Normal Routine

This morning we were back to our normal routine: Legos! Jase opened up his new set last night and built all the men. This morning after breakfast we started building the Hoth Echo Base. Jase does pretty good on his own, but he likes for you to be right there with him on new construction! Of course Ally had to join the Lego fun as well.




We ended up finishing 3 of the 5 Lego bags this afternoon and I'm sure Jase and Daddy will get close to wrapping it up tonight.

LEGO Star Wars Update

Jase is still a fan and plays LEGO Star Wars nearly everyday. Other than a couple of small sets he got for Christmas, he hasn't received any since then. His imagination to transform his existing Lego people into Star Wars characters amazes me. Darth Vader is formed out of a police uniform, a black head turned backwards and a woman's black hair piece. I love it! And Darth Sidious (leader of the Sith) has a set of handcuffs in each of his hands to represent the lightening he shoots out.

A few weeks ago he wanted Daddy to make Darth Maul's face (another villain) using markers. So we got out the sharpies and went to town. We also colored some of the gray light sabers blue and red to match the characters. Yesterday Jase wanted me to make capes for all the characters. So I got out card stock, scissors and a small circle punch and did my best. Jase loved them and had me make more today!! I enjoyed playing up in his Lego room these past couple of days.





He loves to watch Lego Star Wars on YouTube. We try and monitor the shows pretty close and some of them are off limits because we do not think they are age appropriate. Tonight after we played Legos he wanted to watch some videos, so I set the timer on my phone for 11 minutes and set up YouTube for him. He knows that when the timer goes off, he's finished, no more videos.

I handed him my phone and he went to his room while I tidied up the upstairs. I walked into his room and he said "I want you to watch this one." I told him, you're wasting your time, you watch the ones you want to watch and don't wait on me. Of course, we watched it together and then he selected another one and we watched it. We weren't sure of the characters in the video, so I looked at the YouTube description and comments to see if I could figure it out and he says "you're wasting my time!" Hahaha! I literally had to hold back from laughing! I handed over the phone.

I love to see his little mind at work and his creativity flowing.

Sticker Books

Both of the kids got sticker books for Christmas. Allyson got Sesame Street and Jase got Lego Star Wars (surprised?). They both absolutely LOVE them!! It did not take them long at all to finish them after getting started.





The pictures above were taken at breakfast, so pardon the bed head! And when one of them gets theirs out, the other one is quick to follow. We read and reread all the pages in both of their books nearly everyday. And just to be clear, Jase really thinks that he is Yoda. That is what he is doing in the above picture...using the force.





He said that he wants to be him for Halloween too. We'll see if this fad lasts this long or not. And we've tried to persuade him to be Luke Skywalker, but nope...he is sticking with Yoda.

I have to brag on my mom for a minute. I emailed her late last night asking her if she would watch the kids tonight so Shawn and I could go out to eat. She emailed back early this morning and said yes and that she could watch them at my house and give them baths. How perfect is that?!? :) Then we emailed back and forth and she said that she will bring the kids dinner. I think the latest is that she will be picking up Chick-Fil-A for Ally and Arby's for Jase. I told her that she is an overachiever and she said that's what Nannies do! The kids will be excited!