Mad Birds

Little Guy is obsessed with Angry Birds.  A little over a year ago, he called them Mad Birds, I sort of miss that.  The downside of his Angry Birds obsession is we don't have smartphones or Ipads* so the kids used to only get to play when we were visiting relatives who did own said devices.  Not anymore.  For his birthday in January, Little Guy got this physical (picture below), build up blocks and launch a bird at them, board game version of Angry Birds.  He loves it.  And just recently he decided to save up his money for a different version.  (I've seen both at Target.)  Plus, we recently discovered this website where we can play online.  (And this one where you can play my favorite, Cut the Rope.)

Decorating for a pretend, Angry Birds-themed, birthday party.

I've spent all week printing out Angry Bird coloring pages for Little Guy who then colors them and insists I cut out all the birds and pigs.  We have dozens of Angry Bird bits of paper floating around our house.  So it was an awesome discovery at A.C. Moore (our local craft store) when we found Angry Birds coloring books for $1 each yesterday.  We got two.  I might need to go back for more since he's already colored a bunch of the pages.

*We're a little slow on these types of technological advancements.  It wasn't until earlier this week that Little Guy informed me the birds are angry because the piggies stole their eggs.  I seriously had no idea. 

Princess Sparkley behind the camera

Buddy is outside all day every chance he gets and Grandma and Grandpa's.  He's spent a lot of time in the backyard building a fort.  When the cousins come over, they are out there with him working on it.  He's also created some sort of slide in the leaves down the hill side.  There have been days when he's come in with dirt in his hair and teeth from sliding down the hill.  Crazy boy.  I sent PS out with the camera the other day to capture some pictures.  That pile off stuff next to the recycle container is some of the dead flowers Buddy had to pick in order to earn the few extra dollars he needed to buy a Lego Star Wars ship he wanted to get with his money.

My mom had a thing for collecting Beanie Babies in the '90s.  I had a thing for Barbies in the '80s.*

*I seriously can't believe how Eighties my Barbies are.  Wow.

Bucky Balls

B's sister's family introduced us to Bucky Balls when we visited them for New Year's. We quickly became addicted after playing with them for hours and then seeing H successfully recreate the cube. A couple weeks passed and our very own Bucky Balls arrived in the mail. Yea!

1/19/11
Here's B once he finally mastered the cube.
And a picture of his outfit for the day. He decided to thin down some of his clothing, including one of his two pairs of pajama pants. So on this day, those pajamas were dirty and he resorted to this clothing ensemble.



1/20/11
And here's me after finally mastering the cube.


The kids also love Bucky Balls.


And some more of our creations (and cell phone pics me sent to H to prove our Bucky Ball abilities).