Making Minion Cupcakes

Benjamin and Claire are turning four. Hooray! Ben's request was minion cupcakes like on Despicable Me. My sister-in-law made them during the summer and Ben wanted his chance. You take twinkies, cut them in half, and use them as the head. You then use smarties and black frosting to make the goggles, eyes, hair and whatever else. We have made quite a few friends here in our new neighborhood and decided it would be fun to have them come decorate cupcakes with us.

Here's the minion making group.

Here's our minion.
He looks kinda like he got a bloody nose.

Lainey got a hold of one of the twinkies while it was still wrapped, but that didn't stop her. She popped the package and sucked out the mushed twinkie.

After cupcakes, we played some games
Red light, green light; Ben/Claire Says, and Duck, Duck, Goose

Ben and Claire received a giant, inflatable bowling set.
Very fun for the kids :: Very hard to keep the pins standing.

Playing in the back of the truck: the kids' contribution

We brought home some MDF sheets to use in the building of our office desk, cupboards, etc. The kids had a blast playing in the back of the truck. Everyone contributes to the project in their own way.

Baby in the Drawer

I told you how Lainey likes to get into the kitchen drawers...

Well, this is what startled me when I went to get a hand towel today.

We're building again

We are finally getting around to building an organization unit for the office. I'm so excited! I can hardly wait. All of our stuff has just been on the ground up until now. I'm anticipating having places for everything and no clutter. We're using Ana White's plans for something similar to this.

Pit Stop

On the way back from the bus stop we saw this mighty machine at work two lots down from us. Ben just plopped down on the sidewalk to watch. Mighty machines are pretty awesome.

Funny story from this morning getting the kids ready:
Paul was complaining of a hurt stomach, but I wasn't sure if he was really sick or just really hungry. He laid on the couch and I tried to get him to eat different things. Time was getting closer to when we needed to head out the door. Paul asks me, "Can I watch Star Wars?" I responded, "No, Paul. If you are sick, you will lay in your bed and nap." He didn't like that very well. Apparently he thought he could stay home and watch star wars instead of go to school.

So with five minutes before we needed to leave, I raced him upstairs and got him dressed for school with him crying all the while, "I want to watch Star Wars!" Thank Heavens for Velcro. He was even crying as we walked out to the bus stop. I reassured him that he could watch it all by himself when he got back from school. Ha!

Stuck in the Sprinkler

Lainey was having SO much fun getting wet in the sprinklers with the big kids...until she got caught in one.

Cousin TeRonda

We got to see Jason's cousin TeRonda today. Yay! She and Jason had so much fun at reunions and growing up together. It's fun to be with them when they are around each other. Let's just say there's A LOT of laughing involved. We're excited that we might get to see TeRonda and her husband Rick a little more often now that they have family in Richland.

Sitting on the Engine

Uncle Travis came by to work on his truck. Laney and Claire thought it was pretty cool to get to sit on the front of it for a few minutes.

Walking to the bus stop

Emma & Mckenna

::Added Bonus::
We get to walk to the bus stop with our friend.

The wheels on the bus

They absolutely love riding the bus. Emma even went so far as to say that it's more fun on the bus when Paul rides. Awesome! I'm so glad that they like the bus; I had my worries.