Against my better judgement...

Sometimes when it is raining/wet outside and Connor & I are alone with not much going on, I occasionally make bad life decisions. For example, I decided it looked like a great day to go ahead and let Connor play in the sink with some of his bath toys. Notice the forethought of taking off his shirt & providing him with a bib. (Surely this will save his outfit & contain the splashing)...

After a few minutes, I realized that this "playing" would not really be taking place IN the sink as much as AROUND the sink, so I had to make some arrangements (i.e. the large bath towel). A few minutes later, I realized that what I really needed was a TARP. Before long, Connor had poured an entire 8oz cup of water down his front side. By this time the bad decisions were adding up, so I just gave in, took off his tiny bib and let him get completely soaking wet.

This later required one full load of laundry, but it did occupy the guy for almost one entire hour! When not moping up large spills, or getting more towels, I think I managed to flip through five whole pages of my Glamour magazine:)

Hugs

Cousin Lauren came over today to play. The kids did kid stuff like playing in the rocks, "mowing" the lawn, getting Daisy's ball, etc. I on the other hand taught two 1 year olds how to take turns with the lawn mower (one of Connor's all time favorite toys) in about 20 second intervals. "Connor's Turn" (wait 20 seconds) "Lauren's turn" (after which Connor would wail, "NO! Connor's turn! Connor's turn!" for the remaining 20 seconds) etc. I have to say, Lauren was a bit better at waiting her turn. However, all this sharing of toys didn't seem to bother them in the end, because they are still pals, complete with hugs and all.

Seriously, isn't that just the cutest thing?

Sleeping

We have one child who has specific sleep needs. He requires a darkened room, a special blanky, a binky, some "settling" time, etc. If you are thinking this sounds really high maintenance, let me assure you that IT. IS. However, our first born "child" requires very little to fall asleep. In fact, this other child can fall asleep almost anywhere, almost anytime, in almost any position. Literally. Here is proof:

Easter

We figured that Connor was old enough to help dye some easter eggs this year. And By "old enough" we mean that he was strapped into his chair JUST out of reach of the actual dye...

Then, on Easter morning we taught Connor how to "hunt" for Easter eggs. It is apparently super exciting when you are 1 to find eggs which are hidden IN.PLAIN.VIEW.

Then we let Connor help hide the eggs for Daddy. However, he was just so excited for Daddy to find them, that he gave away all the hiding places before his Dad could hunt them out, "Daddy, right there!" "Daddy shoe" etc. When Connor tried to hide the eggs from his Mama, he decided that hiding ALL the eggs in the exact same place (under one couch cushion) would be a really good idea. Then he told me where they were. I tried to act surprised.

Lastly, a picture for you of Connor & his Dad all dressed up before church. As you might recall (if you are a long standing blog reader/fan) that last year Connor only "enjoyed" church for about 20 minutes. Let's just say that after one year he has not shown significant growth in this area:)