I know, I know, I know...It's seems like it has been forever since I have blogged. And, here I am a week into summer break and I am just now getting to it. I've heard people say that time speeds up when you have children. It does.
I want to play catch up on some posts, but I'll start off with today, since we are long overdue for some up to date Benjamin pictures. He will be two this July!
We enjoyed a 70 degree morning outside, and we kicked it off with a haircut on the porch, and then our new bubble machine. This was taken before Josh mowed the grass this evening, as you can tell.
We ran around a bit.
I tried to get a few pictures in of my smiling boy who rarely stays still long enough for a non blurry picture.
I was trying to take a picture of my hair cutting job. This is his second haircut by me, and it was mostly to knock off the part of his hair that grows long really fast at the crown of his head. I kept the clippers on an 8 for this one, and it seems to even out really well. The back part was still short from his last haircut. Will have to share that one another time. This one looks better, I must say, but I haven't figured out what to do about cutting his "bangs."
We swung on the porch swing.
We explored the backyard. This Little Tikes climber was given to us (Alas, without the slide piece though). We were blessed to receive it free of charge, but the orange piece has the unfortunate very loud odor of cat urine. We have pressure washed and scrubbed it silly with various cleaners and vinegar, and next I am going to have to drown the insides of it with bleach, and then some Nature's Made Urine Destroyer to see if I can finish the job so that the poor boy can actually play on it. He has been eyeing it and wondering why it isn't up for his enjoyment.
We finished our outdoor time with some finger painting.
I decided he had enough when he started painting the porch.
After that we prepped for a bath, and I must brag on my big boy. We are far far far far FAR off from being potty trained, but we did try out some big boy underwear (as you can tell from the sagging britches, lol). He stayed dry the whole time?! We have been playing up the "potty" talk, but he is far from interested in using it. This was a nice first experiment.
After bath time we had some cuddles and wrestle time.
Then he went about his usual shenanigans as I tried to clean up around the house where I have been sorting our craft supplies. The cabinet that holds craft, hobby, and office supplies has been long overdue for some help. Since I have picked up sewing, I have been trying to find a place to store some of my stuff.
Hoping to post again soon!
