Color me

Last year, Karsten was not interested in dying eggs, so we weren't sure what  to expect this year.  I hoped it would help that he had already done an egg hunt at my work, so he understood that the Easter bunny would hide the eggs and Karsten would get to hunt them.

He was fascinated by the color tablets fizzing and desolving into the vinegar.  He kept saying 'what they doing mommy' about the little tablets.


Checking out the eggs.



Liam thinks Karsten's Mickey cup would be pretty fun to chew on. Check out that drool on his shirt!  He's working hard to get that tooth to come in.


Comcentrating on egg #2.  Egg #1 got dropped into the liquid and cracked.




Daddy and Karsten dying their eggs.  Liam just hanging out watching,  

Checking out Dad's egg dying skills.


Just when he was getting into this egg dying thing, we ran out of eggs. We hadn't made many eggs because he wasn't into it last year!

That Crafty Bunny

I always wanted to make a taggie type blanket for Karsten but never got around to it.  So, I was determined to either buy or make one for Liam.  I searched Etsy and looked at the real Taggie blankets but didn't find anything I loved or was willing to pay that much.

So, I enlisted my mom's help finding the perfect fabric and got a quick tutorial on how I should create the blanket. Saturday afternoon, both boys were napping at the same time (gotta love that!) so I got to work.

Gathered all of my supplies.  Luckily we had a lot of ribbon on hand between scrapbooking and the ribbon I bought when we were doing both Karsten and Liam's rooms.


I just love ribbon.  LOVE!


Then I pinned all of the ribbon on the blanket and got sewing!  Now, I haven't TOUCHED my sewing machine for about 3 years, since before Karsten was born.  I was a bit rusty, but I could still sew a (relatively) straight line.


VOILA! The completed project.  I'm pretty happy with the result.  I would snuggle up with it and take a nap!  This fabric is seriously cuddly and soft.

Capturing moments

I had grand plans of snapping a few pictures of the boys after church last Sunday. I envisioned big smiles from both boys while they were looking at the camera.  LOL - did you just laugh?  You should have!

I started with Liam (since he can't run away) and planned to snag Karsten for a few brother shots. Liam would smile at my silly noises and big smiles, but I couldn't catch the quick smiles with my camera.  Nonetheless, I think he looked pretty handsome!  Cracks me up how he has his arm propped up on the chair - he's just kickin' back and relaxing.
 



He was talking to me here - remember, he's been quite the chatterbox lately!  I love it!


Then we (I had recruited Scott as a helper) talked Karsten into getting in the chair with Liam.  He decided he wanted to talk to him before he got in the chair; then shrieked 'MOMMY, LIAM HAS MY HAIR. AHHHHHHH'.  Remove the word hair and insert a toy name, and I think we'll hear that phrase a lot in the next few years. :)


But we quickly recovered and they resumed talking to each other.  Look at how Liam is holding onto Karsten's finger.  So sweet.


Karsten was singing a song to Liam which get's big smiles almost every time.  Liam loves singing!




You get bonus points with Liam if you sing AND move his arms around.  Karsten is a pro at this.


Having so much fun! I don't mind that my perfectly posed pictures didn't happen - these are priceless moments.

A Tooth!

Soon enough, Karsten will no longer be able to say 'But him no have teeth' about Liam.  We've felt a tooth coming in on the bottom in the front.  Thankfully he hasn't been fussy, just drooling lots and trying to stuff his fist in his mouth.  That works for a few minutes until he gags himself with his fingers and looks surprised. We're trying to get him to chew on a toy instead. :)

Karsten was about five months old when he got his first tooth, so I wonder if they'll be on a similar schedule.

Wordless Wednesday - technology

Runs in the familty

Liam has started to 'talk' to us more lately. It seems like someone flipped a switch and he went from talking a little to chattering at us all the time.   If Liam is talking and I don't respond right away, Karsten says (in an impatient voice), Moooommm, he's talking to you.  Then, Karsten will join in and talk to him too, it usually sounds a lot like whatever I just said to Liam. :)

Liam has also started to roll over occasionally! We haven't seen him do it without a bit of coaxing from us; however, he can do it if he wants to! He does front to back a bit easier but I'm sure after some more practice he will be rolling all over the place.

Hunting eggs

Saturday morning we headed to my work to participate in the annual Easter egg hunt.  10,000 eggs were hidden In the lawn for all the little ones to find.  It's a nice event, we've enjoyed it for a couple of years now.

Karsten was excited to get started picking up the eggs he could see just a few feet in front of him.


Planning the strategy for picking up the eggs.


Ready, set, go!




When he added this egg to the basket and it popped open, he said 'CANDY!'  I don't think he knew what was in the eggs until he saw the candy.


Then it was time to empty the eggs so they could be recycled for next year's egg hunt.




I kept trying to get him to look at me so I could get a good picture.  To be fair, it was super bright outside, so I think the sun hurt his eyes when he looked up at me.  Oh well!
 

He didn't want to let his candy out of his sight.  Thankfully we were able to negotiate it's release - I had visions of it going flying all over the backseat!


After the egg hunt we headed to our church where they also had an egg hunt.  The easter bunny was going to be at the church egg hunt, so we wanted to see if we could catch him and say hi.  We made it in time; however, Karsten was not interested in saying Hi!


He wasn't having any of it - he wouldn't even give the bunny a high five.


Then we headed home and I thought I would try to get a few pictures outside.  Karsten is tired of looking at my camera so he would look at anything except me.  Little tease!


My two cuties


He did this all on his own - such a good big brother.


Karsten helped Scott plant these tulips last fall and we were all glad to see them bloom! Karsten was seeing if they smelled good.


Scott was telling him all about the flower.


Happy spring!