Harold and The Purple Crayon

Lately we have been working with Zachary helping him learn how to colour and draw.  Murray is really great at drawing and I like to colour so its fun to teach Zachary.

Unfortunately, Zachary is more scared about colouring then he is skating which I think is strange.  He will put on a pair of skates and walk across the ice no problem but when I ask if he wants to colour he gets anxious and says he can't or doesn't want or get frustrated easily when it doesn't turn out the way he wants it to.

Recently we were given the book Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crocket Johnson

Its great because the illustrations are very simple.

After reading the book its easy to retell the story and recreate some of the pictures.

Here is the finished product.

This was fun for both Zachary and I.

 

I guess even at home I am still a teacher at heart.

Happy Friday!

January Blues

Lets face it... January is a long cold month and with all this snow we haven't ventured far from the house lately.

We have done a few things to keep us busy.

Zachary is learning how to skate.  

Elliott came on the ice for a quick photo.

Seriously why do we buy this kid toys when pot lids entertain him?!?

And of course Elliott in the jolly jumper is always entertaining.

Happy Friday!

 

 

Elliott @ 5 Months

Why am I posting at 3:30 in the afternoon?  Because both boys are sleeping and have been for the last TWO HOURS!!!  Yeah me.  I finished the laundry, cleaned the bathrooms and can't vacuum for fear of disturbing this blissful peace so I am spending some well deserved time with my laptop.

Elliott is approaching 19 lbs and is 28 inches long.

My baby is now 5 months and I am so addicted.  

I absolutely cannot get enough of this baby. I want to kiss him all over, I don't ever want to put him down (unless my arms get to tired and I must), and I'm continually trying to breathe in all of his sweet baby goodness.

Maybe it's the abundance of chubby rolls, maybe it's his easygoing nature, maybe it's the smiling and cooing, maybe it's the fact that he is now consistently sleeping 7-8 hours at night, or maybe it's just because having done this once before, I am more relaxed this time around. Whatever it is, I am enjoying this baby so ridiculously much. 

During one of my blog stalking ventures I came across this quote by Jennifer Woodbury it made me laugh so I thought I would share it with you.

"Fat and Happy

It must be quite the life.

Being able to wear something called a bubble and look adorable in it. Getting complimented on the chubbiness of your thighs. Having people fall all over themselves just to make you smile. Mesmerizing a crowd by simply gurgling. Eating on demand and sleeping away the day. Being stopped on the street just to be told how good looking you are." 

Trying to sit up on his own, its more of an upright tummy press.

Look at that face!!

Happy Thursday!

 

Sisters...

So happy to have had a chance to spend time with my sister over the holidays, but I am always so sad when she leaves.  This week has been a little difficult getting back to regular as I am missing her so much. 

Funny that in just 6 months we went from this...

to this...

Speaking of my sister she started a blog.  http://jschilds39.blogspot.com

Sending out some sister love today.

Happy Wednesday!

Baby Legs!

One of my favorite pictures from the past few weeks visiting my sister.

Elliott and Benjamin's happy baby legs.  

Can you guess who is who?

Happy Tuesday!

Back to Regular...

Happy New Year!!!!

Hope everyone had a safe and happy holiday.  

As you can see I took a break from posting over the past month.  So little time but so much to blog about; a weekend with my nieces and nephews, a wonderful visit with my sister and her family, of course the Christmas season celebrated with an excited 2 year old and a baby's first Christmas.  But for now this blog will be about Elliott and his milestones.

Just before the holidays Elliott turned four months.  As it was a busy time of year I did not have a chance to measure or weigh him but my best guess is he is about 17 and 1/2 lbs and about 27 inches long.  He started to roll from front to back and popped his first tooth!  I just found the second tooth this morning.  He is growing way too fast.  

We have put Elliott into the Jolly Jumper a couple of times but mostly he just hangs and spins.

Because of his new teeth everything has been going into his mouth and I mean EVERYTHING, its hard to take a picture where he doesn't have something (mostly is hands) in his mouth.

Elliott and his elephant blanket.

Elliott and Zachary meeting their cousin Benjamin for the first time!

Back to regular...

Back to grocery shopping, laundry, putting away Christmas decorations (if Zachary will let me), and back to posting (hopefully).

Happy Monday!