Open House

Last week, the boys had open house. It was nice to see all of the projects that the boys have been working on. I am still waiting for some of the older boys worked on - so I can post pics of them. But here are some pics of Lucas's projects.
This is the gallon Lucas.

Here is a fossil of Lucas's made up dinosaur "Votron".

A model of his dinosaur, here is Lucas's description of his dinosaur -

My dinosaur is the Vorton, which means "super heavy". He lived in the sea by the equator. He was a carnivore and liked to eat other dinosaurs. He was really long - over 300ft! He was gray in color and had a stinger on his tail. He had scales. He used his stinger to catch prey by sneaking up on it. He used his stinger by swinging it over his head and attacking his prey. He had very long arms. He also was able to grab his prey with his strong arms. The Vorton was a mammal, and its babies were born live. The Vorton traveled the world, day and night. He was a large sea creature.

I will post pics of Noah and Eli's projects as soon as they come home.

School projects

Eli has spent the month researching the Titanic. He did a project about the sunken site. Here is pics of his diorama.

Noah has been doing a country report all year. His country is Italy. And Friday was his presentation and "Tacky Tourist" day. The above pic is Noah in his "Tacky Tourist" outfit. Not very tacky, right! I can't blame him - I would have been the same way!

Also, Noah had to make a food from his country, so he chose Tiramisu. We found a recipe for an Easy Tiramisu cake and Noah did a great job of making it all by himself.

Happy Birthday Tovi!

The long and the short of it was that on his birthday, Tovi decided to open up some Easter eggs that were filled w/chocolate eggs. Other than being extremly hyper, he seemed to be okay until Sunday night. My mom called me at work to tell me that Tovi couldn't walk. Thankfully my awesome coworkers could cover my assignment so I could take Tovi to the vet ER. The doctor thought it was just stomach cramps but I wasn't so sure. After a few days, of Tovi acting weak and very sick - I am so glad to say Tovi is his normal self. Thanks for all the prayers. Needless to say these events delayed Tovi's bday celebration and Tovi didn't get cake this year and we pray he NEVER has chocolate for his bday again! So, Thursday we took Tovi to the store to let Tovi get some new toys. Tovi LOVES toys but when it comes to choosing toys - he is very particular! So the boys love giving toys to choose and seeing if they are too his liking.
Yes!

No!

No!

No!

And he got a new tag. It's hard to see but it has M&Ms on it. Eli picked it out but is kind of ironic considering Tovi's bday weekend. Hopefully it will serve as a reminder NEVER to leave things down where Tov can get into them!

Easter Sunday

So, we had our own family Easter Sunday - unfortunately we had our own little excitement that I will explain in a later post. Here are pics of the boys Easter baskets.

Noah

Eli

Lucas

The boys opening their baskets. And let the egg hunt begin.

And for a special treat after Easter lunch, I got a cake from Baskin Robbins. It was very yummy! I hope everyone had a great Easter.

Family Easter, Egg Hunts, Egglympics and more!

On Saturday, we celebrated family Easter. Luckily, the weather was good -the rain held off and the sun even came out. We had good food, even better company but most importantly we had fun! Noah brought in a friend to join in the celebration.
The Easter loot!

Victoria showing off her new walking skills.

Some cuddling before dinner.

Victoria decided she only wanted to cuddle w/her Daddy!

Eli helping Ty with finding his eggs.

Ty finding another of his chicks.

Trevor finding his last bunny egg.

After Eli found his eggs, he helped Ty find all of his eggs.

Noah's friend had the one missing egg. Those green frogs just blend right into the garden. But everyone pitched in to find that egg.

Victoria even joined in the egg hunt.

Lucas looks a little confused about what to do next.

Where Noah is the little boys are not to far behind. It is so fun to watch all the cousins interacting.

Everyone wanted to have a seat to watch all the fun.

Everyone grab a seat and get ready for the first annual Egglympics to begin. Andrew and Jen came up with a ton a fun activities in a Minute to Win Easter style.

Watching 6 boys try to move an Oreo cookie from their forehead to their mouths using only their facial muscles is quite an interesting site.Unfortunately Lucas wasn't able to get it in a minute but he sure gave it his best!

Can you win a soda? Just get the hula hoop around the soda bottle.

But the best event of the day was the "Junk in the Trunk", the boys had a carpi sun like box strapped to their backside filled w/eggs and a hole inside. The boys had one minute to jump, shake, and dance those eggs out.

Eli and Scott had a great time. And at one point, they even got in crab walk style stance to see if that worked. The oldest boys wanted the rule book checked, but I think they were really mad that they didn't think of it first.

Can you throw the football into the hoop? Jordan got it in the first time! Way to go!

Trevor and Ty even joined in the fun but they enjoyed their "bubbles" prize more than the games!

I think the marshmellow shooter was the hit prize of the day! I will have to remember than that the next time! We had a great time and the Egglympics are definately gonna be an Annual event! After the games, the boys just had a great time tossing the football and/or hula hoop around. And in all our excitement I didn't realize that we had forgotten Tovi's bday. But that post will come later.

My artists!

Here are some dragons that Noah drew. He also drew a dragon to go w/a poem that he did for school. So, stay tuned for the poem and dragon.

Lucas is also trying to improve his drawing skills. So here are some pics from his sketch book. He is doing a great job!

Have a great Easter weekend!

There is no such thing as normal!

Eli had a music program this week. The kids learned about autism and how no one is "normal". The kids really enjoyed learning about the autism spectrum and how different kids can communicate in different ways.

Eli was a dinosaur in the museum "exhibit".

It was a great program. Educational and fun!

Lucas + legos = FUN!

Lucas has gotten really into the Harry Potter Lego sets. He is also reading the books! He got "The Burrow" this week and quickly got to work. Eli enjoyed flipping the catapult while Lucas worked.

Parties, Choir, school and more . . . .

So, my BFFs are giving me a hard time about the lack of blog updates . . . so I better do this quickly before Easter, Mother's Day and Life gets ahead of me! We have been busy w/birthdays, school, and more. So here are some pics . . . . We enjoyed celebrating Trevor's 4th birthday. He was excited for cake and presents! It is so fun when they enjoy the party as much as we do.

Lucas has had fun with the above at school.

Eli had a choir performance. Noah enjoyed that in one of the songs one of his best friends had to propose. He was quite pleased w/his video!

And lastly our princess had her first birthday! Her biggest thrill was the tissue paper. She wasn't into her birthday castle cake. But she is a princess afterall. My brother also had a birthday, so we had Victoria's party in the afternoon and Fred's in the evening. Well, hopefully I won't be so delayed w/the updates next time. Have a good week!