We have had such a mild, dry winter this year – after multiple record-breaking snowfalls last year, it’s kind of been a relief. Our largest snowfalls this year have not been more than 3-4 inches at a time.
On this “leap day” before March arrives, Mother Nature decided that we needed a reminder that we are still in the winter season. Between last night & this morning, we have received 6+ inches of wet, heavy snow! The snow continues & we are expected to get another 1-3 inches during the day today. The roads were awful this morning but we all made it to work/daycare safely!
The forecasted temps are fairly warm in the 5 day forecast, so I’m sure the snow won’t stick around very long – but maybe long enough to let the boys enjoy it & give them another sled ride.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Monday, February 27, 2012
A Day at the Children’s Museum with Cousins
Two weekends ago, Cory went up north to a friends’ cabin ice fishing from Saturday to Sunday. The boys & I kept busy while he was gone though. Saturday morning we met my sister & nephews at the local children’s museum. The boys had a blast, as always, and played well with their cousins.
After the children’s museum, we all headed over to Grandpa & Grandma “S”’s house for lunch. During the boys’ naps, my mom & I watched “Eat, Pray, Love” – good movie (one I’ve wanted to watch for a while, but just never did)! The boys & I spent the night at Grandpa & Grandma “S”’s house and after a yummy pancake breakfast Sunday morning, all went to church together.
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| Colton running the cash register. |
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| Wyatt loading up his "groceries". |
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| Grocery store fun! |
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| Four cousins, water fun! (Cousin "N", Wyatt, Cousin "I", Colton) |
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| Wyatt having a blast in the water. |
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| Colton - protesting the water aprons, but still wanting to play with the foam balls. |
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| The "hit" exhibit of the day.......the hand dryer. (We spent forever drying our hands & belly laughing!) |
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| Fun in the sensory room. (Colton, Cousin "I", Aunt "C" & Cousin "N") |
Friday, February 24, 2012
First Sled Ride!
We’ve been having an extremely mild & dry winter this year – which is so weird after having numerous record-breaking snowfalls last year. (I’m really not complaining but still looking forward to spring & even warmer temps.)
The boys received their first sled from Santa Clause for Christmas but we just haven’t had enough snow for them to try it out or it’s been too cold outside right after a fresh snowfall to take them outside. The week before Valentine’s Day we finally had the perfect combination – enough snow left for the sled to glide on & warmer temps to make playing outside bearable.
The boys LOVE being outside! That afternoon they truly enjoyed their first sled ride along with shoveling (they just LOVE those shovels!) & a mini-snow-ball-throwing-fest.
The boys received their first sled from Santa Clause for Christmas but we just haven’t had enough snow for them to try it out or it’s been too cold outside right after a fresh snowfall to take them outside. The week before Valentine’s Day we finally had the perfect combination – enough snow left for the sled to glide on & warmer temps to make playing outside bearable.
The boys LOVE being outside! That afternoon they truly enjoyed their first sled ride along with shoveling (they just LOVE those shovels!) & a mini-snow-ball-throwing-fest.
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| Wyatt looking for something to shovel. |
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| Colton hard at work shoveling! |
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| Daddy & his boys! |
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| Ready for a ride... |
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| This is fun! Loving their first sled ride. (just enough snow) |
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| Colton working on his first snowball. |
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| Throwing snow is fun! (Wyatt) |
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| Mini-snow-ball-fight??!! |
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Sick Monday at Home
Last week Monday is when Colton kicked off our latest two-week sickness spurt – he had woken up with pink eyes & I was on the last straw of dealing with my continuing head cold. I stayed home from work for the day with the boys & took both myself & Colton into the doctor that day.
Here is some of the fun we had at home that day:
Here is some of the fun we had at home that day:
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| Their new favorite spot to play is under the kitchen table. (I think they think of it as their "fort".) This day they were "tickling" each other's hand through the spokes on the chair & giggling endlessly!! |
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| Up-close with Colton! |
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| Wyatt just hanging out! (You can see our total lack of snowfall this year with a bare deck out the window - so not our typical February!) |
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| Open shut them, open shut them, place them in your lap! (More baby boy giggles - LOVE!) |
Valentine's Day Cards from Grandma "B"
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| Wyatt reading his Valentine's Day card from Grandma "B". |
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| Colton with his Valentine's Day card from Grandma "B". (not sure what he's doing with it here though... ...maybe helping mom clean up his dinner mess??!!) |
Grandma "B" also brought over two fun Valentine's balloons for the boys - a monkey for Wyatt & a frog for Colton. These two balloons have provided hours of fun for the boys - and, as of this morning, they are still floating!
