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Cookies with Great Grandma

Yesterday I sent a text message to my hair stylist asking if she could get me in for highlights and a cut before our anniversary this weekend.  My last haircut (not given by her) wasn’t that great, so I’ve been anxiously awaiting the chance to change things up a bit.  To my surprise, she had an opening today.  I quickly scrambled to find someone to watch the boys so I could book the appointment.  Great-grandma Lois came to the rescue!  She hadn’t seen the boys since we visited the cabin this past summer, so she was excited to spend some one-on-one time with them.

After a get-out-of-bed-late kind of morning, we were finally ready to head south.  Today’s random “bring along items” were bouncy balls and two pieces of pink wrapping paper.  (I wrapped a birthday present for one of Jake’s cousins before we left and my little helpers wanted their own paper to “wrap” things with too.)  The paper was apparently too fun to leave at home.  But whatever keeps them entertained in the car, right?

Once we arrived at our destination, Nolan took off his coat and shoes and headed for the toys in the basement.  Lincoln wanted to follow, but Grandma Lois hung on to him while we briefly talked about lunch and nap time.  When I returned an hour and a half later, Lincoln was sleeping and Nolan & Grandma Lois were in the middle of making peanut butter cookies.  Yum!  Nolan was in charge of rolling the little cookie dough balls in sugar.  He was pretty proud to be helping out.  Once again, if I had been thinking, I would have pulled out my phone to take a picture.  Unfortunately, this time I didn’t have a teenager to remind me of this, so you’ll just have to imagine my curly haired 3 1/2 year old up on a chair next to the counter, burying cookie dough with sugar.

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Brought to you by Bounty

Prior to the day getting warm (and dry) enough for us to venture outside the walls of our house for the first time in 4 days, the boys discovered just how fun paper towels can be.  Again, I have to thank Sam’s Club for the large number of rolls of fun we have in our basement.  Apparently these are the blocks of choice today.  They are easy to carry around, somewhat challenging to stack up, and loads of fun to knock down, kick around, and collapse on.  And the great thing is, they don’t hurt when you get hit by one.

Shecklet #2 has discovered that his spoon (which he only parts with when he sleeps & eats) makes a great catapult.  Today’s launch item was chalk.  He challenged himself by loading up the spoon and attempting to stand up without dumping the contents prior to being able to throw the pieces everywhere.  Where do kids learn this stuff?

Yes, the boys were dressed alike today.  We were going for “comfy” and when Shecklet #1 saw what Shecklet #2 was wearing, he wanted to wear the same thing.  This is the exact opposite of what we experienced a week ago when Shecklet #2 HAD to wear the same Lightning McQueen outfit that Shecklet #1 had on.  Good thing we had an outfit his size!

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Shecklet #2’s lovey

My youngest son seems to have an affinity for kitchen items.  Forget using a blanket as a “lovey,” give my kid a utensil.  Last week, Shecklet #2’s preference was a mini rolling pin.  This week, it’s a large black kitchen spoon.  He has discovered it is like a “Go-Go-Gadget arm” that he can use to reach things on the counter, use as a drum stick, or fend off his big brother.  Crazy kid!

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Who needs toys when you have…

club size packages of diapers and wipes.

A recent trip to Sam’s Club replenished our stash of size 3’s and wet wipes.  I threw the packages on top of the clean laundry I was already hauling upstairs and let the boys help me unload everything in their room.  They had so much fun playing, building, crashing in to, and moving the compact & semi-cushy “blocks.”  When we finished putting away their clean clothes, we switched rooms and the diapers & wipes came along with us.  Here are a couple of shots of the boys building and destroying a “road.”  I love how Shecklet #1’s creative juices are flowing so much lately and how Shecklet #2 mimics his brother’s every move.