American Ninja Warrior

The pack, lead by big J, loved watching the TV series "American Ninja Warrior" this summer and while it was a fun competition to watch our house is suffering the effects caused by it.  For some reason, our kids think our home has become a par course!  Everything is 'jump here', 'climb there', 'I need to do this to move on to the next level', etc... 

It is kind of like the 'don't step on a crack' game my brother and I played when we were young.  

 This is the spider climb... And of course it has to be done at every doorway.

And this is the door post scale... 

 They have managed to jump and scoot this rug at the same time to 'get to the next station'. 

 

 I suppose they are using team work, motor skills and determination along the way (even I am constantly telling them not to climb on the walls or jump off the furniture)... If you happen to stop by our house, please forgive all the finger marks on the walls!

Chalk tea

Have you heard of it before?  It has become a buzz word around here as the 3 middles have formulated a new craft for themselves.  I'm not sure I would like to sip it like peppermint tea, but they have their process down to a T and go deep into their play pretend world when creating it :). 

 

All you need is chalk and water, a sponge and a container ... Use the chalk to color over a puddle of water, mix colors for extra fun!

 Make sure to color a few layers of chalk for vibrant colors.

 Use the sponge to soak up the colored water...

 Squeeze it into a container and repeat.

 Pour into smaller containers and serve...

 Would you like some tea?!

 PLEASSSSE???!!!

Moving around...

It turns out that our little chunkster has some pretty strong muscles under that squishy squashy scrumptiousness!  Mix that with his intensity and we have an early mover... He isn't crawling on his hands and knees yet, but he MOVES where he wants to go and has been doing so for a good month or more now.  Watch out world, here comes Austin! 

We used to lay out a nice baby blanket that he could explore on...

 But he quickly learned to flip over (sometimes even taking the blanket with him, making a baby burrito!)...

 And he would flip again...

 Do you see his intensity??

 Something is spotted and his muscles get to work...

 He even chases after his feet much like a dog chases after his tail!

 Hmmmm... I wonder if I could make it over there?!

 Back to the blanket...

 But not for long, there are toys to be tasted!

 He is our sweet BIG boy!

 Oh, no his has discovered that things go vertical too... It won't be long!

 We love you Austin!!!