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Valentine’s Treats for Daycare friends
I found the inspiration for the boys’ Valentine’s for their daycare friends on Pinterest (my new favorite online time-waster!).
I started out with these easy-to-buy supplies. (I bought the clear cellophane bags & ribbon at Michaels. I also have a bunch of the bags left for future projects!) I made up the “tags” ahead of time using brown card stock paper I already had at home & a white marker.
For each bag, I filled it about half-way with the snacks and then tied the top off with ribbon. The ribbon was tied in a double knot – once before stringing on the tag & once after, to hold it in place.
This was a really easy project that was fun & turned out super cute!
I started out with these easy-to-buy supplies. (I bought the clear cellophane bags & ribbon at Michaels. I also have a bunch of the bags left for future projects!) I made up the “tags” ahead of time using brown card stock paper I already had at home & a white marker.
“Bear Hugs from Colton”
(Teddy Grahams + Craisins)
“You’re A Great Catch from Wyatt”
(Goldfish crackers)
This was a really easy project that was fun & turned out super cute!
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
19 Months Old
Wow – how behind am I on the boys’ monthly post…only about two weeks!!
Our February has been a busy month – between Cory working overtime on Saturday every weekend and the boys being sick off & on (which meant putting in a little more time at work to make up for my time out) – I feel like my spare time to get caught up on things has been non-existent this month. I don’t really mind because that just means I’m overly enjoying playtime with my little boys but it does mean that I’ve been slacking on blogging.
We’ve been having a very mild winter which has been nice to still be able to get the boys outside a couple times but we still have enjoyed quite a few indoor activities to break up our weekends. The boys & I have made two trips to the children’s museum – one trip with Cory’s cousin, wife & kids a couple weekends ago & another trip this past Saturday with my sister & nephews. The boys always have a fun time & it makes a couple hours go by so fast! We also made one trip to a local hotel for open swim on a Sunday afternoon as a family with Cory’s cousin, wife & kids. The boys were a little leery about the deep pools & waterfalls at first, but quickly warmed up and couldn’t get enough. The pools were nice & warm – which is perfect for little ones. They had one wading pool that wasn’t more than 1 foot deep with a small slide in it. They also had another pool that wasn’t more than 3 feet deep with a big slide running into it. The boys were brave enough to go down the “big” slide with Daddy. Colton loved it & wanted to go again & again. Wyatt like it but wasn’t volunteering to go down again – he was having more fun hanging out in the floaties in the pool & watching.
Sleep has been better this month – but as you can see from last month, always goes up & down. They are sleeping around 11-12 hours each night. They fall asleep somewhere around 7:00 PM. (Our bedtime routine is: bath (on bath night), lotion & jammies, blanket & book.) They both have been sleeping until between 6-6:30 AM on the weekends, although wake-up time during the week is 6:05 AM to get us to daycare & work on-time.
Wyatt
- shakes his head & says “No” more & more lately – independent toddler!
- was an awesome eater, but has suddenly become a bit picker (like his brother) within the last week, and is refusing most veggies
- has exploded with new words and will sometimes try to imitate words that you say (one of his “funny” new words is “washcloth” – it sounds more like “coc-coc” but it puts a smile on my face every time he says it!)
- points out the clock (& says “cloc”) in every room
- started asking for his stuffed buck before bedtime, so this is his new snuggle friend
- seems to have always favored me a bit – but has favored me even more in the past few weeks, especially when we read books at bedtime
- has 8 teeth (I haven’t done a thorough tooth check lately – so this may not be accurate)
Colton
- shakes his head & says “No” more & more lately – independent toddler!
- remains my picky eater, will even cry sometimes if he doesn’t like anything on his plate but if you leave it in front of him, he will probably start to eat some of it eventually – little turkey!
- has exploded with new words and will try to imitate words that you say (one of his “cute” new words is one of his teacher’s names – Miss S – he gets the biggest grin on his face when he says her name – LOVE it!)
