A fun snack project

Sorry it's been awhile since our last post, I don't know where January went but it was crazy for us.
H was the "Star of the Week" in school. She has been counting down since the beginning of the school year, haha! She's the line leader and in charge of various important tasks throughout the day. It also means she gets to bring a "special snack" to share on Friday with the Letter of the week... N!

Took some brainstorming but I was able to come up with something fun for H & I to create.
The graphic designer in me couldn't just throw the snacks in a ziploc bag. (Not that there's anything wrong with that) I just had to add a lil fun for the K-kids! Ok maybe more for me haha.
I bought some brown lunch bags and created this N tag.

And made these Ninja wrappers for our mini water bottles.

H had so much fun helping me glue and put these packs together. I hope the kids will enjoy the snacks!

Can you think of any other "N" snacks? What fun snacks have you made? 
Making any for Super Bowl Sunday?
Have a great weekend!
Eva

Favorite Things #25

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!
Favorite thing for today... I bet you can guess!
Waking up and opening their presents! I think this goes for all kids out there. Seeing their eyes filled with excitement, squeals of delight and the big grins on their faces. That in itself is a gift in a parent's eyes.

Wishing you and your family a wonderful time together as you celebrate Christmas today. Remembering the birth of our Lord and cherishing the time with the ones you love.
Warm & JOYous blessings to you!

Love,
Eva & Zi

What was the best thing about Christmas for you this year?

Favorite Things #24

My kids love to play outside.

And the thing that the kids like to play with the most when they are outside are STICKS! Usually the longer the better! They like to pretend that they are swords, fishing poles, walking sticks, use them to dig holes, or pick up earth worms.

*Image from thewonderforest.com

I love anything, toy or not, that can inspire the kids' creativity, so sticks definitely fit the bill!

But I do draw the line when it comes to bringing the sticks inside the house or car. If they find a particular stick that they really like, they can leave it on our front porch and play with it again when we go outside but I don't allow the kids to bring them indoors. There is enough clutter in the house as it is!

Do your kids like playing outside? What do they like to do or play with when they are outdoors?

Zi

Favorite Things #23

This past month when you turn on the TV there's at least one Christmas special playing on some channel. This year H&N actually watched some classics like The Polar Express, Santa Clause, and The Grinch Who Stole Christmas (The one starring Jim Carrey). And to my surprise their favorite was The Grinch. So thanks to our DVR they can watch this over and over again.

Image from amazon.com

One day I overheard a conversation between H&N about the Grinch.
H: "N do you want to watch The Grinch?"
N: "Noooo"
H: "N are you scared of the Grinch?"
N: "Yea"
H: "He's not scary he just looks like a green kitty cat."
(Actually I don't N was afraid at all just more of not wanting to watch the movie again haha!)
I guess I should put this on the list of books to get!

What is your favorite Christmas special that you watched growing up or watch now with the kids?
Eva

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Favorite Things #22

One of the larger toys that we own which the kids have consistently played with for a couple years now (and I think for at least a couple years more) is a slide.

We got this Little Tikes Easy Store slide off of a Craislist free listing back in March of 2011.

*Image from littletikes.com

*E3 taking a rest after the 1st day of playing with the slide.

Now more than 2 years later, the kids are still playing with it almost every day. Now if you are looking for a gift for a preschool aged child, I would recommend looking into a slide!

Do you have a toy/toys that have kept your child's interest for a long period of time? 

Zi

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Favorite Things #21

With Christmas with just days away... I'm sure many of you have been out shopping at the mall and stores. Ever since H&N were young we "trained" them to go shopping haha, meaning they actually enjoy and get excited when going to the mall.
So at times H&N get treated to one of their favorite snacks... Auntie Anne's cinnamon sugar pretzel.

Image from prweb.com

Mmmm, hard to resist when you smell the aroma as you pass by the little kiosk or store front.

Do you like Auntie Anne's pretzels? What's your favorite snack that you treat yourself when you are out on the run?
Eva

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Favorite Things #20

I don't mention E4 as much in my posts but now that he is almost 2, he has really started to develop his own personality. One thing that we learned very early on for him was that he LOVED anything with wheels!

*Image from flickr.com

Even as a little baby, he was always attracted to the few toy cars that we had lying around (E1 is not a car type of boy). And when he started to crawl, he would always go towards things that had wheels, toy cars, strollers, wagons, you name it, if it had wheels, he liked it.

I'm still pretty amazed at just how much E4 likes cars till this day because it was definitely not something we taught him. Which sometimes brings up the whole "nature vs. nurture" debate in my mind.

When E1 was a baby, my parents would buy him more "boy toys" like cars and such thinking that he would like them. But that just wasn't the case, it turns out he loves animals.

And with E4, he came out of the womb liking cars (things with wheels) and would barely look at animals.

So when it comes to toys, I believe a lot of it is nature more than nurture!

Do you have a boy? Is he a car boy or animal boy? Where do you stand in the whole "nature vs. nurture" debate?

Zi