Ryan, what are you doing?

"I think I may try my hand at quilting."

"Aunt Jenn is so nice to let me quilt."

"Ohh this is getting fun. I actually get to hold the needle all by myself."

"I'm sitting on my new blanket made just for me by my Aunt Jenn. I really like it. So pretty!"

"I'm such a good boy helping Momma do the laundry. I use my finger to make the washer go."

"Now I'm moving on to the dryer. I'm such a good helper. Better than my Daddy."

"Into the basket all the clothes go."

"More fun stuff. I'm dusting the bookshelf. It sure is dusty."

"I've got to dust the rest of the house. This is too much fun."

This post is provided to you by Tyler. Ryan is such a good helper. He does the washing, drying, and dusting. If only he would take out the trash, clean the kitchen floor, and hang up my clothes then I would be set. I hope you enjoyed the pictures.

Casey, what are you doing?

Wow, time really flies!! My baby is turning 1 in 9 days!! I don't even think Casey realizes that he's growing. We have a learning/activity table that he keeps trying to crawl under and gets stuck every single time. In the picture below I had just gotten him "unstuck" and grabbed the camera to try to lure him back in for a picture. I didn't succeed (maybe he is learning) but you can tell that it's quite a squeeze.

This happened a few weeks ago, but is still cute so I had to share. Tyler, Ryan and I were in the habit at the time of playing Mario Cart before going to bed. Casey always likes to get in on the action by messing with the cords. Then he crawled over to Tyler and laid down like this, so Tyler starts rubbing his tummy.

He must have been quite comfortable, even though it doesn't look like it. He stayed there for quite a long time.

Casey LOVES to push whatever he can find. In this particular instance it was a package of diapers.

He also pushes chairs, plastic bowls turned upside down, cars, stools turned upside down, and laundry baskets. He tried to push one of my plastic storage tubs, but it has a non-skid bottom. He was not very happy about that.

What a cute expression!

Did he say volcano?

I love it! My little boy is growing up so fast.
Ryan's vocabulary and ability to create sentences are ever increasing. Some of my favorite exchanges as of late are as follows:
1. I'm trying to remember the words to a song from Peter Pan that I hadn't seen in ages and I'm fumbling through it when Ryan turns to me and says "Mommy, you don't know the words to that song." I reply, "You're right, Ryan I don't."
2. Tyler says "Ryan it's time to get ready for bed." Ryan replies, "No thanks Daddy, I'm just playing."
3. Ryan and I have had a reoccurring argument lately that goes something like this:
I say, "I love you."
Ryan says, "No, I love you!"
I say, "No, I love you!"
Ryan says, "No, I love you!"
I say "No, I love you!" Then he throws out, "No, You love me!" and the argument continues.
After having this argument over several days he adds, "No, I love Casey."
4. "Ryan it's time for bed." Ryan relies, "No Daddy, there's plenty of time."
5. I had just finished getting ready for church, I was attending by myself because all of my boys were sick, and I walked out of the bathroom and Ryan says, "Oh Mommy, so pretty." Oh my goodness, so adorable. And, No, Mom, he didn't want anything from me. :)

The following video is by far my favorite, and still makes me laugh. He is only 2 so a lot of the words he pronounces don't come out quite right, usually he's pretty close but this one is coming out of left field. My niece Payton has recently discovered "The Backyardigans," on Nick Jr. and has shared her new found obsession with Ryan (since we are to cheap to even pay for basic cable, go bunny ears!). So, while at my parents over conference weekend Ryan got his first taste of the Backyardigans. I won't say anything more, I don't want to spoil it for you, enjoy. Sorry about the lighting, I didn't notice it until now.