Making Journals by Denny Lynn

For our mission project at church we made journals for kids who have parents in the military. It was a fun project. Ms. Yvette let us use her shape punches to make cool stuff!

I made two journals. I liked painting on the rubber cement and picking out the paper.

I really wanted to use the blue paper with handprints on it. Then I found dinosaur stickers! I made two whole journals, mostly by myself.

Here are the two I made. Bet you can't guess which one Mama helped with! It was fun and I am glad I could do something for someone else. Soldiers protect us and we should help their families if we can!

Eli's Birthday Movie by John Lee

At Ms. Darcy's, when it is your birthday you get to pick a fun field trip. For Eli's birthday, he wanted to take his friends to the movies! I was kind of excited becasaue everyone else was. We got to share candy and popcorn - that I find very exciting!

We all lined up in a row to watch "The Lorax" bu Dr. Seuss.

I liked that we were on the back row, so I could move around.

Denny really loved it! He watched the whole movie and only moved to get more popcorn!

I liked it ok. I stood up with Mom for part of it, but overall I did really good! It is hard to wait an hour and a half when you are 2! But all things considered, I would go back for another movie, especially if it made my friend Eli happy!

Happy Birthday, Eli by Denny Lynn

Eli is three! We have been planning and planning for his pirate party! I got his present wrapped and I was ready to go!

There was a pirate ship to hold the presents and we could color on it!

Then we got to dig for buried treasure. I got 10 gold dubloons and a blue necklace. John's favorite thing was the big diamond ring!

Once I had my treasure, I could color on the ship, so Eli would know I had been there.

Then it was time to walk the plank!

Once you walked the plank, you got a pirate sword and patch! John is an excellent pirate!

I think I would make the better captain, though.

When it was time for cake, Ms. Darcy brought out the island cake (vanilla) and the ship cake (chocolate). We really wanted to cut it with our swords, but Mama made us wait so Darcy could do it with a knife!

We lined up on the plank to have our cake and ice cream!

Then it was present time! I got him a treasure chest bank that he could decorate and John took him pirate swim trunks for swim lessons!

At last it was pinata time!

We filled our sacks with yummy pirate treats!

Then we got our own treasure chest with special treats inside!

We were glad we could be part of Eli's birthday! It was a great day to share with him - even with the widn blowing 20 miles per hour!

For our treat boxes, Ms. Darcy made us each our own pirate shirt with our initials. We love them ane wear them all the time. Mama should have gotten John's picture before he got all dirty, but honestly, he is almost always dirty.

It was a great celebration and too much fun!

Gymnastics Time by Denny Lynn

I am getting so good at gymnastics! Mama and Daddy came to watch me. I can do somersaults...

...and cross the bar like a monkey.

I know chalk can help keep your hands from slipping, but mostly I just think it is cool to have some on my hands, so I go back for lots of chalk.

Some weeks we get to fly like Peter Pan - up in the air!

I am really good at thr rings. I like to swing on them and soon I will be able to flip!

I like all the equipment, and I am getting really strong from all the workouts! I hope gymnastics never ends!

Tent Time by John Lee

We have been begging to put up the tent in the backyard. Mostly we got to do it because Daddy didn't believe Mama had all the polls and we had to show him. I don't care why, but we got to play in the tent!

We even took out pillows for relaxing and had snacks.

Mostly we got in trouble for playing with all the zippers. In the end I knew where I really belonged - who needs a tent when you have a doghouse?

Easter Pictures by John Lee

Ms. Darcy was nice enough to let us do some pictures in her backyard with the chics we has hatched. Mama did some editing and made some great Easter cards to share with everyone. Don't we look sweet? We were excited to wear our new suits from Grandma and take pictures.

We are proud of our Easter Cards and very thankful for editing software, because here is how the photo shoot really went:

Extra random children in the photos (ok, not so random - that is Eli, but he isn't supposed to be there)

My brother and I cannot be bribed to look at the camera at the same time - and God fobid we actually smile together!

This is where the chic pooped on me.

This is where the chic escaped.

This is me just being sweet, but not really sure.

Denny contemplating life.

And here we are fighting over the chics - there are more photos like this. Overlapping arms is bad because Mama can't sut us apart when she crops it.

So anyway, Happy Easter from the real Turner Boys!