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Thumbs Up!

Yesterday, I introduced Sully to peanut butter and banana sandwiches.

He approves.

(In other news, this little stinker taught himself how to climb out of his crib yesterday. Goodbye naps.)

Fun with Crayons (and Cars!)

Inspired by my cousin Melissa, I taped crayons to the front of some of Sully's toy cars yesterday...instant boredom buster! (Even Eva got into it--she even taped up a few more cars for her brother when she got tired of drawing.)

Game Day

Eva had a day off from school yesterday...so I taught her how to play Hangman. She is GOOD!

A Happy Boy

This weekend, our family was lucky enough to be invited to a donut party in honor of Cousin Eliza's second birthday. We had lots of fun celebrating with the birthday girl! Well, MOST of us celebrated with the birthday girl...within 3 minutes of walking in the door, Sully remembered that his cousin Sebastian owns this:

Sully latched on to that digger for the entire morning--in fact, the boy barely took a break from scooping in order to have donuts (DONUTS!), let alone watching his cousin open presents or any other birthday-related activities.

Sorry, Eliza. Most of us were there because of you...I promise.

"I see it! It disappeared! I see it! It disappeared!"

We have one single picture of a tractor on our viewmaster reels. Can you guess which picture is Sully's favorite? He likes to sit on that one image and click the lever halfway down until it disappears, then let it go so the tractor pops back up again.

Of course, he narrates the whole process.

Choo Choo!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Eva's Show

After weeks and weeks and weeks of excitement, anticipation, and much practice, Eva performed in her school's Winter Festival on Friday evening with the rest of the kindergarteners. Of course, she was the very best one.

"Mama, Dumptruck Dan has a delivery for you."

(I hear this multiple times each day.)

Have a great weekend, everyone!

Taking Care of Barbara

Problem Solved.

Sully's been a handful lately: constantly moving, talking, throwing, steamrolling the cats. You get the idea. So yesterday, I taught him a new game.

Moving Snow

For Eliza

Yesterday, Sully saw a picture of his cousin Eliza with her pacifier in her mouth. He got really excited, ran out of the room, and came running back yelling, "I have one just like 'Wizy'!" Apparently, one of his old pacifiers was still in a drawer in the kitchen...and somehow he knew exactly where it was. He chewed on it, in solidarity with his cousin, for about 10 minutes before he lost interest. But for those 10 minutes, that pacifier was the coolest thing EVER!

Have a wonderful weekend, everyone!

I will never grow tired of this smile.

I think it's the eyebrows that just really bring it all together.

PS: Happy Groundhog Day!

DIY Forklift

Yesterday I gained a bunch of Mama Points from my astounded son when I used a couple of popsicle sticks to turn Sully's regular old digger into an amazing forklift. It even worked and everything!

Sully spent a good 15 minutes moving all of our DVDs from one pile to the next...

...and when he was done, Sully announced, "Forklift is tired from all that work. He needs a nice rest." So he covered him up with a blanket, sang him a song, and gave him a kiss.

Goodnight, Forklift.