Cars

Austin has developed a great love for cars lately. He loves the movie Cars, he loves to look at cars, and he loves to play with cars. He became fascinated with Justin's remote control truck. He wanted to play with all the time...not just watch Justin make it work, but do it himself. So, after watching my walls and furniture get rammed over and over (mind you it was too cold and snowy to take it outside), I decided to invest in a Tonka remote control car for him to play with instead. This little car is awesome! It is soft, so it won't hurt anyone or anything, and it can flip over...like two cars in one!

He still loves Justin's truck, but the new car has worked out very well for us!

(Let me just preface this by saying that I am a total sucker for this kid. I ran into a neighbor the other day at Wal-Mart and she said the she thought having her 2 year old in the store helped her save money cause she just gets in and out. Not me! I know, I know...NOT GOOD!!!)

So, one day while at Wal-Mart I wandered into the toy section, and found a whole "Cars" section. The little cars were on sale, so of course I had to get a Lighting McQueen car for him. Do you think he likes it? Take a look at these pictures and decide for yourself!

Spring

Austin's swim lessons aren't too far from one of our favorite places to go: Wheeler Farm. So after his swim class, we decided to take advantage of the sunny spring weather, and stop by the farm. Austin is always entertained , and loves to see all the animals, and feed the ducks and geese. It was a great fay to go because there were a bunch of little lambs out with their moms.

On the way home, we stopped at Wal-Mart to find a "Lightning McQueen" toilet seat. Austin has been interested in using the potty (he has even successfully used the big boy potty twice), and I thought this might help! As we were pulling out of the parking lot, I hear him saying "Mom, look! Look!" I turn around to see this:

Saint Patrick's Day

I have decided that I want to make holidays more exciting around here. I am not the world's most creative person, so I did a few fun things for St. Patrick's Day...nothing big...baby steps, okay? And, I forgot to take pictures of the things I did do.

So, I made Justin a green egg sandwich for breakfast, and colored some milk green for him. He ate it, but had to close his eyes to not see that it was green!

Austin got to go to swim lessons in the morning. Then we came home, and just hung out around the house. He spent a good bit of time reading books.

Jeri and Lexi came over to join us for our St. Patrick's Day feast. We had corned beef (Austin LOVED it!) and cabbage and a loaf of green bread (he also loved the colored bread!). For dessert we had shamrock shaped sugar cookies with green frosting and sprinkles, and eclairs with green frosting (thanks Jeri!). I did get pictures of Austin enjoying dessert. It is my only proof that we did anything somewhat festive for the day!

Hopefully I can do more next year, when Austin understands a little better what is going on!

Silly Boy

Austin had fun playing with all his seasonal gear last night. (Is it called "dress-up" when little boys do this?) It all started with the Build-a-Bear bear's hat that Austin tried on.

He thought that was funny, so I gave him his bin full of hats, gloves, and sunglasses. He just kept bringing me new things to put on him.

Then he decided that I needed to be in on this exciting game too. I did have one of his hats on, but he pulled it off right before I took the picture!

Slacker Blogger

So, I have been a total slacker with my blogging lately. I have put up several new posts, and backdated them to be more appropriate to when they occurred. So, if you only read the most recent post, or only go by dates, you might be missing out!