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Monday, February 18, 2013

Busy Sunday

O was busy getting into everything yesterday at home.

First we played with some toys


 Then O helped me take down the last of the Christmas decorations (I know, I know, it's the end of February...we're a little behind).  To be fair, there was only the tree left...and it's a live plant so it's always around...it looks so happy all decorated!
This was just prior to ripping that ornament from it's limb
water break
and of course while we were over by the tree, there were all sorts of other things to get into.
"pop!  pop-pop-pop!!"



Owen is a big help with the recycling...by which I mean he is very, very good at taking it out of the recycling bag.



"What's that over there?"
"oooh, a pine cone!"
brief stop to play with a puzzle













Flax and Dribble looked on in amazement at the whirlwind of activity.

And then he got tired.



Wednesday, February 13, 2013

spoonman

Owen has been trying so hard to use his spoon lately


but sometimes it's just so frustrating!!
see those teeth in there?!?! 8 of them!!!


Saturday, February 2, 2013

the past week

Owen came down with a respiratory infection last Friday, so the weekend was spent with a feverish sick little guy and some seriously gross snot.  Dave took him to the doctor's on Monday and endured what sounded like a traumatic (for both Dave and Owen) set of x-rays - no pneumonia, they checked him for the flu, not that, no ear infection, just a bad viral thing...so they were sent away with instructions for lots of rest and fluids.  I spent the day with him on Tuesday, and by the evening he was clearly doing much better and was back at day care on Wednesday.

He still has a bit of a runny nose, but other than that he is back to his normal self!

This semester, I teach Tues and Thurs evenings, so I only get to see the little guy for about an hour in the mornings.  Not so nice for me, but D has been enjoying his T/Th evenings with Owen.  O is in a very serious Mama phase, and still only wants to be with me, not Dada, if I am anywhere in the house.  But, if I'm at work, then he is more than happy to hang out with Dad!  But, as much as I hate not getting to see him T/Th, I have all day off every Friday, so Fridays are full Mama/Owen time!

But seeing as he was still a bit on the sick side yesterday, we both spent our whole day in PJs just playing...not venturing out into the cold, cold windy day...and it was great!
Can't quite see out the window yet!



milk break




hay ride time!

so many blocks!!!  Flax even got in on the action.  She's coming in to
 steal a second one (note the red block in the upper right corner behind the bumbo)

Sunday, January 20, 2013

the weekend

The weekend started Friday with a trip to the Children's museum.

Owen quickly figured out about putting the ball inside the pipe
to watch it come out at a different spot...
and then he was unstoppable!

well...unstoppable until he stopped to see if the ball would fit in his mouth...which apparently needed several rounds of testing...and tasting.
those little aprons the museum supplies just aren't made to keep sleeves dry!

This was followed by some magnet fun in the kitchen,
magnets are truly his medium.

and a leisurely Sunday morning reading of the Berenstein bears on the living room floor.
I use the term "read" a bit loosely, but he does enjoy flipping through a book!


Sunday, January 13, 2013

first skate

Owen went for his first skate today...from the comfy cozy luxury of the stroller!


the party

We celebrated Owen's 1st birthday on Saturday with a little gathering of friends.  Owen LOVED eating his birthday cake!
chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting and bananas in between the layers = yummy!
cake = sticky hair

wanna lick it clean?



post cake stripped down