Catch Up

 Making suckers. We tried making them with Kool Aid; they were just ok, but we got some good color on our tongues!

We watched the 2nd Harry Potter movie and Zander decided to showcase his inner wizard.

The kids got to paint bird houses from a secret Santa that we had during Christmas.

Trying out my new waffle cone maker!

"Mom, I'm going to wear my sunglasses and walk with my hands in my pockets so I look cool like a boy."

This girl cracks me up.

Playing in forts with mom.

I'm really good at making myself look old.

We had a really good lesson on serving and loving one another. We took this picture to remind us of the love that we have for each other and to remember the feeling of the spirit during our lesson.

Zander checked out this Star Wars Cook Book from school a few weeks ago, so we used it so Zander could learn how to cook. We made several recipes from it, and they were all, surprisingly, really good. He got up a for a couple of mornings to make breakfast before school. This one is "Twin Sun Toast" aka egg-in-a-hole. And the second one is R2D2 Treats which are chocolate covered bananas rolled in crushed almonds and kit kats for arms. He was really proud of himself, as was I.

This little baby of mine does not want to stay my baby. He is growing up so fast and becoming the most independent little boy I ever made. He has to do everything himself, and I mean everything! I have to lift him up so he can turn the lights on or off, he has to climb in the car himself and get in his car seat and put on his seatbelt. He even has to climb on my lap by himself; he won't let me lift him up let alone touch him. He has to turn the pages when we read a book, which is one of his favorite things, and he loves to help set the table and put dishes in the dishwasher. Grayson is 22 months old and roughly 25 lbs. He refuses to eat dinner with us at night, but loves sweets and milk.

We finally got Grayson a big boy bed, and boy was he excited about it the first night, but hasn't slept in it since, haha. He usually falls asleep by the door, but sometimes I'll find him in some unusual places like his chair or just chilling as he falls asleep reading his books.