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Saturday, June 11, 2011
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Saturday's Haul
The weather was beautiful early Saturday morning, so we decided to hit up a few tag sales in the area. My goal: outdoor toys. Ish was very excited - kept asking me if there were toys at the tag sales. As if we would go to one that didn't have toys!!
Our first score of the weekend was this awesome Little Tikes outdoor playhouse. It is in good condition and the woman selling it was only asking $5! How could we not buy it for $5??!!
We also found these two cute plastic Adirondack chairs. How cute will it be when both boys are big enough to sit out on the deck together in these. For $2 a chair, I had to have them.
Ish has really been getting better at imaginative play and when I saw this set of felt animals I knew he would get a kick out of it. It includes a felt board book and a range of felt animals to go along with each scene. It's brand new and was only 50 cents. Ish loves it - keeps asking us to "play animals" with him.
Another 50 cent score was this puppy puzzle. A little advanced for Ish, but with our help he has been having fun with it.
More his speed (no pun intended) is this Cars puzzle. It's got large pieces that are pretty easy to put together. Only $1.
For $2 a piece we picked up these Backyardigan dvds. A nice change of pace for all of us.
This large metal Tonka truck was only $2. Ish gets a kick out of being able to pick things up with the front loader. Nice and sturdy for outside play.
And Ish wasn't the only one to score at the sales this weekend - Matt found this wine cooler-storage unit for only $40. He's been in the market for one for years but the cost has always been too high. So he's happy too!
Our first score of the weekend was this awesome Little Tikes outdoor playhouse. It is in good condition and the woman selling it was only asking $5! How could we not buy it for $5??!!
We also found these two cute plastic Adirondack chairs. How cute will it be when both boys are big enough to sit out on the deck together in these. For $2 a chair, I had to have them.
Ish has really been getting better at imaginative play and when I saw this set of felt animals I knew he would get a kick out of it. It includes a felt board book and a range of felt animals to go along with each scene. It's brand new and was only 50 cents. Ish loves it - keeps asking us to "play animals" with him.
Another 50 cent score was this puppy puzzle. A little advanced for Ish, but with our help he has been having fun with it.
More his speed (no pun intended) is this Cars puzzle. It's got large pieces that are pretty easy to put together. Only $1.
For $2 a piece we picked up these Backyardigan dvds. A nice change of pace for all of us.
This large metal Tonka truck was only $2. Ish gets a kick out of being able to pick things up with the front loader. Nice and sturdy for outside play.
And Ish wasn't the only one to score at the sales this weekend - Matt found this wine cooler-storage unit for only $40. He's been in the market for one for years but the cost has always been too high. So he's happy too!
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Sunday, May 29, 2011
When did THAT happen??
I blinked. I blinked and my "little boy" isn't so little anymore.
He doesn't need our help to get on/off/ride his toys now.
He sits down with me when I log on to my laptop and tells me he is going to help me get coupons on his 'puter because he knows we can go to the store if we have coupons!
He's big enough to sit and feed himself at the little kids table.
He doesn't need us to lift him to the top of the slide anymore. He climbs the ladder by himself now.
And even though his little legs are still too short to reach the pedals, he's ready to roll on his own.
So we are starting a new big boy path with our new big boy Matthew.
And we're starting the little boy path all over again with our new little boy Noah.
Note to self: no more blinking.
He doesn't need our help to get on/off/ride his toys now.
He sits down with me when I log on to my laptop and tells me he is going to help me get coupons on his 'puter because he knows we can go to the store if we have coupons!
He's big enough to sit and feed himself at the little kids table.
He doesn't need us to lift him to the top of the slide anymore. He climbs the ladder by himself now.
And even though his little legs are still too short to reach the pedals, he's ready to roll on his own.
So we are starting a new big boy path with our new big boy Matthew.And we're starting the little boy path all over again with our new little boy Noah.
Note to self: no more blinking.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Still Here
I wasn't sure what I should title this post, but since we're about two and a half hours post rapture, I think "Still Here" sums it up.
We're still trying to figure out what's going on with Noah. We know about the milk allergy and the new formula (though expensive) is working out quite well. But there's something else going on. Maybe silent reflux, maybe colic, who knows. So we're kinda throwing everything we can at this kid in hopes of finding a solution. I've been to the pediatrician and the chiropractor many times these past few weeks with the boy.
Matt went back to work last week so I spend my days home alone with Noah. I feed him, change him, chauffeur him to appointments and just generally try to make him comfortable. Like this:
Ish spends his days at grandma and pop-pop's house. He doesn't mind (as is evident in this picture). He gets to run errands with pop-pop, watch dvds with Aunt Dana and, when the weather cooperates, he gets to play outside on the deck.
And of course he gets to hang out with his best bud, Mare Mare.
I'm hoping we see changes in young Noah in the weeks to come. Changes that might bring more sleep for me and Matt and more peace to our house (especially in the baby witching hours of the early evening). In the meantime, we're getting by day by day and, well, we're still here!
We're still trying to figure out what's going on with Noah. We know about the milk allergy and the new formula (though expensive) is working out quite well. But there's something else going on. Maybe silent reflux, maybe colic, who knows. So we're kinda throwing everything we can at this kid in hopes of finding a solution. I've been to the pediatrician and the chiropractor many times these past few weeks with the boy.
Matt went back to work last week so I spend my days home alone with Noah. I feed him, change him, chauffeur him to appointments and just generally try to make him comfortable. Like this:
Ish spends his days at grandma and pop-pop's house. He doesn't mind (as is evident in this picture). He gets to run errands with pop-pop, watch dvds with Aunt Dana and, when the weather cooperates, he gets to play outside on the deck.
And of course he gets to hang out with his best bud, Mare Mare.
I'm hoping we see changes in young Noah in the weeks to come. Changes that might bring more sleep for me and Matt and more peace to our house (especially in the baby witching hours of the early evening). In the meantime, we're getting by day by day and, well, we're still here!
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