These pictures weren’t taken at the same ages, but I thought they needed to be side by side.
(Kaitlyn is about 1 month and Ben is about 3 months).
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Month: February 2018
Alex’s new favorite show is Ben 10 so today he made himself the alien-watch-thing.
Teague loves his baby brother and was so excited when I suggested pictures of just the two of them.
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Judy and Jerry left today and we were all sad to see them go. I have done more cooking this week than in a long time. (Not that I don’t cook often, but we tend to frequently have “leftover” night to clean out the fridge.) Tonight I pulled everything out of the fridge and we all picked our favorites. (And will probably do so for the next few nights.)
Today Wade and I had a rare day out with just our oldest two. We left Kaitlyn and Ben with Granny and Pop and got in the car for an adventure. The boys both received gift certificates to Beanstalk and couldn’t wait to check it out. I wasn’t sure if adults were allowed on the ropes courses but I was hoping! Some of the high wires were a little freaky but the zipline was my favorite. The course is laid out so that you have to do some of the more challenging walks to get to the zipline (Smart. Very smart.) Teague was quick to try the harder courses and even went to the upper level with Wade. Alex had fun but was a little more hesitant overall. We all had a blast!
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Granny is a wonderful cook, but my kids’ favorite (and probably mine too) is her Maple Nut Twist Coffee Cake. This has always been a special treat for Christmas morning, birthdays, and occasional random visits. Alex requested one for his birthday and Granny made it with his help. I decided to document most of the process (I forgot a picture of the final coffee cake but did find a close replica online.)
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Teague turned 7 today! Wow! The kids have winter break this week so there is no school. Even better that Granny and Pop came to visit for the week. Teague got to celebrate all day long starting with chocolate donuts and ending with brownie cupcakes. It was a pretty awesome day.
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Have you seen these signs at your local stores – especially grocery stores? At first glance it seems like such a great idea. Those infant carriers are heavy and awkward – especially if you also have shopping bags.
Then let’s scan out and look at the big picture. The closest cart return is quite a ways away. This makes the awesome parking spot not so awesome.
You are left with the choice of leaving the baby in the car while you return the cart or you can push the baby in the cart (after unloading the groceries) and then carry the heavy baby and carrier back to the car. Either way, suddenly the parking spot isn’t so grand. I almost always choose to park right by the cart return. Then I grab the cart and push the baby in and have an easy return when I am done. (On the same note, this has to be annoying for people using the handicap spots too. They are still forced to go a further distance if they put up their cart after unloading.)
These guys are the worst pretend sleepers in history.
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We woke up to 5 inches of snow! With our crazy warm temperatures we knew it wouldn’t last so we got everyone out and played. (Ben didn’t love it quite as much as I had hoped.) Kaitlyn kept asking to go snowboarding (thank you olympics) so Wade helped her out.
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We spent the rest of the afternoon playing games and taking naps.
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