Nate's daycare friend C...

C and Nate are both very close in age. Although Nate is not talking yet, they play a lot together. I know their friendship will continue to grow the older they get. I love that C's mom will sometimes dress him in outfits that are similar to my style with Nate. Although they are the youngest in the daycare, they both dress like young men.

Here they are on a day when they both wore button-up business shirts. Unfortunately, I could not get Nate to smile for the camera. Look at C... what a guy, and what a great smile! :)


Okay here they are again on a new day. Again, how handsome are they?!

It is tough to get a picture of two 2-year-old boys!

They are both smiling...I'll take it!

Okay, so I may have bribed them a little. There's no harm in having a little chocolate right after breakfast, right? :)

A future entertainer...

So glad I caught this moment on camera. ET is absolutely in LOVE with Jay's guitar lately. Actually, ET thinks it is officially his guitar now. :)
One day during the week ET began playing, and everyone came to watch. Since then, this picture has become a regular scene around here.


I just absolutely love how comfortable he is with a guitar already. How adorable is it that he sat right down on the music box, and just started strumming like a pro!

Preschool Work...

I have been meaning to post these pictures for a while now. During the month of January the kids were learning about dinosaurs. I don't need to tell you how popular this theme was among many of the kids. Let's just say, they have their ROAR perfected...even Nate. :)

Here are pics of Nate's work...

This was my favorite project to date!!! The body of the dinosaur is Nate's tummy (YES, I painted everyone's tummy), the neck and tail is his arm, the head is his handprint, and the legs and feet are his footprints. Totally adorable! I will save this one forever!

A dinosaur eating tissue paper leaves...

Flying pterodactyl mobile...

Paper plate triceratops...

ET's work...




A dinosaur diorama... :)

As usual, we have been working a lot on numbers and letters.
Nate's...

ET's...



During the month of February the kids learned about traveling and various places around the world.

Here is Nate's passport and suitcase...


ET's...

Snowman Pancakes

Being that we built a snowman earlier in the week, I thought it would be fun to end the week with snowman pancakes on Friday Free Day! It is so nice to slow down time on Friday's and not worry too much about a schedule. The kids watched a movie while I prepared the pancakes. They had fun doing the decorating!

FYI - They ate their banana first. :)

1st Snowman of the Year!

I wrote recently how very dry and warm this winter has been. That is great for many reasons, but unfortunately because of the weather, we haven't built a snowman until just this week. Luckily though, it was on a day that all 12 kids were here! :)

Thankfully, I took this picture to capture the moment because Frosty only lasted no more than 10 minutes. With a few pokes, he lost his nose and a couple buttons, and when the kids went to push the rocks back into place, Frosty fell to the ground. The kids were heart-broken, but I couldn't help but giggle a little at the lesson learned. I reassured the kids that I took a picture for all their parents to see.

Family Pictures and Nate's 2 Year Pictures!

This photo session was beyond frustrating!!! I scheduled the session for a Monday at 7pm. I figured the boys would be fed dinner and they would be happy to smile for a few pictures at this time. I also figured we could avoid the weekend rush of people. ET ended up having a very busy day at daycare and school, and so he fell asleep in the car on the way there. When we arrived, we had to wake him and he was one crabby bear!

We walked in and thought we would start with Nate's 2 year photos. So glad we did this, because Nate only lasted a couple minutes. He became incredibly frightened of the flash from the large lights and the popping sound the camera and flash made every time the woman took a picture. Each time she took a pic, he just got more and more scared and worked up.

While this was unraveling, ET was just sobbing because he was tired, and because I had taken off a band-aid from his finger (he had a finger prick at the doctor just hours before). Most of the time, ET is very easy to persuade or turn around in moments such as these, but NOT THIS TIME. Jay eventually had to bring him to the bathroom to have a "talk" with him. Let me remind you, this is all happening while Nate is now SCREAMING in front of the camera.

Okay, so we stopped and decided to do a few family photos. We only could capture one mediocre shot. Bummer!

We were pushing our luck, but by this time both boys had stopped crying so we wanted to try for a few pictures of ET and also a few shots of the boys together. We were able to get a couple of ET, but when we placed Nate back in front of the camera he just screamed right away.

I wasn't going to reschedule because I feel like at least I was able to capture the moment for what it was. I was so confident that Nate would do well this time because he is over his shy phase, but apparently there are new obstacles to overcome. Oh well, maybe next year we will actually catch that adorable little grin! :)

A winter to remember...

This winter has really been one to remember. The weather has been absolutely wonderful all season long, but the cold bugs have never been worse.

The winter weather really didn't even start until December this year. Matter of fact, it was near Christmas time and I saw people out riding their bikes still. The weather has been unusually dry and warm. Just this last weekend we were even grilling burgers on the grill! We are crossing our fingers that we get some moisture, but none of us want another huge snowfall. We are all curious to see what March will bring.

Everyone always says "you take the good with the bad." With this great weather, there has been an unusual amount of cold bugs circulating the air. Not sure why...seems like it would be the opposite, but it is what it is. ET's body is so strong that IF he even gets a cold, he kicks it within a day. Nate on the other hand has really suffered through this season. About three colds have brought on fevers, and all of them with terrible coughs. Nate will seem better for a couple days, and then catch a new strain just days later. I am confident that these sicknesses are colds, because other children in the daycare are suffering from the same thing right along with him. We have been greatly concerned about potential ear infections, but he has only been diagnosed with one infection this season. We have brought him in a couple of times only to be sent home with nothing. That is definitely a good thing that is resulting from all of the chiropractic care we have sought after. I know that his immune system will grow from this because ET was the same way when he was a toddler. Because of all this, we have decided to start giving the boys vitamins everyday. I hope this will help in the months to come.

Here is a picture I took of Nate a couple weekends ago. Out of the blue he just stopped playing and crawled up on the chair and fell asleep. He didn't even cry or whine for me. I guess he just felt like he needed a cat nap. Poor baby!