Just a few pics...

Things have been crazy here with potty training and all...I tell ya, I never thought I would say this, but I am really tired of looking at Annalee's naked bum...she has been resistant to underwear of any kind, and totally regressed when I tried to move the potty back to the bathroom...so we are still here...



But I thought I'd post these others to get my mind off it and to remember what it was like back when she wore clothes!




And here's the cutest, sweetest little baby boy ever...pay no attention to the carrotsi n his nose :)

The Fruits of our Labor...

Or Veggies rather!

Our "porch" garden is growing like weeds...hahaha, I crack myself up...anyway...see for yourself...



the tomatoes!





they're getting big!







too bad I hate them :(





the herbs...which I cut and use constantly, and they just keep on growin'!!






Mint (for tea)





Parsley (for a billion different dishes!)






And the Radishes!
doesn't look like much from here...





But I pulled these yesterday!! yippee!!






I have enjoyed growing these veggies waaaaaaaay more than any flowers I have planted (and promptly let die)! Already thinking about next year!

Do you think he wants some Coke??

Jude is VERY aware of everything that we are eating or drinking, and therefore everything he is not...and he is letting us know he's not to thrilled with this situation, and we are no longer able to eat or drink anything anywhere near him in peace. He can no longer be held at the table with anything near him or it will be pulled off and in your lap, and he is QUICK let me tell you...


This is just a small view of what it can be like...




But my gosh he is so stinkin cute you just can't get mad at him!

The past 4 days

This is how we have been spending our days...



All day every day....


We read books here...





We play blocks here...



We have successes here...



and failures here...





It seems like 1 step forward and 2 steps back...




And so here we sit...




Does this seem redundant?




Welcome to my world.

No Jude's not crawling...

Jude is not crawling...





Really he's not....






Not even a little bit....



He is completely stationary...






My baby boy is NOT crawling yet...





Technically...

Play-Dough!

I have discovered in the past couple of weeks that Annalee is in need of more structured activities. She has always been very independent and happy to play on her own for the most part. But lately she had been getting into EVERYTHING and basically driving me nuts, and then it just dawned on me... Duh...she's bored...so I've been planning scheduled activities a few times a day to help keep her occupied.

So I made some homemade play-dough, you can find the recipe here.

We had a lot of fun....

I got out the cookie cutters and showed Annalee how to roll it it out, and had to tell her several times not to eat it :)



Here are a few of my attempts to be creative...


Her name spelled out in Play-Dough...




And the very difficult to execute Play- Dough Snake...



Although it was a pretty good snake if I do say so myself...




Then Daddy came home...







And it quickly became apparent that he is a much better play-dough creator than Mama...


He made a CAR!




Which Annalee thought was just the coolest...




And a head with Dread lock hair...ok mama was responsible for the hair...I had the rolling out down to an art...






Play Dough was a huge hit!


And this is what Jude was doing...Pay no attention to the drool on the floor...I don't...