My LO’s & Cupcakes at the Park

The Little Ones each up to something different. 

Easton has definitely found his thumb and puts himself to sleep with it.

Hi!

Playing with his fingers.

Here is Gavin doing more crazy stuff, always climbing on top or in and out of things.

 

He woke up with really crazy hair and since he does not sit still for anything these days.  Him and Bradley were playing with trucks together.

Bradley is back to wearing his Hercules cape all the time now and being a Royal Lion while wearing it.  He tells me to say to Gavin “Watch out Gavin or the lions going to get you!” and Gavin will giggle and run while the Lion chases and roars at him. 

 

This is how Lions clean up!

Bradley was sleeping while this picture was taken.  I thought it was so sweet that I caught Gavin making truck noises and actually playing with toys the right way. 

Then he quickly went back to climbing/destructive play.  Oh well!

Yesterday we met up with my friend Abby and her two boys at the park (a new one I had never been to yet after 5 years of living here).  It was her Birthday so I made it a little special for her.   We ate a picnic lunch first, then sang Happy Birthday and then played.

With her son Josiah.

Birthday Mommy with Josiah and Jonathan.

The store bought cupcakes were surprisingly YUMMY!

 

This is what sweet Easton did. 

I was so proud of Gavin.  He played so independently, didn’t need my help and seemed to know his limits on what he could do. 

This girl liked Gavin.  She gave him a hug while playing. 

Bradley coaching Gavin on how to slide. 

Hooray!

The slide was fun but pine cones are tasty!

That was a little of our past couple of days.  Tomorrow we are going to take Bradley to his first Horse Race!

Still Nothing

Well, I mentioned in my last post that we have not been up to much lately and things remain the same.  These boys still manage to give me some picture material to work with. 

I said he was a climber.  Bradley walked away and left his milkshake and french fries unattended.  New House Rule: Don’t leave food on the table if you aren’t sitting there! We used to be able to just push it to the middle out of his reach.

Brad and I caught Easton doing a new thing.  Smiling at himself in the mirror on his swing.  He is so sweet!

He did it again! This time to get to Easton.  We used to put him on the table so Gavin wouldn’t hit him if he was on the floor but now, nowhere is safe! He was sweet to him this time.  

Table surfing! A new sport in our house. 

 

Yesterday Brad brought home a bow and arrow set for Bradley.  Here is one of the arrows.  Luckily they just have suction cups on the end. 

Gavin looking for “Puppeeees.”  We are watching Mickey and Mary right now for Liz and the boys are very intrigued.  I have been hit with the dog question again by Brad and Bradley.  My answer is still NO for right now!

Since there isn’t a picture of Bradley this time, here are some new things he is up to.  He is really been interested in helping me in the kitchen a lot lately.  We made spaghetti one night and he has helped me make eggs for breakfast.  He is also really into lions and tigers lately more than ever.  He gets into a role of a royal lion and wears his Hercules robe while roaring and walking on all fours.  We let him watch LION KING for the first time and he was mesmerized. 

Well, that’s the Woodward Word……. Peace!

Climbing, Wrestling, Cleaning and Playing

Climbing

I need to get more pictures for this category because there is a new obstacle conquered everyday.  Here he is taking the cushions off and standing on the couch.  Yesterday I caught him climbing on the big table chairs (so far we were just used to kid chairs) and then from that he was standing on the kitchen table!

What?

Wrestling

They were wrestling with Daddy the other night and then he threw Gavin on Bradley.  The giggles are endless here!

Cleaning

Well, that is what the vacuum was intended for! Instead, Bradley turned it into a blow dryer attack machine to get Gavin.  Luckily, Gavin is a good sport and they both had fun. 

 

Playing

Yesterday after church Bradley had a play date with Jordan.  It was rainy and cold out so they just ran and played inside and I made them separate bowls of popcorn, Swedish fish, goldfish and raisins.  They decided to make Trail Mix out of it and mix it with screwdrivers! So silly and cute!

