Play Dough Fun!

Hunter just loves making art - coloring, forming play dough and painting are among his favorite activities. Here are some pics of some of our most recent play dough sessions!

Happy 90th Birthday Ur-Oma!!

Special happy birthday wishes from us to Oma in St. Louis! Hope you had a wonderful day!

Playground Weather

We had some wonderful spring weather come in this weekend and took the opportunity to visit a local playground. We hadn't been there since last summer when Hunter was too small to enjoy much there. What a difference a winter has made. Hunter was everywhere, climbing on everything, going down the slides by himself, playing in the sand pit. We were there for 2 hours straight and he didn't want to leave, but he sure crashed hard at nap time when we got home!!

A Week with Mom-Mom

While Ryan was in Stratton VT for the US Open, Mom-Mom came to stay with us for the week. It became clear from the Day 1 that she was Hunter's new shiny toy. He took her by the hand and led her everywhere with him and there were certain things that only Mom-Mom could do with him, Mommy wasn't allowed anymore. Of course, she loved every minute...even after he exhausted her! She lavished him with attention (his favorite thing), new toys, and lots of hugs and kisses! In fact, she spoiled me, too, with lots of help around the house and yummy dinners. We both miss her terribly and wish she lived closer!

Hunter didn't want to stop playing with the new guitar and drum set that Mom-mom got for him...and he didn't want to let anyone else play with them either - not even Mom-mom or Mommy!

Hunter's Big Boy Room

With Mason's impending arrival, we have been preparing a new big boy room for Hunter over the last couple of months. We finally got everything in and had Hunter pretty excited about sleeping in a "big boy bed". Once we got it set up we decided we wouldn't have him sleep in there right away, but would give him time to play in there and get used to it first. Funny thing is, he immediately started taking his favorite blanket and stuffed giraffe (which he sleeps with every night) into his big boy bed at night time and getting into his toddler bed. Guess he was more ready to make the move than we were. We gave it a few weeks and upon putting the final touches on his room, we let him have at it.

When he went down for his first nap in his big boy room, Ryan laid outside the door and every time Hunter got out of bed he would tell him to get back in. This went on for a while but ever since then Hunter does NOT get out of the bed once we have tucked him in. In fact, he even stays in bed and calls out for us when he wakes up, waiting for us to come and get him before he will get up. It is pretty funny...we really expected to wake up to him banging on his toys each morning...so glad that is not the case!

Here are some pictures of his new Dr. Seuss Big Boy room!