Happy Valentine's Day from some little Wolfes!

Today is Abby's first Valentine's Day and Logan's 4th (!!!) and I finally got my act together and made them some cute little outfits! Abby has a onsie that I added a heart to and a little no-sew tutu (although in the end I did end up sewing it a little bit.) And Logan wore a very tough guy black shirt with a tie that I added. I was quite pleased with how they turned out!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S FROM OUR LITTLE LOVE BUGS TO YOURS!!

Flubber!!!

Saturday morning Nathan was gone helping his brother's family move so I thought it would be a good morning to try some new fun activities. Enter - FLUBBER! My wonderful neighbor gave us this recipe and it was a blast! Instructions are below the photos.

Logan dove right in and was loving it! He kept calling it "slam" rather than slime and thought it was great how it would stretch.


We added some plastic forks and spoons and then he drove some of his matchbox cars through it and made circles with his cups, etc etc etc.

The best was putting body parts in the flubber... hands were an obvious first choice followed quickly with sock removal and foot squishing.

Logan even wanted to share with Abby and let sister have some experience with the flubber.

Next up was BELLY PRINTS! He was pretty thrilled that his belly button showed up. He even tried his nose, ears and elbows!

Abby was pretty impressed with watching her big brother! (Please ignore the scissors behind her - clearly those should have been up in a safe place! All is well though!)

The flubber will stay good for about 3 weeks in an air tight container on the counter. Logan has played with it 3 or 4 times since and has still been having a good time!

I made HALF a batch for Logan - the recipe below is for double what I made for him.

What you need:

Warm water 3 tsp. Borax (non-toxic/available by laundry detergents)

2 cups of white glue

Food coloring

What to do:

In a large container, (such as a large bowl), combine 1.5 cups warm water, 2 cups white glue and food coloring.

In a second, smaller container, combine 11/3 cups warm water with 3 tsp. Borax.

Mix ingredients in each container thoroughly.

Pour contents of small container into the large container.

Gently lift and turn the mixture until approximately a tablespoon of liquid is left.

Flubber will be sticky at first. Let excess liquid drip off. Flubber will then be ready!

http://sciencecafe.org/content/2008/12/22/make-your-own-flubber/

Family Fun Day January

Last Summer we started a new tradition of "Family Fun Day!" We had a great time at parks, splash pads, pizza picnics and such. Well when Abby was born we kind of got a little lazy in carrying this on, but got back on track last month. I have a whole list of ideas in my planner and have been enjoying just pulling some out for our plans!

We started off Family Fun Day January 2012 with a trip to the Natural History Museum on the campus of the University of Michigan. Logan loves dinosaurs and he was so excited to see fossils! The museum was the perfect size - enough fossils to get him excited, but not too much that he would get lost. We arrived about 10 minutes after they opened and it was nice because he could run around and have fun and yell and shout and get super excited. Perfect!

This was Abby's first Family Fun Day and she did well in her Beco carrier as logn as she was super tight against me.

In the gift shop we picked up a Paleontologist kit for Logan to do some of his own fossil digging. This was an exceptionally messy project, but Logan loved it. The age on it was for over 8 years old she he for sure needed Daddy's help to dig out all the pieces. They had a great time and it really held his attention for over an hour!

SUCH Concentration - love it!

After nap time he had put out all the ingredients for a Chocolate Chip Cookie scavenger hunt! Logan found all the ingredients and then had to guess what we were making and then he and I made them together. It was great!

Little Sister enjoyed sitting by while big borther and Daddy enjoyed the cookies (Momma is not a fan of chocolate chip cookies.)

For dinner we made homemade pizza and it was wonderful!

It was a great great day - we watched a movie together while eating our pizza and then off to bed where Logan said it was a great day. That was a cherry on top for sure!

Our next Family Fun Day is February 18th! Can't wait!!

Alphabet Mat

Last week I found the idea here through a link on Pinterest. And I knew I must create it! Logan is smart little guy and while he knows his ABC's (the song) he doesn't recognize his letters. Since Logan was just starting to crawl he was always doing his physical development much much quicker than verbal/emotional/etc.

