Tub Painting

When weather gets below freezing in Rexburg in the middle of November you start going crazy of being inside. Well today was different and we decided to turn the tub into an art studio.
Just get a little bit of shaving cream, food coloring, a paint brush and a creative 2 year old and I just had over an hour of pure creativity! YEAH!!!!

(sorry about the naked boy...I wasn't willing to put him in a tub of water with clothes on)

The tub paint before my artist went crazy with it.

Do you think Brooklyn was content watching her brother on the sidelines? Heck no! Therefore I gave in and let her have fun with the bubbles:)

8 months

This girl has brought 8 months of so much happiness to my life.
She lights up when her brothers enters the room.
Her legs start kicking when daddy comes home.
And well, her and I are still attatched and inseperable. Just the way I LOVE it!

Random

Life here in the Poffenberger house has been wonderful. I am officially in the harvest mood and have been going crazy in the kitchen with yummy comfort foods (apple caramel cookies, pumpkin pie cookies, instant wassail mix). Weston is doing amazing at going to the potty and his life currently revolves around Mater, "Lighting McFeen" trains, cars and airplanes. Brooklyn is the sweetest thing in the entire world and currently will eat anything put in front of her. And Ryan is just doing great at his job and we are LOVING having him home in the evening.


Yes, Brooklyn loves Weston's cars as you can see in this picture. They are the perfect size for her little hands and watching her and Weston play cars together is just too darn cute:)

We love being close to our cousins here in Rexburg and last Thursday Dawn and I had a craft day for the kids and ourselves. Weston loves the boys so much and I can't wait for all the fun things we will do together:)

The crafts Dawn and I did together. Weston has named them Frankie, Boo, and Jack:)

Living in Rexburg means snow, snow, and more snow. However, I was so not prepared to have snow this soon and I don't think I will ever get use to how cold it is here. However, Weston wanted to go play outside so bad and he had so much fun. However, I am going to have to work on getting him to wear his gloves.

This was a scrap wreath I made during nap time last week and I love it. Super easy and super cute...my kind of craft!

Loving her pumpkin muffins:)

Helping mommy make play dough which he LOVES to play with. It is so easy to make and it is the best play dough ever. I am never buying play dough again.

Since Weston has been doing amazing at potty training we thought we would take him to Wal Mart to pick out a treat for doing so well. All he wanted was Mater Mac and Cheese and he was so excited to eat it the moment he got home.

I am trying to find inside activities to keep this busy boy busy during the day and have found that baking soda, vinegar, food coloring and an eye dropper does wonders at keeping this kid busy. He did this for a good 30 mintues which is great in my mind.

Forget Me Not

This talk is on repeat in our house right now.
I love it more and more each time I hear it:)
Everything about this talk I need to hear everyday.
This talk puts it all in perspective for me:)

Wyoming

Here are some more pictures from our family getaway to Wyoming this weekend.

Recent Happenings

BUSY, BUSY, BUSY...that is the word to decribe our family these past couple of weeks and I wouldn't want it any other way. Keeping busy keeps Weston out of trouble, which in turn keeps me happy and sane:)

This past weekend we went to Wyoming to visit family and had so much fun. I love being with family and seeing Weston have so much fun in the good ole' Wyoming country made it so worth it:)

While the boys fish, Miss B and I decide to have fun just playing on the blanket and enjoying the warm sun.

This boy is so much like his dad when it comes to fishing. He loves it so much and Grampa Patterson loved fishing with him:)

Playing with his trains with G Papa.Did I mention I can officially say that this boy is POTTY TRAINED!!!!!! No accidents for a week and he is even getting up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom:) So happy!

Brooklyn decided to get thrush and therefore received some very purple lips. The stuff is a pain and dyes everything it touches but totally got rid of the thrush.

Sporting big brothers new winter hat.

I love this boy so much and I love how he is so in love with the Rexburg temple. Whenever we go by it he gets so excited and screams "temple, temple....look at the temple". To see his face light up when he sees it just warms my heart:)

Weston's new favorite thing is to feed the ducks at the nature park and loves to see how close they will come up to him. Needless to say, I'm not a fan of how close they do come up to him. This kid is fearless and I can only imagine what he will be like in a few years;).

Family Pics

So FYI..these pictures were taken in less than 5 minutes in FREEZING cold weather. Weston was distracted with the cows in the background or the rocks on the ground. Brooklyn just wanted to eat and well Ryan wasn't completely thrilled to be taking pictures (i'm told its a guy thing). "So you get what you get and you don't throw a fit" as I tell Weston multiple times a day. I think they came out pretty good under the circumstances. And the best part is we are doing round 2 soon, when we don't have cows in the back ground,the sun is shining, and my little girls tummy is extra full:)!!!!! Brooklyn looks terrified in this pic and Weston is distracted by the cow...
love it though because this is my family in a nutshell

Love moments like this:)

LOVE this one.now Brooklyn just needs to look at the camera.

I TRULY FEEL THE LUCKIEST MOM EVER WHEN I SEE MY FAMILY.....