S is for Slacker

I'm such a slacker blogger. Here I go and make promises to blog more often and I am already slacking. Sorry!

Well we had a nice Easter. Connor was more into hunting Easter eggs this year and he got to dye eggs, so that was fun. We had a nice time with the family at Angie's and weather cooperated and we got to have the Easter egg outside this year. Connor had a blast running all over Angie's yard, gathering eggs.

Today we did another No Time for Flashcards craft today. We made a caterpillar out of an egg carton. It was so much fun and turned out so cute. Connor did a good job painting. Maybe he'll follow in his cousin Cayman's footsteps become an artist someday!







And here are a few pics from Easter

A is for Alligator

We did our first No Time for Flash Cards activity tonight. What better way to start out, than with the first letter of the alphabet. We made an alligator face in the shape of an A. I wish I would have had the video camera going when I brought the craft box out because Connor let out a big gasp, did a little jig, and got such an excited look on his face when he saw all the markers, and paper. He was also excited about the pom poms and wanted to give one to Batta (our cat) to play with.

Here is a little glimpse of his excitement.


I drew out the letter A, then let Connor have at it and color away.


And boy, did he color. I was barely able to see the A anymore well enough to cut it out.


He put the teeth on all by himself



And the eyeballs...


He was so proud to show his work off to Daddy

We had so much fun working on our project. I can't wait to try more. Maybe we will break out the paints this weekend.

uh oh...

The other night the 3 of us were hanging out on the floor, coloring and playing. When Vinnie went to stand up, he farted. Connor got a worried look on his face and said, "uh oh, Daddy poop!"

Nice for the first post in 3 and a half months, huh? Sorry I haven't been keeping up with the blog. It's hard to find time to blog, but I will try to do a better job.

So the last 3 1/2 months in a nutshell; Connor had a great 2nd birthday and Christmas. He got lots and lots of fun toys. We converted his crib to a toddler bed and he loves it. He has done really well with the transition. We got to see Buzz and Woody at the Disney Rockin' Road Show, and Connor was mesmerized throughout the show. Connor has had a lot of ear infections so we got ear tubes put in and he seems to be doing well with those so far. It looks like they will be put to the test. He just came down with a cold, so we will see if his cold turns into an ear infection.

So those are the big things that Connor has been up to since I last updated. I will try to update more often so I can tell funny stories like the "Daddy poop" story. We are looking forward to nice weather so we can get outside and play. It has been a long cold Winter, and even though the calendar says it is Spring, right now I am looking outside at several inches of snow on the ground.

The other thing that I am excited about, is I found a cool website that has some great learning and craft ideas. It's called No Time for Flashcards. I just got home from Target just where I was able to find everything on the basic supply list to get started on all the crafts! I'm so excited! Connor loves to color so I think he will enjoy making all these crafts, and he will be learning at the same time. The only thing is, he doesn't like getting his hands dirty (silly kid) so he isn't a big fan of finger painting. We'll have to work on getting him over that.

I'll leave you with a few recent pics. These were taken on one of the only nice weather days we've had recently. Hopefully we will have more soon!

Party!

Connor has had 2 birthday celebrations so far and his birthday is still almost a week away! I can't believe my baby will be 2 next week! Last weekend we went to Mimi's and Papa's to celebrate his birthday along with our other December birthday boys; Dad and David. We had a nice time, ate hamburgers and hot dogs, Connor got some cool new toys and then we ate some yummy cake. Connor even had his very own "2" cake.

Last night we hosted a party at our house with Grandma Cathy and her family. Connor's birthday party was a train theme and Vinnie and I made a train cake.

Connor got all kinds of nice presents! Thank you everyone for celebrating Connor's birthday with us!

We also paid a visit to Santa Claus last weekend at Grandma Cathy's bank. It took Connor awhile to go up to Santa. He finally did when Santa offered him a gift, but he was not cool with sitting next to him. Maybe next year.

Happy Halloween

We've been down and out with the flu this past week, so we didn't get to go all out for Halloween this year. Connor did put his monkey costume on though and he made an adorable little monkey! We went trick or treating at the next door neighbor's house. Next year we will do some real trick or treating to make up for this year. Here are some pictures of our cute little monkey and a few from pumpkin carving last week:

Guess What!

Connor went pee pee in the potty today!

All Aboard!

They had a Mickey Mouse Choo Choo Express exhibit at Union Station this weekend. I took Connor down there Saturday morning and he had a great time. They gave Connor a "boarding pass" and they had different play stations and they would get their boarding passes stamped at each station.

The first one we went to was the hands on train station. Connor liked that one the most.





Then we went to the coloring station. That one was not near as exciting since we can color at home.



Next we went to the storytime station, but we didn't stay there very long because that's when Mickey came out and danced. Connor was mesmerized by that!




On our way out Connor got a cute little train conductor's hat.