Free Range Family

Unfortunately, our Dr. Suess Day wasn't very successful. I woke up Friday morning and was sick almost all day. So we didn't do the green eggs and ham, and we didn't go traveling. But I did have him make the One Fish, Two Fish craft with me.  Last night however, we went over to my parent's house to get Alan's haircut. It had been a while since it had last been done, and his hair was getting ridiculously long. We were starting to get tired of strangers referring to him as a girl lol. So we decided it was time. Alan before his haircut (See how long it is!) The thing about Alan is, he hates having his hair "maintained" of any kind. It usually takes me 45 minutes to comb his hair with a lot of fighting and chasing. So getting his hair cut is a little crazy lol. It normally takes about three to four people to do it. To distract him, we set him on Aunt April's lap with her iPod Touch playing Mickey Mouse Clubhouse on it (thank goodness for toddlers and tec...

Today is Dr. Suess' birthday! In honor of it being his birthday, it is also Read Across America Day! Happy birthday Dr. Suess! Via Dr. Suess is probably one of my favorite children's authors. I still enjoy reading his books! Now that Alan is a little older, we are planning on celebrating more than we did last year. Here is what we are going to do today (each activity is based off of one of Alan and I's favorite Suess books): Green Eggs and Ham Via I am going to make Alan and I a green eggs and ham breakfast. This is what I hope mine will turn out like lol. I'm not sure if I will be that lucky though. :P One Fish, Two Fish Via Then we will be doing a handprint craft similar to this. I haven't decided if I want to be brave and use fingerpaints for the handprints or just use construction paper like this one. We will see, I have some of each craft lol! Cat in the Hat Via For Cat in the Hat, we will be watching PBS's marathon in the m...