A Dress Up Kind of Day

We have been hanging out around home a lot more lately, but the kids still have tons of fun playing and entertaining themselves.  I have been getting ready to drop off items at the consignment sale and it got the kids into trying on the old winter hats and such I had pulled out that I was going through. 

We thought Justin resembled Dopey from Snow White and couldn't stop laughing... (and I have no idea what made him decide to take off his shirt but he went most of the day without it.)

Witch Hats!  (with winter hats underneath of course and winter mittens too!)

Big, Big, Little

I made the kids Big Sister/Big Brother/Little Brother shirts before Ryan was born.  I had the perfect picture in mind for these shirts, but as usual, I didn't have the perfect participants for my picture. The best background shot is my first one; then the kids wrinkled and moved off my background.. and not one where everyone is smiling perfectly but we will try again one day! 

Such sweet first smiles!

There is almost nothing better than getting to see those first wide-eyed smiles from your new little baby.  While Ryan is not doing them on command when we talk to him, he is now smiling some when he is awake.  I have been trying for days to capture the perfect smile and these are as close as I have come to getting the perfect smile shot.

Katelynn Cooks at the Bakery!

A friend from one of our playgroups set up a FREE bakery tour for our 4-5 year olds today.  What a neat experience it was!  I was so impressed with the business.  They let the kids tour the bakery, showed them how everything was made, and then let them make their own cinnamon bread and gave them a huge cookie.. all for free!  Katelynn had a blast!

Apron on?  Check!  "Baker's Hat" on?  Check!  Let's Bake!!

Getting the dough all ready!

Adding the cinnamon chips!

Bread ready to bake (and K's name handwritten by herself in front of her bread so she doesn't get the wrong loaf!)

Coloring and eating giant, yummy cookies while the bread bakes!

Time to check the bread in the giant oven and head home with our freshly baked loaf!  It was yummy by the way!

2 week Well Visit for Ryan

Ryan had his well visit today and is doing great.  He weighed 8 pounds, 15 ounces and was 21 3/4 inches long.  The doctor had no worries about the mild jaundice he has had that is slowly going away and said he was doing great. 

During the visit, I learned that Justin just might be more social than Katelynn is (which makes me laugh because he has always seemed like the one who was more shy for a while there).  He wouldn't stop talking to the pediatrician.  Poor Dr. Fiscnec was trying to leave the exam room and Justin wouldn't stop talking!  He made sure to inform him as soon as he walked in that "Baby Brother's belly button fell off" (LOL) and then proceeded to go into detail about each tool that the doctor used "last night" when he checked Justin out (which was his 2 year visit way back in February rather than last night).  Too funny!

Off With the Cord= Fun Bath!

One of the things I look forward to after bringing a newborn home is when the pesty cord falls of their belly button.  Finally Sunday morning Ryan woke up with his having fallen off at some point during the night.  This means he can be submerged in water instead of having a sponge bath so we went ahead and did a bath today and he didn't scream when he was soaking in some warm water (and I didn't even fill his tub very full either!).  We may not have gotten a smile but this was better than the screaming we have been getting!

Busted Playing Daddy!

Haha... This just made me laugh.  Justin was playing trucks and the next thing I knew, he was using the baby wipes to clean the baby's bum.   When I looked over, he was working at wiping the baby's bum with such determination but when I said how cute he was being, he got a bit embarrassed!