Boys at Breakfast and other random things

This is what it looked like at our house on Saturday morning.

Sure do love these mischievous little men.

Saturday Night we went to the Dark Sky Festival in Harmony Florida.  Harmony is this little community in the middle of nowhere that has huge beautiful homes with a Desperate Housewives feel to it. It is a little eerie there. This was our first trip to the Dark Sky festival.  There were vendors and lots of telescopes to look through.  We saw Jupiter through one telescope. We could actually see it's rings and 3 moons off to the side. It was amazing.  As we were walking away Luke whispered to me in amazement "Mom, I sawed all the way into space!"

 We also ran into some storm troopers who evidently taught the kids how to use their laser eyes.

Sunday Mer and Jack drew signs for the super bowl.  We had some party food and had a couple friends over for a little while.  Max and Jack called the winner and earned soda for their prize.

 I am thankful for beautiful clouds to calm me on the drive to school as we drive away from the whirlwind of the morning.  There were at least 2 mornings with these clouds waiting to greet us this week.

 A Sunset

Luke is very excited for his up coming birthday.  He will be 5 on the 20th and asks me frequently if his birthday tomorrow. I've told him over an over that his birthday is after valentine's day so to provide a little distraction and a little fun we are counting down to Valentine's day with Valentine homework and activities every day.  Everyday when he get's home from school he finds his "assignment" in his envelope.  We read a Valentine story, do a game or play activity, and a learning one.  It has been a ton of fun. We set up a little area on the back porch and Jack joins him when he's done with his homework too.  Here are a few things we've done

sorting Conversation Hearts...

..with stacking and counting

"V" is for Valentine

 Melted Heart Crayons

Bath Crayons + craft foam = Heart match 

 

Luke agreed to let me take pictures of him if he could take a few of me. 

I have been going through the files of our filing cabinet trying to make them a little more user friendly.

and pretty!

Wednesday Mer got dressed up for school to present her science fair project. She took 5th place, she was so excited.

And that just about wraps it up for the week.