First Bath Together

First time our little munchkins bathing together :)

B - 5.5 months M - 6 yrs

Notes

Melissa & I have this little "white" board that we write notes to each other on. This is one of my favorite ones she did for me awhile back. We have this is little thing we do to one another, the "I Love U" hand symbol... here she drew it for me :)

Eating Solid Foods

So we started the New Year, January 1st, with Brody's first time trying solid foods which was rice cereal. He wasn't quite 6 months - he was 23 weeks old to be exact - and he wasn't quite ready, but we had fun with it and made it a special family moment! Today, 7 weeks later - as I write this, he has certainly grown into eating solids, and it is a fun event we enjoy several times a day.

He sits directly across from his sister which he just loves to watch!

Melissa has a turn feeding her Bro...

Happy Valentine's Day

I wanted to make special Valentines with the kids' hands/footprints for their grandparents this year. Melissa joined me yesterday at the computer to put their prints into a card. So a lot of the layout (especially on hers) is influenced by her :) Happy Valentine's to you all :) xoxo

Melissa's hand prints at 6.75 years

Brody's footprints at 6 months

Brody's First Playdate

Brody went on his first "playdate" today with Spencer. Honestly, there wasn't much playing really involved... more just them looking at each other. Brody did try to chat a bit to Spencer, and Spencer showed Brody his Jolly Jumper moves... boy did he put Brody to shame! We'll see if Brody picked up any new tricks next time he goes for a jump!

Jolly Jumping

Much to our surprise, Brody doesn't really get excited about jumping in the Jolly Jumper (quite the opposite actually). This was Melissa's favorite thing to do. Today I put him in and got a few minutes of him enjoying himself... but it was short lived :P

Smartie Pants

Last week I was surprised with the spelling test words that Melissa came home with. It wasn't till the day before the test that I saw them, so we only had one night to cram in some serious memorization. I was very proud of her when she brought home a 9/10!

Enjoying the Sun

The last few days we have had spectacular sunshine, and it's only February! I have been doing as much as I can to soak it up. On Saturday afternoon we set up a blanket which Melissa did her Valentines cards for her classmates on, while Brody & I watched.

Puppet Show

Making good use of her Christmas Puppet Show Theatre made by Auntie Darcie, Melissa entertains her brother with dancing puppets :) It's a win / win situation. She has an audience and he has entertainment!

Melissa's Build-a-Bear's Wardrobe

Last week we found a girl on Craigslist that was selling her Build-a-Bear clothing as she has outgrown them. Melissa did a photo shoot with her two Build-a-Bear cats and had me print them out for her to put into a little album :)

Bouncy Boy

This video was taken a few weeks back, but shows you a bit of Brody's adventurous behaviors! I know Melissa certainly never was this active in the bouncy chair!

Evidence

God is funny... he has given me this wonderful daughter with many opposite traits to myself... just to test my patience! I was a neat freak as a child and still am!

Found another picture that kinda goes with the theme of this post. This is what happens within seconds of Melissa arriving home from school... she explodes and then disappears upstairs leaving a trail behind her!