LG playing with a sorting game I made out of tuna cans. This was during her "school time" she asks for school time most every day.
We're trying to teach Wade to drink out of a sippy cup, unfortunately since he's teething he just wants to chew on it!
1.02.2011
before Christmas
LG playing with a sorting game I made out of tuna cans. This was during her "school time" she asks for school time most every day.We're trying to teach Wade to drink out of a sippy cup, unfortunately since he's teething he just wants to chew on it!
the kitchen
After seeing this idea I decided to make a play kitchen (or in her words a "teeny kitchen") for Lydda Grace.
Way back before we moved I stumbled upon a nightstand for $5 at a yard sale that was just right for the base. With some scrap lumber from Home Depot ($3), stainless dog bowl from Goodwill ($2), sawing help and drill usage from friends (free), paint ($7), fabric ($4), and various odd hinges, wooden knobs, and other accessories (about $6) we ended up with this sweet kitchen that Lydda Grace loves! It was so fun to see her reaction when we gave it to her (kind of stunned and shy... and then she dove right into playing with it). We're hoping she and Wade will get lots of fun from it, not to mention how much fun Jon and I had making it!
Nightstand minus the drawer and the back.
Sink has been cut, back and shelf added. 
Painted (the main color was leftover house paint and inside the oven is black).
Ready and waiting on our family Christmas morning
Way back before we moved I stumbled upon a nightstand for $5 at a yard sale that was just right for the base. With some scrap lumber from Home Depot ($3), stainless dog bowl from Goodwill ($2), sawing help and drill usage from friends (free), paint ($7), fabric ($4), and various odd hinges, wooden knobs, and other accessories (about $6) we ended up with this sweet kitchen that Lydda Grace loves! It was so fun to see her reaction when we gave it to her (kind of stunned and shy... and then she dove right into playing with it). We're hoping she and Wade will get lots of fun from it, not to mention how much fun Jon and I had making it!
Nightstand minus the drawer and the back.
Sink has been cut, back and shelf added. 
Painted (the main color was leftover house paint and inside the oven is black).
Ready and waiting on our family Christmas morning12.17.2010
Christmas is coming
We made some sugar cookies to try out a new dough recipe before we had our cookie decorating party. Lydda Grace is really into sprinkles!
Lydda Grace and Wade sporting their new Christmas shirts that BeBe made.
Wade at 7 months
I feel like we have really hit a huge transition point for Wade right about now and everything is moving so fast with him!
He was an early crawler (5 months) and now at 7 months is pulling up on everything in sight! He will even put his hands on the floor and stand up, he just can't get to the point where he can pick his hands up off the floor!
Wade (aka: Wadesie, Wade-a-roo, Wade-a-rama, Wade-Beefcake, Wadester) is putting everything he gets his hands on in his mouth, all his toys, all LG's toys, shoes, the floor, Christmas ornaments, you name it.... he tries to eat it. So far we haven't seen any teeth yet but are guessing they must be on their way.
He has started to babble and talk a lot more, we hear "dadadada" a good bit and every so often he will get into a little squealing fit and just happily squeal away (VERY loudly) for several minutes.
Wade LOVES his big sister. When she is in sight he follows her every move and will crawl after her down the hall. Lydda Grace (usually) returns this affection and is all about hugging, kissing and holding Wade.
12.06.2010
back in october
You may recall we went to VT in October to visit BekBek and HaHa. These are the pictures from their camera....some really great ones! And this is before Lydda Grace's "don't take a picture of me" phase so she was actually smiling for the camera... I had forgotten how nice that was!!
12.01.2010
mmmmm... toes
Right before Thanksgiving (so yes all these posts are out of order... oh well!) Amanda and Evelyn and Baby Lucy came to play! Lucy was just about 2 weeks old.
When I told Lydda Grace that Lucy had been born she couldn't stop talking about hugging and kissing Baby Lucy and then all she wanted to do was "taste her toes" (this is from a favorite book of ours More, More, More Said the Baby by Vera Williams). So Lydda Grace finally got to taste Lucy's toes. I have to admit it's rather anticlimactic... but sweet nonetheless.
And now Lydda Grace AND Evelyn are both big sisters!
When I told Lydda Grace that Lucy had been born she couldn't stop talking about hugging and kissing Baby Lucy and then all she wanted to do was "taste her toes" (this is from a favorite book of ours More, More, More Said the Baby by Vera Williams). So Lydda Grace finally got to taste Lucy's toes. I have to admit it's rather anticlimactic... but sweet nonetheless.
And now Lydda Grace AND Evelyn are both big sisters!
Christmas is coming!
BeBe made Lydda Grace and Wade smocked ornaments.
Lydda Grace LOVES decorating the tree. (and yes, I meant to type "loves" and not "loved".... she is still decorating and redecorating the tree everyday)
LG and Wade have fun playing with (or in Wade's case chewing on) their nativity set. Lydda Grace really gets into talking about the people and animals and likes to put them all in a line.
Lydda Grace LOVES decorating the tree. (and yes, I meant to type "loves" and not "loved".... she is still decorating and redecorating the tree everyday)
LG and Wade have fun playing with (or in Wade's case chewing on) their nativity set. Lydda Grace really gets into talking about the people and animals and likes to put them all in a line.
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