Wisconsin Weekend

Karson, Nana, and I went to Milwaukee this weekend.

We try to go once a month to visit family.

I want Karson to know our Wisconsin family, and I want our Wisconsin family to know him.

We spend the entire weekend visiting, and drinking coffee, and watching Karson play.

We usually eat a lot too!

Karson's Gigi (Great Grandma) lives in a retirement apartment complex.  There is a really long hallway from the elevator to her door.  He, for whatever reason, loved to be in the hallway, but would not walk down it.   He did decide riding on Gigi's walker was a lot of fun!

One night after he at dinner, and before I had gotten a chance to eat any of mine.  life of a mommy I popped in a Signing Time movie.  He sat with his doggie and watched very intently. I love how much signing he has picked up lately!

Aunt Pat joined him on the couch, and learned how to sign fox. 

After dinner, we made strawberry shortcake.  We love strawberry shortcake at our house!  We always buy the canned Redi Wip.  Not because it tastes better, but because Karson finds it hilarious.

The rest of us do as well!

One of my Grandma's friends in the apartment complex also had their Grandson visiting.  He and Karson played one night.

They played really well together, until the little boy laid on his doggie.  Karson has never had to share his doggie.  He looked at the little boy, and just melted.  Sobbing in my lap, because someone else was cuddled up with his doggie.  He grabbed my hand and reached as far as he could to get his doggie back.  He was done playing after that, and we put the doggie back in the crib. :-)

ignore the hair glued to his head.  we had spaghetti for dinner, and he hadn't had a bath yet.

He was sure not to let his blankie or paci get snatched up, after his doggie was cuddled with.

 

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He was dipping his crackers in Nutella.

Chocolate makes even babies happy.

Like Granola Bars?

DO NOT buy them from the store anymore.

Use this recipe.

It is amazing.

Promise!

And if by chance your dog gets the entire pan off the counter and eats the entire thing.

No worries, they will be fine.

I add a few tbl of flax seed and 1 cup of mixed

nuts & crasins. (a combined cup, not 2 cups)

It was bound to happen.

I had introduced all of my prior cars as well.

Envoy, meet the mail box.

Mail box, meet the Envoy.

Karson wanted to snuggle extra long the other morning.

I loved every second of it!!

Grilled

YUMMY YUMMY YUMMY

Mommy 101: Improvise

No bread?  No big deal!

My dog has a few crazy quirks.
One being, she loves the car.
We were outside working in the yard, and she chilled in the car, the entire time.
At least one of her quirks isn't running away.
That would be too scary!

We had some extra time between errands this week.
I decided we would play at a park.
Apparently, the same park I played at when I was little.
He reminded me he is getting big.
He was so much fun!

He was on a new antibiotic last weekend for an ear infection.
He literally did NOT nap for 3 days.
Not little cat naps.  NO napping.
I tried everything.
Thus, snuggling with my exhausted baby in bed, while he watched Praise Baby.

The Pool

I mentioned a while ago that Karson really needed a new pool.

 I wanted to get him a really big one.

I have full intentions of laying on a raft in it all summer long.

But, that pool!

Oh, that pool!

It was really warm a few days ago, so I got it out, and went to blow it up.

Obstacle #1: Couldn't find the air pump.

I searched and searched my parents house, and finally gave up.

I grabbed my Mom's blow dryer on a whim.

And to my surprise, it worked!

Obstacle #2: Warm Water

My parent's have well water outside.

Which is cold!

Really, really cold!

Called my Mom to find out how to hook the hose up inside.

Obstacle #3: Find the adapter.

It was exactly where she thought it was.

Obstacle #4: Unhook the hose from the garage.

Called my dad, to find out how to unhook it.

Took me a while, but I figured it out.

Obstacle #5: Get the hose inside.

Climbed up onto the counter, and figured out how to get the screen off the window.

at this point, K was done being good

 

Obstacle #5: Figure out how to unscrew the 'thing' on the faucet, so the adapter would fit.

Found a wrench.

at this point K was melting down

Mommy was getting frustrated

Obstacle #6: The stinkin adapter didn't fit the faucet!

Now you would think at this point, that I would just give up.

Nope.  

I went into the bathroom, to see if it would fit that sink.

Nope.

while doing this, K bent the screen that I left on the floor

still melting down

The afternoon continues with me trying the stinkin adapter on EVERY faucet in the house.

I lost.

The adapter won.

Karson swam in a cold pool.

A very, very cold pool

But of course, he didn't care too much.

 See the tummy getting sucked in?

It was cold!

He lasted for a few minutes.

 

Decided he was done, and climbed out

And started playing in the dirt...

  And Mommy made herself a cup of coffee.

Called Daddy, and told him to get an adapter that fit the stinkin' faucet!

Chicken Wire Frame

Last week I saw this post.

I loved her chicken wire frame.

I had to make one for Munchkin's room.

I picked up a frame at a thrift store, for ya know, less than $1.

Grabbed some spray paint from Lowe's.

Told my Hubby to get me some chicken wire, and started painting.

I LOVE how it turned out!

 

His name and the clothes pins are from his birthday party.

I printed off a bible verse, and his letters.

And stole some pictures from a stack my Mom had.

I want to get some pictures printed in wallet size.

I think they would fit a little better.

And because I love how his birthday invites turned out, I had to add one too.

I love, love, love how it turned out!!

Little Boys and Dirt

BOY, N. a noise with dirt on it.

 All little boys love dirt.

Right?

My little boy is no exception

He loves dirt.

I can not tell you how many bath times I have spent cleaning out his little finger nails.

He loves dirt.

 Rocks in dirt?

 Even better!!

 He loves dirt!

What is better than digging in dirt?

Digging in rocks, in dirt!

 But even when you are loving digging in the rocks in the dirt...

There is always time for yelling at our crazy Molly!