All Packed Up and No Where to Go!

Garrett has a little rolling backpack and Gannon LOVES it! We have been using this for extra clothes for our newly potty trained. On Monday mornings we pack it up with clothes and shoes for Garrett to keep in his cubby at school, just in case! When we get to the school Gannon rolls the bag all the way to Garrett's class. We leave it in the cubby all week and if Gannon see's it, he goes right for it to bring it home. He loves to roll it around with the little handle so I thought I would try it on him and he loved it. Silly boy. I'm all ready Mom!

Big bag for such a little guy!

Colored Food

For St. Patrick's Day Garrett's class made green yogurt so when I picked him up I asked him how it was. "I don't like it" was the answer I got. Garrett loves to make and eat pudding so I told him we could make green pudding when we got home. He was very excited about that. I guess I opened a can of worms with this one - all our food might be a color from now on!

Garrett mixing the green pudding, Gannon wasn't being very patient as you can see!
Thanks all done!

Yummy face!

So this morning Garrett wanted to make pancakes, red ones! I mixed up the batter and he had to put in a few drops of red. Which really meant we had pink pancakes.

Pink pancake mix

The simple things that make kids happy...a little food coloring.

Soak It Up

Gannon is now 14 months old and learns so much everyday! He is now at the running stage, but never looks down so he falls quite often! He knows exactly where food comes from (starving boy) and will go over the pantry, pull on the door knob and give the sign for eat. This little guy eats SO MUCH! It's not a rare occasion that he eats twice as much as his three year old brother. We call him our Buddha Baby because his belly sticks out so much.

He finally decided he would drink whole milk in place of his formula, thank you baby! I guess I didn't realize how much milk this would mean we go through. I would have to say we drink 3 gallons of milk a week! That's a lot of 1/2 carton milks. Maybe one day we will not buy cartons, but it does taste better so we'll see.

Gannon has quite a lot to say these days, all in terms of dat dat daaat with lots of hand gestures to go along with that. It's actually really cute to watch him explain something in his terms. He emphasizes certain parts with both hands, sometimes just one and will pause and move towards his topic. He now knows when I ask him where something is and he will go get it.

Gannon loves this book we have called, "Gossie" and wants to read it all day. He will bring it over to me and I will sit Indian style and he will turn around and plop down to listen to the story. OVER AND OVER! I try to sneak in other books, but Gossie always comes back.

This little guy loves to be outside and loves to get dirty. As I mentioned, he is a big eater and that includes dirt. He tries to eat everything, dirt, grass, flowers, or whatever he can find. So I have to really watch him because you never know what he will find!

How Mommy?

Garrett's new question for everything is "How Mommy?". I'm not sure I've ever heard a kid ask how as much as he does. I always thought they went through the "why" stage. Maybe that will still come, but he cracks me up with his how questions.

Example -

Mommy - Come on Garrett we need to go to the store.
Garrett - How Mommy?
Mommy - We are going to drive.
Garrett - Oh, we're going to drive?

He really does understand the driving part. He knows this means we need to get in the car. He grabs his blankie and head to the garage.

All day long!!! How? How? How? I have found that I have to vary my answer or he keeps asking. Such a funny little guy.

What a Difference a Year Makes

Today was Dave's first contest of the season, Davis. Which means it was my first Saturday of the busy season too. Garrett was the first us at 5:50 so he came in to get me because he wanted juice and to watch the dog movie (101 Dalmatians). This is actually sleeping in for me so not too bad. One difference is that Dave usually makes the coffee and brings it to me (I know a great husband) so I had to make my own pot today. Off to the shower.

Tumble Time was having a fundraiser and the kids could play while I looked so of course we headed there for a bit this morning. The Creative Memories lady was there so I was very excited and even more excited with my purchases. That's another story.

Robin and Jaxon were in town and we wanted to meet up for lunch, but it was a little early. So to waste some time we headed to the bookstore. Garrett needed to pick out a train for his birthday and was very good to decide on one and of course wanted it opened. I explained that we had to pay first and off he went to the register. How sad and cute that he knows this drill! At the register they informed us that Clifford was on his way to read a story if we stuck around for a few minutes he would be there. Garrett has a Clifford book that he loves so we had to stay! Garrett and Gannon were very good to sit and listen to the story and then great to leave after.

Robin and Jaxon were ready by this time so we decided to meet for sandwiches, then decided it would be even better to just pick them up and take them home to eat and play. Garrett was little upset when he realized we were at the sandwich store and not home, but then once we were inside he didn't want to leave to eat them. Another pretty normal routine for us. Again, he came around after I explained that Jaxon was waiting for us at home. We ate and let the boys play for a bit and then it was nap time.

Two great naps later I decided it was nice and we could go outside and clean up the garage. A project I have had on my mind and I'm sure Dave will appreciate that we took care of this while he was gone. Again, the boys were great to play with their outdoor toys in the garage while I straightened. I don't know that I ever realized how many outdoor toys we have so it was great fun for them. Garrett wanted to go for a little walk in the wagon. By this time it was 4:45 so we couldn't go too far. He was again a little bummed, but good to come inside at 5.

Funny how he didn't want to come in and as soon as we did he was starving! Thank goodness raviolis only take 5 minutes to cook. They both were good eaters and off to our normal nighttime routine.

So the common differences in this story from last year is that although Garrett still got upset throughout the day, I was able to explain what was going on and he understood and not one fit was thrown. When it came time to put him in bed I told him he was super good boy today. I tell him he is a good boy whenever he is, but I guess not a super good boy by the look on his face. He said, "I super good boy?" kind of puzzled! Second common thread was the with the boys at these ages it's not as hard to leave the house alone. Gannon doesn't need to eat and nap every 3 hours and they both are good to be on the go.

1 down 5 to go....

Silly Boys

Garrett and Gannon are so funny these days. Garrett is really out of his terrible two stage. Everyone says three's are worse and I don't want to jinx myself, but I'm loving his new little spirit. The other morning I folded some clothes and when I came back from putting them away Garrett was in the basket watching his movie. I guess a different seat in the house is always fun, until he fell back and bit his lip. Poor guy.

Gannon continues to be a little monkey. Grandma bought his rocking chair before Garrett was born and he brought it out the other day and Gannon thinks it's the greatest. Maybe he knows Grandma bought it, who knows! I have to be careful where it's placed in the room because he climbs in it and can't turn himself around to sit so instead he stands! Yeah not very funny! So since it will rock back I keep the legs under the couch or chair so it's stuck in place. It we sit him in it, he grabs his feet and gets all excited. What a funny guy.

Gannon continues to be quite the eater as you can see. Dave always laughs because he really eats three times as much as Garrett does. He is a little bit pickier about what he will eat than Garrett was at this age, but when it's something he likes look out.

Pasta, rice and peas...yummy!

Guitar Lessons

For years Dave has said he would love to play the guitar. So for Valentine's Day I decided I would be a great wife (ha ha) and buy him a guitar and lessons. I think he was really in shock over this one which kind of surprised me. Anyway, he had his first lesson this week and every night he needs to practice. Garrett got a guitar for Christmas so he had to go get his and practice with Daddy. I can't wait until one of them can play a song. No pressure!