Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Matthew's baby chicks
Today we went to the farm store and saw the baby chicks. Matthew really loved looking at them and petting them too. Michelle also loved playing with them as well!
Believe it or not we now have baby chicks living in our basement.
Believe it or not we now have baby chicks living in our basement.
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Kids workshops at Home Depot & Lowes
Looking for something fun to do with your son or daughter? Well Lowe’s and Home Depot have the market on fun. For FREE these two stores offer workshops for kids.
Home Depot does theirs on the first Saturday of the month from 9AM to noon. At Home Depot you just show up during the time of the workshop – but show up early because I hear that they get busy quick. Matthew and I always show up at about 8:45 and they let us build right away. I see on HD’s website that they now offer pre-registration. We just registered for the next 4 workshops! http://workshops.homedepot.com and then click on the “Kids workshops” tab.
Lowes is on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of the month from 10AM to 11AM. At Lowe’s you can show up but might be turned away if too many people already pre-registered. You can register weeks in advance at lowesbuildandgrow.com that’s what we always do. Also since Lowe’s is only one hour long you will want to arrive about 20 minutes early as the line gets long and space to build your project runs out fast.
The nice thing is with both stores is that if you don’t have the time to construct your project there they will let you bring it home to do it. Each store also gives the child an apron and a pin or iron-on patch to show what projects they have completed. It’s a lot of fun and really doesn’t take long. It’s a great time to spend with your child building a toy they can play with at home later. Matthew and I have been doing this for the past 9 months and haven’t missed one workshop!
Here are pictures of some of the items Matthew and I have made. We still have 7 projects in the bags that we need to do sometime!
Home Depot does theirs on the first Saturday of the month from 9AM to noon. At Home Depot you just show up during the time of the workshop – but show up early because I hear that they get busy quick. Matthew and I always show up at about 8:45 and they let us build right away. I see on HD’s website that they now offer pre-registration. We just registered for the next 4 workshops! http://workshops.homedepot.com and then click on the “Kids workshops” tab.
Lowes is on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of the month from 10AM to 11AM. At Lowe’s you can show up but might be turned away if too many people already pre-registered. You can register weeks in advance at lowesbuildandgrow.com that’s what we always do. Also since Lowe’s is only one hour long you will want to arrive about 20 minutes early as the line gets long and space to build your project runs out fast.
The nice thing is with both stores is that if you don’t have the time to construct your project there they will let you bring it home to do it. Each store also gives the child an apron and a pin or iron-on patch to show what projects they have completed. It’s a lot of fun and really doesn’t take long. It’s a great time to spend with your child building a toy they can play with at home later. Matthew and I have been doing this for the past 9 months and haven’t missed one workshop!
Here are pictures of some of the items Matthew and I have made. We still have 7 projects in the bags that we need to do sometime!
38 Months old in pull-ups
It's March 3, 2013. It was 38 months ago that little Matthew was born.
The months are speeding by and our little boy is growing up. He has been doing pretty good staying dry in diapers during the day, so today we decided it would be a good time to start using pull-ups. Matthew was so excited to wear his "Cars" pull-ups. He even let me take a couple pictures.
Yesterday we went to Home Depot's monthly workshop for kids and together we built this little race car that Matthew loves.
The months are speeding by and our little boy is growing up. He has been doing pretty good staying dry in diapers during the day, so today we decided it would be a good time to start using pull-ups. Matthew was so excited to wear his "Cars" pull-ups. He even let me take a couple pictures.
Yesterday we went to Home Depot's monthly workshop for kids and together we built this little race car that Matthew loves.
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Our sick little boy
Little Matthew has been sick since last Saturday and today is Tuesday. The doctor says he has a mild form of the croup. His temperature keeps going up and down and he's miserable. His little nose is stuffed up and he doesn't know how to blow it.
Last night mommy and I took turns getting up about every half-hour as Matthew called for us. It's so sad to seem him not feel well.
Tonight he fell asleep in the living room with his head on his teddy bears as he was watching his favorite movie
Last night mommy and I took turns getting up about every half-hour as Matthew called for us. It's so sad to seem him not feel well.
Tonight he fell asleep in the living room with his head on his teddy bears as he was watching his favorite movie
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
2nd time using the potty chair
This morning I decided to see if Matthew would use the potty chair again. I got him up and took him to the living room where the potty was sitting and put him on it. As he was watching cartoons and drinking his milk from his sippy cut he went tinkle, not once but twice! It only took him about 10 minutes too.
This marks the second time that he successfully used the potty chair. Mommy and Daddy are so proud of Matthew!
This marks the second time that he successfully used the potty chair. Mommy and Daddy are so proud of Matthew!
Sunday, February 3, 2013
37 months old today and first time going potty
Guess who is 3 years and 1 month old today? Our little Matthew.
But most important, for the VERY first time Matthew went tinkle on his own little potty. When he woke up this morning he was dry so I thought I would try to see if he would use the potty since after he drinks his milk he usually fills up his diaper and needs a change right away. This morning I gave him his milk and sat him on his potty chair in the living room as we watched the Mickey Mouse Club (his favorite show). We sat there for 30 minutes with nothing other than daddy begging Matthew to go potty. After the show was over I decided to carry him into the bathroom on his potty chair and turn on the water in the tub. I've heard that sometimes works. Well after sitting there for what seemed like forever I got desperate and decided that maybe bribery would work. I offered to take him to McDonalds after Church for a hamburger and french fries but he still wouldn't go. Mommy came in the bathroom and sat on the floor with us and tried to bribe him with M&M's but that didn't work too well either. So I offered to take him to the mall to play on all the toys... and we still waited. Then I pulled out the big guns - I offered to take him on the train ride inside the mall. He absolutely loves trains! Within a couple minutes the tinkle started as he sat there eating his pop tart!!!!!!!!! So after Church today we are going to be busy. McDonalds for lunch and the mall to play on the toys and to ride the train.
He's obviously pretty smart because after about 60 minutes of holding out, he decided to wait till the bribes got good enough to use the potty. Do you think he had this planned?
We are so proud of him! Happy 37 month birthday today Matthew you're a BIG BOY now!
But most important, for the VERY first time Matthew went tinkle on his own little potty. When he woke up this morning he was dry so I thought I would try to see if he would use the potty since after he drinks his milk he usually fills up his diaper and needs a change right away. This morning I gave him his milk and sat him on his potty chair in the living room as we watched the Mickey Mouse Club (his favorite show). We sat there for 30 minutes with nothing other than daddy begging Matthew to go potty. After the show was over I decided to carry him into the bathroom on his potty chair and turn on the water in the tub. I've heard that sometimes works. Well after sitting there for what seemed like forever I got desperate and decided that maybe bribery would work. I offered to take him to McDonalds after Church for a hamburger and french fries but he still wouldn't go. Mommy came in the bathroom and sat on the floor with us and tried to bribe him with M&M's but that didn't work too well either. So I offered to take him to the mall to play on all the toys... and we still waited. Then I pulled out the big guns - I offered to take him on the train ride inside the mall. He absolutely loves trains! Within a couple minutes the tinkle started as he sat there eating his pop tart!!!!!!!!! So after Church today we are going to be busy. McDonalds for lunch and the mall to play on the toys and to ride the train.
He's obviously pretty smart because after about 60 minutes of holding out, he decided to wait till the bribes got good enough to use the potty. Do you think he had this planned?
We are so proud of him! Happy 37 month birthday today Matthew you're a BIG BOY now!
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