Wednesday, August 24, 2016

#3

We are excited to announce that we will be expecting baby #3 March 12! All of us are excited to welcome another baby into the fam! Of course I have to show a picture of what our first baby looks like, now, when she falls sleeps on Daddy's chest. This is how I found them during Sunday naps.




Saturday, August 13, 2016

Birthday Boy

 We sure love how Todd keeps getting cuter and cuter each year. Happy Birthday! We love you! Thanks for your gifts Grandmas! One of Todd's favorite things to do is watch or read books from Paw Patrol, so we had a Paw Patrol theme going on for his Birthday this year.



 Claire and Todd really enjoyed helping me with the frosting, sprinkles and decorations on the cupcakes! I don't have a picture of it, but we stuck two candles in one of them and had Todd blow them out. He was happy to blow them out on his own, but he wasn't able to blow them out until the third try.

 As you can see, Claire was very excited for Todd's Birthday and his presents. She had to practice sharing and giving him space a lot today.
 I had Todd choose between a chocolate cake mix and funfetti. Who could resist those bright colors! And then I chose chocolate frosting :) Oh! and we completely forgot to eat the vanilla ice cream with it! Oh well, more for later.
 I drill and screw toy. Fine motor skills, here we come! Todd and Claire like to pretend build a lot, so I jumped on buying this toy when I saw it online.
 New jammies
 His own Paw Patrol cell phone
 Firehouse with fire truck and helicopter
 Look at that little smile
 Wonder Balls are so magical! That was his breakfast, a chocolate ball and banana candies.



 Matchbox cars. Good stuff. We don't have very many toy cars, so these were perfect for him. I was impressed with how detailed they were.











Wednesday, August 3, 2016

Staying Busy

 Every once in while I get out the washi tape and some markers for the kids to create with.


 Of course these pictures are blurry. Skyler had fun attaching his belt to a diaper box and pulling Todd around. Unfortunately Todd was so happy that when we had to stop and put him to sleep, he was very, very unhappy!



 Another cardboard creation, a puppet theater. Claire and Todd helped me paint it.


 Campus


 This is our summer reading list. We made a goal to read 200 books, and we're almost there! On top is Pride and Prejudice, which I just finished reading and I watched the long version on Amazon Prime.
 The kids each found something to sit on at the coffee table.

 We got these OU red pom poms in the clearance isle in Walmart. They make good markers to run through as well.

 Todd enjoyed playing with Claire's umbrella for some time.
 I like taking pictures of Skyler reading to the kids. Sometimes I think he's better than I am at reading out loud! And who doesn't like getting cuddles with daddy?
 The kids recently discovered that this little house has an on switch and that certain buttons and things make noise. You'd think it was Christmas morning the way they were playing with it!