6/16
I just realized I forgot to journal about Dinosaur Week! The week before Donovan's Dinosaur birthday, his dinos came to life each night for some silly fun. Monday morning, Donovan found them playing x-box, watching a dinosaur show, and looking at the invitation to his birthday on the laptop. He concluded that they want to come to his birthday party, and said, "Well, they are my friends. I WANT them to come to my party." They programmed an awesome birthday message on the IPAD. Tuesday he discovered that they had built a huge dinosaur out of legos. Donovan's reaction... he gave his awesome little giggle and said, "My Dinos wanted to play with the Legos. They're my best friends." Wednesday, they got into the play-doh and made him an awesome cake, complete with candles. Serenity added some play-doh to the candle for a flame and we sang. The part he liked best about this morning was that the t-rex got his head stuck in a play-doh tub. Thursday, the dinos got out every single dinosaur and dragon book we own, which led to a lot of book reading with Mama that day. Friday morning he found the dinos tangled in a lot of balloons that were purchased for his party. The pterodactyl was even flying away with one balloon! Saturday morning they were all assembled in his dino garden, wearing party hats and wielding a sign that says "RAWR" which means Happy Birthday DZ in dinosaur. =)
7/2
Parenting Win: Tonight, for dinner, the kids chose to eat Triscuits and Whipped Cream. I am awesome. Serenity at least had a little avocado with her first batch of triscuits, before she moved onto dessert Triscuits.
Table Hammock. Pinterest win. I tied a blanket onto our table and it was a very cozy spot to hide out. I wanted one for myself! And then Eric decided he would fit in it just fine and he went for it =)
Ninja Turtle Training. Eric watched a few episodes of the Ninja Turtles with the kids and it led to all-out turtle mania. Donovan had two swords tucked into his shirt all month, at least until he got a turtle shell for his birthday complete with sword loops. =) He loves attacking balloons and walls with his swords and his awesome ninja moves. Serenity likes the ninja moves too =) Donovan is always Leonardo, which sounds more like Leo'ardo. Serenity prefers Donatello, or April.
Building Dog Houses/ Paw Patrol. Donovan has always loved pretending to be a doggie. Well he recently discovered Paw Patrol on Nick Jr. The show is about dogs that also are rescue heroes. There's a fire dog named Marshal, a police dog named Chase, etc. So nearly every day he asks me to call him Zuma (the puppy that does water rescues). He reminds me every time I accidently call him Donovan that he's really Zuma. Right now he says he wants a Paw Patrol birthday for his next party. I have to say, it seems perfect for my dog/super hero loving boy =) He pretends the rest of us are in the Paw Patrol as well. Serenity is usually Sky, Maia is Rubble, and I am sometimes Ryder, the little boy who leads the Paw Patrol.
