Jonas had so much fun making a birthday card for his friend, Eleanor, with construction paper, glue, and a bowl full of sequins that he ended up making five or six more just for the sheer enjoyment of it.
Here he is mixing colors with ice, another activity idea shamelessly stolen from the Fun and Engaging Activities for Toddlers blog, which he totally loved.
It was so good to have my big brother home from Taiwan for a few weeks…it’s always wonderful to catch up with him and it makes my heart smile to see him with my little boys.
The boys (and I) LOVED music class with Mrs. April (so much so that we hope to start back up with her again in the fall). They had a blast listening to and moving to the music, playing with all the different instruments and things (maracas, bells, scarves, sand blocks, drum sticks, balls, xylophones, etc.), and singing along. Here are a few pictures from our last class…
Here’s Xander’s new way of sitting…
Jonas had so much fun making homemade playdoh with his friend, Devin, at a toddler playgroup with the Moms’ Club. And Xander loved peeking in at what they were doing and crawling around with the playdoh tools.
Jonas and I had fun making Easter cookies…we had even more fun eating them.
The dishwasher has become one of Xander’s great exploratory joys in life…
I am proud to say that Tom has recently become a volunteer firefighter. Here he is giving the boys a tour of the firehouse…they especially liked checking out the firetruck and seeing DaDa in his firefighting gear.
Tom came back from his Costco run with the coolest outdoor toy for the boys…a sand and water table. While Jonas was doing some preliminary experimenting with it, Xander was hanging out in his exersaucer, looking on and grunting with enthusiasm. So, it wasn’t long before he was standing up next to him and splashing away (with MaMa’s protective hand at his back, of course…haha…he’s still a bit wobbly). How fun!!!
I cracked up the day I took these pictures because every time I turned around Xander was right there with Jonas doing whatever he was doing. It was so adorable and warmed my heart so much that I had to share the love.
So, we got the sweetest deal from our neighbor across the street on a toy cabin for the boys…here’s Jonas checking out the view from inside.
My dear friend, Betsy, came by to visit with her precious baby, Henry. We had so much fun catching up and got a big kick out of how much the boys have grown and how well they play together. Here’s a picture of Xander (8 and 1/2 months) and Henry (10 and 1/2 months) in the midst of a big army crawling fest.
Here’s a picture of them (you might remember this one from an earlier post) when they first met.
When I was a little girl, I loved playing in the rain. Actually, I still do. So, I’m lucky Jonas does too. HeHe!!! A few rainy days ago, we put on our raincoats while Xander was down for his morning nap and had so much fun exploring our sopping wet front yard…splashing in the puddles, digging in the dirt, popping the raindrop bubbles on tree branches, and looking for bugs. Then, we went inside and read our favorite rainy day book…Raindrop Plop! by Wendy Cheyette Lewison.
We’ve gotten a lot of mileage out of the toddler activity ideas from my new favorite blog (http://engagingtoddleractivities.wordpress.com/). Creating roads out of painter’s tape on the kitchen floor has been one of our favorites.
Here is Jonas, taking the tricycle MeMe and PaPa gave him for Christmas, out for a spin.
As MeMe and PaPa are still waiting on their new house to be built, we all gathered together at a local hotel to celebrate PaPa’s birthday with gift giving, meal sharing, pool swimming, and cake eating. We had a blast (especially Xander with his first introduction to the pool). Happy Birthday, PaPa…we love you!!!
