Picture Post

Jan/Feb 2010 Random Photos

Alex reading Curious George books: He got a boxed set for his birthday from Grandma & Grandpa S, and we’re reading a LOT of George around here.

We’re still watching George every day, too: one morning episode while I snuggle with Alex on the couch & one “Mama’s Making Dinner” episode at night. I try to turn Max away from the TV, but they were SOOO cute that I didn’t have the heart to move Max.

This is what happens when Alex wants to take a picture of Mama. At least I’m in the photo.

For those who don’t understand how I get things done - The answer is: I don’t. I feel like I should be honest for my kids, who will someday read this printed blog, and just because I don’t want anyone thinking I’m attempting to be Supermom. I am most certainly not…as the picture prove:

The baby’s bassinet is where I dump the laundry basket of clean clothes, presumably until I fold them. Usually, though, it's until I grab clean baby clothes from the pile in the bassinet. The kitchen counter almost always has a pile. There are almost always dishes in the sink. The living room might have carpeting. We’re no longer sure. I do clean, but my kiddos come first!

We spent an evening with Nana a few weeks ago. What fun!

Young love? Alex with his friend Sabrina…

Skooby & Max…I was surprised by how long he held the baby!

Tigger is a farmer these days.

I’m a bad mom these days.

The picture doesn’t really show it very well, but Alex learned a good lesson…and so did I. Alex & I made jello together one afternoon. The stove had been off for about 5 minutes, and I went to the office to look up a phone number. Bad choice…Alex pushed a chair to the stove & set his hand on the still-hot burner. I walked in as he was doing it, but too late to prevent it. The burn has healed nicely, but Alex has learned some new words: burn and stove. He calls the peeling skin a “hangnail”.

Always the goofy one. Think he gets that from his daddy?

Max loves the tub!
He does NOT like the getting out part…too cold!

Alex loves to gently splash Max with water, but we sometimes have to scold him for getting Max’s face wet. He tries to share the tub toys with baby, but it’s tough! He usually wants them right back.

Daddy & Alex playing Wii Fit. Alex uses a plastic lid as his balance board, although we usually end up getting kicked off of the real balance board after a while.

Max found his feet recently. He loves to play with them, take off his socks, and use them to kick the toys in his bouncer.

Hangin’ out on Mama & Daddy’s big bed…

How to use up extra energy while stuck indoors…

And now that I’ve loaded a whole picture post with Windows Live Writer, let me tell you – this was FAR easier to use with a whole bunch of pictures than just using plain old Blogger. It loads pictures quickly, you can move them easily, and it was very simple to learn the new software. I found out about it from A Mommy Talks, who wrote:

“I created this blog post in Windows Live Writer (Free Software), which I learned about from Mom Tried It. Talk about simplifying my life.”

The Mom Tried It website has a great explanation of the software. I’m sure there’s a lot to learn as far as really utilizing this software, but for now, I’m just glad to have found a simpler way to blog picture-heavy posts! :)