At first I thought that there really was no theme to this week's blog. Just a hodgepodge of moments from around the house. The last two weekends we hunkered down and rarely left the nest. But after sorting through all the pictures... I realized there was a pattern emerging. Headgear. Disney ears, safety goggles, cute winter hats. It seems a multitude of headpieces snuck their way into my pictures. I hope you enjoy the variety as much I did!
I remember receiving this sweatshirt from Grandma and Grandpa Diemer around Thanksgiving time...when Sage was just getting to the 18-month mark. It was only worn a handful of times before he simply grew out of it. And there was always a little bit of lingering guilt that such a nice item had gone relatively unused. But that's the great thing about having two boys. What didn't get worn to rags the firs time around, gets a second chance to shine.
Sage and Maelyn below. November 2013.
Kale. November 2015.
Kale and the Packers Mickey spent some time bonding together on this Saturday morning.
Sage didn't want the other animals to feel left out....
Eventually we got around to breakfast.
Then we discovered it was a hot and gorgeous day outside.
And I mean HOT!
I had a tank top on....and was barefoot.
Which meant that after I ran my errands...I got to do this.
A beer in the backyard.
I think this picture captures the essence of Colorado.
Snow boots, a t-shirt, cold beer, and a hot sun.
Sage looks forward to drinking beer one day when he gets older. (He has told us so.) But in the meantime, he was quite content to eat his popcorn out of a miniature toilet.
We ended the weekend like usual. Brotherly silliness. Half of participants in the nude. We ask him to wear clothes. He doesn't want to. Not worth fighting about.
The following weekend it was a bit colder, but still very nice.
Sage invented a very cool game. He practiced stacking the pieces of his play house as high as they could go before toppling over.
I was impressed with his creativity. He's finally getting better at "playing alone." Not that I want him to do that all the time. But there are occasions where I just need him to entertain himself. And it's pretty cool to see what he comes up with when left to his own devices.
But we also come up with some pretty creative games as a family too. What you see below is Sage and Kale pretending to be hungry zoo animals. I was the zookeeper and I would throw rolled up socks over the gate (representing an assortment of wild animal food) and the boys would fetch the socks in their mouths and return to me.
Over and over we did this. Until the animals turned on each other. Then we found a new game.
After some imaginary power-tooling, Sage got to help his dad do some real drilling. We are trying to replace the seals on the bottom of the doors. Sounds simple. But 90 minutes later, we were on Amazon trying to order different parts. The seal project has been postponed till after Thanksgiving.
Another recent game is practicing for Christmas morning. Sage has been stuffing gift bags with toys and tissue paper. Then carting them from room to room where we imagine it's Christmas day.
Spare ribbon found in one of the bags made a great accessory for Kale.
Bath time is always entertaining. Sage likes to pretend it's a giant car wash. Or, we will get him a cup of cold water and a cup of hot, and then he dips his color-changing hot wheels back and forth.
And as all parents know all too well, cardboard boxes are also great for imaginary play.
And so are old mattresses. I'm sort of embarrassed we've had these un-sheeted mattresses in our living room for close to a month. But they provide so much entertainment to the boys...I can't bare to move them. We jump, dance, and have tickle fights almost on a nightly basis. In fact, during my annual physical last week, my doctor inquired about my exercise habits. I asked her if jumping on the bed every night counted. She said no.
On Sunday, we got a little bit more outside time.
This was the day that Kale also decided to move from a "primarily crawling" phase to a "primarily walking" phase. He is officially over the hump! And he is walking everywhere. And it's a cute walk too. He doesn't really move his legs separately from his hips. So each side of his body moves in unison. Swinging left. Then swinging right. I squeal every time!
Even a play house can be played with in more than one way....
