Andrew has always loved the snow, especially shoveling it. Now, he has taken to shoveling the snow from the grass onto the sidewalks much to Isaac's dismay. I love his rosy cheeks in the cold weather. Britton just loves being outside! It is fun to have a little snow since it is winter.
One of my favorite times of the year is fall. Our yard is perfect for this time of year because we have a lot of beautiful trees with A LOT of leaves. Andrew was excited to jump in the leaves telling me he was going to jump off the roof. I definitely didn't let him jump off of the roof, but he did have a fun time playing in them. Britton was not so fond of the leaves. He initially wasn't quite sure about them and then started eating them and then started screaming. Maybe next year he will want to jump in too!
I can only guess, but it is surely one of my favorite parts of the day!
We planted a garden at the beginning of May in a tiny section of our yard after being instructed to by our stake president (and like we should anyway). I have never planted a garden so Andrew, Isaac, and I worked on getting the weeds pulled and Isaac planted tomato plants zucchini plants, and cucumber plants. Yes, it is a little bit overgrown, but I am amazed when I look at it. We have had several zucchini already but today I picked the first ripe tomatoes.....way exciting to me. My sister-in-law, Emily, thinks I am just as excited about the garden as I was about my new child...similar feelings, but the child of course wins out on that one. We also have an apricot tree and two apple trees that Isaac has been spraying and the fruit on them is out of control. I don't love apricots, but these have been pretty good.
I love how Britton's room turned out. The safari theme seems quite popular for little boys clothes and rooms lately and I have always loved giraffes so I fell for this bedding. I finally got the vinyl lettering up on the wall so here is the final result and the cute little guy in his crib.
Andrew loves Britton. He calls him beebee, long for baby! This morning I was feeding Britton and Andrew took his hat off of his head and put it on the baby. He then put on daddy's hat that is the same as his. I had to get a picture of them together because it was so cute. Andrew loves to hold him even if it is for just a second. He loves to give him kisses and to pat his head. He has decided his job is to help burp the baby and I let him do so with a reminder that he has to be soft.
I was having a hard time keeping Andrew's clothes clean when he eats with the bibs that you can buy in stores. My mother-in-law had a bib she used that was a hand towel that would velcro onto cupboards or the fridge so I decided to make some of my own...here are the results...I love them! As long as I can keep them on my silly boy they do a great job!
The Easter Bunny brought Andrew a fun basket this year! He got eggs with candy in them, a Berentstein Bears DVD, bubbles, and his own little drill. He loved it all, but especially the drill!
We had a fun time coloring Easter Eggs this year. Andrew wanted to throw them all down and crack them before we dyed them, but we managed to save a few to color. He didn't like that he dyed his hands and wanted them clean as soon as we were done. Aunt Tawny was staying the night with us so she got to share in the fun!
When he read the part about Fleas of a thousand camels infesting your armpits is when I clued in that it wasn't real. Well, we drove the Odyssey over to jump the car and it started right up....thank goodness...I guess it was an April Fool's Day joke that ended up working out okay.
