Life Gets Busy... Part 1

I feel like I have so many pictures and things to blog, but just haven't gotten to it.  I don't know why...

So here is my first attempt to catch up with various random things.

Starting in early March. 

Zach really wanted me to take pictures of them in the chair.  This was the best I got. 

I have been trying so hard to get decent pictures of Zach, but he usually does not cooperate and just makes weird faces.  I was pleased to get one that I liked!

Austin continues to love to get into everything.  Sometimes, literally.  He is always trying to climb into the oven drawer.  I try not to let him because it gets really hot there if the oven is on and I don't want him in the habit of being in there...  But this time it was just too cute to resist a picture.  Zach, of course, had to follow.  These two are going to be trouble...

For more than a month, Austin has used Zach's step stool and his highchair to walk around.  He loves the independence and really wants to take off.  He is consistantly walking short distances by himself now, but is still a bit timid and wobbly.  

"Zach's Woodshop". 

After 2+ weeks of the boys having (almost) every sickness symptom you can think of (and very little sleep!), we were grateful to get outside and play and do some yardwork.  In a corner of our yard where we keep our recycling and trash cans, we also keep scraps of wood.  Zach has claimed this as his own and still talks daily about being a workerman.  He also has an "office" in his imagination that he goes to with his imaginary helicopter or "jet pack" daily as well.  It often doesn't make sense, but it is fun to see what he comes up with.

I got really excited about following an online art class with Zach, but it hasn't gone exactly as planned.  I've decided that the projects are directed at a bit older audience and he really just wants to do his own thing right now.  I was initially dissappointed, but we can save it all for when he is more ready.  And in the mean time we still do LOTS of art projects!  He likes to say, "I'm an artist!" and "It's GORGEOUS!"

One day I was in Zach's room putting away laundry and things were just too quiet and still.  So I hunted around for Austin and found him behind the curtain playing with Zach's Mr. Potato head.  Cute boy.

And of course, it turned into peek-a-boo with both boys.