Nature HuntWe took off on our nature hunt armed with the wagon and keen eyes.  Landon collected leaves, sticks, rocks, plants, pine cones, and mulch.  

Back at home, he examined each item under the magnifying glass and made comparisons between many of the items.  He noted how things looked different from one another, how they felt, how they smelled, and even how they tasted (the honeysuckle).  Picking up natural materials is one of Landon's favorite things to do along our walks.  He usually brings at least one rock home everyday, naming it "Roxy" and giving it a voice.  They usually sit on our porch to "guard the house," but I'm sure if I let him, he would bring them all inside and we'd find them laying all over our house! 

Landon is almost 4!

All about Landon:

This is the smile on Landon's face as he feeds a horse at Jared's coworker's faam in Mont Vale, VA.  

This kid loves to laugh, be silly, play pretend, climb, jump, dance, sing, play in the sandbox, push trucks, cars and trains around, fly planes, play games, and put together puzzles.  There is so much more to him than this, but for now that's what I can think of!

Playing Uno with Grandpa and Daddy

He is learning so much everyday and seems to really enjoy reading, writing, and making up stories.

Landon loves to play word games, such as "Word Bird put H with EN.  What word did Word Bird Make?  HEN!"  

My cloth diapering Journey begins...

Cloth Bum!

So these are what have been sucking up much of my time these days.  I've been doing a lot of research on the world of cloth diapering and this is the start of my stash!

So far, I feel like I have a pretty good start to cloth diapering, but I'm sure that once SK arrives, I'll find I've either bought too much or not enough.

More updates to come!

Updated stash picture

Fitteds

Newborn Stash so far

Top are Charlie Banana one size, middle fuzzibunz one size, lower are Applecheeks size 1, the black and white is a kawaii

Rumparooz One Size with my sweet boy playing, "Big Brother"

My favorite so far! Applecheeks Size 1 

ASL

ASL

Landon has always shown a great interest in sign language, but it seems it has been renewed recently and his abilities to form the signs, especially the alphabet, has greatly improved.  While brushing his teeth, he finger spells the alphabet. 

 Flashback Friday:
September 2011

Landon signs duck

Landon signs hat

Spring!

Spring!

March 21, 2014

It all began with a walk in the sunshine yesterday.  We have been hunting for signs of Spring for weeks now and we are finally being rewarded with daffodils, crocus and cherry trees.

The daffodils provided the inspiration for this painting.  

Afterwards, he asked to "go crazy with paint."  With a new piece of paper, he added green, yellow and orange and then requested, "a pot of red, so I can make a Splash of Red just like in the book. "

 

The Maple Festival

The Maple Festival 

March 8, 2014

We spent a wonderful day traveling through the mountains to the Maple Festival.  We enjoyed maple bar b que, maple cinnamon buns, and maple doughnuts.  At  Southernmost Maple Syrup house we watched tree sap turn into maple syrup!  We had a wonderful day in the sunshine!

When we got home, we put up our new tent and Landon played in the sandbox.  We really enjoyed this sunny day!

When we went ot our doctor's appointment on Tuesday, baby girl was doing all kinds of gymnastics moves!  She had her foot in her hand and raised it above her head at one point!  It feels so great to see her moving and hear her heart beating!  Landon always requests for the Sonographer to let him hear her heart beat.  He's very interested in whether she's kicking or not and loves to place his hands on my belly.

In other news, the weather has been a bit crazy here this week.  We went from 75 degrees one day to 30 degrees the next with high winds and blustery nights.  We are anxiously awaiting Spring! 

Our sweet sweet boy is growing so fast!  I just can't believe how lucky we are!

He's definitely my best friend and daddy's buddy!  He loves to be in the same room with us, but has learned in the last few months that we all need to learn to play on our own too.  He talks non stop and LOVES imaginative play!   Since last summer (and maybe even before that I've lost track) he prefers to act and pretend over any other game or toy!  He's happier with the cardboard sword, shield and proton pack that we've made than with any store bought toys.  He's also learning to read by sounding out the letters.

Sign language is also a renewed interest of his.  He asks us all the time how to sign different words and demonstrates his knowledge of ASL daily, especially at the dinner table.