Sunday, November 21, 2010

Entertaining a Toddler

I have a love/hate relationship with Sundays.  I love that it's a "day of rest" and that I get to lounge around the house after church and spend the day with Wade and our families.  On the other hand I sometimes dread Sundays (especially cold ones) because Wells is cooped up in the house all day and we can't make our daily trips to the Dinosaur Museum, Cabbala's, the library, or the store.  He get's so bored of our boring Sundays, that I decided to make him a new toy to entertain him for all of 20 minutes (it was a fun 20 minutes though).  I just took an empty cereal box and cut an X in the side of it and made sure both ends were closed.  It looked a little something like this.


Then I gave him some plastic spoons and taught him how to put the spoons in the box and how to stick his hand in the opening to retrieve the spoons :)  He did actually have a lot of fun with this simple, easy concept.  



He's concentrating so hard on getting the spoon in the box his little tongue is sticking out!  


He then figured out how to open the top of the box.  He had so much fun sticking the spoons in the NEW way that he played this way for almost longer than the side way.  He even stuck his entire head in the box. 








He reminds me of a little bear foraging through a camp ground...

We actually had a lot of fun with a box and some spoons.  I think I'll try and come up with something new and challenging for him every boring Sunday from now on.  I'll keep you posted on how our next adventure pans out.

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Bubby

Wells (aka Bubby) is at such a fun stage in his little life.  Wade and I like to talk about all the cute things he does as we fall asleep.  Some things include; dancing (with or without music), kisses (always on the lips), hugs with pats and rubs on the back, throwing ANY kind of ball (he has a pretty good throw too),  new words everyday like, thank you, cookie, milk, more, water, pa pa, etc.  Overall he is such a good little boy, we feel so blessed to have such a happy, upbeat, lovable little boy.

Here are a few pics I took today.







Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Voting Day!

Yesterday we participated in the official "Honk and Wave" in Highland.  What is that you say?  It's where crazy people stand on the corner of a busy intersection and hold up signs for the person they want to win the election this year.  We are big supporters of Morgan Philpot as you can tell by the pictures.







If you are the two people who read this blog.  YOUR BETTER GET OUT AND VOTE TODAY!!! (or I stood on the cold corner for nothing)

Monday, November 1, 2010

HALLOWEEN!!! and other stuff...

About 2 years ago when Wade went to China for Op Smile, he picked up this little outfit for Wells.  Luckily it fit him for this Halloween.  


Wade and I decided to dress up too.  I already had a Geisha dress my mom made about five years ago for me.  As for Wade, I just made him a hat out of construction paper, then tied a couple of baskets to the ends of a pole and painted a goatee on his face :)


Wells favorite part about Halloween happens to be my favorite part to... the CANDY!!!


I took this picture before church yesterday.  My two boys all ready to go.