Lots of Love on Valentine's Day

My Little Valentine stole my breakfast bar and was quite pleased with himself.  He suffered no remorse whatsoever for his hungry Mommy.  So...

My Big Valentine came to the rescue of his starving family with pancakes!  Hearts for Mommy and a horse for O, of course.

Smooth Criminal

Someone has learned how to open the freezer door to swipe delicious ice cream sandwiches.  He hides in the laundry room to enjoy his "sweet treat" as he calls them where he is under the impression that his parents are fools and that we can't find him.  He obviously has no idea as to the depths of his mother's sleuthing skills.  Caught in the act!  And right before bedtime no less.  The nerve.

Under The Weather

Poor baby.  After three days of puking, fever, chills and nonstop Shrek videos I hope that he is on the mend.  No fever this morning gives me hope.  When he isn't feeling well mommy and daddy's bed, Shrek, and his Lincoln Park Zoo t-shirt are always in order.

Valentine's Day Party At School!

Today is the Valentine's Day Party at Owen's school.  I scoured the city for Shrek valentines and finally found a box at a thrift store that came complete with Shrek, Fiona, Donkey and Puss tattoos...score!  We are going to stash the extra tattoos away for potty training prizes.

Nana and O baked heart sweets for the class.

Diligently addressing his valentines.

The devastation that occurred when I told him the valentines were for his classmates and not himself.

O's Western-Take 1

Due to his current obsession with horses, we decided on a "Western Theme" for O's 2nd birthday party.  I commissioned a western town complete with a Jail and Saloon from O's Grandma Jojo (my mom) and she truly outdid herself.  They have become a huge hit!  Most nights we can find Owen stumbling out of the Saloon after a few too many or breaking his stick horse out of the Jail.

Last night Dad was working late and we were bored so we started making our own western with the incredible props we had on hand.  Scene one we like to call..."Bar Fight".  I know the camera quality and lighting are poor but this is our first attempt!

Lemons to lemonade.

Yesterday morning we got lemons.  Injury, doctor and thunderstorms.

To our surprise, the sun came out in the afternoon and the temperature jumped to a balmy 65 degrees.  Hooray!  We opted for some outdoor fun and much missed Vitamin D.  Owen climbed up on my lap while I was sitting in the rocking chair on our front porch and let me rock him in the sun for a few precious minutes.  Lemonade.

Oweeeee!

Note the camo band-aid (to match his pants of course) hiding this morning's major "oweeee" that sent O and I rushing to the pediatrician.  Our young man stuck his finger down one of the tempting drain circles while in the shower with Mom.  Apparently they are sharp on the bottom.  I picked him up to get out and all I could see was blood on both of us without a hint to the source.  He is all patched up now and even narrowly escaped stitches due to the shape of the cut.  Boys!

Winter Vitamin C

Hmmm.  I was looking around the kitchen thinking of what else I could possibly concoct for Owen that has Vitamin C to help stave off his little case of the sniffles and then I spotted our box of clementines on the counter...Voila!  Clementine juice, a happy Mommy and a happy "Juice".

Loves His Pops

The Juice was pretty crabby after his nap today and didn't seem happy in my lap cuddling or playing.  I knew he wanted something specific and we are always encouraging him to "use his words" so I asked him to tell me what he wanted please and to use his words.  I was ready for "juice please" or "downstairs" or the ever popular "shrek".  He looked up at me and said "Daddy".  Only a heart of stone wouldn't have broke.