Guest Blogger

Meow. Hello there blogworld, this is PJ and Mittens filling in today. Did you know cats can type? We have been practicing and helping anytime one of our persons is on the computer. We love helping. Life here is pretty swell. We spend our days chasing each other, wrestling and hiding from Owen. He likes to cuddle a lot, put us in his train made of boxes, his backpack or trap us like we are a dinosaur he has caught. He does share his leftover oatmeal with us, our favorite, so we forgive him.

Now there is a little person who tries to snuggle us all the time, they call her Callie and she is not much bigger then us. She can move fast & likes to lay her head on us or hugs and roll around with us. I think she learned this from her brother. We do love any attention so don’t mind much. Then another person called Perrie comes home and loves to play dress up with us. We are usually pretty worn out from our day with Owen & Callie and don’t have much energy to resist her games.

The person they call Daddy might be our favorite. We are the first to greet him after his long day and like to play games with his fancy shoelaces. He gives us our proper 30 minute petting each night and loves us so much he sometimes falls asleep with us. Heaven.

We love going outside when it is not too wet. There are so many new sounds and places to discover, no to mention the lady cats next door. One of these days we will catch something and bring it in to show our persons. They will be so proud of us. However it has been wet and cold so we are inside a lot. We were getting a bit restless and bored then suddenly to our delight a large tree sprouted right in our playroom. Trees are our favorite! After climbing our new toy a few hundred times we realized this was a pretend tree and the limbs were not as strong. It was resembling a tree less and less until one day it disappeared.


We have it made, but if santa is asking what we want for Christmas, we would have to agree on some pipe cleaner.

Kisses,
PJ & Mitty

JOY

The holidays are in full swing around here, and that means crafts, crafts and more crafts. It seems like each year I have to create new decorations. Here is a few of my favorite things. I love these and want to make hundreds. We are making these for teacher gifts this year.

These are next on my list to try,

and these -

Ive made these in the past and still get questions about them -

And these look fun for the kids to decorate-


This is just the tip of the iceberg really, Ive got sewing and felting projects started too. See why I have not time to blog? Love it!

One more!

Rainy Days Have Begun

What do you do with 3 kids, 2 cats and a monsoon outside? Here is what happens at my house...
Stalk the cats, chase the cats, lasso the cats, dress up the cats, dance with the cats, make the cats a new nest, and snuggle with cats.





We also made a batch of SLIME with glue, borax and water. This was more hours of fun as creatures tried to manuever thru it.



The next pictures I like to call "Stunt Man Class". Owen has loved our food pantry closet since he was able to crawl around. He climbs it dozens of times everyday. (He calls it his sweetwall) Lately he has collected all the pillows and soft blankets around and jumps off into them.



What does Callie do? She is just thrilled to part of the gang.

Top 5 Kids Music

Good kids music should make you feel happy, fun and inspired. I sometimes listen even if the kids are not around. Music is a big part of our home. There is a lot of childrens music out there and a lot of it is just way too annoying. How do you find good music? It is really a treasure hunt. Here are some jewels I have discovered…

Raffi -I grew up listening to Raffi and still love his music. If you have never heard him before try his album Baby Beluga or Singable Songs For the Very Young. I think we have 5 of his cds around here.

Elizabeth Mitchell- She is my latest discovery and just melts me. Her voice is like honey, one of the prettiest I have heard. The whole family requests her and we sing her songs all day long. Especially love “Little Bird” and “ Three Little Birds” (a Bob Marley song) You’ve got to check her out!

Baby Einstein/Classics for Kids- all Classic music is really kids music, like a fairytale soundtrack. These two CDs in particular have been favorites. In fact some of Perrie’s first words were “Baby Einstein” so she could dance to her favorite songs.

Kindermusic – If you can get your hands on some kindermusic, it is fun. The songs are fairly short and often encourage some sort of movement or tell a story. We have enjoyed these for many years.

Spirit- We occasionally borrow a soundtrack for the one or two songs we like, but the soundtrack to Spirit is one we have played hundreds of times (seriously)! It is permanently in the car stereo for a backup. The movie is cute too, but the music is a keeper.

Honorable Mentions: Woody Guthrie, Wendy Gelsanliter, Enya

Do you have any jewels I have not discovered yet? Please let me know!

Mittens new look

Mittens the kitty got a surprise makeover today. Master stylist Owen trimmed up those pesky whiskers and eyebrows for him, free of charge. Doesnt he look happy? I'm sure he is the envy of all the neighborhood cats now.

Note to self: keep scissors under lock and key!

Yum!

I tried a new pizza recipe last night and loved it. Thought I would share...

Thai Pizza
1 pizza crust
6 TBL Thai peanut sauce
2 TBL peanut butter
1 1/2 cups shredded cooked chicken
2 carrots, grated
1 small red onion, grated or diced
1/4 cup roasted peanuts, chopped roughly
1/4 cup chopped cilantro

Mix peanut sauce and peanut butter. Spread on crust for sauce. Sprinkle chicken, carrots, and onion. Cook according to pizza crust directions. (I make my own dough and cook it 400' for 10 min, then put on the toppings and cook 10 more minutes.) After baking, top with peanuts and cilantro. Gobble up!

The preschool funnies...

Owen: At school there is a girl who gets into lots of mischief.
Me:What did she do?
O: She threw some books.
M: What did your teacher do?
O: She slapped her face with a book and then put her on time out in the toilet. She flushed her way down.