Messy Projects

As spring comes and goes and we never really know if we are going to be able to get outside to run off Elliot's toddler energy, I've been trying to find new activities for Elliot. Keeping him quietish and in one area of the house during Preston's naps can be difficult. However we have found a few winners. My "Terrible Two Survival Kit" I got when E turned 2 had some window markers in it. I've been too nervous to let him draw on the windows with them since I can just picture all the frames and woodwork quickly becoming colored too. So we decided to give it a try in the bath tub. It's been great. He gets to color as high and low as he can reach in all directions. And as a bonus, it is a great motivator for me to clean the bathroom after he is done!

I also picked up a el-cheapo bird house paint set  in the Target dollar section. It was a great 1 hour, sitting in one spot and all mess is contained to the table type of project. He just loved it so much. Even drew some murals in the inside so when Mrs. Birdie goes in she can enjoy an Elliot original masterpiece!

Everything went so great. I let him down and told him to hold his hands up and not to touch anything because his hands were icky and we were going to go wash them. On our way to the bathroom, I had a momentary lapse of judgement and let go of him and in that split second he was gone. Across the cream rug, pass my cream colored throw pillows and towards my windows with white trim. But its ok because my white sheer curtains blocked his hand plant into the window and no paint got on the window. In that 2 second span of time I saw the life of all light colored fabrics flash before my eyes and I cursed myself for owning so many non toddler proof  items. 

Oh well, you live, you learn, you tell yourself you had 1 hour of him being ridiculously happy and contained!

Preston

My little one is 8 1/2 months old, and has completely lost his baby look. It makes me a little sad that he isn't my little tiny baby anymore, but so happy that he is learning so many new things. Cool things like sleeping 12 hours straight at night (it was a looong haul to get to this point but man is it lovely!), hanging out with toys on the floor by himself, and his newest is how to butt scoot. I'm not sure if he will ever crawl the traditional way since he hates laying on his stomach so much, but he is very determined to move so he is learning the scooting method. His smiles and hugs are just heart melting. He just loves to be held and grab your face, pulling it in for a huge slobbery kiss that leaves you laughing and reaching for a towel so mop off your cheek.

Anyways I took these photos the other day because I couldn't get over how grown up he looked. Just like a little boy hanging out with dad.

Love you little/big Mr. Looking forward to watching you grow and change some more!

7 month Pics

Both boys at 7 months, same sleeper, same bunny, but they are so very different in every other way. 

Sleepiness

Elliot has a new trick -climbing out of his crib. Oh happiest of days! Or not. He now doesn't take naps and his little body sure needs sleep. This is what happened at supper tonight.

He has never fallen asleep anywhere other than his bed and carseat so this was quite humorous to us!

So I did what any other mom of a normally wiggly/on the go toddler would do, picked him up and snuggled to my hearts content. It was wonderful!

Haircuts and Snukkles

This goofy guy got his first haircut. His hair was getting a little out of hand, in the most adorable sort of way.

Bryce was a trooper, cutting a 5 month old baby's hair is a wiggly affair.

Of course Mr. Copycat/Everything must be fair needed his hair cut too.

 Enjoying a rare and much treasured moment of Elliot willingly snuggling (snukkling as he says) with me!

And then I was replaced by a monkey and a cardboard box. Sigh.

Free Clothes For You!

So this is very unlike me to post something very un-family related, but I just thought I would tell you about a fun new website that I've gotten to love and you can get free clothes out of the deal! It's called ThredUp, it's a online consignment store that has tons of clothes and accessories for women and kids. They have mostly nicer brands (at least they are nicer to me) Express, Banana Republic, Gap and up to designer clothes like Gucci if you prefer. Everything is at great prices, 60-80% off retail. 

Anyways, if you want you can click on THIS LINK and when you sign up you get 10 free bucks for anything on the sight. That's it, no other little hoops to jump through. Just pick out a new sweater for your self and when you go to pay $10 will magically disappear off the price! Its awesome!! And then you pass the word on to other friends and if they link up through you and buy something- you get $10 again! 

So happy shopping - hope you find something you love

FYI: If you don't know me and want to sign up, no worries I won't see your information. 

Baths, hair, and books

It's so fun to be able to put both boys in the tub together now. They have such a fun time together playing with toys!

Only when you are 5 months old can you get away with having hair like this and it is still cute!

They love reading books together

Attempting rice cereal. This face captures his feelings on the stuff.

Oh look, more reading books!