Even though it goes against everything I believe in, I tried to be a "Pinterest mom" tonight. I found a cute balloon popping activity so I went for it. Earlier in the day I bought the balloons, so I thought I was prepared. :) Basically you label the kids with an hour of the evening and when it reaches that time, the kids pop the balloon. Inside the balloon is a strip of paper that tells you what you are going to do for the next hour.
Seemed simple enough. I decided we were going to start our "party" at 6pm, so I blew up five balloons. We ate dinner around 5pm and around 5:30pm Luke and the boys started putting together a Super Mario Bros. puzzle.
Our balloons taped to the cupboards and a toasty fire in the fireplace! We were ready for some action.
Our first activity was a bust because I didn't do all the necessary preparation (aka...read instructions)
We just purchased an electric ice cream maker and I mixed up everything for the ice cream earlier int he day, but neglected to freeze the mixing bowl.
The kids had caramel popcorn and watched Monsters University at 7pm. After the movie ended we played some board games.....while Bubba played on his laptop. :)
The hit of the evening was making fondue and dipping anything and everything. Probably not a good thing for this late at night.
Finally finished the puzzle around 10:30pm.
Finished the evening off with a little competition of Wii Sports Resort. Wiggy fell asleep on my lap around 5 minutes before midnight. As soon as midnight hit, we were ready to fall into bed. I think fun, creative mom had her turn tonight...but never again.
(Someone remind me of this next NYE when
I am perusing Pinterest for ideas....)
Hard to believe it's 2014!
Happy New Year's!
That Stop Wasn't On My Itinerary....
So the Hogue's made it to Florida for our first official family vacation. It was Sawyer's first plane ride....and Simon's first plane ride that he can remember. We were excited....the boys were stoked. We had everything we needed! But it seems that Sawyer packed something with him that wasn't on our checklist: a big case of pneumonia. Yes, the little fella made it almost one whole day in Florida before he started heading downhill fast. Our 2nd day in Orlando we were in the Urgent Care south of Cocoa Beach. (By the way, to see a doctor more quickly, it helps if you vomit all over the waiting room in front of the receptionist. Little tip for ya) After chest x-rays they advised us to head to the ER in Melbourne, where they eventually admitted him to the hospital. So, we had 3 night deluxe accommadations at the Holmes Regional Medical Center. The little whipper snapper was a trooper though! The nurses loved him, thankfully, and made us all feel right at home. We were going to send postcards out with pictures of the hospital since we spent 40% of our trip there...but they didn't have any. Imagine that!Hmmm.....maybe its something they should consider.
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