Potty Training

So I have come to a fork in the road, potty training.  For the better part of the past 12 months Sean and I have worked at potty training with Owen.  Stumbling along the way, trying this and then that, changing expressions, tone and words and googling, googling, googling for advice, tips, anything.  By the […]

Kitchen Days

Some days are kitchen days, Owen and Brandon thoroughly love their kitchen and play with it often; my favorite is when they pull it out from the wall and use the little window to ask each other for food and how they are doing.  When the kitchen gets used, there are some supplies that are needed: […]

Owen growing up

Fisher Price has a brand of toy out for ages 3-6 (I think), called Imaginext. It is really cool stuff and has all the themes that a boy would like — fire house, spaceship, pirate ship, Batman’s bat cave. For Christmas Owen got the spaceship and Brandon got the fire house. They love playing with […]

More crafts

One weekend, Daddy did paper bag monsters and masks with Owen and Brandon. That was a real hit, they were so excited to show anyone who walked in the door and they played together with them for days aftewards. And I’ll tell you a secret, Daddy is going to build a craft table for Owen […]

Craft time

Owen and Brandon love crafts, love coloring and being creative. I will admit we don’t do it enough these days with them, the craft stuff is put away out of sight and we often forget about it until it’s too late in the night or right before nap time. At daycare they had a craft […]

Bedtime

Daddy is still the favorite at bed time, although Owen and Brandon are a little more willing to let Mommy read and tuck them in. After All, Daddy can pick them both up, in each arm, and carry them up the stairs to Mommy and Daddy’s bed for story time. And Daddy does it as […]