I thought this would be perfect for him as it would allow him to run around and be active and make the correlation that A looks like A and B looks like B, etc etc. He walks back and forth with it using his golf club as a pointer and goes through his ABC song while pointing out the letters! WORKS PERFECT!!!!! I'm so happy because he is so happy. I've already seen a big jump in his letter recognition moving beyond the ones in his name.

The supplies included a $5 flat twin size sheet from Walmart and $4 in ribbon and pilfering my quilting friend's fabric scrap box. All the directions are at the link above. I'm quite proud of my little $10 project that is teaching Logan - plus it was only my 4th major sewing project and I only sewed it to itself 3 times. THAT is progress! :)

Abby's Giggles

On Sunday, January 15th at 3 months and 12 days, we heard some of Abby's first giggles!! :) I was making strange sounds in her face while changing her diaper and BAM - GIGGLE GIGGLE! They were the sweetest little sounds. She has done it a couple time since.

Nathan deleted the video from his phone. *tear* Made me very sad to learn that. He had sent it to me via Blackberry Messanger, but you can't save videos that way - only view them. So we now do not have the video of her first laughs. Momma was NOT pleased with that - not in the least. Hoping that we can get it on video again soon.

Abby has also started holding her bottle some during feedings. She has been trying but kept pulling it out of her mouth and getting mad about it! ha! Sweet girl is starting to put two and two together on this so that is good!

Bath Tub Paints!

I have been feeling very motivated lady to be a super mom - a mom that goes out of her way to bring fun activities and "experiments" into the house. The other day we did the baking soda/vinegar volcano and another night was Milk Art!

I found a blog via Pinterest yesterday and from there found this idea and created my own pin yesterday on Pinterest. It seemed simple enough and add in the fact that I already had all the supplies I needed at home and it was a no brainer. (Plus I finally found a use for those stupidly small Tupperware containers that came with my set - because really - what good are they?!) Logan was so excited for the "surprise" I put together for him.

The recipe is pretty simple:

• 1 cup white/clear baby bubble bath/bath wash


• 4 T corn starch


• Food coloring

After mixing the soap and corn starch I separated the mix into separate containers and then added a couple drops of food coloring. I wouldn't add too much for fear for staining our new and pretty white tub.

Logan loved them!!

They didn't really "paint" the tub so much as it put some color on the tub and that was enough to make a three year old happy!


After painting the tub Logan thought it would be a grand idea to paint himself!! :) Since it was body wash it pulled double duty to get him clean as well. ha!

After we were done I put the lids back on and BAM! - ready for the next bath time! Easy Peasy!

The rest of Christmas in ONE!

Alright - FINALLY - Christmas - all of Christmas... Eve... Day... January 7th (Wolfe family Christmas.)

The quick run down - Christmas Eve day we went to my Aunt and Uncle's house for brunch and time with some out of town cousins. Three of my cousins hadn't met Abby so it was a real treat to spend time with them. Christmas Eve after nap time we stopped by to visit Nathan's grandparents who hadn't met Abby yet. It was a nice visit. Then we went to church with Nathan's family. We arrived home just in time to sprinkle reindeer food and head to bed. We actually forgot to put out any food for Santa, but that's okay. Logan cared more about the reindeer food anyway! ha!

Christmas morning we woke up a little before 8 and Logan was thrilled to head downstairs to open presents. Abby slept until around 8:30 and the joined in on the fun. Logan loved his Dinosaur Train toys and also his new camera! It is great! Holds 1000 photos (he is up to 775 or so - I need to dump them on to my computer with the USB cord) and is very rough and tumble Logan safe! It was a very fun morning! After an early nap we headed over to the same aunt and uncle's house for Christmas dinner and then out to my parent's house with my brother's family for Hunt family Christmas. I always love watching my children and my brother's children play. They always have a blast! We spent the night and it was a wonderful time!

On the 7th of January we got together with Nathan's family for some Grandkid pictures and then to the community pool. My in-laws rented it out and we had a wonderful time. Then after nap time for the boys we opened presents and had a nice dinner. Abby was a bit of a mess so we left early, but we had a lovely time spending a belated holiday with everyone!

So there is a very quick rundown of our Christmas happenings... and now... que PHOTO DUMP! ENJOY!!

Do you believe Abby and cousin Calvin are only 15 days apart?!? ha!

Ahhhhhh.... finally caught up. Check that off my list of things to do.