Catch Up Post

Some things I've thought about blogging in the past couple of weeks, but haven't found the time...

Ben's Winter Festival Concert: I was SO impressed with the way the Kindergarteners sang. I'd never seen Ben do anything like this before, and I was near tears by the final number of the concert. They have an excellent music teacher, Dr. Wrolstan. Here is a sample. (Ben is in the middle row right in the center of the frame wearing a blue shirt):

Ben's Monkey Puppet: Ben saw this craft on "Lambchops Playalong" and within five minutes had gathered the supplies and made one of his own (this is rare, Ben is not into crafts). It's a walking monkey puppet made from a leftover glove. When he said he wanted to make one, I told him we didn't have any gloves without mates. I was wrong. He found one! He drew and cut out the face, tail and feet himself, then attached them using a glue stick.

The Proper Care and Feeding of...Dinosaurs! The boys and I went to T-Rex Restaurant yesterday, and also did "Build-a-Dino" which is located inside the restaurant. The boys are in love with their dinosaurs, and spent the evening caring for them. They wanted them wrapped in blankets. They pushed them in the stroller. When they started fighting over the stroller, we got out the baby swing. They did this for about an hour. I also got a great deal on some cute green jammies to match their dinosaurs.

Ward Christmas Party: I survived!! Yes, I am the Activities Committee Chair, and Wednesday was one of the most stressful days of my life! Our ward party went very well. I ended up taking the kids out in the snowy weather at 7 pm the night before to pick up the last minute things I'd forgotten, and stayed up until 2:30 am making baby Jesus ornaments for each family in the ward to take home and give away (with a pass along card). The ornament is below. I think they turned out well. I cut the clothespins myself, in the cold, in the garage, on the band saw. The swaddling clothes are made of first aid tape.

Mundy Dance Off

Inspired by our cousins, JJ and Caleb Morgan, Ben and Sam wanted to have their own "Dance Off". Enjoy!

Play Date!

Yesterday, we had our neighbor Reagan over to play. He is 21 months old and sweet as can be. The whole morning went like this:

Walk, walk, walk, touch something. Walk, walk walk, pick something up. Walk, walk, walk, put it down. Stop and dance for a few seconds (we had Christmas music playing). Walk, walk, walk push some buttons. Walk, walk, walk, crouch down to look at something. Walk, walk, walk, stop for a second to watch TV. Walk, walk, walk...

How far do you think an almost two-year-old walks in a day?? It would be fun to attach a pedometer!

More Artwork

I LOVE Ben's pictures. This was from a book they read. The last page had a place for them to describe what their hair is like. You can see that Ben's hair is "short". He explained that this is a picture of our great friend Jennifer cutting his hair. Ben is on the left, Jennifer is on the right, and the thing below his head is the cape she put on him.

Mundy Family Secrets Revealed

Here is a book Ben produced at school which reveals some surprising things about our family. I wonder what Mrs. Petet thinks of us! Can you decipher Ben's creative spelling and guess what we take on our hikes (page 2)? The answer is at the end of the post.Psookus = Bazookas (as in big guns). Did I spell that right?

Welcome Baby Halle!

Here is my beautiful new neice, Halle Reese Raab. She was born Saturday morning, December 6th, 6:30 am. 6 poinds 14.5 ounces, 18 inches long. (Did I get those stats right?)

I told Sam about his new cousin Halle. He said "Halle?....Wall-E!" That's his two cents as to what her name should be. I showed him pictures. He's still calling her Wall-E.

Congratulations Rachel, Matt, and Madden!!!

Metal Mouth

Surprise! I have braces. They're a little hard to see because they're porcelain in front.