PawPaw and GrandMissy, Part I

PawPaw and GrandMissy came to visit us for the weekend, and we had a great time! Lots of hugs, loves, playtime, a few outings, and so much fun!

Watching morning shows with PawPaw.
(H has grown a little bored with Sesame Street (he's only been watching it for two years now...) and is enjoying Bubble Guppies and Team UmiZumi now))

Where's my breakfast, GrandMissy?
C is getting very interested in food! Just a little bit longer...

They brought my old bed with them for H - C will be moving into the crib soon from the cradle, he is about to outgrow it - and so we needed a bed for H to move into. He was so excited to see it, play a little on it, and is excited to sleep on it too!

A Barrel full of Monkeys!
It was time to pull out a new toy, and he enjoyed all of the monkeys!

Rocking with a grandmother - what better place is there to be?

PawPaw and GrandMissy, Part II

We started the day out at Home Depot Kids Workshops, they made a picture frame, (although I think Daddy did most of the work), but it was a fun outing.

A little bit of love on the couch.

(Hat and blue cocoon just arrived from Ol' G in the mail.)

Watching the world go from PawPaw's truck after naptime

Adoration - it is so wonderful to see your children being loved and adored!

A little B-Ball with PawPaw

I'm flying!
H and PawPaw have been doing this since H was a tiny baby, and he still loves it!

A little night music. "I'm playing 'panio,' Mama!"

Sleeping in his new 'big bed.' Dreaming of PawPaw and GrandMissy....

We love you!

A little afternoon "ark"

Last week I found this awesome art desk at Goodwill. I had been wanting somewhere for H to do some art that was contained and could stay ready and where I could keep an eye on him - to make sure that there were not any on-the-wall art projects. This was perfect, and only $4!

H has really been enjoying stickers lately, and thankfully I have a stash of stickers that I've been saving for years. He likes for me to draw circles and other shapes and put the stickers in the shapes.

He almost spends as much time sorting and organizing the crayons as he does drawing with them! The crayons are stored in an old gift card tin - the perfect size!

The lid of the tray flips over - one side works with dry erase markers and the other is a chalk board. He likes to "gribble' (scribble) and then wipe off all of the chalk.

And there is storage space under the lid! A perfect art tray for a little guy, and hopefully it will grow with him for many years!

Brother enjoyed watching from the jumper after he woke up

Last week we went to a Mommy and Me art class - he seems so grown up now!
We did marble painting and he was very proud of his masterpieces. I told him that we were going to do some art, and he seemed very excited. When we were in the car on our way to the art class, he asked where Noah's Ark was. Ha ha! Now when he does art on his tray he says he is doing "ark."

Arrrrrrrgh!

A couple of years ago, H was a pirate for Halloween, and C now fits the costume, so, being a little sentimental, I decided to let C wear the pirate costume and make H a bigger version. They were the cutest little pirates!!!

H was saying "candyyyyyy!"

First house of the evening!
(Our wonderful neighbors - the wife has been so wonderful to watch both boys one evening so we could go on a date and twice she came and rocked C while H napped so I could get a nap in while I was either sick or right after C was born. I hope to pass that on one day!)

Our gang

At our neighbors house (only the second house we went to) she asked if he wanted any candy and told him he could take a piece. He said "Yes!" and put his bag in the candy bucket and then tried to take the whole bucket!!!
After a few more houses he had figured out the system.

"Helping" carry his bag.
I made the bags last year from some wonderful tutorial that I can't locate right now.

Just right for Halloween night!

One little pirate fell asleep

He kept telling me: "you say knock knock trick a treat!"

Enjoying some of his bounty.
He showed restraint by choosing just two pieces.

H as a pirate in 2009

Lots of Animals!

For being a little boy who has always only slept with his blankies - he now has a very full crib!


It it full of H, two blankies, Arlo the owl, 6 "new special bunnies" (that are actually from the bunny bowling set I made him), and about 15 various stuffed animals. Crowded!

Today while C was bouncing away, H brought him a lot of animals to "play with."

A spooky kind of photo shoot

Well, not really spooky, but the boys were wearing their Halloween shirts. We headed over with Diana and Henry to a cotton field not too far from our house and took some pictures.

Me and the boys

Beautiful!
It almost gave me the same feeling that I get standing at the edge of the ocean - almost...

Cheeks!
While we were taking pictures another car drove up and it was some college kids from the north saying that they just wanted to see some cotton.

H liked it a lot until he felt the prickles.
He picked a little while we were there.

I made the shirts for H and C, but what better thing to do than to make a matching one for H's best friend, Henry!

Bruvers

One day I'll be able to keep up!

Trick or treat!

I think we are back now...

We returned from our wonderful trip, but then C came down with an ear infection and H got a stomach bug. Then I caught the stomach bug... But now we are all recovered from our illnesses and starting to resume normal life - just in time for Halloween! Yesterday was the first day that we got back to our usual activities - Moms group in the morning, and then playing outside in the afternoon. H got to play with Clara-Hartwell (our neighbor) a little while too!

Fun Stuff!

C was enjoying watching the action from the blanket.

I looked away to see what H was doing and looked back to C to find this:

Maybe he was cold?

I made these shirts for the boys awhile back using the Silhouette and freezer paper.
I think they turned out pretty cute!