Thanksgiving 2012

The Prescott family is hosting Thanksgiving Dinner this year.  While Dave has taken care of most details (like purchasing the turkey) Parker has been busy working at making the table decorations.  I saw an idea online where kids made hand-print turkeys using finger paint.  I thought to myself this would be an easy and cute idea for our Thanksgiving Table. And clearly Parker had fun with the craft project.

And the Finished Project.......

After all the painting and drawing of turkey legs what better way to reward our hard work then with a Turkey Cookie!!

And while we come off our sugar high we are watching a the famous Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Cartoon.  Let's be honest a timeless classic.

Hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving!



Marshmallow Test Results

And the answer is.....

Marshmallow Test

Here's a little video we made of Parker last night.

 

July Already?!?!

Well it is almost July 4th and I have not posted any pictures or updates of Parker for almost four months. At this point I am sure most people have gotten to the point of total annoyance and have completely stopped looking at the blog. But for those of you that have held on to a small smidgen of hope and periodically check the blog--- then today you were downright surprised with a new posting!!   So read the new postings below to see what has been consuming Parker’s time.  By the way, I would recommend you not read all postings today because who knows when the next time I will add new pictures to the blog!!

So far I am through March....maybe by August I will have blog postings for April, May, and June!!

Turning the Big 4.....

Parker turned 4 on March 30^th and let me tell you Parker knows how to celebrate in style. 

The last picture taken of Parker when he was three years old.  This picture was taken right before he was going to bed as a three year old.   I sure hope once he turns four I won't get this cheezy smile anymore!!

His day started with helium filled balloons covering his bedroom.  This was one of those “cool” ideas I read on some “how to be a great mom website”.   I must warn anyone that is thinking “oh my what a cool idea, I am going to do that on my son/daughter’s next birthday”  Those balloons you want for one day will be around for a month after their birthday!  I was expecting since I went to the local dollar store we would be lucky to have the balloons stay up overnight.  Nope, finally in May I said I don’t care if the balloons still are floating I am tired of them in his bedroom!!

Of course on your birthday you need start your day with a breakfast donut with sprinkles.

Parker’s birthday was on a Friday so I took the day off of work and took Parker and his two favorite friends – Conner and Grandpa Ron to Sky Zone.  For those of you not familiar with Sky Zone it is indoor Trampoline Park.   It was awesome!  The boys jumped for three hours and were completely exhausted at the end.

Nothing can replenish the lost energy from jumping better than a sugar filled car cookie!   Here is the afternoon snack he was able to enjoy with Makena.

Before I realized Parker was going to have donuts and cookies all day, I had ordered a “small” cake for his birthday.  I just wanted something small for the three of us to celebrate with at supper.  So I called and pre-ordered a Scooby Doo cake with “Happy Birthday Parker”.   As you can see from the picture, the cake was a little smaller than I was expecting.   

February is Hockey Month

I think we spent most of February going to hockey games – Dave’s Hockey Games, Parker’s Hockey Games and the Minnesota Gopher Hockey Games.  Unfortunately, Dave’s hockey games were REALLY late at night.  In most cases Parker and I would be going to bed and Dave would be leaving to go to his hockey game.  Apparently ice time is only available at 11:00pm for “Old Men Hockey”.   But there were a couple of games that we could go watch. 

 Dave is #8 in front of the net

Parker loved watching his Dad on the ice

Parker spent the winter months taking Ice Skating Lessons on Saturday morning.  He definitely improved over the weeks.  Once the skating lessons were over we decided to try indoor-floor hockey through the YMCA.   Parker was definitely the best kid on the floor (and no, that is not his mom bragging!)  I had signed him up for the younger age division (3 year old group) since we were not sure how he would play.   Which technically he was three when the season started but he turned 4 after a couple of weeks into the season.  I think he had a ton of fun and was able to score a lot of goals. 

 He is the one blue guy in the pack of yellow

 Giving the Thumbs Up sign to his fans in the crowd

 Fighting with his own teammate over the ball

In addition to playing Hockey, we had tickets to a couple of  Minnesota Gopher Hockey games again this year.  To our amazement, Goldy came right by our seats to give Parker a High Five!

The Saddest Snowman

Since Minnesota has escaped the normal winter weather (thankfully), Parker hasn't had too many opportunities to play in the snow.  So one night after I picked Parker up from Daycare and we attempted to build a snowman. 

Isn't it the saddest snowman you have ever seen??  I did have a baby carrot in the fridge for his nose, used landscape rocks for the eyes and mouth, bubble wands for the arms, and a pair of Dave's work gloves for the hands.

Unfortunately, Parker lost his balance and fell right on top of the newly built snowman.....

And here come the fake tears when I told Parker we didn't have time to build a second snowman and needed to go into the house to eat supper and take our bath.  I am hoping the tears were because he wanted to play outside longer not because he doesn't like my cooking!!

Obviously the fake tears worked on mom....here we are the second time around.  However, no picture of the second snowman since he looked worse than the first.  Somehow in the accident we lost his eyes and his carrot nose broke.