Kitchen spoons, bowls, strainers, pots/pans, etc. are the best toys ever (at least this is what the boys think) - so why again to we bother spending money on actual toys? Wesley will put random things in a frying pan, shake it on a chair, and tell me "I cooking Mommy" The only down side to the spoons is they can quickly become weapons...they had been returned to the drawer where Wesley found them and promptly declared "These Wesley's" It is funny to listen to him talk in the third person. Most days I am just glad if they can get along and actually play together.
Wesley loves the camera...I had forgotten how cute he was in jeans, this it the first time in months he has had them so I took a picture (I know, I am semi crazy) but he did pose and loved it. The second picture was taken after I had just snapped a picture of Max. Wesley comes running and says "Mommy, I want to smile" And with a request like that you just have to take a picture.
On two separate days this past week Max fell asleep when I was not paying attention. I seriously want to know how children can do this...the bouncy chair just does not look at all comfortable. In my defence the day he fell asleep in the bouncy chair, I had tried twice to lay him down in his bed and he proceeded to scream at me to take him out.
And in other news around this house...Max figured out how to stand up today (no this is not a picture of this accomplishment but I did not want to go get the camera and this one is cute...don't you just love those squishy cheeks). The last nine months have flown by and he is literally growing up to fast for my taste.
This is a great tip for Mommies with babies that are learning to feed themselves (or even those that feed themselves pretty well...it makes a sweet but healthy snack), I saw this tip on a message board and couldn't wait to try it with Max (because lets face it...I doubt Wesley will ever eat a banana that is not in bread form). As we all know bananas are slippery and hard to pick up - so the tip is to crush graham crackers or Cheerios or anything else that you think would be good and roll the banana pieces in the crumbs. This makes it easier for the baby to pick up. And really...the pieces rolled in graham crake
rs taste like banana cream pie, just without the cream. As you can see Max loves them and he can effectivly feed himself...unlike the pieces of cantalope I fed him the other day, that he just could not figure out how to get off his tray...I ended up feeding those to him. Oh, and here is one of Wesley because he loves the camera and never wants to be left out of a photo op.
