Nicki And Adam's Family Blog

Everyday is notable for a 23 month old? Correct? Here are a few good ones: -Charlie seems to be trying to kill himself lately. Within the last 5 days he has: opened a bottle of goo-gone by himself (luckily I caught that right before he took a sip!), hung from a treadmill and fell (cut his lip), and put his hand on a heater that he has been told 100's of times is "hot." Didn't really get burnt at all, just officially learned the meaning of the word "hot." Maybe be will stop calling ice cream "hot" now. -Adam leaves for work at the same time that I do. We have a one care garage/driveway, so he pulls out first. Adam turns right to leave, I turn left. Each day, Charlie watches Daddy's care leave (while we are in the car behind) and says, "bye bye daddy!" Pretty cute! -Charlie has been throwing toys lately. We are trying to nip it in the butt. Yesterday, he threw one, I looked sternly at him and said "so sad, you get a time out....

We went down to the Chicago area in Mid-February to visit some Trisha and Kevin Johnson who live there with their 2 little ones (Cara and Ellie). We had a great time, but had to cut it short when Charlie came down with a nasty little fever and a yucky cough. But, in the meantime, he had great spirits and went to a wonderful children's museum. Here are some pictures of Charlie learning. He has a very intent face as though he were actually figuring it all out! Grocery Shopping Finally, a computer he can't break, or tear the X key off of! Bright and beautiful smile. He LOVES water and anything having to do with it! Of course Mommy put Charlie on Stage! ....And we had to add some make up as well :) 

What will March bring for Wisconsin this year? In like a lamb: And out like a Lion:

I have had a bit more time on my hands since being a stay-at-home mom. Lots of time to search Pinterest for some neat ideas. Here are pictures of some of my creations: 1.) Learning to Crochet. I did it, finally! I made this Elmo Hat for Charlie. He loves it and wears it all the time. The hardest part were the eyes. The eyes took me longer than the entire hat combined. I think I made at least 3 pairs until I found the set that would match. 2.) Educational Materials: Some really cute ideas on how to teach kids colors on Pinterest. Charlie, at the moment, calls everything "blue." I am not worried he is color-blind (although his Papa on Adam's side is), I want to try to teach him this at some point. Here are two projects that I am working on. They will be finished as soon as I can get the hot glue gun working again ;)