Simple Pleasures

Connor has turned into an anti-nap toddler! Usually it is ok and he only has a few rough time throughout the day. However, today he was such a little stink! At one point he ran to the pile of his laundry I just folded and got excited to take it to his room, turns out he threw it one the floor and then dumped all of his drawers!

Luckily, after a few more moments that wanted me to pull my hair out, he fell asleep at a wishful "let's try nap time" whim.

It is hard to believe that some one who is this cute and can be so peaceful turns into a 2 year old terror!

Weekend project- reupholster kitchen chairs!

A couple of weeks ago I saw a tutorial on-line that showed step by step how to reupholster kitchen chairs! It looked pretty easy, and, well, our chairs were nasty. I guess that is what happens with a 2 year old! Stains everywhere! I mentioned I wanted to do it with Adam and of course he was on board!

We hit up hobby lobby and were disipointed by the variety of fabric and patterns. Somehow Adam knew about a story in Paducah called Hancocks. Loved that store! We walked in and it is a huge warehouse that is full of fabrics! After some consultation from a worker we decided that in-door out-door was the best fabric to clean and to last.  The first pattern we fell in love with there was only enough to do 2 chairs. It sounds a little silly to be heart broken about that but we were. We ended up deciding to still using it and then added a coordinating fabric for the other two.

Here is our chair before:

Yes, i know NASTY!

 And the new look:

 Now, we just need a house for more projects! There is only so much you can do for a 70's duplex!

Connor turned 2!

Connor turned 2 on Feb 17th! Adam and I kept going back and forth with the idea of having a party. In the end we decided to wait until next year to give him one. We figured by then he will be talking and will hopefully be a little better at sharing. Plus do you know how hard it is to find fun games and activities that will keep the attention of a 24 month old? I'll just tell you, it is hard!

The funniest part of his big day is when I went into his room to wake him up. I had the camcorder and came in singing happy birthday. His reaction, tears. That's right, I will never be able to live that one down. It is  recorded to forever remember that the sound of my song made him cry. What made it better? The birdies singing outside. The simply pleasures of being so young.

I think that he had a pretty darn good day! He refused to let me get him dressed, even with the bribe of playing outside, so he stayed in his PJs till after lunch. I guess fair enough since it was HIS day! After a fun lunch with daddy and a failed attempt at a nap he had a surprise visit from some of his friends. It was cute, when they sang him "happy birthday" he ran into the hallway to hide. Funny kid.

Dinner was at the best place, for a toddler that is, Chic fil a! Don't get me wrong they have pretty good food but it doesn't compare in the mind of a 2 year old to the fun play place. I don't know what I was thinking to order all of the food first. Adam and I ate in shifts so that the other one could watch Connor play. He was in pure heaven. After 20 mins of going up and down the stairs and hallway in and out of the tunnel, he became brave and went down the slide. After that first time he was hooked. He played for over an hour and then cried when we took him home. 

Of course, like any kid, he loved opening his presents. He had to take all the play food out and pretend to eat before we could move on to the rest of the gifts. One of his favorites was a tool workbench. He had such a blast helping daddy put it together.

Once again, he didn't really care when we sang him "happy Birthday" but this time it was because he was so excited to blow out the candle! After that he was smashing on the frosting of his cupcake. He wanted two.

Since he got new bath toys, and was covered in frosting, a bath was in order. He had so much fun and was so happy to be in his new "Dinosaur train" Pjs. That night he was spoiled rotten and stayed up till 10, mostly because I was oblivious to the time from talking on the phone with my mom! Either way he loved the extra time playing with his tools and watching "Mickey's Christmas". Yes, even two months after Christmas we are lucky enough to watch it almost every other day. Jealous?

Jose Bosque

My little brother Joe is adorable! He is known for his story telling, which he will tell a story to anyone who is listening! When we took the job in Ky we told our siblings that we would still be able to see them a lot more than when we lived in Idaho, but not nearly enough as when we were living between our parents homes! Last night while I was on the phone with my mom (the second time) she told me that Joe really wanted to talk to me. He is upset because Adam is not keeping his deal with getting a job closer to home (we told the kids that we are hoping to move back to Ohio in a few years), we have been in Ky for a long time (or a long time to a kid, 5 months). Then he went to asking if Connor was going to go to Emerson when he went to school, that is the school a couple blocks from my parents house. Poor kid doesn't understand that when we move back to Ohio it wont be Massillon, ever.. we'll more than likely end up in Cinci, Columbus, Cleveland... You get the idea. Then he went on to ask my mom if they were coming here for Connor's birthday party, when she said no he replied, "oh so we are going to Ky".  Once he realized it is only going to be a skype invite he went on about how unfair it is since they weren't there for the first birthday!

I wish  that we lived closer to our families so that Connor can get to know all of his awesome aunts and uncles, and they could be a regular part of his life!

A funny story he told the Sister missionaries about my parents- My dad is the best. Do you know why? Because he lets us wake up and bam, we get to go straight to the video games. But this only happens on days when my mom sleeps all day. If she was awake then she would make us do our chores. But my dad doesn't care.- The funny thing is it was a Sat and my mom rarely sleeps in and the kids all fibbed and told my dad that their chores were done when they didn't do them.

If you need a funny story just ask Joey, or the school libraian... as I am told that is his favorite person to tell stories to!

A little Christmas fun

A week ago we put up our Christmas tree and the few decorations that we have.  It was a lot of fun!

 Connor was in love with all the ornaments! He was so excited to play with all of the "balls"!

Helping daddy put the tree together

Our pretty tree! Yes some of the ornaments are in random spots. I guess that is what happens when you have a toddler help decorate the tree! He thought it was so fun to throw the ornaments into the tree!

The rest of our decorations! Not bad, for being married less than 3 years!

 

Sat we went to Noble Park to see the Christmas lights! It was so cool, they have so many lights up and it was so pretty! Of course there was a huge line to get into the park and Connor fell asleep but once we were inside the park I had to take him out of his seat and he sat up front so he could see, and he was in AWE with all the lights! We didn't take any pictures because I recorded it! We will def be back a couple more times before Christmas!!


For the last couple of nights we have been watching Christmas movies as a family. Thankfully Netflix has a lot of selections that are great for a toddler!

This morning Connor and I made cut out Christmas cookies! I was a little nervous because I made the dough the night before but this morning I realized I only halved part of the recipe. Thankfully, they still taste yummy! Connor was a good little helper... haha as in helping to make a mess ;) haha. Just kidding, he had so much fun and i gave him his own little pile of dough to play with.

We LOVE this time of the year in our household!!