week seven.

 

Mabel: She is always coloring, writing and drawing. We have stacks upon stacks of all of her "projects" as she like to call them. Last week she screamed for me to come and look at the "A" she made and to my surprise it was an actual "A". She also taught herself to write several other letters I had no idea about so I took that as a hint and we're now going through the alphabet. It amazes me how great her penmanship is already.

Gus: Reading Mother Goose in his brand new big boy underwear. I can't believe we're at that point with him already he'll be 2 in a couple of weeks and I'm in complete denial. Notice he's wearing a band aid on his little thumb. The other morning Sam left really early for work and left us all asleep. Gus decided to wake up and head into our bathroom to "shave" so he has a tiny little cut on his finger and his upper lip. Scary but sweet at the same time. When we ask him what happened he say embarrassingly says, "I shaved".

week six.

 

 

Mabel: Always twirling around. I can't keep her out of her ballet clothes. 

Gus: We set up a little tent on our patio last week and have yet to take it down because he loves it so much. He likes to read and play his banjo in there. 

 

 

And a couple of extras because they are just too cute!

week five.

 

This weeks photos....

Mabel: Practicing her letters and sounds. We're so proud of her love of learning. She talks about going to school all the time and tells me not to be sad when she goes because she'll always come back.

Gus: He got a sticker from the checkout woman at the grocery store and his response was, "Wow, Say-nk You!"

week 4.

 

 

A beautiful day chasing bubbles in the park. 

week three.

 

Mabel: All this spring like weather calls for picnics at the teepee and she's wearing a shirt my Mom saved of mine from when I was around the same age.
Gus: "Because" and "Why" are his most used words as of lately.

week two.

 

Mabel: She insisted on wearing pigtails everyday this week. She is growing so fast and I often can't believe what a big girl she is. Sleepy moments remind me she's still my baby. 

Gus: His hair has been wild and AMAZING lately. I love when he wakes up from a nap and he's a little delirious. We have some pretty great conversations mostly about dragons & fire trucks.

We are still a little out of sorts from our 3 week vacation in North Dakota. Even though the weather has been amazing this week (70's and sunny) we've been spending a lot of time relaxing at home and getting back into a routine. Both kids are very excited to be home. Mabel was especially excited about ballet class and sleeping in her own bed. Gus was quite happy to see his banjo but refuses to go near his crib after 3 weeks of sleeping with Mama. He has taken over our bed and I have a feeling he's not going anywhere, anytime soon. He's so sweet but it's been a little frustrating. I'm not quite sure what we'll do to get him back to his own bed. I guess I will just enjoy snuggling with my little guy while we figure it out.

PS. I do realize I skipped a week. I will throw in a bonus round somewhere down the line.

week one. a year of portraits.

This year I'm going to start posting weekly portraits of my kids. I've seen this idea around the web and I always think it's so sweet to see children through their mothers eyes. Lately with life being so busy and of course my handy iPhone, my good camera hasn't seen much action. I hope this encourages me to get more creative with my photography and more organized with my photos. And you can never have too many photos of these two if you ask me.

Gus: A long nap in Grandmas bed, he slept until just after 6:00 pm. The cold weather really takes it out of him. I love the way he looks when he's sleeping.
Mabel: We took her sledding for the first time and of course she loved it.