Tuesday, March 13, 2012

A Day Outside

Jordan made these fantastic Caramelized Mushroom & Onion Biscuits.  They. were. amazing!  They got better as time passed too, I ate the last one this morning and today is day 3.  Yummo!
Camera set on auto..
...and vivid!
This is a setting that picks certain colors out and it was set for reds, I forgot how to reset the color but I remembered later as you'll see!
I was playing with all the camera settings and not really paying attention to Jack, not like he can go anywhere with the backyard being fenced.  Anywho, this is what I saw when I finally turned around.
My first instinct was to get upset, "Jack, get out of the mud, you're getting dirty!"  But then, I thought back to my childhood and realized that a lot of my fondest memories involve me getting dirty.  Making mud pies in the backyard, jumping in leaf piles, flower soup, playing in the garden and general outside awesomeness (thanks mom & dad!).  Seems like the memories that stick with kids are the ones that probably stick with parents for the clean up required.  I'm thankful for being let loose when I was a kid and being allowed to get dirty, I plan to give my boys the same experience, no matter the extra work it may cause me. 
He's a nut...
Carl had just gotten up from a nap and was having a snack while Jack & I played outside.  I can't wait for him to walk so he can play too!

Sign of a hard days play

All done!
Pop & lock son, pop & lock
Jack helped me make Jell-o.  Me playing with the camera settings again, love the blue!
Why yes, that is a green bean on Carl's cheek.
First Jell-o!
Hey, where'd it all go?

Sunday, March 11, 2012

Misc Catch Up

This is the Pooh shirt that I made (with a lot of help from my mother-in-law) for the bear that I made (again, a lot of help) for Jordan a few years ago.  Jack was taking it and wearing it all the time for about a week.  Pretty cute.  :)
Pooh bayer!
I got a 30% off coupon from Kohls
We found this train set on clearance and with the coupon and Kohl's cash, it was free!  Gotta love a good deal!
Jordan wanted to have it all set up for Jack so we waited until Friday night to set it up.
What's this?  Jordan connected it to the other track Jack got for Christmas.  What a traintastic day!
Carl with a toy I made.  Kind of a dud, ugly too.  I'll get it straight eventually.
He looks so sweet when he first gets up!
Body builder Jack!
Super awesome shirt that my cousin made for Carl's birthday.  Isn't it precious?  Really hard to get a clear picture of a baby when they don't want you to.
Creepy sleeper...
My first real project with my new sewing machine.  I had to make the bow tie to cover up a shoddy sewing job attaching the head.  I need to learn the proper way to do it.  I hand sewed the facial features cause I couldn't figure out how to get the machine to move correctly to apply the stitch the pattern called for.  I think the fabric was too thick.  Anyway, the material is from an old baby blanket I found at Goodwill, not bad, huh?


Surprise left hook!

We took Jack to ride the he-haw at the mall, he was so very excited!



Thursday, March 8, 2012

Carl's First Steps


Technically these are the first steps caught on camera.  The actual first steps, momma was too shocked and too busy clapping to get the camera in time.

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Jack's View









He might have had a little help with this one...










Jordan & Jack went for a walk around the block and I let Jack take the old camera with him.  I didn't put all the pictures he took since some were super blurry or too fingery and there were a whole lot of them!  I also didn't add captions because I have no idea what he was thinking.  :)  Jordan did say that Jack stopped quite a few times going, oh!  Momma! and then taking pictures of flowers.  I think that explains all the ground pictures.  Hope you enjoy pictures of what interests an almost 3 year old!