Dishes

I think every boy (and girl) should know how to cook and clean! I've been totally spoiled with Thomas! He cooked most of our Thanksgiving dinner among other meals and I'm proud to admit he does our laundry.
So today for our activity Lincoln washed dishes...gotta start em young!








I love how serious he gets when he's concentrating!











His cheesy smile...


And a real smile...


You guys are in for a treat! I didn't let anyone take any pictures of me when I was pregnant with Lincoln. My Mom told me I would regret it (which I don't) but maybe one day I will so this is me with Baby #2 at 30 weeks...

Snowman Finger Prints

We're getting into the Christmas spirit over here at the Secor house! Today we played with paint making snowmen with Lincoln's fingers.






Then he painted the rest of the snow using a paintbrush.












I think he was going for the "snowmen having a snowball fight" look.

Fruit Loops and Colors

If you ever ask Lincoln what color something is he always says "green" or "yellow". A few months ago my Dad was in town and he took us to dinner so I decided to play a little joke on him while Linc was coloring and we were waiting for our food. I picked up the green crayon and asked Lincoln what color it was (figuring I had a 50/50 shot he would say green). He answered, "GREEN!". My Dad was VERY impressed and thought we had a child prodigy on our hands and so I proceeded to pick up the red, yellow, and blue crayons and asked Linc the same question to which he replied just as enthusiastically as the first time "GREEN!" to each one... He quickly got the joke.
Anyways, today I figured we would work on colors. The activity was supposed to go from this...


To this...(which it did the first time with LOTS of help from Mom)...


The second time through I wanted Linc to try to do more of it on his own and this is how it turned out...


But how can you correct a face as excited as this one...


So I just let him play...


Pouring cereal from one bowl to the next...





Blowing into the bowl watching the cereal fly...


And of course eating along the way...


By the end this was all the cereal that was left because he had eaten it all...


So this activity has forced me to come to one of two conclusions...
1. He is lazy like his Mom or
2. He is color blind like his Dad's side
Is it a bad thing to hope for number 2? I don't want the only trait he has from his Mom to be her laziness! Either way he is still the cutest boy I've ever seen!

Lazy White Woman's Idea of an Indian Headdress

I didn't feel like waiting for glue to dry so this is my lazy way of making an Indian headdress in honor of Thanksgiving. We put feathers on tape, it's hard to see the tape in this picture but it's there...


Then we taped it onto the back of the band...





I took him to the mirror to check himself out...





I didn't actually expect him to "check himself out"...going in for the kill...


Bingo...I take it he likes it...

Lincoln's Activity Idea

Lincoln came up with this activity all on his own. He asks to play with a previous activity (pushing puff balls) pretty much every day. Today he was playing with it and decided to put a ball in between his toes...


One turned into two...


Which evolved into a walking/ racing with puff balls game...








Side note- Lincoln has a famous pose for the camera...
First picture he was about 9 months old-


Today he's still got it-

Potato Art

I have been horrible at blogging this past week. I have been preoccupied with Breaking Dawn...I mean, a headband show I was in. (Even though I did take time out to go with my Sister in Law to see Breaking Dawn and she made adorable shirts for everyone). I have one more show this Saturday in Salt Lake and then I am allowing myself to start Christmas shopping!
I'm going to be honest, I have no clue where I originally found this idea...it's not my own and I wish I could give credit to the correct person.
You cut a potato in half, cut a design into it and use it as a stamp with paint. We did squares and hearts.























Finished product...almost.


And I am very proud to report that all of the paint stayed on the paper, he didn't even get any on the cookie sheet!