Birthday Chain...

I am pretty sure every morning, every afternoon and every evening Athen would ask me if it was October yet... He is so excited for his birthday! So the other day I was browsing on the website pinterest.com (beware it is so addicting) and I came across the idea for a birthday chain for young children. So of course that afternoon Athen and I made a birthday chain for both him and Maximo. So every morning when they wake up they get to take a link off of their birthday chain. They both love it and it is a visual reference for them to know how many more days until their birthdays! Here is the best picture I could get of the both of them with their chains.


Today we got a package delivered and the box was so big. Athen has such a great imagination and he first wanted to make into a refrigerator. So we put a handle on it and found another small box to make a microwave on top. I got interrupted because Ty woke up and Athen made me breakfast, lunch, snack, and dinner while I was nursing Ty. After we played "kitchen" for some time we then made the box into a "car". We drew a circle for a steering wheel, made headlights, pedals and even an ignition. He got a spare set of keys and he drove everywhere...to Ohio, California, Colorado, back to Oklahoma and came back home to Florida. Then Maximo woke up and the box was the cause of some serious fights and some great lessons in taking turns.


Here is a sweet picture of Athen and Tytan. He totally adores him and I love their sweet connection.


And lastly, this is the best picture I could get of the three amigos!


I am still trying to figure out what they are going to be for Halloween and Athen won't go for any of my ideas. I wanted Athen to be Cat in the Hat and Maximo and Tytan to be Thing 1 and Thing 2. No such luck :( He now wants to be a race car driver. So we will see if this lasts. Anyway, I would love some suggestions.