Just an Afternoon

Last weekend we finally had some good weather! It was so fun to play together!






Playing a little hopscotch. Speaking of hopscotch my daughter blew my mind. We saw one on a book we have and she asked about it...weeks ago. I told her the next time it was warm to remind me and I would make one for her and show her how to play. Didn't talk about it again. Then she reminded me when we got outside. I made one for her and we played. Then she asked me to make one with circles. Then she asked for one with triangles. In all my experiences with children she is the first to have ever asked me to do different shapes. I love how her mind works!



My lame circle one. At least she liked it!




Triangles



She also asked for rectangles!

After she was done with that she drew some pictures.













Oh I love them so much!




Colt was having fun in the grass. He loves being outside.














The fun wasn't done yet. Saffryn wanted to go on a bike ride around the block.



Doesn't she look so big?!??




There goes Pierce who was on that bike almost all afternoon. He is determined to learn how to pedal it so he won't get left behind. He is SO close to having it. Oh I love him!




If the weather would ever stay warm here, this is what our afternoons would look like!


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Avocado

Colt seems to not care about typical baby food so I decided to try the items with a little more texture. Avocados seemed like a good food to try first because they are so easy to mash. So I mashed it just enough so he couldn't choke, then gave it to him on his tray...










And he acted like he had always been eating. Gumming foods like a pro! He seriously loved it!

So the next night I let him go to town...



Yum!







Silly baby!




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Seeds

A few weeks ago I caught Saffryn planting some rice while we were outside. She kept calling them seeds. She was so frustrated when I didn't let her continue to plant rice "seeds".

So I decided to to take a due from her and get some seeds she could plant!




Getting ready to go outside. It was a chilly, windy day.




We have to fill up the big pot.



They did all the work!








Good job!



Smooth it out.



Add a little bit of water.



Pierce's turn



Add the seeds.



More dirt



Time to give it lots of water!!!

We are crossing our fingers that we are successful! It will be so fun for Saffryn if they grow!




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A Little More of Pierce

Pierce kind of got the short end of the blog stick before (typical middle child stuff...lol).

So here is just a bit more about him!





Doesn't he look so grown up! I can't believe how much he seems like a boy and not a baby!



Here is his big boy bed. He loves it. Overall he has done well adjusting to it. Naps seem to be the hardest thing, but I am working on being consistent so that will help.



He LOVES to sleep with animals. He picks all kinds of different ones and rotates them out.




Such a cutie!




He has been interested in potty training for a while. He is great at going pee, but has not wanted to poop in the toilet yet. We had no plans today so I decided to go ahead and try underwear and let him try and figure this thing out!



Saffryn wanted to show her underwear, too...



So far he has done great! He has kept them clean and dry and has gone pee in the toilet. I changed him to a diaper for naps then will try underwear again this afternoon.

Isn't he such a big boy?!?! Way to go buddy!!!




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My Birthday

When Saffryn got wind that my birthday was coming up she was SO excited!!! We had conversations like this for days:

S: "what day is it today?"
Me: "Wednesday."
S: "only 2 more days until your birthday!!!"
Me: "Yep! And then Yaya is coming to visit."
S: so excited she could barely contain herself "then your party?!?!"
Me: cautiously "we'll I'm not having a party."
S: "well all your friends are going to come over for your birthday. Right?"
Me: "no..."
S: "why???"
Me: thinking...throwing a party sounds like an awful lot of work. Lol. "We'll I am just going to have a family party with you guys and Yaya. Doesn't that sound fun?"
S: excitement returning "Yea!"

Lol. It was so sweet how excited she was about it. When she woke up on my birthday the first thing she said was, "MOM, today is your BIRTHDAY!!!"

This was going to be Dan's first night off from nights so when he woke up he took Saffryn and Pierce out to get some party things for me. Saffryn was so excited. They came back with balloons and cupcakes!



Saffryn picked these out. Hahah!




Dan put some candles on one and they all sang happy birthday to me. Then they got to dive in!












It was such a fun birthday!

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Easter

Easter a month late! LOL!





Saffryn with her Easter basket.



Little Piercey with his Easter basket.



Can't forget Colt!



Pretty dress! (Thanks Gigi!!!)








Ready for the egg hunt! We had to do it when Dan woke up (sleeping all day because he was working nights). Saffryn had decided to change out of her Easter dress.























The next weekend we celebrated with Papa and Gigi!



More egg hunting!
























We had a good time celebrating! Thanks for a fun night Papa and Gigi! :)



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