. Recently we've been running around more in our jungles in the front and backyards. I say jungles because they literally are looking that way(it's a longish story and not important). Anyway, we've been hunting again. Hunting? Bug hunting. So once again our house has been crawling with various insect creatures. Shudders. No, no creepy crawlies have escaped. Every one of the have been happy in the bug catcher. We did happen to make a discovery the other day on the front porch. Henry spotted another lizard and within seconds, I kid you not, he had captured another TX spiny lizard. A buddy for Buddy, our other spiny lizard. He was so gentle with this one. Originally the second lizard was going to go by Buddy 2, but then Henry changed his mind and told me that he wanted to call it "Fish". So now we have two lizards that are now set up in a very posh habitat. They are two females, but shhhhh, don't mention that to Henry, he WILL correct you on that. He says lizards can't be girls. We chose not to argue on this one.