Festivities

I'm a little behind on what the Wilson things have been up to. And we have been busy! ( Well, sort of! I am not as busy as I used to be because I just can't do as much. Plus, I learned an important lesson from my recent ordeal: I don't play enough with my children. When I couldn't do anything but lay on the couch, all I wanted to do was be with the kids and take care of them . Then when I was slowly getting around I just played quietly with Johnny on the floor or the couch-way more than I used to because that's all I could do. It was wonderful! Now, I am able to do stuff again, but I will not forget this lesson. I've switched my house cleaning and such so that I am able to devote more undivided attention to my sweet darlings. Ok, back to the subject at hand....my sweet darlings!)

Pumpkin carving: We got a pumpkin and carved a kitty face. J was very wary of touching the slime and guts, M absolutely loved it! She squealed with delight during the whole ordeal! (Actually, I had to save it so she could play with it again another time!)

 Notice J is saying "cheese" to M and not the camera. So typical!

Since we are going to be in Utah during M's birthday, we celebrated with her class on Friday. She was so excited! Thursday avo we made cheesecake Oreo treats that she picked out. (Very yummy by the way, I'll be happy to give you the recipe.) Thursday night as we were lying in bed and talking about her birthday celebrations (and there will be a lot this year) she said, "I'm so excited I can't even look at my imagination!"
This girl is so stinking precious! She was so tickled that her class sang "Happy Birthday" to her and that her teacher gave her a "birth certificate" and birthday crown.

Today we had a fun day. Unfortunately, I didn't get pictures of all the fun stuff. This morning we made and played play dough for at least an hour. Then the little Wilson things had a game of their own going on. I just love it when they play together so well.

While M was reading to J, I came up to tell her something and she said, "Mom, don't extract me, I'm reading!"

Not long after, we were preparing to go for our "family fun outing" as she calls it and she mastered the shoe tying trick! She was so excited and proud!

 On said outing, we explored Warren Dunes State Park. It is about twenty minutes from our house. And gorgeous. And windy. And cold. We did manage to climb to the top of a very high dune (which kinda scared J because your foot slides down about half a foot every time you step). M loved it. The wind off Lake Michigan was very cold so we didn't stay long. It was a beautiful drive and we are excited to have such a fun place to play. I think it will be good in all seasons for different reasons, but I am definitely going camping there. Then we drove another twenty minutes to the Chocolate Garden. We had a chocolate tasting of some gourmet truffles and they were so good. That was a fun treat. After that we stopped and grabbed a few groceries and headed home. This was my kinda day!