Thursday, April 28, 2011
Two Special New Friends
Nick also received these adorable, cuddly stuffed animals from Aunt Gwen! She knitted them herself!! The penguin and bear are soooo cute!! And Nick likes to look at them when he does tummy time
A Special Quilt
Nick got a special gift this weekend from Great Grandma Yuskales, delivered from Connecticut by Grandpa Stan. Great Grandma made Nick this beautiful quilt! Ben received one when he was born, too. Nick's quilt has all sorts of animals on it that are based on a really cool book that Great Grandma found. It is super cute!!
Sticker Man
Ben loves his Thomas stickers that the Easter Bunny brought. He can't go anywhere without them - even the shower. They all ended up in a giant pile and stuck to each other, but Ben doesn't care. They are his favorite thing right now.
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Stylish
The Easter Bunny brought Nick his very own pair of sunglasses (what a smart bunny). Nick wasn't so thrilled at first, but he warmed up to them later in the day. He's going to need them next week in New Orleans
Happy Easter!
It was a nice, quiet Easter this year, which was good because we all have colds now. Ben found his basket before church, which was good because he took some of the stuff with us to church for entertainment.
So the Crayola color bubbles are really cool, but I have decided they are only for summer time use in which few clothes are worn and there is a pool or hose handy for clean up. The bubble formula is super dark and kind of thick and drips a lot.
Nick's basket (the Easter Bunny was kind of obvious in hiding locations this year)
Ben helped Nick with his basket
We went to breakfast after church and Ben got chocolate chip pancakes. Most of the chocolate ended up on Ben's white shirt.
The Easter Bunny also left some giant eggs filled with goodies. It took Ben all day to find all 3 of them.
So the Crayola color bubbles are really cool, but I have decided they are only for summer time use in which few clothes are worn and there is a pool or hose handy for clean up. The bubble formula is super dark and kind of thick and drips a lot.
Nick's basket (the Easter Bunny was kind of obvious in hiding locations this year)
Ben helped Nick with his basket
We went to breakfast after church and Ben got chocolate chip pancakes. Most of the chocolate ended up on Ben's white shirt.
The Easter Bunny also left some giant eggs filled with goodies. It took Ben all day to find all 3 of them.
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Let's Go Fly A Kite!
Auntie Dre and Uncle Kevin got Ben an awesome pirate ship kite for Easter. After mommy put it together (because daddy thought it looked too complicated) we took it over to the park to try it out. There was a very good steady wind at the park and after some fiddling with the kite, Grandpa were successful in getting it to fly. When not in use we are going to hang it in the boys room. It's a pretty awesome kite!
A Fun New Table!
Grandma and Grandpa Wolny got the boys a picnic table/ water table for Easter. It's pretty cool. Ben put his big helper skills to use again by helping Grandpa put together the table.
And then it was time to play!
And after he was done playing, he put the top on the table and had a snack (but I forgot to get a picture of that...)
And then it was time to play!
And after he was done playing, he put the top on the table and had a snack (but I forgot to get a picture of that...)
Almost Time For An Upgrade
We finally got around to putting together the crib for Nick. Ben was very much the big helper while Adam put it together. We are going to wait for the ultimate move for a few more days until Ben is fully over his illnesses. But we are going to start with naps together to see how it goes.
Nick did very well taking his first naps in his new big bed
And he loves the mobile - a lot more than Ben ever did!
And a super big thanks to Shari for letting us borrow the crib!
Nick did very well taking his first naps in his new big bed
And he loves the mobile - a lot more than Ben ever did!
And a super big thanks to Shari for letting us borrow the crib!
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Poor Crayons
Ben has a total obsession lately with breaking all his crayons and pealing off the wrappers. I find it totally disturbing as I require all colored pens, pencils, markers and crayons to be in pristine condition, in their original containers in roy g biv order. But not Ben. No, he's all about the destruction.
Brown has met it's match
Nick is with me, saying 'Dude, what are you doing??"
The carnage
Working diligently to remove the wrapper
Brown has met it's match
Nick is with me, saying 'Dude, what are you doing??"
The carnage
Nick: 'Don't worry, mom. I'll take much better care of my crayons someday'
Motrin - The Miracle Drug
So poor Ben has contracted the influenza B. Luckily I got him into the doctor as soon as he started to cough and have a low grade fever so he was put on Tamiflu within 24 hours of his first symptoms. I think the Tamiflu has helped the coughing and probably some of the aches, but Ben is not very good at acting sick. However, his temperature has gotten up to 103.5 a few times when the Motrin has worn off. Motrin is a miracle drug. Here is Ben before the Motrin has kicked in - high fever, on the floor, mopy, just a sad sick little boy. :(
And now after the Motrin has kicked in - 101 fever, and ready for a dance party. Once he has Motrin in his system, nothing will slow him down (except mom who makes him settle down)!
And now after the Motrin has kicked in - 101 fever, and ready for a dance party. Once he has Motrin in his system, nothing will slow him down (except mom who makes him settle down)! Sunday, April 17, 2011
Still Fits - Barely
I wanted to see if Nick could still fit in the sweater outfit I got when he was born and he can just barely fit in it. Someone is about to be bumped up to the 3-6 month clothes.
