Tuesday, September 20, 2011

A boy and his dog

So Cole is really into stuffed animals. He loves them. He usually has at least ten on his bed at all times. They may change, but there are always a lot of them. To name a few...PuppyBear, Ducky, Angry bird, Pig, Gpa Francis bear, Bunny, and most important of all...Clifford. Clifford was at Kohls one day when we went shopping and Cole saw him and just fell in love. He asked if we could take him home so I said, "Why don't you carry him around the store with you while we shop and if you still love him when we're done he can come home with us." Well, he was still in love...and still is. Clifford is his pal. They play, snack, drive, watch tv, eat and hang out together all the time. Sometimes Clifford gets in trouble-playing with Cole at naptime instead of sleeping. But all in all he's a good pal.
Today Cole brought Clifford to preschool to show Clifford his classroom. Then I was instructed to watch Clifford and play with him while Cole was busy learning at school. When I went back to school to pick Cole up he even asked, "Did you play wiuth Clifford?" Of course I did;) Then we got home and Cole had Clifford help make lunch and eat with him. We even taught him how to make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and chocolate milk. It was pretty exciting.
Clifford, thanks being such a great pal.




Budding artist

Samantha loves to paint. Anything. She is so artistic and just loves anything artsy craftsy. So the other day I broke out the paints and easel and let her go to town. A pony picture is what we landed on. Pink and purple. Her favorites. I love watching her concentration when she's working on something, so focused!



Randomness

A glimpse into our world over here.....


Cowboy Cole.

Rainy day lady.

Big guy.

Mmm, rain.

Ballet

Samantha has wanted to take ballet for years, so last summer I signed her up for a class throught the city. It was sweet, and she loved it. So we decided to sign her up at a studio by our house. She goes once a week for an hour and LOVES it. Her teacher (Miss Megan-hee hee) is amazing. They even have a little ballet journal that they work in and bring in each week. Samantha insisted that I take a picture of her with Miss. Megan so she could put it in her journal. My favorite part-watching the kids learn leaps. So cute!


Samantha and Miss. Megan