turtle soup.

A recap of the crazy effort to get one good Halloween costume picture...

future electrician? carpenter?

We train them early to help with renovation projects at our house...

just loungin'

My mom embroidered this adorable "Brobee" sweatshirt for Park. Classic. Who doesn't love a little bit of "yo gabba gabba" to brighten their day?

just some pictures

Such cute pictures...I couldn't choose the best one (note the most recent head bump...)

cloudy afternoon in the park

This weekend we celebrated (my nephew) Eli's first birthday (a few weeks late...). The clouds were looming, so we decided to skip the zoo and head to the neighborhood park for a picnic. The rain never came, of course, but sometimes the more simple the day, the better.

demo

"french country" counter tops? gone.

white hand painted tile back splash with pigs, cats, wheels of brie, and green onions? gone.

new (hygienic) surfaces to come!

goin' with the flow

When Parker was about 13 months old, he developed a to-the-core terror of the bath. I'm not sure how it happened - one day bath time was laughter and splashing, and the next day it was constant screaming. I went online and tried to get some advice...only to read about kids who's bathtime fear lasted for months. Yikes! We tried everything: going back to the baby bath. transitioning from the laundry basket (that he loves sitting in). standing in the empty bath and rinsing off....the only thing that finally worked was if he sat in my lap in the bath, but if his feet touched the bottom of the bath....watch out.

Now...solution! Parker LOVES taking showers! I think he feels more in control. I just suds him up and he rinses himself off while playing. Now the only crying we have to deal with at bath time is when the water turns off. I can deal with that!