More Snow Days, Releasing Butterflies and the Hi-Pad

As you all know, we got another snow storm which Grant LOVED!  The snow wasn't as pretty this time around.  It was a wet snow with a layer of ice on the bottom.  But they both got to sled and play in the snow. 

It finally warmed up enough that we could release our butterflies.  Grant had a great time getting them out of their cage and holding them before they flew away.  It was a really fun process to watch.  We saved the little cage and may do it again later on.

Sloan's favorite phrase these days is "Grant, give me my hi-pad!".  Yes, it is a "hi-pad" to her and she loves it.  She has some apps on there that she plays with.  My mom suggested one, "Endless ABC".  It basically shows a word like "Invisible" with all white letters and puts all of the letters, in different colors, mixed up all over the screen.  You have to drag the letters over the correct letter in the word.  If you pick the wrong one, it makes a noise to say you missed it.  As you are dragging the letter, it says the sound of it like "I, I, I, I, I" until you get on over the I and then it says "I".  The words are way to advanced in my opinion but it did not take her long at all to catch on.  She can now do every word in the app correctly.  It is kind of shocking to us that she can do it.

Sloan's hair is getting so long now.  I am going to have to take her and have it trimmed a little to even it out at least.  I have to blow it dry at night after baths now.  She hated it at first but now she actually likes it and will ask to dry her hair.  Tonight, Grant was watching me blow it dry and when we were done, he looks at her and says "awww you look like a lady" LOL!  I have no clue where he got that one from.  Random things that come out of his mouth crack us up all the time.

 Sloan in her skinny jeans.....well they are supposed to be fitted, ha!  She is still so tiny for her age.  She makes up for it in personality for sure.

Butterflies, Cookies, Movies and More

Grant received a Butterfly kit for Christmas.  We ordered the caterpillars and received them in the mail.  They come in a cup with food, etc.  They eat and grow (really fast) for a couple of weeks.  Then you watch them create cocoons (chrysalis's) where they stay for a little over a week.  And then, out come butterflies!  It has been really fun to watch for all of us.  These butterflies only have lifespans of 2-4 weeks, so you are supposed to release them after a week.  However, the instructions say that you can only release them into temperatures above 55 degrees.  Yep, not going to work with our weather lately.  So, we are on week 2 of having butterflies and guess what is happening now......they are mating!  Yikes!  The instructions also say specifically that they will lay eggs and it will be too many to maintain hence releasing them before this happens.  We don't really have another option at this point so we are playing it by ear.  They eat watermelon, oranges and sugar water.  The kids love to watch them, especially when they are eating breakfast everyday!

Sloan is now saying 8-9 word sentences or maybe more to be honest.  She has picked up a couple of words that are not so good though.  It amazes me how many kids shows say the word "stupid", even Cat in the Hat.  There is a Christmas version that says "stupid little star" and when that part is said, Sloan looks up at us and says "Stupid" and laughs.  She knows it is not good but enjoys our reaction too.  And then Grant picked up the word "loser" from something (still trying to figure that one out).  He said it to Sloan and got in trouble and then she promptly started repeating it over and over, ugh!  She wants to do and say everything that Grant does or says.

I took Grant to see the Lego movie this weekend and he liked it.  It was an okay movie in my opinion but he sat through the entire thing and ate a ton of popcorn.

We also made cookies this weekend and they both really enjoyed eating the dough!

Eating off the beaters! 

Breakfast with Butterflies

 Sloan with a cucumber piece in her mouth at the Japanese restaurant

 She said "look mommy, juice on my head!" and yes, it was!

 Super flexible!