Doing the Belly Dance

Yes we have reached a few milestones at our house recently. Miles is in the process of being potty trained and Wes has learned to roll over onto his belly. I figured no one would want to see Miles on the "pot pot" so here are a few pics of Wessy doing his belly dance.

It is much easier to push a car around when on your belly.

It is a much nicer way to drool to--doesn't run down your neck, just all over the floor.

Check out that drool stream. I guess I inherited the Noel slopper gene.

Nothing like sleeping on your belly in a big drool puddle. (oh and Aunt Mimi please tell my mom I need a hair cut)

It is much easier to see out of the crib when on your belly.

Ian's Plan to Catch a Leprechaun

So, for the last month Ian has been creating a plan to capture the elusive St. Patrick's Day leprechaun. He conferred with Mr. Mednick his school teacher and decided to not wear green on St. Patty's. This would hopefully lead to a leprechaun coming to pinch him and being the sneaky boy that he is Ian would grab the leprechaun and demand his pot of gold aso he could go buy a Wii.

Ian has been trying to figure out how to get a Wii since long before Christmas. Here is my weekly menu which he thought was a grocery list and if you look closely he has written"Git Ian a Wii."

Well, Ian spent his St. Patrick's Day without a bit of green apparel. He came home from school without a pot of gold, but knew he was on right track because of the little footprints a leprechaun had left across the classroom white board.

After dinner Ian went searching through the front yard and the culdesac behind the house. He found many "wrappers" which he knew were from the mischievous little man. He came home and found the water in the bathroom had turned green and knew that he was hot on the trail. At bedtime he burst into tears because he did not have the big pot of leprechaun gold. After viewing some you.tube videos that showed how fast leprechauns are he decided to call it a day.

This morning when Ian went downstairs to watch his morning cartoons he found his own pot of gold. Not enough to buy the Wii he wanted, but it made him smile for awhile.

Miles was pretty happy with the loot too.

This is Ian trying to look mischievous in the background. I will have to remember mischievous and disgusted come across the same way.

Might not buy a Wii, but it sure tastes good.

The Take Over of Baby

Wes is growing like a weed, and his hair is growing even faster! He has succeeded in taking over around this house. Ian will stop playing superhero's and commit to a long game of peek a boo just because of those big blue eyes. Miles runs into the room asking if we can wake up "Little Wes" or "Chubby Cheeks." When Wes hears Dave's voice he immediately starts to fuss until daddy is holding him. And of course my day consists of trying to find ways to please this cute little man. My piano students have also become involved in the take over--Wes loves to grin at Danielle, and for some reason he always chooses Alicyn's lesson to scream through (happily I might add, as if he wants to sing to the music she is playing).

Here is the kitchen take over--high chair, chimes, alligator toy, bouncy chair, and bumbo. Not to mention the bottles, formula, and rice cereal on the counter.

Look at those baby blues.

Big brother to save the day.

One happy baby.

A Saturday Well Spent...

Here are some photo's from the workshop I attended on Saturday. It was such a great class. In one day Marisa & Megan taught us what years of experience have taught them. My camera is now on "Manuel", and I'm realizing how much I hated the auto settings. Now I am in control--and being the control freak I am this makes me very happy. I don't know if anyone else can see the difference in my photo's, but to me it has made a world of difference!

(I've been doing all my editing on my laptop--anyone know how to tell if your screen is positioned right? Just a little tilt and everything looks darker!)

JOY-ography

On Saturday I was lucky enough to attend a Joyography Workshop. Their motto is "turning the girl next door into an artist." One of my hopes was to be able to use my camera to capture how cute, loveable, and beautiful my children really are. I had my doubts, but now I can let the photo's do the talking...

Marisa and Megan--Thank you , thank you, thank you!!

(I will post some pictures from the workshop as soon as I can stop taking pictures of my kids.)

Scrabble Tile Pendants

Last night my sister in law Kate came over for a visit. We decided to make these cute and easy scrabble tile pendants. Each tile will be turned into a pendant and with one chain I can mix and match and swap out as many of these little tiles as I want! Plus they will make great gifts. Here is a great tutorial .

Vote for me!!

Hey--I made it as a finalist!! The photographers at Moondoggie Photography are offering this great photography workshop. They take the most amazing photographs and it would be so great to spend a day learning from them. So, everyone head over to joyography and vote for me. Please, please, pretty please! :)