Late-January Happenings

Our boys sure do keep us busy!  They have started to entertain themselves some by playing together but most of the time they require some assistance from mom/dad.  With cold winter weather upon us, our activities have been indoor focused.  A few recent favorites include building a tent from the kitchen table.

The boys loved crawling in and out the "doors".  And Carter even set up a fire (aka flashlight) to cook us dinner on.

Another hit on a rainy day was garage painting.  Parker was pretty in to it.  His favorite part was washing off his brush (notice Parker's smock? it is Carter's hospital gown from when he had his seizure last year).

Dad's favorite activity involves rearranging the train track to maximize space (he claims it is for the boys but we all know the truth!).

And of course, a perennial hit involves whatever they can get their hands on from our kitchen cabinets!

Carter (2 years, 8 months)
Carter can be such a sweet, loving little boy...

When he isn't misbehaving that is ;)  His imagination is really taking off.  I have no idea where he comes up with some of his ideas.  Lately he has been obsessed with making "gardens" out of his kitchen material (he is very proud of them).

He also likes to put his food pieces in various containers and hand them out to mom/dad/Parker as a "prize".   

Here he is using a pillow to play "horse"  

This week he has been very into picnics and he even planned a picnic/sleep over after Parker went took an early nap.  

Carter had hid first car ride with a friend this week.  We took our neighbor Brody to a birthday party.  Carter had a blast having someone to talk with!

Parker (1 year, 2 months)
Parker is having a rough time on the teething front.  Both of his upper molars are breaking through and he has a bottom molar and an upper incisor that don't appear to far behind.  He has 5 teeth in but that should increase quickly!

Despite being a bit more clingy than normal, he is mostly smiles and is very happy with his new found physical abilities.

Parker mainly makes lots of noises and sounds but recently he has also started "singing".  His favorite is Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.  He will sort of hum the first few verses of the song all on his own.  He also loves to yell - volley with Carter.  This consists of Carter yelling, then Parker yelling, then Carter again and so on.  It's pretty cute unless you have a headache ;)