Waffles

This morning, G and I made homemade waffles in our George Foreman grill that mamaw gave us for Christmas. We use the George Foreman all the time, but we've never used the waffle plate. It was really easy, and I had so much extra that I cut them in half and froze them for a quick weekday breakfast. Much to my protest, he insisted on having two big waffles all to himself. Needless to say, he didn't eat it all, but he said they were delicious.

I don't know why the slideshow is cutting him off in the first photo. I really took a much better pic than that! :)

Easter Eggs, Take I and II

We decorated Easter Eggs this weekend. It was a challenge to keep the three year old boy at bay while trying to take pics, so notice there are just before and after, and no during. We even took his shirt off because the dye was getting everywhere. After breaking three or four on the first day, we made more the second day. He had a blast and can't wait to "throw them out in the yard for the Easter bunny."

Art Class

Today G and I had our first Art Class with Miss Anita. I was really impressed, and G had so much fun! We are both going to learn so much about art, and since it's really something that I've always loved and have a somewhat small background in, I think I will enjoy it that much more.

Today we made a craft - a frog out of a paper plate and painted with tempura paint.

Then today's artist was Piet Mondrian. She spoke about vertical and horizontal in talking about his black lines as well as the primary colors that he used.

I also learned that G can use scissors. He cut out the hot air balloon all by himself and did a great job! I have to admit I took away the scissors months ago when he cut a large hole in his pants and I haven't even given the scissors a second thought. My goal is to let him make all of the projects himself, and I say that only because I noticed the mom next to me doing her son's entire project. Of course it looked perfect, but it wasn't his. Anyway, I wasn't tempted, but I want to make a point not to and let him learn.

We can't wait for next week. I hear that Jackson Pollack is everyone's favorite, and I know why. :) Splash, splash. Not sure if and when we will learn about him this 6 week session.

Something more than scribbles

My son has never been a colorer. I hear stories of other people's children who sat in their highchairs at 18 months and colored while mommy made dinner, not mine. He's been running since 11 months old with not a lot of interest in coloring except for a few minutes here and there, so needless to say that I was almost in tears when G drew this for me during our "iced in day" out of the blue. It was something more than a singular scribble on a page or EVERY color in the crayon box rubbed all over the page to where everything is black.

A pretty, pretty rainbow!

Watch it wiggle

We've been in the mood for jell-o lately. So G and I have been making jigglers. So fun. We were "creative" the first time because I only had seasonal cookie cutters, so we made astronauts out of gingerbread men and then stars for a space theme. Then we bought hearts for Valentine's Day. A pan a jigglers never makes it back into the refrigerator after we cut them out. We devour them all!

Bonkers!

I took G to a place called Bonkers last night. It's so hard to explain, so I posted a pic. It's a two story warehouse where they built these play things made of parachute straps that you can climb on and inside are slides, bridges, and other fun things, etc.

The first time I took him he was only 15 mo. old and needed a lot of help to get around. That is my speed in this thing. Now he can run through it in a matter of seconds. Next time we need to invite a friend to go with him because mommy is not fast enough. Now he never complained, mind you, but he just kept saying, "Come on, mom." "I'm waiting for you mom." The height of the openings is such that he can just run through it, but I am on my hands and knees crawling the entire time. Not ideal for work clothes or jeans. Anyway, we were crawling over a bridge where these soft pylons were hitting us in the face, and G turned around in the middle of the bridge and said, "I love you mom!" And then just kept running. Too cute! Great bonding time, I guess. ;)

Dinosaurs Alive!

In the beginning of December, G and I went to an exhibit at a local museum called Dinosaurs Alive! They were animatronic and very realistic in every way. They made noise, moved their eyes, tails, arms - they did everything but walk! While G LOVES dinosaurs, this exhibits really frightened him, and actually it kind of scared me as well. They were so lifelike. He wouldn't get very close. The only animatronic dino he would touch was one that was broken. :)

The museum also had a petting zoo and a little zoo. He had a good time feeding billy goats, pot belly pigs and a donkey. They were pretty gross in mommy's eyes, so we headed back to the museum and scrubbed up. Ha! Ha! It was a good day, and we were thankful for the beautiful weather.

G and daddy

G and daddy were hanging out watching a Charlie Brown Christmas when I snapped this with my new camera. I thought it was precious.

Playa

In November, we talked our friends Trek and Traci and their son E into a quick trip to our favorite place, Playa del Carmen. They had never been. My mom went as well. We all had a great time just hanging out and relaxing on the beach. After we returned home, G kept asking to go back to Mexico. Maybe daddy will buy us that condo in Mexico after all...probably not.

A Trip to the Pumpkin Patch

G and I went to the local pumpkin patch today. We have gone every year since he was born. This year he really had a blast. We took a hayride and rode on a mini tractor barrel ride. They had bounce houses, lots of animals, hay mazes, painted cut-outs, kettle corn, and pumpkins of course! We spent over three hours there, but we had to leave because it was starting to get dark. We can come back again before Halloween though. It's a really great place, and it's basically free!

Fall

I LOVE Fall! I really do. I love the smells, the colors, the festivals, just everything about it. Unfortunately there isn't a lot of fall in Texas, but I take all that I can get. We went to a Greek festival last week and the State Fair of Texas on Friday. We bought mums last night and planted them. This is the first year for me to plant a fall plant, so I'm excited. G picked purple mums that have probably a hundred blooms that will open in the next week or so. They will be gorgeous.

This morning G and I decorated pumpkins. What fun! We will go to the local pumpkin patch next weekend.

Story Time

Remember Story Time at the library? I do. Mom took me almost every week. I took G to Story Time at our local library for the first time last night. It was fun and the librarian read us books about the zoo. We heard three books, sang zoo songs, and she gave us an elephant art project to take home and make. He received a story time card where he gets a sticker for every time he comes and after so many times (15, I think), he receives a free book.

After story time ended, we read some books together. I always forget about the library...I hope we can go to story time every week.