Taste Better...

Ethan is not big on saying prayers at meal times so when he does say them they are always a treat. Well, today Trent asked Ethan to say the prayer at lunch this is how Ethan replied, *sigh* "My special words will make it taste better." I love the things he says.

Random pictures of the kids

Easter Enjoyment

10 Essy things that you can do with your children...

Most of these are messy up with easy clean up and I can pretty much guarantee that your children will have a blast. 1. Watercolor- make sure that you have lots of paper on hand and I suggest doing in on the kitchen table. 2. Glue "stuff "- like dry noodles, pieces of paper, rocks, be creative, and so will your child. 3. Play with shaving cream- you can either do this in the bathtub (even easier clean up) or on the kitchen table let them swirl it all around- this is also a great way to learn what two color make when they are mixed. This helps your child experience new textures. 4. Stickers- stickers are always fun to put on a piece of paper- this also helps with fine motor skills 5. Finger paint- you can use acrylic paint, ketchup and mustard, or pudding. This helps your child experience new textures. 6. Leaf rubbings- Tape leaves to the table. Use and piece of paper and crayon and rum it on top of the leaf - this also helps with fine motor skills. 7. Rock hunt- Find the rocks and then Paint them. don't be surprised if the rocks hang around for a while. 8. Play dough- Make the play dough and then let them go crazy. If you make it them you can do the primary colors and they can mix the colors- learning once again- How fun!! 9. Stamps- make stamps out of potatoes then stamp with them. Mom's you make the stamps. Even a one year old will enjoy stamping. 10. Marshmallows and toothpicks- Give your child a hand full of marshmallows and toothpicks and ask them to build a house. After the marshmallows sit out overnight they with get hard. Ethan loves to do this. And he is learning while he does it- I hope that you all enjoy these- please let me know how they go-

Steel my Heart

Some of you may or may not know that I am a consultant for Steel my Heart. I am trying to accomplish a huge goal of getting 50 orders in 100 hours. So if I did not send you an email this is my request that if possible please help me. My web site is: http://valeriebauer.yoursmh.com/Home.m You have until 5:00pm Friday March 21 to order. Please go and shop around, after you have found what you would like please email me at bauer.valerie@gmail.com and let me know your desires. I would love to help you out. Thanks for all of your support, can't wait to hear from all of you. PS. If you know of any one that you think would like to order please have them take a look at my web site as well.

Bike Trailer

I am so excited. I have been wanting a bike trailer for a long time so... I saved my plasma donation money and starting looking. Well it didn't take long. I first looked at eBay and right there for 77.00 dollars was a brand new bike trailer that was calling my name. So that I did not make any crazy and irrational decisions I sent the link to Trent to take a look and the first thing he said was "get it." So I did. Then came the address.. our eBay account address was set up as our parents in Cedar and by the time I had noticed it was to late. Well Trent talked to my mom and they sent it to me without knowing. I was SOOO excited to open the door and see my trailer- YEAH. Well on Saturday morning my friend Meaghan and I took the kids for a bike ride. It was so fun. But the longer we rode the colder I got- but when checking on the kids they were quite warm. Well we got back as fast as we could. The weather here is very deceiving. But the important thing was that we had a blast and I now own a bike trailer. :)