Well, this year.. I figured Nathan was "old" enough to help.. and would have fun!.. and yes, he did....he helped... but he also ATE so much of the icing.... he was licking all the gumballs, and eating the gumdrops... (which he kept spitting out)...lol... and was at one point, licking the house itself!
He probably thought it was the best craft ever! You could EAT it!.. haha...
Even though Jacob said, "Last years was better..it looked more like the one on the box."... he did really good letting Nathan put stuff where he wanted to... Jake is somewhat of a perfectionist.. so that is a big deal for him.. but he had fun, and went with the flow..
I told them Nate to put his face on the box like Jake and smile.. lol... he didn't quite understand why...hahaha
Nates favorite part! Eating the icing... however at the end he was sucking it straight out of the bag...no "little on the finger" there!.....
They each decorated one of the little stand up things... Jake a snowman..Nate, a tree :)
So that they wouldn't fight... (not that they would ever do that)... I let them each decorate their own side of the house... Can you tell who did what side?!
Yep, Jakes side....
And Nathan with his goofy grin and his side....
The finished product!... no, it doesn't look like the box.... it's better! It's original!....
And just so you know my life really isn't all "flowery and butter-y" all the time :) Jake and Nate have colds... not a big deal... except, my kids are not "colds" kids... fever of 104?! Sure!... Running around like its nothing! Seriously... when Jake was little... his was up to 105 before he was "lethargic"... but a cold?!... you would think it's the end of the world... seriously!
And last night... Nate was the one up.... Jake slept fine with it... (which is very unusual when his nose is clogged up)... But Nathan was the one last night... He got up at 12, 3, 5, and 7!... He was worse than Ben!... (who, by the way, only got up 2 times.. and slept 9-9)... So, I actually could have gotten 10 hours sleep last night....
Crazy thing is... when Nate got up at 5, he was just "wide awake" and happy!.. I brought him in the living room.. and we turned on the Wiggles, and he was up dancing... yelling.."Guh-gles! Purple! Blue! Yellow! Red!"... niiiice... just what I wanna hear at 5 am.. lol...
But they don't really have a cough or anything.... just runny noses....so.. hopefully thats how it stay!
Also, took Ben to his 2 week check up today... He was 8 lbs 8 oz. at birth... and 8 lbs even when he came home... and today... 13 days later... he was at 9 lbs. 3 oz.... he gained over a pound in 13 days.... he's gonna be a big one...
Both Jake and Nate were at 20+ pounds at 6 months old... so it's not like I thought I was gonna have a skinny baby this time either :) We'll see... Jake and Nate were also formula.. so maybe that made them fatter... he's all breastfed.. so maybe he'll be a little smaller...
ANYWAYS! Long post!! Everyone have a great day! Rodney stopped and bought "The Nativity" for us to watch tonight.. I've only seen it once, but it's really good.. I think Jake will like it too..
Ta-Ta!