puzzle boy

Judah has discovered puzzles...not those wooden ones with knobs but actual puzzles. whoa. I think he started doing them because he kept on seeing Ethan do them...and this kid (Judah) is actually REALLY good at them! And he gets soooooo excited when he gets it to work:)
We were given a Thomas the Train puzzle for Christmas and Judah LOVES to do it! I love to watch his little brain process everything and find the right place for each piece.

Remember my post about Ethan's puzzle craziness? The puzzle brains must've been passed to Judah too! It amazes me:)It takes him a while to do the whole puzzle - and sometimes he loses interested before then - BUT I'm still amazed at his strange ability to figure where the pieces go! Way to go my littlest man! I like to think that they inherited some of my math brains....a girl can dream right? :)

10 on Tuesday - Birthday Party Style!

1. I'm a little (a lot) late on posting about my littlest guys 2 year birthday parties...so it's getting it's own 10 on Tuesday for it!

2. His first party was at my parents house - Joe and I made a "Train" themed cake and Judah loved it! We kept it hidden from him till the party and when he saw it he kept saying "Choo-Choo!" 3. On my side of the family, after we sing "Happy Birthday" we chant "Not gonna stop till you skip around the room, skip around the room, skip around the room, not gonna stop till you skip around the room......." while the birthday person literally skips around the room! Well, we did this for Judah and he knew exactly what to do! He RAN around the room soooo fast! 4. He almost hit his head...key word: almost...I caught a pic of his just barely missing the table! He didn't want to stop running!

5. Then he enjoyed his cake....hmmmm6. Think he likes cake much? Yeah he does:)

7. His next party was at Joe's parents house - Joe and I made a "Fireman" themed cake - once again, we hid it from mr. Judah until the party and he kept saying "wee-ooo-wee-oo" *his firetruck sound*8. I made 2 different types of cakes and layered them...we had an over abundance of cake! hmmm yummy:) 9. Judah enjoying his birthday cake - this kid could eat cake everyday if I let him (which I most certainly will not!) 10. At Christmas, Ethan got a big boy bike from Joe's parents..when Judah saw it he asked Grandma "Judah bike?" asking if he was getting one.....he didn't get one for Christmas...good thing his birthday is shortly after! He got his own bike too - he was SO excited! We had 2 wonderful birthday parties for our wonderful 2 year old boy!

STATS

here's the stats for my littlest man:

Height: 2'7.5" 1.34%
Weight: 25 lb 13.22%
Head Circumference: 50 cm 81.10%

HOORAY! My little Judah made it past the 1% for height! Remember his 18 month stats? He was under the 1% for his cute little height:) I love my short, little man!
He passed all his developmental marks with flying colors and even 'impressed' our doctor with some antics in the exam room - that-a-boy!I love you Judah!

10 on Tuesday...err Wednesday

opps. Tuesday came and went and no post was made - can I blame it on the fact that Joe is done with school so I no longer have to wait up till 11pm on Tuesday nights? *hence my 10 on Tuesday posts!* (He had class Tuesday nights in case anyone missed that connection - hooray for being done!)

onward...

1. I won a $25 gift card for Mr. Tai's Asian Restaurant this afternoon! Hip Hip Hooray for a free dinner!

2. They have been using Facebook to get their name out there (smart move I say) and had a photo contest of sorts; they posted a photo of a nature scene that was taken within their delivery area...first person to correctly guess the intersection where it was taken wins a $25 gift card...

3...you guessed it; I guessed it! There were like 9 guessed before mine and then I correctly guessed it! I wasn't thinking I would win at all (since the photo was on a snowy wetland - those are everywhere around here) but I DID!

4. We enjoyed a delicious take-out meal of: sweet and sour chicken, sesame chicken, Kung Pao Beef and Beef Lo Mien! hmmmm and we have LOTS of leftovers:)

5. Ethan decided to sport my snow boots on his feet and my 'fashion' snow boots on his hands and walk around like a bear. Normal toddler behavior right? It is in my house:)

6. I went to a Mosaics class with my mother-in-law this past Saturday and it was a blast! I made a mirror and Theresa made a wall panel. We chose the tile, cut it (if it needed to be cut), patterned it however we pleased and then glued it!

7. They sent us home with the grout to do at a later time as the glue needs to set overnight; I still need to do that part:) I am excited to see what the finished product looks like though!

8. I made mine with the colors of our bedspread (browns, greens, tans) with hopes to put it over my nightstand...I think my plan with work!

9. I have SO many pictures to load off my poor camera and onto the computer...I just don't have time; and then when I do have time (aka right now) I lack the motivation. See...when I put it on the computer I make myself put it on our external hard-drive so I know it's backed up...and I lack the motivation to do that. argh.

10. When I DO get more motivation expect posts on Judah's birthday parties; his recent doctor visit (which was today); superman jammies and more! Ohhhh the anticipation...

Resourceful

Ethan displayed his resourcefulness to me this afternoon....

...I had set him up with a movie and a snack for rest time and I was in my room; it was quiet for a long time (rest time should be that; so nothing wrong here) and then my phone rang. I went out into the living room to get it.

Apparently, Ethan must've still been hungry after the snack I gave him. He decided to get himself a snack instead of bother me....his choice of snack is the interesting part.

I looked over at him on the couch, happily watching his movie while eating out of a

BAG OF SHREDDED CHEESE.

ok. I asked him why he was eating shredded cheese (and making a mess with it too) and he said he wanted cheese but couldn't cut the 'cutting cheese' (that's what we call block cheese; because you cut it) so he decided to eat shredded cheese.

I chose not to get mad and offered to cut him some 'cutting' cheese. He was pleased with that and continued with his rest time.

I found it very cute how resourceful he was!

10 on Tuesday

1. My house is a wreck. boo. It's not abnormal though...most days this time of night I think the same thing. I blame my two toddlers;)

2. I made beef stew today! Put everything in the crock pot this morning before ECFE and went about my day - lovely meal was ready for dinner! yum.

3. We still have 1/2 of Judah's birthday cake from Saturday leftover; Joe and I have been trying to eat a piece a night to use it up! Probably not the best time to eat it - ah well:)

4. Judah's vocabulary has EXPLODED the past few weeks! He's a talking maniac now!

5. I now have TWO VERY TALKATIVE TODDLERS. oy. Let's just say I really enjoy talking to Joe in the evening when they are sleeping....no toddler interruptions.

6. Judah's poor lip is soooo dry and chapped it started to bleed yesterday! I put some of my scent-free chapstick on it and he seemed to enjoy it:)

7. I'm ready for Summer. I'll even take Spring:)

8. Mine and Joe's FIVE year anniversary is coming up soon! (Feb. 4th) WOW that went fast!

9. Library run tomorrow! We'll see what kind of good finds we'll find:)

10. I need to upload pictures and then I'll have a lot to blog about:) Birthdays, cute boys, and more!

Bubble Bath

With these COLD winter days and nights the boys have been taking A LOT of warm baths! Bubble baths to be exact:) They were given some bubble bath for Christmas (in Buzz and Woody containers!!) and LOVE to play in there!

I don't mind at all: warm water, warm bathroom, happy kids, clean kids, tired kids after....win win!