- waves “Hi!” to everyone & also loves to say “Hi!” to people when we’re out & about – my little social bug!
- has started bringing his stuffed moose to bed with him; this only started because brother was asking for his buck before bed, so then of course Colton wanted his moose – his new snuggle buddy!
- has 16 teeth (I haven’t done a thorough tooth check lately – so this may not be accurate, but I believe all his teeth are in)
Our February has been a busy month – between Cory working overtime on Saturday every weekend and the boys being sick off & on (which meant putting in a little more time at work to make up for my time out) – I feel like my spare time to get caught up on things has been non-existent this month. I don’t really mind because that just means I’m overly enjoying playtime with my little boys but it does mean that I’ve been slacking on blogging.
We’ve been having a very mild winter which has been nice to still be able to get the boys outside a couple times but we still have enjoyed quite a few indoor activities to break up our weekends. The boys & I have made two trips to the children’s museum – one trip with Cory’s cousin, wife & kids a couple weekends ago & another trip this past Saturday with my sister & nephews. The boys always have a fun time & it makes a couple hours go by so fast! We also made one trip to a local hotel for open swim on a Sunday afternoon as a family with Cory’s cousin, wife & kids. The boys were a little leery about the deep pools & waterfalls at first, but quickly warmed up and couldn’t get enough. The pools were nice & warm – which is perfect for little ones. They had one wading pool that wasn’t more than 1 foot deep with a small slide in it. They also had another pool that wasn’t more than 3 feet deep with a big slide running into it. The boys were brave enough to go down the “big” slide with Daddy. Colton loved it & wanted to go again & again. Wyatt like it but wasn’t volunteering to go down again – he was having more fun hanging out in the floaties in the pool & watching.
Sleep has been better this month – but as you can see from last month, always goes up & down. They are sleeping around 11-12 hours each night. They fall asleep somewhere around 7:00 PM. (Our bedtime routine is: bath (on bath night), lotion & jammies, blanket & book.) They both have been sleeping until between 6-6:30 AM on the weekends, although wake-up time during the week is 6:05 AM to get us to daycare & work on-time.
Wyatt
- shakes his head & says “No” more & more lately – independent toddler!
- was an awesome eater, but has suddenly become a bit picker (like his brother) within the last week, and is refusing most veggies
- has exploded with new words and will sometimes try to imitate words that you say (one of his “funny” new words is “washcloth” – it sounds more like “coc-coc” but it puts a smile on my face every time he says it!)
- points out the clock (& says “cloc”) in every room
- started asking for his stuffed buck before bedtime, so this is his new snuggle friend
- seems to have always favored me a bit – but has favored me even more in the past few weeks, especially when we read books at bedtime
- has 8 teeth (I haven’t done a thorough tooth check lately – so this may not be accurate)
Colton
- shakes his head & says “No” more & more lately – independent toddler!
- remains my picky eater, will even cry sometimes if he doesn’t like anything on his plate but if you leave it in front of him, he will probably start to eat some of it eventually – little turkey!
- has exploded with new words and will try to imitate words that you say (one of his “cute” new words is one of his teacher’s names – Miss S – he gets the biggest grin on his face when he says her name – LOVE it!)
- waves “Hi!” to everyone & also loves to say “Hi!” to people when we’re out & about – my little social bug!
- has started bringing his stuffed moose to bed with him; this only started because brother was asking for his buck before bed, so then of course Colton wanted his moose – his new snuggle buddy!
- has 16 teeth (I haven’t done a thorough tooth check lately – so this may not be accurate, but I believe all his teeth are in)
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Happy Valentine’s Day!
I have the three cutest Valentine’s in the world (although I’m sure I’m a bit bias!) – I’m such a lucky girl! Happy Valentine’s Day to all. (Look for a post (with pictures!) later this week of the boys’ Valentine’s I made for their daycare friends – they turned out pretty cute.)
I got a new laptop & am behind on photo uploads & in return, also behind on posting what we’ve been up to the past few weeks. I am forcing myself to get caught up this week.
I’m currently fighting a sinus infection & pink eye (finally broke down & went to the doctor yesterday) and Colton is battling his second pink eye this month! We just haven’t been at full-speed within the past few weeks. I’m hoping we can kick this stuff soon!
