Arts and Crafts

Lately, Lil G has been more interested in doing arts and crafts.  This has been great, since mama loves arts and crafts too!  He is still working hard on learning how to hold the scissors and use the glue, but practice makes perfect.

The first cold of the year

 Yesterday, I took Lil G to the doctor, because I suspected that he had another ear infection.  I was very surprised to find out that he only had a cold!

Lil G has been a real trooper, despite not sleeping well and coughing A LOT.  He especially loves taking his "fishy medicine" (aka- using his nebulizer).  Plus, he is such a big boy now that he actually helps mama irrigate his sinuses, instead of writhing around and screaming!  He is growing up so fast.

Meanwhile, I have been hard at work making some goodies for the new baby. Here is a diaper cover, t-shirt, shoe set.  I set away to get the diaper cover made and then made the other pieces to match.  More to come!

Open Gym

Yesterday it was once again cold and "blah" around here.  So, Lil G and I headed to the local gymnastics place, to run off some energy during open gym.  We had not been to this particular gym for about a year, so he was pretty excited to see all the things to play on. 

He was pretty bummed when open gym was over, though.  He kept telling me, "It so sad that they are closing".  Next time, buddy.  Next time.

 It is pretty hard to get an action shot but here he is jumping off a giant block onto the trampoline.

 Dangling

And, just for fun....a smooshy hug, at 30 weeks pregnant.

Robot stickers

 Many of you know that Lil G is obsessed with "Bobots". That's "Robots" to the rest of us.  He was so excited to find robots in the dollar section of Target the other day.  Specifically, they had robot window stickers, for Valentine's Day.  

I came in from the kitchen the other morning to find that he had pulled over his chair and was meticulously rearranging the stickers.  They needed to be just so.

 "Look, mama!  A robot!"

When dada came home from work, he informed Lil G that the stickers would also stick on the aquarium.  Lil G was so stoked that the fishes could "watch my robots for me."

Apparently, the whole process was really funny.

Lil G's new chair!

 We've been working on Lil G's "big boy" room, so that he can vacate the nursery before the new babe arrives.  He is super excited to move into his new room, once the stars align and we actually get everything moved around!

This weekend, we got a new chair for Lil G's room while we were away on our little parent's vacation.  He was so excited to come in and find the new chair in the living room and doubly excited when we told him that it was going to move into his new room!

 "Look mama.  I relaxing"

Swimmin' Fish

On Thursday, Lil G had his first swimming lesson WITHOUT mama.  He had to go into the pool with just his teacher.  He also had to wait patiently on the side of the pool for his turn--quite a feat for a toddler!  

He did great!  He was a good listener and showed again how fearless he is in the pool. 

* Please excuse the poor quality of the pictures.  Mama forgot the camera and had to use her cell phone :-(

First real snow of the year

On Thursday, we had the first significant snowfall of the year.  This was quite a blow to mama, since on Wednesday, it was 50 degrees and we were playing at a park!

Lil G talked about the snow ALL. DAY. LONG.  

He kept asking if he could go out and make a snowman.  Mama wanted to wait until the blowing snow died down a bit.  So, after dada came home (early) we headed out to play in the frosty air.

Lil G was a bit disappointed that the snow is not snowman-worthy.  He had been talking all day about making a snowperson, complete with carrot nose and stick arms.  Dada explained that the snow was too dry to make into a snowman. Lil G cheered up pretty quickly, after dada let him help shovel the walk!

Dada and Lil G worked hard to clear the walk.  Mama hid inside the garage and took pictures :-)