snow! the first day

Grampa shows Zeke Superbowl winnner in newspaper

Zeke kept asking if the Cowboys had won, so my dad was trying to show him the players' photos in the newspaper, trying to get him to realize the Cowboys weren't in the Superbowl at all, lol!

lunch in Aiken

rain with Gramma and Grampa

Morris Museum meetup

today we went to am art museum where they have Toddler Time, providing a way to introduce your kids to the arts. they learn a little in the galleries (all talks geared to toddlers) and then they let them be hands-on, free to create their own sculptural masterpieces to take home.

the craft included a base of paper, the modeling clay, angular pieces of paper, pipe cleaners, and colored wire. the boys took a little encouragement and help getting started, but their creations really are mostly their own doing.

Ian showing us his playdough/modelling clay.

you can tell the pipe cleaners are my doing, but then he ended up straightening one out later...

Zeke was humming just about the whole time. the song of the day was "Sesame Street." even though we don't watch it. it's just such a catchy song i often sing it around the house, lol!

Ian lookin' over to see what big bro's doin'.

ear infection

yesterday Ian woke up early and had been crying all morning and kept covering his ears with his hands, so i called the doctor, thinking he must have an ear infection. they couldn't get him in til 5pm(!) and he hadn't been able to sleep at all, but he was sooo tired! finally i remembered his baby swing and thought that would be best b/c of the incline, and it's worked great! fell asleep almost instantly! he slept for over an hour and woke up feeling a little better, but still whiny.

Ian's acting totally different this morning, happy even! we got to see the doctor, although we were in there about two hours. i am very glad we got in the same day though! then it took a long time to get the prescription filled at Target, but i'm so glad we went to Target, b/c at least i could browse the store while waiting and they gave Ian a lollipop, which definitely made it easier for him to wait, lol. :D

nightstand/end tables for the guest room

Joel's current projects. we've been needing these for a while. all that's been in there for nightstands are moving boxes full of books. he's going to be making bookshelves soon to house the homeless books, lol :)

he's now in the process of staining and finishing them.