Everyday Moments- I can do it myself

Look at me!
I can put my own pants on!

Bear's green thumb

Me: "Did you color bear's paw green?"

Gavin: "Noooooo."

Me: "How did bear get green all over him?"

Gavin: "Marker."

Me: "Who was holding the marker?"

Gavin: "Gavin hold marker."

Gavin: "Look, Mommy, this one brown."
Oh the fun of communicating with a two year old.

Thank Heavens...

...for jam-jams and friends

...Bear hugs

 ...Uncles to play with us

...throwing balls and belly buttons

 ...ice cream, ON A STICK!

...and ALL the little things that make us happy every single day.

Another snow day--another random kitchen concoction

How do you entertain a toddler who has toys busting from every inch of this house...yet nothing to play with on a snow day? 

You find something shiny. 

And then you turn it into something cool.

Al Foil (that's what I called him) had this unique ability to take nose-dives and yet still take off again unscathed.

The dogs were less than impressed. Unless, however, the sun caught Superman (that's what G called him) just right and sent rays of light bouncing around the house. Now that caught their fancy quite hysterically.

 Not only was he an excellent flier, his ability to loop, twist, and shift positions came in handy while playing construction.

 Sadly, by nap time, he had taken his last beating.

 R.I.P Al Foil
You were pretty Super while you lasted.

2/25/11 

11:00AM-1:00PM

Riders get ready...

BANG!
And they are out of the gate!

Go-Gabba-Go in the lead with Pixie Princess close on his heels!

Slowing down for the turn...

And BIG smiles as they come to a remarkable finish!

Nice Racin', Toots! 

Let's head over and grab some fruit snacks and chocolate milk.

Open them, Close them.

While this is a little rhyme that is done at the dinner and/or snack table, it fit rather well with the 

Miss Sunnypatch sunglasses.

Open them, Close them. Open them, Close them.

Give a little laugh!
The hard hat was essential to the wardrobe this evening as well.

Cloudy with a chance of a mess

I've discovered a new favorite!
Might be a little messy, but oh so worth it!

Such manners!

I can hear the dogs licking their chomps from the kitchen.
(No, I'm not allowing Gavin to eat spaghetti off of the ground. Some things, pretzels for example, I do let him pick up and eat (at home.)) Spaghetti though, not a chance.)

Sllluuurrrrrpp!

 Man oh man, is this stuff good!

And looky where they fit perfectly!

There's always time to be a little silly!

Everyday Moments - Because vacuuming once a day is not enough

5 pancakes and chocolate milk

Me: "What do you want for breakfast today?"

Gavin: (holding his fingers up) "Five pancakes and chocolate milk!"

Well, OK then!

...with maybe just a little bit of compromise.

 

Giving Life to Miscellany

I enjoy scrapbooking. Scratch that. I enjoy what the finished scrapbook looks like. I haven't done it simply because I haven't really had the time, money, or room. Here's the thing with scrapbooking. It's time consuming, expensive and takes up a whole lot of space! See my dilemma? I do love the blog here, and really love that I've been able to print it into books, but it's still not the same as a scrapbook. Scrapbooks seem more "homey," more "personalized" to me. So when I came across this little kit, I knew I wanted to give it a go. It's called Project Life. 365 days of pictures, captions and life miscellany. Miscellany?! It's perfect. It's the little things that will be great to remember and read. So, I'm taking Monday Miscellany to the scrapbook. While I am not trying to be crazy and think I can take a picture and write something every single day,  I can do it weekly. I've already filled in the sleeves so that I can just slide in a picture and pull out the note-cards to jot down a few lines. Sure, I can adjust the cards as needed. I'm sure I will. There are also several filler cards. And I cheat, dates on cards and date photo was taken may or may not be exactly the same. Close, but not same. It came with a sweet date stamper for each day :-)

 

Project Life

Warning: Do not eat if seal is broken.

So we opened them.
And sure enough.....

But we ate them anyway.

Strummin' a song

Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

"Mommy, No working."

Smart one, this kid.
Without hesitation, he went to the drawer, came back, and handed me a solution. 

He had the right idea....

 But how I'm supposed to fit that D battery in that little Percy...I don't know.

Happy Valentine's Day!

We made some special valentine's over the weekend. The idea was to trace Gavin's hand but sometimes ideas don't turn out exactly how they are imagined. He would put his hand down for a second, but if I came near it with a marker he would scream "Owww," and pull his hand away. Where does he get this stuff? So, we traced mommy's hand. Probably twenty times. Washable markers are really great things when a toddler is doing the tracing. Mommy cut out the hands and some hearts and we went to work coloring and pasting. Gavin screamed bloody murder was a little upset that he couldn't use the scissors, but I don't have children's scissors, and I don't think he is ready for them quite yet anyway.

It also wouldn't be special if we didn't have lots of stickers. 

I'm still finding hearts. We put them on ALL the things we love.

See that glue stick? It goes on purple and dries clear. I thought it was such a great idea so I could tell where he was gluing. Wrong. It applies purple. If it colors, it MUST be a marker. Don't ask about all things that were sticky the rest of the day. It finally had to be put away. Hidden high on a shelf in a closet to give you the picture.

I can't wait for next year when he creates them himself. I'm excited for little hands artwork to hang on the fridge! Although I do like making things together. I also bought some glitter but then had second thoughts. There will be more projects. The scissor meltdown and purple glue were enough to leave the glitter in the bag...this time.

Guilty. I was taken by a hallmark commercial. I bought the bug. I couldn't resist while walking through Kroger. I also bought a dinosaur hot wheel (in the Kroger toy aisle) and zipped it inside along with some fruit snacks.

It was worth it. 

He kept saying "Thank you, Mommy" all morning. 

Thanks Hallmark commercial. 

Mission accomplished.

He was also VERY excited to take treats to daycare for their valentine party! As you can see, he was doing his happy dance trying to get ready to leave. He carried them all by himself and sprinted down the hall to get to his room. I failed to get little Valentines to put on them with his name. Mommy-Fail. Whoops. I'm still new at this. I won't forget next year.

Another few coins well spent was at daycare. There were balloons to be purchased and delivered to your child. Of course I bought two. I thought about getting a bunch, but then didn't want to overdo it. Two was just right. He was waiting eagerly to show me them when I picked him up.

"Look, Mommy...two boons!"