Top O' The Morning To You!

Happy St Patrick's Day

Love, Holden

A for Effort

This is Holden. Holden is 16 months old.

Since Holden has become 16 months old, we have encountered a dilemma. You see, Holden is no longer interested in sitting and playing nicely with his toys. He is much more interested in throwing them, hitting the TV with them, or tossing them into the garbage. The problem? He does not yet grasp the concept of "structured" playtime either.

Exhibit A: "Fingerpainting" with pudding. I thought this would be a good beginner project.

Exhibit B: Holden hoovering all the "fingerpaint" into his mouth at lightening speed. Like he had never eaten before in his life.

Exhibit C: He did let me make a few marks on his tray to show him how it was done, distracting me while he got every last drop into his mouth. Super fun project idea over in approximately 8.5 seconds.

Lesson learned? Children should not be 16 months old in the winter. Whenever you're ready, spring.

Slave Labor

Would you believe me if I told you this was all his idea? Would you believe me if I said that dusting is one of his favorite pastimes, right after vacuuming and sorting laundry? I kid you not, the poor child sits in front of the cleaning closet crying "baa-cooom, baa-coom" multiple times a day. He also drags his giant hamper to the washing machine and tries to put his clothes in it.

He is either starting young with the whole "clean freak" persona or knocking my housekeeping skills. Could be either one.

Obsession

Anyone else obsessed with the Olympics?
Anyone want to come obsess with this guy?
I've had just about all the random Olympic trivia and detailed rule breakdown for each sport that I can take.

Speaking of obsession, you'll never guess what Holden's newest obsession is...

Yup. We watched two episodes just today. Holden kept pointing to the TV and saying "mmm, good!" I'll be honest, it was a welcome break from the Playhouse Disney crew.

Valentine Things

Happy Valentine's Day!! Hope it was filled with lots of pink, hearts and treats!

She's Crafty...(And She's Just My Type!)

A little Beastie Boys anyone?...Anyone? Just me then. Hmmm..

Well, as we all know by now, I am NOT crafty. But now I have one fewer excuse..I mean, reason...for my lack of craftiness.

Previously, if I wanted to get to my meager supply of crafting items, I had to go through this... To get to this...
Organized? Ehh, kinda. Accessible? No way! Even less accessible when Holden is sleeping (which would be the only time I think to do anything crafty anyways).

So..since my condo hasn't recently grown a new wing to support a craft room, I purchased this little beauty for our living room.

Organized? Yep! Accessible? Very much so. Oh so pretty? I think so! Who knows, this might be just the solution to my non crafty ways!

Oh, and if you were worried about the fate of the fancy plastic drawers that USED to house all this stuff, don't worry. They were adopted by the hall closet and are fitting right in at their new home.

Holden's Thoughts On Winter

Not a huge fan... To relive my thoughts on winter, see here.