This is all the pictures I have taken over the whole week.  Other than this it has been pretty uneventful around here.  Bradley has Spring Break this week for preschool so We are going to have to get creative since the weather turned cold and rainy again which limits outdoor stuff.

While I am thinking of it and don’t want to forget these.  here are some BQOTD’s.

Bradley- “Daddy, do you know what makes you so special?”

Brad- “No, what buddy?”

Bradley- “You gave me my shorts I wanted to wear and if I asked mommy she  would have made me find them!”

Me (overhearing this) - “Gee, thanks!”

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Bradley- “Mommy you are the best mommy in the whole wide world so when we get home you deserve a chocolate donut!” 

Me- “Oh, thanks bud, that’s so sweet!”

Bradley - “And maybe I can have one too since I said that to you!”

LOL!! I was thinking what a little skeezer manipulator!

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“Mom, I can’t clean my room because my arm is going to fall off! Oh, chicken!”

17 month old Gavin

Today is Gavin’s 17 month old mark. He is such a joy and I know part of it can be attributed to this fun toddler age but I hope his fun loving happy spirit resides in him always. I have said it before and I will say it again, he is such a little Lover. He comes up to all of us and hugs us or scoots his butt up to us to sit down and be held. The feisty side is definitely there but we see more of a lover than a fighter.

Some new things since last month or just things I leave out because he does so much it is hard to keep up!

~ He throws his food from the high chair and cup and when we tell him NO sternly, he gets his feelings hurt, makes a square lip pouty face and rests his head on his chair. Then he just throws stuff again!

~ New words are….dinosaur, circle and he said a sentence, “What does that do?” which is a bigger variation of his “whaaddds daaattt?” from last month. I was worried his speech was behind but I am over worrying and know he has proven over and over again to be our very well adjusted child.

~ He climbs on too many tables to count and really scares me. His arm is stretching more and more everyday on what he can reach. We equate everything in the house into “Gavin's reachable distance” but even if it is out of his reach like Bradley sippy cup one day, he just took a plastic baseball bat and swung and hit it off the table. Nothing will stand in his way. He also loves to dance and has started a new side step thing that is hilarious.

~ He adores his brothers. He follows Bradley everywhere and gives Easton a head hug everyday.

~ He loves to be outside. When it is time to come in he will throw a mini meltdown for 1.5 minutes and then once he is distracted he is over it. Since he has such a love for the outdoors he can of course say "outside" and asks to go out if we are not already.

~ Oh and the distraction that always settles him is a sippy cup of milk. He loves his milk.

There he is! Our handsome 17 month old. Until next month........

3 months old

Three days ago on March 16th, Easton turned 3 months old.  Since last month nothing too much has changed.  Except I am sure he has gotten bigger.  At his two month check up he was almost 14 pounds and so I put him in size 3 diapers recently because they start at 16 pounds.  I figure he has got to be 15 pounds.  He doesn’t have a check up appointment so I guess we will have to wait until 4 months to find out how much fat he has put on.  He is also wearing 6 month clothes or 3-6 months but nothing that just says 3 months. 

He has been noticing his hands more and more now by holding them up in front of his eyes and watching them as they move. That is a difference from last month where he just sucked on his hands. 

He has us very accustomed to seeing his gummy smile so we ask for it often since it is so sweet to see! Some faces he makes remind me of Bradley and sometimes he reminds me of Gavin too. 

He loves for us to hold him facing out so he can see all the action and we can tell that he notices things farther away now and even responds to his name for picture taking if his head is down, he will put it up and look. 

He coos and makes our heart melt with all the cute noises.  He still spits up so the burp rag is our friend here and he still loves to snuggle on mommy when going to sleep at night. 

I guess that is about it.  Here is the man of the day with his blue eyes, red hair and polka dot tie….

 

The smile that we love!

  Chunky thigh rolls.

Check out my double chin!