Thanks for the Birthday Gifts!

Mon-Bon and Angel Face had their birthdays and they got way more presents than we anticipated. Jeremy and I got around 2-5 presents per birthday and Christmas and we wanted to keep that tradition for our kids since it seemed that we appreciated those gifts so much more.

Apparently, that's not going to work! We bought gifts for them, 2 for each, as we planned. One useful/learning, and the other for fun. Then, after great-grandparents, grandparents, great-aunts, cousins, 2nd cousins, godparents, and neighbors - they ended up with about 10 times what we got, which is great! We didn't think that we'd love that occurrence so much!

How can you resist these happy faces?

 

 Mon-bon's new hair bows...

 

 

Angel face's new 24-piece puzzle (his newest obsession)

 

And you can't go wrong with play-dough, especially all natural play-dough!

 

Love, Amanda & Cubs

Train Set Fun

Thanks to Jennifer and Body, we have ourselves a little train set good for some classic indoor fun! Elijah loves it and is figuring out how to set it up better and better, with a little help from mom. It gets a little aggravating when I think, "Again! That's already three times today!" but I'm starting to see results in his critical thinking and manipulation of the objects, hand-eye coordination and all that - very great! Great gift! Anyway, I thought this post would be better than a thank-you card! ;)



However, Monica likes to play Godzilla, messing up everything and Elijah is racing to fix everything behind her before the train comes. She looks like Godzilla too (not in the green reptile kind of way), toddling and towering over the little tracks, knocking over bridges, and picking up the trees and eating them - very funny. Well, not to Elijah.

Anyway, off to more train fun...