Back outside

It's still pretty cold, but since it's been mostly dry we've been able to play outside a bit more. The boys love being outside and now with Aaron getting sturdier on his feet he can join in on the fun!

 Daniel has lots of tricks on the swings. This time he was practicing swinging upside down.

 Matthew is pretty good at superhero swinging.

I want to swing, too!

Matthew earns his keep by mowing the lawn.

Aaron is all over the place outside. If he's not going in and out of the playhouse, he's climbing the ladder to the top of the structure and going down the slide. I prefer he stay on the ground--he is only 15 months old after all.

Blurry, yes, but I love the mischievous look on Matthew's face as he watches Aaron try to get in.

We can't wait for warmer weather so we can play outside even more!

Recycled Art

I've always had the tendency (curse?) of holding on to things to use for something else. For the past 6 months or so I've saved lots of small items to use on a rainy day with the boys--lids of various sizes, paper tubes, fun containers, empty thread spools, wire hangers, etc.  They came in handy on Monday. It was not raining outside, but it wasn't even 8:30 before I knew it was going to be a rough day if we didn't change gears quickly. So I plugged in the glue gun and brought up our box of recycled crafty things and the boys went to town creating.

 Things started off slowly with the boys checking out the contents of the box.

 It didn't take too long before everything was on the floor.

 Hard at work.

One of Daniel's finished creations.

Matthew's collage.

Aaron loved playing with all the supplies, but enjoyed his muffin break more. :)

He's growing up...

...and losing teeth! Daniel has been wiggling his two bottom front teeth for a little while, and Sunday during dinner the first one came out. He was super excited, as was the rest of the family present to witness the milestone. Since I knew this was going to happen soon, I made sure to take a few pictures of Daniel before his smile would change forever.

February 27, 2013

March 3, 2013

Daniel had his first visit from the tooth fairy that night. Teeth are worth more here than they did when I was a kid. I remember getting quarters from her. She brought Daniel a dollar coin. Inflation? Matthew is now convinced that his teeth are falling out, too.