No worries

 

 

After the Big One was born, and was so adorable even college aged boys stopped to comment on how beautiful he was, Momma was worried that subsequent children might not be as adorable. She’d heard stories of other families where one kid was super cute, and the other just regular cute and it led to issues. But Momma is officially no longer concerned that her second child won’t be as cute as her first. She just has some crazy cute kids.

Egg Dyeing – Easter Part II

This was the Big One’s first year dyeing Easter eggs. Momma thought that the traditional style egg dyeing might be a little boring – all that waiting for colors, and it’s hard to do anything cool. So Momma put food dye into muffin tins so that it was easy to switch eggs around and make interesting layers. 

  Corbin seemed to enjoy watching the process.

The eggs turned out fantastic. Not entirely sure where the horizontal lines came from, but those aside, the eggs are gorgeous. Momma might be biased…

A Visit from Gumbo, Part III

The Big One loved playing and reading and being with his Gumbo. However, trying to get a nice posed shot of a two-year old is a bit like nailing Jell-O to a tree. Gumbo said for almost a full week, and the boys loved every minute of it (despite this humorous photo evidence)!!

A Story

Momma was taking pictures of a happy Little One. He was smiling and sweet and Momma wanted to make sure she took as many pictures of the Little One as she did the Big One at the same age.

  

The Big One wanted his picture taken too. He tried to climb into the swing with the little one. Momma scolded him for hurting the Little One. This made the Big One sad.

Momma told the Big One that she couldn’t take his picture if he were crying. If he smiled, Momma would take his picture.

 

“ch – ch – cheese. ”

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A Walk Downtown

 

 

Walking from the car to the kid’s museum on Labor Day. We stopped to take pictures by all the lovely greenery. I squatted down to get a good shot, and therefore, the boy squatted as well. We had a great day and spent four hours at the museum, where I chased and followed him around everywhere (both for fun, and in hopes of jiggling the baby loose!),

A Big Boy

  

  

Now that we’ve been getting the Boy’s room ready to share, some of the old toys have been coming out and the Boy has been exploring them. This has provided Momma the opportunity to take some wonderful contrast and compare photos. Such nostalgia!

More Smiles!

 

 

It’s so rare to capture a good smile these days – the Boy is usually on the run and hard to catch!

Watercolors

The Boy has not fully overcome the “Everything goes in my mouth phase.” This includes crayons, markers, and as we see here, paints. Thankfully, Momma made sure the paints were non toxic. However, I hadn’t tested the tastiness of the paint, otherwise I would have seen this coming!

Cuteness Upload

   

Just in case your cuteness viewing quotient was low…

The Island of Awesome Toys

 

 

In the Boy’s book, the Leapfrog “Leaptop” is definitely on the Island of Awesome Toys, along with his new train set. It sings, says his name, and talks to him. (And it keeps him off Momma and Daddy’s computer, so it’s a winner all the way around!).

And Not a Creature was Stirring…

 

Except a small little boy who got into the dark chocolate kisses in Momma’s stocking! That’s okay. Everyone gets to sneak kisses on Christmas!!

New Camera, Same Gorgeous Subject!

Last Friday, the family camera finally bit the dust. Or, as is more appropriate in Coastal Carolina, bit the sand. Thankfully, Momma and Daddy had already saved up money for a new camera, so after an afternoon of searching online, we found the perfect camera for us. It arrived yesterday, and Momma has been insaitiable with the picture taking!

The Boy is still adjusting to the new flash style. Most of his pictures are glorious shots of him blinking. But here, eyes open, stylish outfit and those two cute front teeth!

Pint Sized Farm Boy

The Boy discovered the joys of fall and farms on Saturday. Momma really wishes there were an apple farm near by; fall just isn’t the same without picking apples. So the family settled for a local farm, filled with chickens, goats, horses and pigs. Tall corn stalks, tractors, and pumpkins to play with. Here, the Boy is in a teepee (or possibly wigwam, I’m not really up on my dried corn husk housing).

Judging by his laughter and big smiles, the Boy’s favorite part of the farm was right here.

Swing Swing

The Boy may very well be contender to ride the rides with his Daddy that Momma won’t (I’m looking at you, Millennium Force). He giggled as Momma pushed him higher and higher and giggled harder if Momma caught him at the top, and then let him go. Momma thinks the way he grips the swing is too adorable.

Forks A Million

The Boy LOVES forks. He’s become proficient enough that he insists on having a fork at every meal, and sometimes, more than one. Here, he climbed onto the table while Momma & Daddy were cleaning up, grabbing all the forks he could find, and then slide back into his seat. Who knew silverware could make a boy so happy?

Crazy Hair

Here is the Boy, showing off his crazy hair, beautiful eyes, big smile, and climbing skills!

The Boy – Then and Now

Whaddya Mean, 16?!

 

Letting Harper stretch his legs during the car trip to Florida.

Play Time at Kelly Park

Over Memorial weekend, the Boy’s Mimi and Papa Strat took him to Kelly Park in Orange County, Florida. This county park has a great natural spring that flows clean for about a mile and is open to the public to float or swim down. The Boy thought the water was a little too cold for his taste, but Momma and Daddy thought it was relaxing and refreshing.

Momma and the Boy floated down the spring, running into weeds and rocks, and sharing the stream with fish completely unafraid of the human element. Momma and Mimi spent lots of time chatting and catching up. Uncle Jed kept poking Papa Strat while he was trying to rest, pouring cold water on his head and generally jabbing the metaphorical sleeping dragon in the eye.

Auntie LE practiced her swimming and Daddy scraped himself on the rocks, lost his sunglasses and burned himself. Only Aunt Livy stayed home; the spring water gives her hives. But she had a good time too, playing Sims 3 on the computer.

A good day had by all!