Thanksgiving Projects

We have been doing projects galore at our house.  The boys are so excited for Thanksgiving and turkeys and have wanted to do every craft they see.  The other day Hunter told me he wanted to play a game on my phone, he said he wanted to play Pinterest.  He loves looking on Pinterest and picking out projects for us to do.

 Hunter's hand turkey.  Notice How Hunter has his tongue out in so many of these pictures.

 Cameron getting crazy with scissors to create his pine cone turkey.

 Making some Indian corn to feed to his pine cone turkey.

 Hunter wanted to decorate each of his feathers differently for his pine cone turkey.

 Creating a scarecrow and then becoming the scarecrow.  He loved being the scarecrow and surprising everyone who came over to our house.

 We collected these paint chips at the store to make these little turkeys.  Cameron's turkey got all of the feathers because Hunter wanted his to be a turkey chick.

Our turkey pumpkin. 

The boys were covered in glue and every surface close by after they made these tissue paper turkeys. 

The boys in their Indian headdresses.

I love these two little chiefs.

I love doing all of these cute projects with my little cuties.

Science Projects

We went to the store the other day and it had an entire aisle with science projects and other science products.  Hunter loved it.  He wanted to stop and inspect everything on the aisle and hoped Santa would bring him everything.  Without fail, every naptime Hunter asks me if we can do a science projects.  So I just keep coming up with new projects with baking soda and vinegar. 

We created tie dye explosions with colored vinegar and a baking soda pan.

 Hunter loved squirting the vinegar and creating explosions.

 He was so excited to mix the colors.

 He spent nearly 30 minutes creating the perfect tie dye.

 Then he wanted to just play with the goo at the end.  He is always asking to do this project again and again.  Luckily vinegar and baking soda are cheap and put on such a great show.

Next we tried blowing up balloons with the carbon dioxide produced from the baking soda vinegar reaction.

We used some funnels to get each of the products in their respective containers.

 Then we mixed them together and watched the results.

 Hunter was amazed at how the balloon quicly blew up.

He loves doing these projects so much and is always so excited and so appreciative.  I love making this little guy smile.

The Research Park

One of my favorite places to go when I was a kid was the research park.  It is close to where I grew up and has three different ponds you can walk around.  The ducks love being fed and it is such a beautiful area.

The boys loved walking around the entire lake.

These two are so cute.  Hunter just walked up and put his arm around Cameron and they walked like this for most of the time. 

 

Blowing bubbles 

Feeding the ducks.

We went and got donuts to enjoy at the park and the boys were so excited and loved them so much.

As the boys were walking they began picking up all kinds of things so we decided to create nature collages.

 A pretty good collection of objects.

 The boys were utterly excited to make collages.

 They loved picking out where they wanted each piece of their collage and took such time arranging all of their objects.

 The finished projects.

Playing in the Sand

The boys have absolutely loved playing in the sandbox lately.  They are always digging holes and creating roads for their trucks.  Even when we go to the park all they want to do is play in the sandbox with all of their sand toys. 

I love just sitting back and watching them talk, giggle, and play together.  It is one of my favorite parts of the day.