Spring has sprung!

As we all know, Lindley and I love to get creative with each other. Our mommies and some friends get together to scrap once a week, and the kids usually find something entertaining to do...Lindley and I found a pen, and were taking turns drawing on each other....we both ended up with pen marks all over ourselves!



I got really bad about bed time (and still am, many nights), so Daddy put up a new gate for me. I learned how to scale it really quickly! I was like a monkey, I could be over it in just a few seconds! I usually cried and whined the whole time, but would pop right over and run down the hallway to the living room where Mommy and Daddy were.



We still go down to Aiken every so often to have lunch with Granddaddy and sometimes Sue. After a nice lunch one day, we went to Hopeland Gardens to take a walk and enjoy the weather! We saw some ducks and quacked at them, and Granddaddy and I took a little break to look at the fish and turtles.



Then we had to go look at the ducks some more!



We went to Megan, Kaitlyn, and Sam's house for a playdate. As usual, Lindley and I found one thing to argue over. We both managed to squeeze into it to play though!



A few days later it was Lindley's birthday! We'd planned to go to the park but it was pouring down rain, so we went to the playplace at McDonald's. I was really excited about her presents!



My favorite was her pretty pretty princess shoes. I love feeling beautiful!



We drove down to Charleston, to Folly Beach, again. I just love the beach! We spilled a bag of Cheetos, so the birds were all sorts of interested in us! And we had a ton of fun, chasing them around. Marley kept picking up Cheetos and holding them out, trying to get a bird to come eat it out of her hand. Of course, the never did.



Marley, Lindley, Madison, and I all laid down in the sand and were "napping"...fake snoring and all! We can get pretty silly sometimes!



I had a lot of fun running in the waves...Mommy's just glad that I don't absolutely hate the water this year like I did last year!



Lindley and I took some time to gaze pensively out to sea...



And I waded a bit! This was Mommy's favorite picture from the day.



I'm getting to be such a big boy now! I can put my own shoes on all by myself! They're on the wrong feet and rather loose, but I did it all by myself! Iw as so proud of myself, and so was Mommy!



We went down to Sumter to see Matt's house and enjoy some barbecue. My favorite part of Matt's house was his dog, Tyke! Tyke loved me too - he's just my size...or more correctly, my hand is right at his mouth level! I fed him lots of cookies (they were dog cookies, at least, so I didn't try to eat them!)


Daddy was building a new compter for Matt, so I spent some time investigating the old one. I had some chips that I tried putting in the computer...that's what computer chips are, aren't they?



Since the weather was so nice, we sat outside and played with Matt's rugby ball for a bit. I've got a bad case of butterfingers, but I'm only two, so it's excusable!



I can throw the ball and look like a pro while I do it though!



It was Kaitlyn's birthday, so we went to her house for a birthday party! My favorite part of any birthday party is cupcakes, of course.



A bunch of us were sitting on the steps, and our mommies thought it was so cute, they set as many of us up as would sit there! It was like a class picture, only without a teacher and with cupcakes :)

Kaitlyn, Megan, Trent
Anakin, Lindley, me
Tyler, Zay, Ever, and Gabe



We like to go out and do something as a family, even if it's just getting out of the house to go to dinner! We went to Applebee's and I went to town on our dessert...I think I ate as much of it as Mommy and Daddy combined! It was so tasty! But you know me and my love for ice cream...



After dinner, we went for a lovely walk around the lake that's right next to Applebee's. There were a whole lot of ducks swimming around! I got rather excited when I saw this beautiful duck family.



We even stopped to play on the playground that's half way around the lake. I hung on the monkey bars like a real pro! Daddy hung onto me through, just to make sure I didn't fall down and break myself!

Day 5...back on track :)

I only took one non-scrapbook layout picture today, so I guess there wasn't much narrowing down to worry about today!

Ever and Amanda came over, and Alex and Ever were going to town alternately playing nicely and irritating each other. At one point, Alex fell off the couch. Ever may or may not have contributed to that event, but it really doesn't matter! Of course, Alex started crying. Ever helped him up, then wrapped his little arms around him and gave him a sweet kiss on top of his head. Amanda and I both just melted, it was such a sweet moment!

So today's lesson is that kids are much more caring and nurturing than you may give them credit for! In between their little fits of ugly, they just want to make everything better for those around them...even if they're the cause of the upset in the first place!

Day 2...still going strong!

Woohoo, two days in a row!

Today, I learned that soap can make quite a mess! Alex was being a little bit too quiet, so I went looking for him. He was in the kitchen, scrubbing away at the counter. He'd pulled the bottle of hand soap off the sink and would give it a couple of pumps, then move the bottle to the stove and go to town with the sponge. A minute later, he'd pump and repeat! He just loves cleaning the counters....

The whole kitchen smells like sweet pea....as does Alex! He had a big old mash of liquid soap on the back of his head (when you give him some soap or lotion, he automatically rubs it into the back of his head!), so he had his first sink bath in quite some time!




And a photo :)

Day 1...a new beginning!

A friend was talking about Project 365 - basically, you take a picture each day, so at the end of the year, you can go back and have something to remember each day by. I decided to do a bit of a twist on it...the idea came to me while we were eating at IHOP with some friends.

Alex, Steven, and Ever were being the typical boys they are...screaming, shrieking, and waving their arms around. Alex, being the slow eater that he is, still had half a GoGurt in one hand. Amanda said, "There's going to be GoGurt across the table real soon..." but we didn't really pay attention. Sure enough, about 30 seconds later, GoGurt sprays everywhere. Fortunately, it didn't hit anyone at other tables! I got it on my shirt, Eric got it on his jacket, and Alex got it in his hair (we won't even discuss how much got on the table). I grabbed a napkin to dab the stuff out of Alex's hair and learned my first lesson of the new year...GoGurt makes a lovely hair styling product! It's not greasy like many products, and it doesn't leave that stiff look to the style. Oh, and it's got a delicious strawberry smell!

Here's Alex before...


And with his new 'do! Speaking of which...I think it's about time for a haircut...