Kaylyn + laptop = bad

Recently, we got a monitor and keyboard to convert the laptop to a desktop. And this is why....

It started with one or two keys that were a little loose. Kaylyn would keep prying them off, but the connector pieces were still attached, so I could just pop the keys right back on. Then Kaylyn started prying the keys off, pulling off the connectors pieces and then chewing them up into an unrecognizeable piece of mangled plastic. So there were a few blank spots on the keyboard...At first it wasn't really a big deal because it was just some arrow keys, an atl key, and a few of the numbers - nothing I didn't already know where it was and could easily find without a label. Then the missing keys spread into the letters, and by the time we were down to only like 15 or 20 keys left (most of which were the function buttons on the top row), it was just too difficult to type anything. So, now the laptop just sits under the desk and serves only as a hard drive. :) The set up is actually pretty nice. The screen is bigger. And if we watch a show on Netflix, it's almost like having a TV in living room :)

August 2012

I am really glad that Kaylyn is such a good eater. James is the pickiest little thing - ever since he could eat solid food, it has been such a struggle to get him to try new foods or eat anything besides a select few foods. Kaylyn will eat pretty much anything you give her, and if you are eating something in front of her, you better be prepared to share. :) This month we discovered she really likes blueberries. She'll just sit and snack on them right out of the carton.

 

 She also enjoys chocolate pudding...a lot :)

 We also discovered that Kaylyn needs to be kept out of the kitchen. After many pantry shelf raids, and one dumping sugar all over the living room incident, we decided we need to block off the doorway to the kitchen. The problem is that the doorway is kind of wide - wider than any of the gates we could find at the store. So, for a while we just blocked it with a big dry erase board. But that wasn't heavy enough and after watching us enough times, she figured out she could just slide to the side a little and squeeze into the kitchen. :) Then we used a folded card table, which did the trick of keeping her out, but boy was that annoying to move out of the way every time we needed to get into the kitchen. Then, at last I found a wide enough gate on Amazon, and it came in the mail...

Yay! It fits, and it keeps Kaylyn out! :)

This month James learned how to cut with scissors! He has been really interested in art type projects lately - coloring, painting, gluing - and really wanted to cut with scissors. So, we went to Target and he picked out some little kid safety scissors. Then he went to town on a bunch of paper from the printer. :) At first all he would do was cut little slits and make a fringe around the edge of the paper because he didn't quite understand how to keep the scissors in place and continue across the page. After a while he figured it out though, and now he can cut the paper in half, and in lots of little pieces :)

 

 

 Most days James will go down for a nap just fine. He may sing or talk to himself for a little while, but will fall asleep eventually for at least 2 hours. Recently, however, he has decided that some days he doesn't need a nap and will be stubborn and refuse to go to sleep, so he just has "quiet time" while Kaylyn sleeps. Other days, though, he tries to be stubborn, and gives up halfway through his escape attempt. :)

 Some cute pics...

 

 ...and silly pics :)

 

Announcing.....

Baby #3!

Coming February 2013! :)

June 2012

This month we rearranged all the furniture in the living room - like, we moved every single thing to a different place. It was a lot of work, but our living room got super cleaned in the process. :) I don't have any before and after pics, but we're really happy with the new look. The room feels more open, we have more room for the dining area, and all the toys are kinds of hidden away in the corner, which will hopefully help contain the toy mess. :) I also finally got around to hanging something on on the bare white walls. We've had a few pictures hung on the wall to the hallway for a while, but that's it. So, thanks to ideas from Pinterest, I got some different fabrics from Joann's that matched the living room, wrapped them around different size canvases, arranged them on the wall, and Voila!

It's not much, but at least now, after 2 years, we have something on the wall. :)

Kaylyn's hair is finally long enough to put in pig tails! Yay! Sooo cute :)

 

 

More pics from this month...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Rest of May 2012

Here are some pics of the kiddos from the rest of May...

Having fun at the park...

 

 

 

 

 "Helping" Mommy make pizza... :)

 

 Reading books...

 

 

 

 Watching shows...

 And lots of being silly!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Happy Birthday James!!

James turned 3 years old on May 8th! James really likes trains right now, so he asked for a train cake.

 

 

I wasn't really sure what I could or wanted to do for a train cake, so I looked up some ideas online, and I think it turned out pretty well. :) We just did a little party at home with some friends, but we had fun. James' favorite part was the streamers I hung on the ceiling. All the time, he asks to put the decorations back up, mainly because he equates decorations with birthdays, and birthdays mean presents! (Also, when I tell him no, we can't put the decorations up because it's not his birthday, his alternative is "Can we get the Christmas tree and get presents?"...hehe...silly little boy.)

 Happy Birthday James!!!