Strawberry jam makin

Last year I let Madison make jam with me  for the first time (for both of us) she did so good in the kitchen and we had so much fun together that I couldn't wait to do it again this year! My mom was given 6lbs of strawberries and can't eat that many alone so she gave them to me to make jam. Since we had a low key morning I thought today was the perfect time to get in the kitchen with my princess and make some yummy jam!

Loved using my ninja to get really smooth strawberries and Madison loved getting to push the buttons.

Measuring was a good way to get her to count to 4 especially since she tends to skip that particular number everytime she counts.

All the sugar is mixed in and she didn't spill any! I'm so proud of her she's becoming quite the cook.

We ended up running out of pectin and jars before we ran out of strawberries. It was time well spent and for 12 jars of strawberry jam total cost was only $5.00 which is drastically cheaper then buying it in the store.

Summer movie fun 2015

Took Caleb to see his very first movie and to say it wasn't perfect is a huge understatement. He did great for about the first half hour which included the 15 minutes we were there before the movie even started. Then he started to get full from the popcorn and it also started to run out. About half way through the movie he decided to get himself down and I had him sitting in his booster he gets himself down and falls straight into the bars in front of us and starts to scream. After I walk him outside I see either his mouth or his nose was bleeding profusely. So I ran him to the bathroom and clean them up as best I could. We survived the rest of the movie with him in my lap and more popcorn. Madison was a rockstar and for the most part I didn't even really know she was there! 

After the movies we met up with friends and headed home to do some swimming and have lunch with friends.

Bowling

Took the kids bowling today and at first it was rather challenging. Caleb wouldn't stop pressing buttons which was constantly reloading the pins and Madison was really uncooperative. Once we got them under control we actually started to have a good time. By the end of the games both kids really started to understand the game and get excited for their turn and when they knocked down the pins. 

Love the quality time I get to spend with my kids