Monday, December 5, 2011

A Post of Pictures

I realized it’s been awhile since I have updated the blog.  I thought why not do one big post instead of many little posts. So here you go, some pictures to enjoy:

At the last craft fair at Beasley this fall, there was a booth that was selling these letter trains.  Andrew loves trains and I had to get one for him.  I was going to save it for when we moved him into his big kid room, but I was in the other room and I heard him say “wow, cool.”  I came out and he had hooked some of the letters together and he said “cool train, mom.”  We worked on spelling his name and putting it in order and he drove it around the coffee table.

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The was a lady bug in the utility closet.  Andrew crawled after that bug for quite awhile and then we put it outside to join it’s family.  This boy loves all creatures, whether it is insect or animal.

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This is Andrews new way of watching movies.  He pulls both chairs from his table in front of the coffee table and sits and watches the movie. 

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Aaron has been working on Christmas projects lately.  Andrew enjoys helping dad in the garage.  This picture makes me laugh since he is in his jammies with his shoes on, working in the garage with dad.

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We were eating dinner one night (ok, we eat dinner every night).  Andrew had finished eating dinner and was lying on the bench.  I thought he was just hanging out there, but nope he was sound asleep.  

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Grandma Mertes made Andrew’s day!  She stopped by to give him a Cars lunch bag and Cars key chain with keys and a remote on it, as well as a flashlight and lanyard just like hers.  Andrew loves playing with her keys and now he has a set of his own.  He takes them everywhere with him and wears them in the store.  He even hangs them on the hook by our keys so they don’t get lost. 

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We put up the Christmas tree the weekend after Thanksgiving.  We put it in the playroom and now under the tree is a great place to play with cars.

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Andrew has really gotten into his kitchen set lately.  I hung the apron that I had when I was little by the kitchen set and now every time he goes to play with it he has to put his apron on first. Grocery shopping and cooking can be messy.

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The other night I ran upstairs to do some emailing and came back downstairs.  We had a Christmas bowl with candy cane kisses in it and there was 12 or so left in the bowl.  Well when I came downstairs the bowl was empty and there was a pile of wrappers on the table and floor.  I was surprised he ate all of them.  He has been good about running over and having one or two and then going back to playing.  I didn’t think he would eat them all in one sitting. 

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Whenever I turn the music on the TV, Andrew runs over to behind the couch and grabs the Rockband guitar and starts playing along to the music.  He will stand there and dance and sing with the guitar too.  We may have to get him one his own size for Christmas.  He loves music and playing any type of musical instrument.  One of these days I am going to get him a harmonica.  I think he would love playing that.

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Now for a funny story….today we went to mail Christmas presents at the Post Office.  I drove into the parking lot and Andrew said “ohhh the temple.”  I asked him if we were at the temple and he said yes.  I told his this is the Post Office and we took a little tour and talked about what goes on at the Post Office.  He then started saying Post Office.  When we got into the car to leave he said “bye temple.”  Oh brother.

Monday, November 7, 2011

New Found Blog = Are You Serious?!

My Friend posted this blog on her blog (thanks Carrie) and now I am addicted!  It is called Penny Chic and it is all about putting cute outfits together from clothes and accessories found at Wal-Mart.  Yes, you read right, Wal-Mart.  I have always had the mind set of NEVER buying any clothing or accessories from Wal-Mart and that Wal-Mart is for everything except what you put on your body.  Well this blog may have convinced me otherwise.  I have never really looked at clothes and accessories at Wal-Mart and still don’t think you can find these cute things at our Pullman Wal-Mart.  Maybe you can find them in bigger city Wal-Marts or online at  walmart.com. But I am willing to give it a try and actually walk into the clothing and shoes section of Wal-Mart.  I will let you know how it goes. 

Here is the link to the blog:

http://pennychic.com/

Monday, October 31, 2011

Happy Halloween!

Sunday we carved our pumpkins while watching The Addams Family.  Andrew wasn’t too sure about cleaning out the pumpkins, but he was a good supervisor.

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He felt the pumpkin needed to wear a balloon as a hat.

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He then pointed out all the pumpkins.  One was the daddy pumpkin, then mommy pumpkin and baby pumpkin, plus the kitty.  The kitty was part of the family too.  Andrew is all about families lately and everything has a mommy, daddy and baby.  It is so cute.

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We had a great Halloween night! Andrew really figured out what Trick or Treating was all about. We went to both of the streets in our neighborhood until he was so cold he was ready to go home. He was so cute knocking on the door and then said “trick or treat” and then “thank-you.” We went with our neighbor Laurel and Zack. Zack and Andrew are the best of friends and they both dressed up as Superman. It was so cute watching them run around the neighborhood together. Aaron dressed up as Indiana Jones for work and to give out candy tonight. He was a hit with the kids.

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We had mummy pigs (little smokies in a blanket) and apple slices for dinner tonight.  Yummy!

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Andrew ready to go trick or treating.

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Sunday, October 30, 2011

Naptime Friend?

Today after church we ate lunch and then carved pumpkins. Andrew got a balloon at Tomato Brothers where we ate last night and was playing with it while we were carving pumpkins.  Andrew was getting ready for a nap and he laid down on the couch with his blanket and fell asleep while still holding onto his balloon.  It was funny to see him sound asleep with a balloon next to him.

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A New Hiding Place

Andrew has discovered that he can fit in the cupboard with the pots and pans.  There are times where we wonder where he is and he pops out of the cupboard. 

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He even finds good places to hide in stores. 

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We were at Wal-mart yesterday and all of the sudden we realized Andrew wasn’t next to us.  (I know…good parents we are.)  We started calling his name and the people in the aisle said they didn’t see him walk away.  Then we heard a little giggle from the shelf in front of us.  We looked down and there was Andrew behind the cake mixes.  Who would have thought he could fit back there?!

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