A Powdered Sugar Event

From April, 2012

Pinterest will be the death of me!!!  I tell you, that site will suck you in and you’ll be oblivious to all that surrounds you!  I learned my lesson.  You’ll notice in the photos, how close the kitchen table is in the background.  Yep, that’s where Mama was when the mayhem began!  This is what I have put together, from my 3 minutes of “absence”. 

1. Max discovered a scoop inside the kitchen drawer I keep things for them to play with.
2. Will found the powdered sugar bag in the pantry, with only a close pin keeping the bag closed (what was Mama thinking?).
3. Will put 2 and 2 together to take the scoop from Max, dip it in the sugar bag and bring some back for his baby brother.

After a few scoops, Mama “awoke” from her Pinterest trance and about freaked out!  This is what I found:

Dada was on his way home from work, and I knew that I couldn’t cleaned up while the boys were still present, so I just laughed with them and took lots of pictures!

It took several minutes before they realized that it tasted GOOD!  Then they laughed and laughed together while liking their hands.  All while grinding it more and more into the floors!

Aren’t these the cutest little foot prints EVER!  Will was headed to the back door to let in Dada!

Needless to say, it took vacuuming and mopping the floor about 5 times to get it all up.  What adventure awaits me next?

Happy Easter!

 

What a great Easter.  The first year that Will kinda get’s it, a little anyway.  He understands that we love Jesus and He loves us.  Won’t be long till he gets the rest of it.  He really enjoyed dyeing the eggs, but wasn’t too much into the hunt…he’d find one egg, eat the candy, then just play.  He still talks about hunting eggs every once in a while.

This year we spent the holiday with Mark’s family in Ozark, Mo.  Will LOVES to play with cousins Trenton and Jenna!

Max enjoyed eating the candy and playing of course.  He’s just so darn sweet!

The Easter Bunny left quite a bit for all the kiddos!

Just Playin’

 

Amelia Grace has become one of us.  Her parents are great friends of ours and she comes to play quite a bit.  Here, Will and AG are playing with little pinball machines.  One is from when Mark was a little boy and the other came in Mark’s stocking from Santa this last year.  Good thing there were two, cause they both played for a while!

Our walks in the neighborhood consist of Will taking off in his little John Deere tractor walker.  It doesn’t have pedals, but he takes off down the hill on the sidewalk, lifts his feet and is gone, lickety split!  Max and I try to keep up in another little push car we have.

We try to be safe, and surprisingly are good with it all but this once!  On our way to get some ice cream after dinner, we loaded up to head to Sonic, just up the street.  I put Will in his car seat, but somehow forgot to actually buckle him.  Before we get to Sonic, I turn around and find him in the middle seat, happy as a clam!  We didn’t even hear him climbing out of his seat.  Since then, he wants to sit on his own, and strapping him in his seat has become somewhat of a battle.  GEEEEZZZZ!

Max’s One Year Photo Shoot

 

Thanks to our dear friend Caroline at A Better Story Photography, we have amazing pictures of Max and our whole family!  Caroline has a little guy just a few days younger than Max too – he’s a miracle!  Born at 24 weeks, he’s had a long road but is doing so well and after 16 months of having to stay mostly at home to avoid all the bugs out there, he gets to come play now!  Max and Wyatt got to spend some time together during VBS this month for the first time.  So excited that they’ll be buds one day!

So, on with the photos…we chose Faust Park in Chesterfield for the shoot, there are barns there and fields, perfect to take the new tractor with us for some good “farmer” shots!  Caroline did an amazing job and I had a hard time picking the ones to share on this blog post. 

You can see them all HERE!

Happy 1st Birthday Max

 

Wowzers, has Max’s first year gone fast!  He’s not walking, or saying much really, but is busy climbing everywhere and following big brother around! He’s catching up with big brother in the weight department at 26 lbs and 11 oz, and standing at 31.25” tall.  Both are in the 95th percentiles, go figure.

We celebrated his birthday with a John Deere themed party, complete with a new John Deere Gator and tractor with trailer and umbrella!

All of Max’s cousins came to celebrate was well as neighbors and a friend from church.  Everyone got a JD cup, mini tractor to take home and a tractor cookie!

Max got all kinds of wonderful gifts, clothes, tractor bags and a few toys.  The highlights were the ride on Gator and of course the “real” pedal tractor from Grandmother and Papa!  Everybody had to have a turn driving it AND riding in the trailer.  Only one who could actually pedal it being so heavy was our 6 year old neighbor Evan.

Max really “dug” his cake.  It took him a while to get going, but then icing was everywhere.  Word to the wise, green icing doesn’t come out of ANYTHING.  We still have some in the carpet.  Thanks to Aunt Steph for bathing Max to clean him up after his dessert! 

Happy Birthday Sweet Max!

February–Emma, Haircuts, Snowsuit, Peek-a-Boo, and Boots

 

Favorite animal: Emma

The boys are crazy about Papa’s lab Emma.  Will would feed her 300 dog bones, if she’d eat them.  Both boys keep their distance for the most part, but ask about her ALL the time.  Luckily, Papa brings her when they come to visit.

This one almost hurt Mama.  Max’s sweet personality is equally matched with sweet little curls.  It was time for a his first haircut.  He did a great job sitting in the chair!

A little too short for Mama, but he is still adorable!

Not much snow this year, but Will loved to get decked out and bundled up with his favorite sock Monkey hat!

Peek-a-Boo, I see you!

Will loves to jump in the puddles when we are out and about.  Grandmother got him his very own FROG rain boots.  He was SO excited to open the box and try them on!

Happy Valentine’s Day!

January - Boys will be boys…I suppose!

 

Will is always surprising us with new words, ideas and general silliness!  What a goofball.

We’ve been blessed in Missouri with a mild winter, which means lots of outside time time, YEAH!  Max is active and crawling around everywhere and as you can see, eating everything.  Sand is extra tasty!