I know my one-year-old boy can’t say a stinking word (besides the few times he has chosen to say “Mama” or “Dada”). But don’t be fooled. I am pretty sure that he doesn’t feel challenged enough by the simplest of words.
But puzzles are a different story.
Dashy’s latest favorite past time is this three piece puzzle that he has mastered.
He does it over and over and over again.
And when the piece doesn’t fit, he moves it around until he gets it in.
And then he celebrates along with all spectators.
He really gets so proud of himself.
And then he “walks” over to the phone to give everyone he knows (mostly “B”) a call.
Because besides puzzles, talking on the upside down phone is the other favorite past time.
Bella took Dash on a special date to I Love Bagels.
How cute is the cutest baby in the world?
VERY!
When he came home from the date, he had his lips perched.
This is something he does regularly.
If he ever has anything in his mouth, he will squeeze those lips tightly shut.
And if you put your finger close to his lips to get the food out, he furiously shakes his head no and shoves your hand away.
There have been two times when his lips have turned blue because of how tightly he squeezed.
It’s pretty funny.
But not as funny as how big this outfit stretched after wearing it for two hours.
Stinking GAP.
This three year old, big-glassed girl is learning how to read.
So all day long I hear deconstructed words like this, “Mmm aah mmm” (Mom).
I remember Scout doing the same thing when he was at Miss Dianne’s preschool, but he did it for about two weeks.
Navy is heading into her second month.
She is doing a really good job at school, and I LLL UUU VVV her so much!
74 years ago today….a great thing happened.
And the rest has been some good history.
Happy Birthday Mom.
Our cutest baby in the world has been walking!
He started at a step or two, but he has graduated to five or six recently.
And with everyone within a mile radius of him, cheering him on every time he is on his feet — he is at it all day long.
He’s like the little engine that could.
And the most impressive fete — he can quickly walk away from an overly eager big sis.
This time was a crash and burn, but there are a lot of times when he actually makes it.
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Now just to clarify, I don’t know if I would call him a “walker” just yet, but he is just weeks away from claiming that title.
I know we are a bit early, but I am SO excited to officially break out the Santa diapers I bought on sale after last Christmas. I have used them very sparingly throughout the year. Only at times when I needed a little extra excitement when I was changing a dirty diaper — or let’s be real….when I was completely out of normal diapers.
But the bulk of them are still there, and during this season….my littlest one…
…is definitely the cutest little mini-Santa on earth!
I love a good and cheap art project.
So do my kids.
So directly from Michaels, for one dollar each, my kids had a good time painting their own snakes.
Scout went the colorful route.
Navy went for the fast route.
I missed the picture about 10 minutes later where her entire front side was painted also.
We had soccer, so she took the world’s fastest bath.
Too bad that we had soccer, because that bath looked like we had personally painted it to be blue/green later that day.
I’ll be the first to tell you that the paint looked much better on the snakes — and even Navy for that matter!
These three weasels got to go to Scout’s Fall Festival at his school.
It was a hit.
Micah and I were in charge of the “Hamster Run”, and my kids loved their tries at the big ball.
Navy had to have been the youngest one in it all night.
Then the slide — which is always a major attraction for my kids.
Navy loved it so much she got the Carnie in charge to really like her, and she cut to the front and got on the slide for free about four times.
(Remember I was running the Hamster Run.)
Meanwhile the cutest baby on earth was contentedly sitting by my side in his permanent chair as of lately.
Scout caught up with two of his best buddies — Dylan and Brody.
Then was off to compete in “Boogar Wars”.
He was in the dodgeball-style “war” for about 25 minutes.
He finally excused himself to play the other games.
My kids love carnival games.
So do I!
But why do they have to be so much darn money at the real carnivals!
Scout was the second kid of the night to pick the right key and open the treasure box.
He got all sorts of accolades for the big achievement.
Dash — still in his regular spot — was very entertained by this lip whistle.
Scout met up with another of his best buds — Henry.
We finished off the night with my personal favorite — the Cake Walk.
Look who got really into it!
Unfortunately, it was this little thing-thing who got her number drawn.
And to think she picked these homemade cupcakes.
You better believe those made it to the trash pretty quickly!
Who knows what type of conditions those were made in.
And what type of animal resides in that very same home.
Gross!
You would think that the day after Halloween wouldn’t be the best day to have another dress-up day.
Bergeson thought differently.
According to some parents — “It is the perfect day to send our kids in PJ’s because they will be so tired, we can let them sleep in and then drop them off at school”.
I have two problems with that.
First — my kids sleep in undies.
Second — clearly, I wouldn’t just get them up and send them.
This was another costume day for me!
And since Scout wore his tuxedo PJ’s on Halloween (the day they don’t dress up in costumes — just orange and black), we had to come up with a plan B.
Good thing I had these beauties in his drawer.
And better thing that my little confident boy put them on and walked into school proudly!
Micah keeps saying that he can’t believe that he walks in to school and doesn’t even flinch at the other kids who are staring at him.
I believe it.
I have been preparing him for this for years.
If I could, I would dress all three of my kids up every single day of their lives.
But because we go to church on Sundays, they get a break about one seventh of the time!
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