December 6, 2010

Sam made Ants on a Log for us this morning for breakfast. A celery stick filled with peanut butter and topped with raisins (the "ants").  I'm not sure where he got the recipe, but he has been begging to make them for weeks now. Television? A book? A magazine? Scouts? The recipe was in his head. We always have celery and peanut butter, but we have not had raisins in a while. Well, he scored a box of raisins from Ann-Mama's house last night, so project Ants On a Log was accomplished first thing this morning. Amazing how he holds onto an idea that he finds interesting. They really are very good, and good for you!

We are having such a fantastic Holiday Season. The boys saw their very first play yesterday, children as the cast. A couple of our home school friends were in the play. Josiah asked a million questions, especially about the stage hands. He found breaking down and setting up the scenes fascinating. Sam would totally perform in a play. I need to look around Rock Hill and see what is available to us. The play was a spin on The Wizard of Oz. My boys have never seen the movie, and their curiosity was mounting because of the play and what I was telling them about the movie. When the Wizard of Oz came on television, once a year?, it was a stop what you are doing and watch the Oz affair. After a great time with friends at a really cool coffee shop (J. Olivers in Kings Mountain, NC ~ has mouth-watering potato soup!), we stopped and picked up the movie.

This morning when the movie was started, I heard a conversation between the boys...Josiah ~ "Sam, Mom said the beginning of the movie was in black and white...that's not black and white, that's brown and white. Right, Sam?" I thought this was the cutest thing ever. Finally, Sam came and informed me of my error. I love my kiddos!

We have been making paper snowflakes. We started with printing premade patterns off of some websites, with instructions on folding and cutting. After several of these, Sam just picks up a piece of paper and goes at it, trying his own ideas. We visited Paw-Paw Ken last night, who just had surgery. Sam immediately went to Ann-Mama's paper drawer and made her some snowflakes.


We have so many exciting activities going on this week. Yay! We can't wait. But today is cleaning day. If we want to play together, we have to work together to get the things done that have to be done.