Artist at Work

I needed to buy some art supplies for my art class and decided to get Carsen some Color Wonder markers and paper. This product is great. He can only color on certain paper w/ these markers otherwise it turns out clear. He started out doing really well w/ them and only needed help pulling the cap off and putting it back on. He likes to sit at the table and draw.

Throwing a Fit

For awhile Carsen was throwing a good fit whenever he didn't get what he wanted. Here is an example of him laying on the floor in front of the pantry where we keep the snacks.

Sick Day

In January (luckily on one of the big snow days) Carsen started throwing up. All day he was indecisive and cranky. He wanted to lay around and watch TV which who can blame him? That's what I like when I'm sick too.

Watching Toy Story w/ Buzz and Woody. At one point I was laying down there too. Not as comfortable for mom.

I laid this sheet down b/c I didn't want him rolling around in all the dog hair our carpet accumulates and I also didn't want to clean more throw up off the carpet.

The Many Hats of Carsen

A Dog's Life

Since moving to our new house 6 months ago, Eddie hasn't had the privilege of roaming the yard by himself. He's only allowed outside on his leash. As you can see he's hardly struggling to make it through the day.

He wants to be in on the action.

After a hard day of napping and following Carsen around.

Watching out the window for things to bark at.

Checking Carsen's face for crumbs.

Chewing on some rawhide.

Helping Daddy

Eric's really been working hard on our guest bathroom getting it ready to paint and put the trim back up. We've set a deadline for ourselves to have the whole thing completed by the end of Feb. before Eric leaves to go on a trip. Don't worry they'll be finished pictures posted when it happens.
Carsen was being helpful during all the sanding and puttying. He dragged his stool into the bathroom along w/ the tools that came w/ Handy Manny and got right to work.


He started w/ the soap dispenser.
Then hammering the sink.

Back to the soap.

Eating like a Big Boy

Ever since we moved to our new house last summer, we meant to transition Carsen to his booster chair. The only problem was the small table we purchased second hand to fit in our breakfast area only came w/ two chairs. Because of this he continued to sit in his high chair. We recently used our booster seat when friends w/ kids visited and since then Carsen has been interested in sitting in it at the table. Since I'm usually at class 2-3 nights a week it works out well for Carsen to take my seat. When I am home to eat w/ my boys, I sit in a folding chair.

Feeding himself breakfast.

He won't let us remove the tray and put his plate and cup on the table.