Space, Habitats and Construction

"a drill drilling into the ground for oil"

These days Wesley has three things on the brain; Space, habitats and of course construction. It often surprises us how he can remember the smallest detail, and recall facts from books we read days, weeks or even months ago. There is no doubt he LOVES anything to do with science and math. He was even trying to figure out why the hockey ball hit the wall and bounced off into the other direction in the basement today :)  He is also really into drawing and making maps and 'plans' right now. If you glance at them it's tough to make head or tail of them, but if you ask him to tell you about them they are pretty amazing (well i am his mom so i think most of what he does is amazing)...here's a few i wanted to share...


"a rocket"

 

 

"a machine that takes pictures of planets"

" My brain and my heart are attached to my spinal cord" Spinal cord is the piece of yarn :)

love day

 

Valentines week was a busy one for us this year. Ian was in Washington so i was busy with double duty. We had a valentines party at our house again this year, on the Monday. It was great fun with lots of snacks (black bean brownies and pineapple lollipops were the favourites) and art ( glue, hearts, scissors and some cute macaroni bracelets). We collected donations for Sandy Pines Wildlife Centre and we're hopeing to get out to drop it off next weekend. Then on Thursday Wesley had a valentines party at school and was very excited to show Isobel and i all his cards and shared all his treats with us :)

 

I opted for a Healthful valentines this year and thought it would be harder that it turned out to be. I found lots of cute ideas online for heart shaped fruit treats and heart shaped pizza and grilled cheese. I got a new Play dough ice cream shop kit for a treat, you would have thought it was real ice cream they were so excited! And in the end they always get a few treats from other people, so i guess it all evens out ;)

 

This is an amazing blog for anyone who's interested...i think it's my favourite food blog ever! I got most of my valentines ideas on it, thanks to my friend Laureen for recommending it!
Super Healthy Kids

Airports, markers and skates

 

February is rolling by, and we've been busy with much of the same. Wesley is building as always, with anything he can get his hands on. He's been enjoying a box of multi-coloured wooden block that auntie Jenn let us borrow. He's also been making lots of 'machines" out of Lego and made a very interesting looking 'convayer belt' but i didn't get a chance to get a photo before Isobel attacked it (not a pretty sight or sound).

"Airport"

Isobel has been busy reading lot's of books. She would listen to stories all day, as long as she gets to hold the book :) Also started doing a little more art. Until recently she has had very little attention span for anything other then glue (no actually gluing anything, just watching it drip!) But has now been painting for longer periods and has become quite artistic with the markers, especially on her hands and arms.

 



 

 

We've also discovered our very own back yard rink (well sort of ours). The ditch right behind our back fence has been frozen for the last few weeks, and we've been clearing it and skating on it. Wesley has come a long way in just a few short weeks and can skate on his own for short distances. Isobel is excited as well shuffling along with her double blades on her boots and the LOVE to pass the puck to each other!