Thursday, November 17, 2011

22 months

1. Tractors and trains rule your life.
2. You refer to yourself as "Dayden".
3. When talking on the phone, you randomly say names of people we have seen, places we have been, or things you have seen during the day.
4. You love to "nuggle" with Mommy in the morning and Daddy in the evening.
5. We draw tractors and trains outside with chalk and in the bathtub with crayons.
6. You recently tried to ride Milo. He was not amused.
7. You have been taking 3 hour naps. Perhaps you are in the middle of a growth spurt.
8. Christmas music seems to calm you in the car. Too bad I cannot make it work at Kroger.
9. We continue to read multiple books a day.
10. You consistently put 3 words together in phrases and occasionally even 4: Mommy cook water hot.
11. "Na-nook" means yogurt. You eat it once a day.
12. Thomas the tank engine is your new obsession. Mickey Mouse waned for a while but is beginning to make a comeback.
13. Hide and seek is your favorite game: "Dayden hiding", "Mommy Daddy hide", as you throw blankets over our heads. 
14. You and Daddy go into your room and play in the dark. All I hear is you screaming and laughing. When Daddy opens the door you shout "NO!" and slam the door shut.
15. You had your first dentist visit with Dr. Kirby. You were not amused.
16. It is great fun, in your eyes, to stand on the arms of the furniture. It is not fun for Mommy.
17. You love playing with your cousins Kameron and Roby. After Halloween, when we were in the car you would say, "Roby's house?"
18. You grab Milo's tail and hang on. You lightly touch Jake's tail and say, "tickle, tickle".
19. When Mommy is cleaning you say, "Dayden keen, peas", translated 'Jayden clean, please'.
20. A favorite thing for you to do is run around in circles. When you fall down you say, "crash" or "wreck".
21. Everything is the color 'geen'.
22. Stickers are a great toy. And inexpensive too. Mommy vacuums them up all over the house and they are stuck all over the furniture. But, you're totally worth it!

Monday, October 10, 2011

DIY

I've been inspired by a few blogs I read to delve into a little DIY.
Here are a few of my first experiences:


I will confess that I did not make the wreath. I bought it a few years agao at Garden Ridge.
However, I painted the 'R' and added it to the wreath.
(I have great aspirations of painting that door before winter,
so be on the lookout for that post!
oooo, maybe a trip to Lowe's will be added to my agenda of nothing today...)

I saw the idea of this cute Halloween picture frame in a catalog;
my DIY light bulb lit almost immediately.
That's our little calf at Halloween last year :)

I am super proud of these. This idea came from a PBK catalog; $60 for 3.
 WHAT?!? I would die then roll over in my grave for spending $60 on these!
I made 4 for $10. Yep.

I might actually get brave and decide to submit something to one of the blogs I follow to share my DIY ventures. Maybe that will inspire me to do more!


Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Bath Time Art

Doodle LOVES coloring in the bathtub!
See for yourself:



We draw choo-choo trains, tractors, Mickey Mouse and friends, Thomas, various animals and lots of scribbling by the little man himself!