Nap Time Naughty

After Linc had been in his crib for awhile playing and not sleeping I went in to check on him and this is what I found...


He had somehow pulled his diaper holder into his crib and taken out every diaper. It's a good thing Thomas just restocked it yesterday. I think he was trying to tell me he had a dirty diaper...either that or he was trying to change himself.

Cookies and Coloring

I've mentioned this before but Lincoln is such a good helper in the kitchen! These are pictures of us making cookies last week.








And playing peek a boo...











And then we colored while we waited for them to bake.

Three favorite sayings...

Lincoln's three favorite sayings...
"are you kidding me?"
"what the heck?"
"are you serious?"
Apparently I need to watch what I'm saying!

Utah's best kept secret!

Thomas had Monday off of work so I decided to take him and Linc to a place called Jump Around Utah. I really want to take our playgroup there but I wanted to check it out first. It is $4 for a two year old to jump for as long as they want and parents are free (it's mainly for kids to jump but parents can help). They have a huge "bubble" to jump on in the middle, 6 bounce houses (two with slides) and a giant 3 story play place...a child's paradise!!
Sorry, these pictures are so dark because I had to zoom in he was so far away from me (Thomas took him out while I watched from the chairs) but Lincoln is the one in the dark blue shirt/ white collar and Thomas is wearing a white hat.


I love his face in this one!

Aquarium

We've spent a lot of time at the aquarium lately thanks to Greg and Lauren for the aquarium passes! This is a picture of Lincoln watching the penguins...



And if he looks a little wet it's because he is, just before the penguin exhibit he was playing with sting rays. Why didn't I get a picture of that you ask? Because I was too worried that if I looked away for a few seconds he might either
1. Try to swim with them or
2. Start drinking the water
Long story short, the sting ray exhibit is so cool!

Pinching Pennies

I realize my "activities" have gotten more and more pathetic as this pregnancy is getting closer to the end but a lot of them have something in common
1. They're easy
2. They don't require much interaction from me
3. I'm usually able to rest during them

So last week we played with money. I would just dump the change out of Lincoln's bank and he would put it back in. Simple enough and it entertained him forever while I laid down next to him.





Yes, we've found many ways to entertain ourselves including throwing a toy against the wall and thinking it is the funniest thing in the world!

Dog Walking!

Lincoln and I were invited on the best adventure ever! We got to go help our friends Candyce and Stella walk a dog! For some reason I didn't get one picture of the dog but here are pictures of them playing on the playground afterwards...


Stella "catching" Linc...





Cutest boy ever!!!

Basketball skills

We spend a lot of time playing basketball because the weather is so cold. This is a new trick Linc picked up...


Yes, that is him shooting two balls at once and he's not half bad!


But let's be honest, this is the real reason "we've" been spending so much time playing basketball...

Mr. Clean

I finally felt like I had an ounce of energy today so I took advantage of it and got some cleaning done with my little helper.
Laundry...






Mirrors...





Making the bed...





Well, kind of, at our house we make the bed in order to play in it...





Where's "Waldo"?








After doing a few more chores we finished up with some sweeping...


And then we were both spent!!


*I do have some advice to get your toddler to help you clean, it helps to double up on things if you can. We have two dusters and he just follows me around the house dusting. We have a broom and a swiffer sweeper so once again he follows me around cleaning with whichever one I'm not using, and doing dishes I pull up a chair for him and give him his own sponge.

Dad's Home!

The best part of Lincoln's day is when Thomas comes home. Linc knows he can't jump on me or be rough with me so when Dad comes home he is in heaven! You can already tell they are best friends and have a completely different bond than a mother and son could ever have. They wrestle every night in some way or another and it hit me tonight that I need to document this. So here are pictures of them playing tonight...

















I love these boys!!! And I'm so excited we're getting another one!!

Quick Story

I keep putting things Lincoln says or does on Facebook but I'm starting to realize they get kind of lost and I forget them so since I use this blog as a "journal" I am going to try to document quick stories on here too.

Last night Linc and I were standing outside and he pointed to the sky and said "moon" and I said, "you're right but where are the stars?" (there weren't any) he looked around for a minute confused and then pointed to my right and said "there it is"... It was a Carl's Jr. sign! Haha

Play Dough!

You may be surprised to hear this but Lincoln's never played with play dough. To be honest I looked up a few different edible play dough recipes a long time ago that I never got the ingredients for (there is a peanut butter one and a jello one floating around the Internet that both sounded good and not too difficult). But needless to say the bigger I got and further into pregnancy I got I realized this was a gift Santa was meant to bring, and it was a huge hit! Thank you to Santa for picking up my slack :)











Wrapping the play dough around his thumb...





And then I got the bright idea to start sculpting the play dough. It started off innocent enough, a smiley face...


And then a turtle...


But this next little guy was almost the death of me! A sad attempt at a football...


The problem is he loved it and was willing to help clean everything up except the football. When I told him it was time for the football to go to sleep he lost it...


And this bitter scowl did not leave his face for a good 15 min...