5 year old Harrison, 3.5 year old Alexis and 21 months old Grayson....LOTS to smile about!
Today was beautiful! Winter Wonderland as everyone is calling it… and the sun was out!
Lilly came to play and brought her sled
Lilly and Harrison, yes that is him, behind the mask… are geared up for snowball fights
Alexis got in the snow today, but liked to hang on the sled
She even had the big kids carrying her around
Then we made a snow….woman!
And a snow…fireman! Harrison is so much like his dad that as Kim would make a ball, he would run around trying to tear it down. Such a boy!!!
After hearing of the coming snow this winter… It finally happened! And lots of it! Travis worked on Friday and it snowed ALL Day. We waited to go out on Saturday with Travis and Harrison was READY!
Alexis wasn’t to excited about it. But Harrison LOVED it.
Her boots are 7.5” tall. So they are almost covered.
Travis was trying to get her warmed up to it…
It did not work!
After an hour of playing… Harrison’s face was RED, so I made a makeshift mask to protect him.
We tried to make a snowman, but it was too dry. Travis, H, and I had a snowball fight. Of course, I won! I hit him with a huge snowball right in the ear… then he cheated and put one down my back while I was holding Alexis.
I got Harrison to come in and warm up, he was having so much fun that he didn’t know he was frozen. He had frostbite on his wrist.. It was fun and I am glad we got our snow for the year! So pretty!
I would have to say out of all the bags I have done… This is my favorite!!! This is perfect for travel, overnight, and the beach! So cute… I will have to make me one (when I have time??)
16Wx 14Hx 9D
X Large Wide vs. Medium Bag
When thinking about naming our first child, or any for that matter… we had to consider: how it sounded with the last name, could it be easily pronounced, and was it easy to spell… So, Harrison seemed to fit in every category. The two things we did not consider were… how long it would take his friends and sister to say it, and how long it was for him to write…. That brings me to the actual post. He has been able to write his name for a long time, but normally all the letters are spread throughout the page. Sitting in church on Sunday morning, he was writing letters and started drawing a line and letter, then another line and letter, and so on… turns out he was writing his name and trying to keep it on a line. (He actually started it and building backwards.)
Then I wrote the lines for him… Thanks to whoever the teacher was that gave him this direction! Pretty soon, he will have it down pat!
Harrison, Harris, on Harrison
I have recently purchased LOTS of fonts… The one I am most excited about it the ability to do Appliqué letters and numbers.
Below are some things I have done:
Circle Applique Burp Cloths-$7
I can do a Valentine’s Theme Made to Match for Sisters, cousins, or just friends!
Pop Pop and Nini let Harrison spend the night with them so he could go to the Cardinal Caravan and get some Cardinal autographs.
He came back with some baseball cards and his glove covered in signatures! I think it was a successful day!
Alexis has decided that she doesn’t need naps anymore… more like she doesn’t want to nap! Last night, we took Harrison to choir and in 5 minutes in the car… she was zapped! I didn’t want her to take a nap at 6:30, so I got her out of the car and she was trying to sleep standing up. But after a few minutes of that, she decided it wasn’t going to work.
That brings me to the morning… This is what I found in the kitchen floor when I got up…
She was sound asleep! I don’t think she was there all night because I was up so much with Grayson. I guess she got up and couldn’t find her bed to go back to sleep!
Travis picked her up and put her in our bed and she fell back asleep. She is SO tired!
At lunch on Friday, Travis asked me if we wanted to go to Nashville and stay the night. I wanted to go, but was anxious about packing quickly, a hotel night, and shopping all day. On the way home I would have to say it was one of the BEST days ever!
Harrison and Travis went to the Monster Jams on Friday night and me and the other two went to the room. Alexis was bouncing off the wall!
After a full nights sleep… she was ready to go again.
McDonald’s for breakfast…
Then a day of shopping at Opry Mills. I was so surprised that the weekend went so smoothly. The kids had fun and everyone got along.
Time for the Carousel…
Since Harrison was born, he has been matched up with Lilly. There is 7 weeks between them and they enjoy each other so much! Now they are 4yrs old, and still have fun together… whenever we do see them. Kim, Lilly’s mother, told me the other day that Lilly was talking about when her and Harrison get married… she even said they would kiss on the lips! Got to love the innocence of kiddos (I wished they would have it forever). Lilly is really into fairy tales and happily ever after… while Harrison has no clue about love (of course except for us) and he is more interested in football!!! and other sports!
Santa brought H a 100 piece puzzle. He is doing so well with it! He had it sitting on table completed and came back one day and most of it was apart. He came and told me that, “Some girl that starts with an ‘A’ messed up his puzzle” I guess that is a way to keep for tattling on his sister directly.
Because of the move, we now have the boys sharing a room. Harrison hasn’t taken naps since he was 2, so if I can get him to lay down around 8:30 or 9… he will go to sleep easily. Grayson still wakes during the night and poor Harrison just rolls over and never gets up until the morning. It is so sweet! Alexis on the other hand falls asleep in my lap, stays in her bed for a couple hours… then in ours the rest of the night.. This started when she discovered she could get out of her toddler bed. I am hoping for a change to that soon!
Alexis has been calling Harrison, ‘Bubba’ as soon as she started talking. Harrison was too hard for her to say. Since the beginning H has not liked that. I walked in one day when he was carrying on a conversation with Grayson… he said, ‘my name is Harrison, but you can call me bubba, can you say that? Bubba?’
On the first day back from school most teachers ask the kids what they got for Christmas. So, I asked Harrison what he told the teacher. He said, ‘ I got underoos and race cars’. I asked him why he said he got underoos, not underwear. He replied, ‘That is what you call them…’
I have bought new fonts that I am excited about. These are just two of them. Also, I just completed a Travel Changing Pad that is perfect for … Traveling! or just everyday running. It is large enough for baby to fit and stay off those not so sanitized areas. One side is covered in vinyl for the dirty diapers to be easily cleaned and the other side is soft for the quick changes. It even has a layer of batting in between for extra softness… All rolls up easily by a ribbon to take anywhere!
soft side of fleece
Vinyl covered side for easy cleaning
