Toddler art website

Hey everyone....aka-Lora!
The website where I am getting fun toddler activities is www.dltk-kids.com


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Daddy's Helper

9 Weeks of Joy!!!!!

Seth and his friend Audrey at date night babysitting



yes, my sweet Seth is almost 10 weeks old!!!!!!!Oh my, He has been such a blessing to all of us:)
He is really cooing now and smiling tons! He can sit in the bumbo chair for quite a while now...by the way...its dena's bumbo she is letting me borrow...i didnt buy a girlie lilac one for my manly men;) He takes 4 naps a day and sleeps 8-9 hours at night!!!! He has been since almost 6 weeks:) He does not like his car seat too much right now and prefers to sleep in his bed or packnplay.

Seth's 9 week stats are
10lb. 13oz. 25%
23 1/2'' 70%
Still long and thin...like their daddy.

Art Class

Since all my friends are doing blog posts on politics, what they are reading in their devotional times, their stance on important issues, and how they are growing as a spouse.... all very wonderful posts I LOVE TO READ but.....I thought I would instead do some posts on....Our new ART CLASS!!!!!!!
I have developed a new schedule for my two year old that consists of moving to new activities quite often through the day. It has been wonderful! Now we don't really implement them on days where we are out....anyway, art class is both of our favorite! I found an awesome website for crafts for toddlers!!! Here is our leaf wreath! He for the most part picked up all the leaves on our walk and we together glued them on a paper plate. VERY SIMPLE stuff for a two-year old....I will periodically post our creations for the world to see:)


Any fun ideas are wanted as well

Another thing- Does anyone know where I can get a nice Advent Calendar for kids? Becky- where did you get yours? i think I remember how cute it was....oh yeah...i really don't want to make one...i want it to be nice;)

My Jakob

Here are just some random pics of my wonderful big boy!

Hodges Dairy Farm

These are pictures from out 1st ''attempt'' to have a nice family pumpkin picking day...ahhh, therein lies the problem.....having a two-year old and infant:) We had to promptly leave and go home to *ahem* ''address'' a certain 2 year olds bad attitude, before getting a pumpkin, and the annual pumpkin pictures. We went back a few days later and picked out a wonderful pumpkin:) Here are the ''before'' shots of the day....i'll leave the ''after'' shots for your imagination.:)

We are alive!!!

No. we have not been hiding...just a lot has been going on here in the last few weeks....just a short list.

My sister from Colorado came down for a week to visit my sick grandmother. I got to spend only a day and night with her but it was so fun! She is pregnant with her second boy so we had fun shopping blue!

We put in hard wood floors and had to leave the house for almost a week...long story...but now we are trying to get glue spots off the wood floors that the installers have left!!! It's really bad looking...any ideas besides paint thinner????

Little updates with the boys- Seth is now SLEEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT!!!!!!! HOORAY FOR SLEEP!!!!!!! Yes folks that's right...about a week and a half ago he started sleeping 6-8 hours at night and hasn't stopped! Jake didn't do this till about 10 weeks with some help and Seth is only 7 weeks old. I have been alert and feeling great during the day! What's more is he also has gone from being a challenging baby to such a happy, sweet, cheerful little guy! He has stopped his bouts of crying and takes great naps. My sweet baby is now cooing and trying his best to talk to me! It melts my heart to hear his sweet voice and he is also smiling now too!!!! So many things he's doing now:) I love him so so so much!

Jake continues to amaze me.
Every Day he is doing or saying new things. Everything is '' Ewwww grooooossss'' these days. He has been pointing to his boo boos at random times during the day saying ''boo boo okay'' in a very reassuring tone.He often gives his little brother hugs and kisses saying ''awwww''
He has transitioned very well to his new world and that makes me so happy. He just grows in sweetness everyday. He loves the new train at concord mills that goes around the mall....totally obsessed. If you have not gone to ride it, you really should....it's very cute:)


Here are some pics...James surprised me by making fondue the other night...he did it all!!!