Today I was cleaning the house and Aaron was building the shelves in the utility closet and Andrew was just not happy that no one was playing with him. So I let him play in the sink and help me clean the kitchen. He loved every minute of it!
Is there really anything cuter than a boy in a cloth diaper? I think not.
Aaron has been busy doing projects around the house. He put up a peg board in the garage for all his tools. Apparently there is too much room left and he thinks he needs more tools. My parents bought him a huge metal tool chest for Christmas and he says he needs to fill that up with tools too. But I guess what man doesn’t love tools and their own garage to play in.
Last month I helped Aaron hang new lights in the garage. When we moved into the house there were only 2 light bulbs to light up the whole garage. That was not going to work for us. So we went to Home Depot and bought lights and Aaron crawled up into the attic and did all the wiring and outlets for it. It turned out great and it is so nice to be able to see what we are doing out in the garage now.
I think I was starting to feel left out with all the projects being done in the garage rather than in the house. So today Aaron built me shelves in the utility closet so I could organize it rather than put everything on the floor. It turned out great and I love how organized it is! I told Aaron I feel like a whole new woman (and maybe it will help me keep the house cleaner too. I doubt it.).
Today I made Andrew a sensory box, at least I think that is what the technical name is. He has one at preschool that he loves to play in and I have all these lentils filling my cupboard. In case you were not aware, the Palouse (where we live) is the number one producer of lentils for the world. We even have a National Lentil Festival in August that celebrate this legume. Come and visit, it is a lot of fun! So every year I stop by the pea and lentil commission’s booth and get my free bag of lentils with intentions of cooking with them. The pile in the cupboard was getting out of hand, so I made this instead with the lentils:
I bought a Rubbermaid container at Wal-Mart and poured the lentils in. I then bought some plastic dinosaurs and buried them in the lentils, along with a cup and a shovel.
When Andrew woke up from his nap, I showed him what I made. He loves it and played with it for a good 30 minutes straight, which is awesome! He dug for all the dinosaurs and covered them back up. He filled the cup and emptied it again. I think every month, I am going to do something different whether it is rice, beans or some other textures and other things to find in there. The dollar store is great for little plastic animals and kitchen utensils and other such things to play with in there.
I think he likes his new box. I told him to say cheese and smile and this is what I got. He is such a ham. He is into posing for his pictures now, which is so fun.
We have had a great Valentine’s Day that seemed to last all weekend.
The playgroup that we go to on Fridays, had a Valentine’s Day party. We decorated sugar cookies. Andrew decorated his cookie and then had a good time eating the candy toppings.
We then decorated a bag to collect all our valentine’s in. Andrew had a good time decorating his bag and those around him.
We had snacks, which Andrew enjoyed eating.
We then walked around and put our valentines in our friends bags and did a lot of playing and running in the gym.
Friday night, Aaron and I went on a date to Lewiston to Red Lobster and saw The Green Hornet movie. Andrew went to grandma and grandpa’s house and spent the night there. Andrew and grandpa had a good time playing and even talked grandma into making chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast. Since he was having so much fun out there, Aaron and I went out to breakfast. We love going out to breakfast, but it doesn’t happen that often. Thanks grandma and grandpa for watching Andrew for us! I had thought that date would be our Valentine’s date.
On Valentine’s day, Aaron came home for lunch with flowers and a variety of chocolate covered strawberries he had ordered for me. It was such a great surprise! He then stopped by Safeway on the way home and got stuff for dinner. He bought stuffed salmon, asparagus, cheesy rice and flavored sparkling lemonade. He came home and made dinner and then we had cheesecake for dessert (my favorite!). It was a great night! I defiantly got spoiled. I got Aaron a superhero snack basket: energy chips (potato chips), x-ray vision drops (lemon heads), hero jerky, hero soda, hero mints (4 out of 5 damsels in distress agree) and other fun stuff. He really liked it and I am so grateful to have my own super hero in my life.
