Saturday Morning Fun

Jadon has been loving his "brick" building blocks that I picked up on clearance at Farm and Fleet after Christmas.  We had them out for awhile right after Christmas but then I put them downstairs to go into rotation at a later date.  This week when I rotated toys I found a home for them.  I think they will be staying out for a little while.  Two mornings in a row now he has spent a large amount of time stacking them, knocking them down, and then lining them up.  Yesterday morning he worked hard on building a wall with them which he promptly knocked down after completion.  That is the best part according to Jadon!!

This morning Daddy was home and got in on the fun!!  Jadon had been using the yellow bricks to stack.  At one point he had a stack that was almost taller than him!  Daddy decided to see if they could build an arc that Jadon could go under! 

As you can see by the look on Jadon's face in the picture below, Jadon was thrilled to have a building partner this morning!!

It took a little time and engineering but they finally figured out how to stack the blocks just right.  Jadon squealed with delight as he ran under and loved it even more when the structure can tumbling down right behind him.

I just love Saturday mornings! 

Snowed In

Wow! What a week it has been! We got somewhere around 13 inches of snow over the course of 24 hours.  It was crazy!  Here are some pics of Matt venturing out for the first time after all the snow fell.  He thought he might go out and see if his newspaper was there but quickly realized he would not be able to even open the gate until he did some shoveling.  In case you were wondering the paper was not there.  Our paper delivery and our mail were cancelled! 

And what did we do while we were cooped up in the house for three days?

Jadon and the dogs passed some time this morning watching the plow we called clear our lane.  It was very interesting to all three of them.

We read some books.  He loves Goodnight Gorilla.  Silly Gorilla!

Jadon also looked at his lift flap books.  He loves his lift flap books right now.

We played with some pop beads.  Great therapy since it takes the use of both hands!

He really enjoys this build your own train block set that I got from Discovery Toys back when the older two kids were little like Jadon.

He also spends a lot of time lately lining up things.  Here he is lining up all his chunky trucks and cars.  I love watching him do this.  Don't ask me why. 

He spent so much time lining all these up and when he was done he squealed with delight as he ran his shopping cart into the line to destroy it.

And of course he spent some time in his own little personal cave building with the duplo legos.

In case you were wondering Jadon is still trying out all the baby equipment.  Here is is in the baby swing.  I was pretty worried he was going to break it but I had to get a picture before I got him  out! 

He even managed to squeeze himself into Baby Riley's carrier!  He is so crazy!

What did Shelby and Jake do with their unexpected days off?  A whole lot of nothing and I think they enjoyed every minute of it.  Hey!  Isn't that what snow days are all about!  Now if it would just warm up a little bit so we can go outside and play in all the snow!  That would be wonderful!

Babypalooza!!!

Today was a busy, busy day.  My nephews came to play today so that meant that I had two babies here that were the same age.  Luckily they are both very good babies but I still kept really busy.  They are both so cute though!

They both really love this play gym.  A little later in the morning I noticed that another baby had arrived.  Hmmmm……trying to get Mommy’s attention you think?

This kid loves that bouncy seat!  Fisher-Price sure does make them strong!!  Jacob has been a huge help the last two days.  He has been giving some performances after school for the babies.  They really like watching and listening to him play the guitar.  He just loves the babies.   The first thing he does when he gets home is get down and say hi.

So this has been our adventures!  Tomorrow is another two baby day so I am getting the crock pot fired up again! 

A Return to Our Routine

Today was our first day back to reality.  Matt and I have not worked since the Wednesday before Christmas and the kids were off school.  We really enjoyed the time but as usual it went by way to fast.  We also ate way too much!  Time to start eating healthy again!
Today it was back to normal, well, kinda.  We have a new little guy coming to play during the day.  Today was his first day.  When I say little I mean LITTLE!  Not even three months old yet!  I was a little worried about how Jadon would react to this small creature demanding his Mommy’s time.  He tends to get a little jealous whenever I hold his little cousin, Mason, who is about the same age. 

Jadon actually did really good.  He was very curious about the baby.  There was a lot of pointing and saying “Baby”.  He also sat facing the swing watching baby Riley while he enjoyed his morning tippy today.  It was so funny.  The biggest problem I have been having with Jadon is his fascination with the baby equipment.  He likes to get in the bouncy seat and bounce. I am hoping the thing is pretty tough!  He also has gotten every rattle and baby toy out of the box of toys I brought out of the attic.  I am praying he does not try to get in the swing.  I don’t think it can handle that! 
Jadon continues to enjoy all the new toys he was very lucky to get for Christmas.  Today he decided he wanted to stack the lacing beads instead of try to string them which is a challenging task for him.







I am really, really hoping that tomorrow goes as smoothly as today!