This Flashlight

Should have come with a theme song.
Sweet feels like he has super hero powers when he turns it on.

He LOVES to play with it every night after Case & Camille go to sleep. 

He uses both hands to hold it.

Sometimes he moves it really really fast.

& sometimes really slow.

He shines it in our eyes.

He shines it in Lola's eyes.

He shines it on the ceiling.

He shines it on the walls.

He covers the light with his hands.

& his feet.

He wants us to turn off our lamps so it is the only light in the room.

It's rechargeable so we plug it in after he goes to bed.

Most activities

Start out fun.

Even if it's just playing with closed Playdough containers.

We stack them like blocks.

And build different things.

Someone ALWAYS wears the container on their head.

 But they usually end up like this.

 TEARS.

Someone always cries before the end.

 Case isn't usually the instigator but as you can see he takes his turn like the rest of them.

Lola is in a full body bandage that Cody changes every night.

She has a small cut on her side that she wasn't leaving alone.

So he decided the racing stripe would be best.

Andrew Turns 2

Today.

Last Sunday was his Party.

 Calan Huffed.

 & Puffed.

 Then Andrew Huffed.

 & Puffed.

 (This went on for a minute or so.)

 Until Calan blew out Andrew's candles.

CAKE TIME.

Catching the Sun

Everyday between 10 am and 1 pm we do something.

(Other than diaper changing, dressing, teeth & hair brushing, eating and crying.)

Sometimes we all cook.

Sometimes we all walk.

Sometimes we all play with Playdough.

Sometimes we all just sit outside.

But today we are painting.

Sun Catchers.

 Calan is always the tape master.

He loves to tape newspaper to the table.

(That's how most craft times start.)

 Advice.

 If you know Calan he's a talker.

 & then my famous triple-decker-AB&Js with bananas.

(AB= Almond Butter)

Coming

to a playground near you.

We have been playground hopping almost every night for months now.

This Picture

is framed and on our wall.

The Last of

the Sweet Celebration.

Thanks Blake for making the cupcakes! 

Guess Who

Dressed the Baby Today.

(It wasn't his mother or siblings.)

Rain Rain

Come again.

Little Calan wants to play.

ONE

So this is the last look at 1.

The night before Calan's 2nd birthday we took him to the park to eat ice cream.

 About 4 hours after we left the park he puked ice cream through his nose onto our bed.