Our Week in Pictures

A Weekly Post

That Captures the Memories We've Made

From Monday-Sunday

(including the cat)

(playing a bit of catch up this week with this post. Seems i'm always doing that...)

4th of July

Seriously, can any part of my body get any rounder?!

just a few more weeks!

Learning to wash his OWN dishes. He loves it!...for now anyway haha

L and his "Nonny" (my mom) cooking steak and scallops on the grill.

Playing in the rain! I was nice and dry under my umbrella.

L at Fastlanes

playdough

Shower ISpy.

We have a marble shower with blue swirls and my husband and I are always finding "things" in the swirls that the other has to find. We BOTH found this one the same day.

Can you guess who it is?

It's the snake off of  Disney's The Jungle Book (or Robin Hood..same snake)

He looks like he's scared. Can you see it? lol

The next one for my hubby to find is the moose

on a kidless evening I took a drive by myself past our road for the first time since moving in. I say this almost every day...I love Arkansas! Everything is just gorgeous.

I pulled over at several spots just to take pictures. I never take this beautiful land we live in for granted. It always stuns me.

I actually drive past this every day and wonder whats back there. During the evening (around 7pm) the light shines through so beautifully and it's been calling my name! I finally pulled over to take a peek.

closer and closer

and then I saw a snake...so i'll be saving the peek into the field for another day.

A vine forrest that I couldn't resist pulling over for. It was more like a kingdom!

A delicious fruit lunch!

 Oh, and any drink tastes better when it's in a mason jar.

Linked Activities

(click the pics)

L's Messy Art Birthday Party

Shaving Cream and Powdered Paints

Painting on a dry erase board

and lets not forget

Caddy Cat

I Spy Caddy Cat.

Can you find her?

Caddy peeking out of the rocket. She has claimed this tent as her playhouse.

 

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Our Week in Pictures

A Weekly Post

That Captures the Memories We Made

From Monday-Sunday

I've always wanted a pic like this and Brian knew it.

I didn't even ask and he pulled over at the tracks so I could get my photo

 I always keep an eye out for unexpected hearts. I found this one on a TP roll. I always send the pic to my hubby and say "I (whatever the object was) you!" This time it was "I TP Roll you!"

A visit to Joplin, MO a month after the F5 tornado totally destroyed a huge portion of the town.

I'd never seen anything like it in my life

My new arts and crafts area. It's not done yet (needs more creative touches and personalization), but better than it was before. I've had all my craft stuff in cardboard boxes for about a year.

 It's so great to have it all out and organized

My mom came over to make us dessert :)

The weeks linked activities

Outdoor Pretend Play: Carrot Garden in a Storage Container

Creative Outdoor Play: Mud Kitchen

 L devloped hives from playing in Miracle Grow Potting Soil.

:( so sad.

Indoor Spiderweb and Bug Rescue

Styrofoam Sculptures

L got over the hives pretty quickly thank goodness, but soon after developed a high fever, runny/stuffy nose and horrible cough. My husband has sinusitis and has been sick too. I've been feeling pretty good and thought I was gonna make it in the clear....until yesterday. It hit me like a truck! I currently have THE WORST SOAR THROAT i've ever had in my entire life, which has also led to earaches in both ears, my body aches, I can't breath, and I have a fever. Of course i'm also 33 weeks pregnant and that alone comes with all sorts of aches and pains. Ohhhhh woe is we! The whole family is sick!

Yesterday was a lazy day spent in bed with all of us watching movies and reading books to L, taking turns giving and taking medicine and taking care of eachother.  

My sweet husband made me some hot tea with honey and lemon.

Sadly it didn't help but the loving gesture warmed my heart (and fever chills)

 

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Our Week in Pictures

A weekly post

that captures the memories we've made

from Monday-Sunday
(including the cat)

With the holidays and school work, I haven't done one of these weekly posts in a while, so this post has pictures from the last few weeks as well.

Links are highlighted in Green

Pretending to sleep at the table (snoring and all).

This is his new thing when he doesn't want to eat his veggies.

New Glasses

Sticker Play

Colored Tape Collage

First snow angel

and some snow snackin

L gets a snack all by himself, without mommy knowing.

He even got a plate out of the dishwasher!

L's first Geocaching Adventure

Some of our afternap activities of the week

Crayon Melting



Snow Painting

Treasure Ice Cubes

Caddy Cats Week

Spy Cat

Centerpiece Cat

Basket Cat

Comfy Cat

I would also like to announce that L is now fully day time potty trained! It was one VERY stressful week, but if I knew it would only have taken a week, I wouldn't have stressed so much! He is on his way to being FULLY potty trained, as we have had several dry nights as well! I'm am so excited that he's potty trained, but also a bit sad. This was his last "baby" thing. It feels like he's all grown up now.

I kind of have baby empty nest. haha.

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