Thursday, August 2, 2012

Random

Yet, another random post to gather all of our random pictures and document our latest happenings...


CUDDLE BUDDIES:
Addison and Jonas getting some morning snuggles in after milkies.

Addison always loves to be the first to "babysit" Jonas when he wakes-up.  Which usually entails crawling into his crib with him and either reading him a book, packing along some toys, squeezing and kissing on him til he screams, or tossing some baby dolls in for him to play with her.  Most days he likes it, except on the days she decides to maul him with squeezes and kisses.  I don't blame him though, it's hardly the first thing you want to experience when you open your eyes for the day.

LONG DAYS:




It's been said (by me) that afternoons are the LONGEST part of our day.  So, on this particular day we went and holed up at the library to pass the time.  Addison loves to read books although she is still honing her "inside voice" skills.  Jonas is fascinated with playing with books and ripping pages out if only we would let him.  Oh and Addison is also entering the "make a silly face when someone takes your picture" phase.  Not sure if I'm very thrilled about that.  

IRRESISTIBLE:

Our kids have always been pretty good sleepers so I really have no complaints.  However, they usually prefer their beds over other people or arms holding them.  99% of the time that is a good problem to have.  I'm just lucky that sometimes the little guy lets me snuggle by him while he takes a nap.  Absolutely one of my FAVORITE places to be....cuddled next to a squeezy, cute, and sleepy baby.  This time he even needed me to cuddle closer to him before he fell asleep.  I could just eat him up.

JUMP ZONE:




We decided to take advantage of some Jump Zone passes and spend the morning playing on the bounce houses.  Better yet, we also decided to steal cousin, Karah from her house and bring her with us.  Addison just LOVES her some Karah.  Such an age difference but I love that she admires Karah so much.  I couldn't have picked a better example for my little girl.  We are just glad she likes hanging out with us just as much.  She makes a great babysitter by the way!  I was able to get some stuff done while she toted the big brutus beef around and still played with Addison.  She was even able to take Addison potty WHILE holding Jonas....I can barely do that myself.  I almost had her Mommy convinced that she needed to skip school every Friday so she could be our live-in nanny.  What better way to learn from real life experiences right?  Um, job shadowing anyone?  

PAUL THE PRAYER GUY:


We've been trying harder to have family home evening lessons on Monday night.  Daddy really came through this past week and taught us a great lesson on praying.  Addison just ate it up.  Especially since he used "Paul The Prayer Guy" to help teach us what to do with our bodies while saying prayers.  Addison has saved Paul ever since and plays with him often.  She even let him come with us to swimming lessons the next day.  Luckily, she didn't make him go swimming.  That wouldn't be good since Paul is made of paper.  Even now, a week later, she still remembers the things we do before we pray.  So much so, that she decides to tattle on everyone (mid-prayer) when they aren't adhering to all the requirements.  She loves to learn and loves to do what is right.  I think I'll always be grateful for that characteristic.




SWIM LESSONS:


And yes, as stated earlier, Addison has started & finished her first session of swim lessons.  I missed signing her up for the community lessons but luckily Miss Emily was teaching private lessons at her pool.  We are lucky to have Miss Emily teach Addison all about swimming.  Addison has always loved the water but I'm definitely up for her learning to be more comfortable in it.  Especially, when someone that isn't her mom is teaching her.  She has been doing so good and talks about Miss Emily non-stop before and after swim lessons.  Now, we just need her to start talking to her during them! ;-)

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