I got a new laptop & am behind on photo uploads & in return, also behind on posting what we’ve been up to the past few weeks. I am forcing myself to get caught up this week.
I’m currently fighting a sinus infection & pink eye (finally broke down & went to the doctor yesterday) and Colton is battling his second pink eye this month! We just haven’t been at full-speed within the past few weeks. I’m hoping we can kick this stuff soon!
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Colton’s Pink Eyes
We had a fun family weekend.
We took Cory’s dad out for his birthday on Friday night, along with Cory’s brother, niece & brother’s girlfriend. The boys behaved very well while out at the restaurant but were too bothered by people watching to eat much – good thing they ate free!! Cory worked some overtime on Saturday while the boys & I joined Cory’s cousin & family down at the local children’s museum. The boys had a blast and were very well behaved for me. Cory had a bow hunting club banquet Saturday night which left me a little “me” time after the boys went to be to watch the movie “The Help” – LOVED it! (I’m hooked and have the book on my to-read list now.) Sunday morning we just hung out as a family at home (skipped church for this week) and then headed off to a friend’s house after afternoon naps for a Super Bowl party. The boys had fun and had plenty of kids to play with (they LOVED running after the "big" kids).
After such a wonderful weekend, Colton woke up with one big, red, puffy eye yesterday morning and I knew at first sight it was pink eye (the boys both dealt with a round of pink eye back in December). I stayed home in the morning with both the boys and my mom came over for the afternoon, so I could get a couple hours in at work. His eye was looking better last night after a day’s worth of medication. Then this morning, surprise, the other eye is big, red & puffy – poor little guy!
So Wyatt’s taking on daycare all by himself today (my BIG boy!) while Colton had to take another day with grandma to start medication in the other eye before going back to daycare tomorrow. I’m not sure he minded much though – he was soaking in getting all of grandpa & grandma’s attention this morning when I dropped him off.
What a start to our week!
We took Cory’s dad out for his birthday on Friday night, along with Cory’s brother, niece & brother’s girlfriend. The boys behaved very well while out at the restaurant but were too bothered by people watching to eat much – good thing they ate free!! Cory worked some overtime on Saturday while the boys & I joined Cory’s cousin & family down at the local children’s museum. The boys had a blast and were very well behaved for me. Cory had a bow hunting club banquet Saturday night which left me a little “me” time after the boys went to be to watch the movie “The Help” – LOVED it! (I’m hooked and have the book on my to-read list now.) Sunday morning we just hung out as a family at home (skipped church for this week) and then headed off to a friend’s house after afternoon naps for a Super Bowl party. The boys had fun and had plenty of kids to play with (they LOVED running after the "big" kids).
After such a wonderful weekend, Colton woke up with one big, red, puffy eye yesterday morning and I knew at first sight it was pink eye (the boys both dealt with a round of pink eye back in December). I stayed home in the morning with both the boys and my mom came over for the afternoon, so I could get a couple hours in at work. His eye was looking better last night after a day’s worth of medication. Then this morning, surprise, the other eye is big, red & puffy – poor little guy!
So Wyatt’s taking on daycare all by himself today (my BIG boy!) while Colton had to take another day with grandma to start medication in the other eye before going back to daycare tomorrow. I’m not sure he minded much though – he was soaking in getting all of grandpa & grandma’s attention this morning when I dropped him off.
What a start to our week!
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Busy week!
We’ve had a busy past couple of weeks – with doctor appointments, birthday parties, baby showers, a moms meeting & even a girls’ night out last night – we’ve been on the go! (Both boys had follow-up ear exams on Monday from their recent ear infections & both looked clear.)
Our February calendar is looking a lot clearer which gives me hope that things will slow down a little bit. It’s great to keep so busy in the winter months but I feel like I’m ready for some “down” time during the next couple weeks.
Even with being so busy, I have still managed to maintain my goal to run at least once a week. Staying on track with that goal makes me feel good. I’m on week number 3.
Our February calendar is looking a lot clearer which gives me hope that things will slow down a little bit. It’s great to keep so busy in the winter months but I feel like I’m ready for some “down” time during the next couple weeks.
Even with being so busy, I have still managed to maintain my goal to run at least once a week. Staying on track with that goal makes me feel good. I’m on week number 3.
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