April Showers

I can't believe its April already.  Where is this year going?   Here is quick recap for the first half of our month.  

Bob taught Austin about Umbrellas.  Now whenever we go ANYWHERE and it's raining i hear 'Austins umbrella'.  Here he is on a trip back from the mailbox with his boots and umbrella.

I love clearance sections at stores, don't you?    When I was there I found some 'Special Markers' aka washable dry erase markers.  Sweet huh?   So, I taught Austin that with these Special Markers he can write on the board....

And then erase it with a napkin.....So after I hand him the box of special markers, he is very quick to ask for a napkin.   He has mastered the general idea of Tic Tac Toe.    He asks me to draw the board and then we take turns putting a mark in one of the empty boxes.

Please excuse the mess on the counter of this picture, but this is a common site at our house.  Dad comes home from work, He and Austin go out to the backyard and pick some lettuce.  They clean and cut it for dinner.

And the best part......He actually eats it!!!!!!

He also enjoyed his first Taco....I think he is going to be a fan, just like his dad.

One day,  Austin and I took a walk and noticed that our neighbor had a basketball hoop laying in their trash pile.   He was very quick to point it out to me.   Lucky for us, on the way home, the owner was outside and we asked if it was broken?  He said no and we could have it.  Score!!!     Austin has really enjoyed playing with it this month.

Mom got something new too (well, craigs list new). A new stroller for Big Brother and little brother. (Dont worry those of you keeping track....I sold two of my other ones)   We have taken a few walk so Austin can get used to standing and sitting in the big brother seat.

Magnets are cool

One of the toys I have been really wanting to get for Austin is Magnets.   When Uncle Chuck was here, we went to a school supply store and scored this set!  (Well, the magnets and disk were in the set, the tray and containers were in my cabinet of goodies)

I put it in front of him and let him go to town.  Here he is unscrewing the container to find out whats inside.

Look these marbles stick to the wand.

I put metal marbles, metal disks, paperclips, and gem stones in the containers so he can discover what will 'stick' to the magnet and what would not.   Of course, he enjoyed just dumping all the 'stuff' out on the tray.

We practiced sorting and put all the items back into their container, then got the wand out started playing more.

If i drag the wand up the outside of the bottle, the marble floats up too.

All in all, I love the magnet wands, and I think he does too.

Uncle Chucks visit

Its been awhile and we have been up to a lot.  Way back in March, Uncle Chuck (Bob's Uncle) came down to visit from Chicago.   He and Austin did a lot of playing and Baseball was one of the highlights.

 Here Austin is letting Uncle Chuck take a turn.


Austin decided that just hitting the ball was not challenging enough.  So he got the mini basketball hoop out and was trying to 'bunt' into the basket.

Uncle Chuck got Austin a Guitar....his favorite noisy toy so far!

The boys hanging out with their own popcorn bowls.

More Baseball in my new Sox warm up outfit.

Playing in my Pueblo

And what warm day is not complete without a splash in the water table?

I think that Austin did a great job wearing out Uncle Chuck.  He took extra naps, went to bed early, and even slept in a bit.  (And I am talking about Uncle Chuck!)