I love our new rule of "extremely limited television." The kids do genuinely have more fun. They actually get creative and use their minds and also play together better. There has been less fighting and more smiles.
This day they decided to get out the dress-up box and make a huge fort out of my piano and bed sheets in my living room. It had been a while since they had used the dress-up box, and Jack asked me to help him put on Immanuel's blue dragon costume. It was way too big for him, so i rolled the sleeves, and he was as happy as could be. He even insisted on eating lunch while wearing it and it was too cute to oppose really, especially as he kept growling while eating his hot dog.
Then the kids asked me about the extra fabric i had in my closet and before i knew it i was measuring capes for them. Nothing fancy, just cut and safety-pin around their necks kinda stuff, but the result was priceless. In fact it's two days later and Eden is still wearing her cape now! (they have to take it off when we leave the house of course, but Eden i found out later on in the day yesterday, carried hers in her purse while we were at the store, just in case!)
This day they decided to get out the dress-up box and make a huge fort out of my piano and bed sheets in my living room. It had been a while since they had used the dress-up box, and Jack asked me to help him put on Immanuel's blue dragon costume. It was way too big for him, so i rolled the sleeves, and he was as happy as could be. He even insisted on eating lunch while wearing it and it was too cute to oppose really, especially as he kept growling while eating his hot dog.
Then the kids asked me about the extra fabric i had in my closet and before i knew it i was measuring capes for them. Nothing fancy, just cut and safety-pin around their necks kinda stuff, but the result was priceless. In fact it's two days later and Eden is still wearing her cape now! (they have to take it off when we leave the house of course, but Eden i found out later on in the day yesterday, carried hers in her purse while we were at the store, just in case!)
Jack was a dragon! For some reason he kept putting his hands in his mouth
(perhaps he was feeling his "scary" teeth?) and then he would growl!
Group shot! They all had names: Immanuel was "Toothless" (from the how to catch a dragon movie)
Jack was "Jackie" (so creative!)
Eden was "Zoe" (so cute, as that's her new baby cousin's name)
Sarah was "Layla" (again really cute, as that's their other new baby cousin's name)
Brothers! Immanuel is so sweet to his younger brother.
Jack was on day four of no real nap....he was SOOOOOOOOO tired!
The Girls totally wanted a photo shoot!They kept arranging themselves in various poses and
asking me to take another picture.
As you can see they LOVED their "capes."
When i cut the capes, the girls specifically requested "trains."
Each pose was directed by Eden...
Except for this one....
Then they wanted me to get in on them too...
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