Max's doings.

Here's what Max has been up to this week:

Playing in the park. LOTS!

Now that it is a bit cooler out, we can actually go out and play.

Max found the Fisher Price catalog/mailer and was entranced with all the babies/kids in it. He grabbed it out of my hands and held onto it from the house and into the car for the duration of our car ride. 

Total time occupied: ~45 min. Score!

Found these on Amazon and decided to give them a try. He likes them. I like them more. ;)

Went to make a donation at the local Goodwill and decided to see what they had (been doing some organization projects, always on the hunt for baskets/jars/etc).  Saw these and loved them. I've been looking for chairs for the playroom and these are in 100% pristine condition. They don't even look used.

$5 each and the best part is, they're from Pottery Barn Kids.  Deal of the month right there folks.

Cleaned out the office and found some old phone. Gave it to Max. For the last few days, he won't even set it down to eat, it sits with him. To say that he loves it is an understatement.

He wanders all around the house just babbling (Yeah, nana, yaya, mmmm, D) to whomever he's 'talking' to. He'll seriously spend like an hour just walking around talking on it.

Football season is quickly approaching. Max outgrew all his sports stuff. So I saw this on eBay and it arrived yesterday. We're all set!

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Here is my outfit inspiration from Pinterest.

Source: polyvore.com via Jennifer on Pinterest

And here is what I look like today.

(P.S. Ignore the laundry on the bed and bad lighting)

I used gold tone jewelry and slightly darker brown accessories.

Not bad. I think I can do it a bit better next time.

Its funny, when I wake up in the mornings now, I grab my iPad and open up Pinterest. I look at my inspiration boards and pick out what I'm going to wear for the day.

Makes my life so much easier haha. And it keeps me from wearing the same old shirts/capris day in and day out. I lack so much imagination on my own.



Here's me again a few days ago.

Inspiration outfit:

Source: jonesdesigncompany.com via Jennifer on Pinterest

Me:

I flip flopped the colors on tank/cardi and used a skirt. The necklace is super long and with chasing Max around, it was just easier to double it around instead of wearing it the fully long length.

Super comfy.

I love Amazon!

Replacement parts (straws & spouts) for Max's sippy cups. Just replace the spout and keep the old cup instead of tossing it.

/love




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Pinterest

This is an example of some of the stuff I've been looking up for fashion inspiration via Pinterest.

Source: polyvore.com via Jennifer on Pinterest

Source: polyvore.com via Jennifer on Pinterest

Source: polyvore.com via Jennifer on Pinterest

I have items in my closet that resemble many of the items I've found but would have maybe not have combined them like in the images I've seen. I've found new color combinations that I wouldn't have come up with on my own too.

As you can see, these images are made by folks on Polyvore.com which has also become a favorite site to look at for fashion. You can put together and save all sorts of these little boards with just about any fashion image that's available on the web - and shop directly from that site. Very nifty.

With Pinterest, you can also 'pin' recipes, architecture, how-to's, and just about anything else you can think of.

Such as:

Key lime cupcakes

Source: mymadisonbistro.com via Jennifer on Pinterest

Fridge snack kit - to make snacking on healthy things quick and easy.

Source: thriftydecorchick.blogspot.com via Jennifer on Pinterest

Pantry organization tips

Source: bhg.com via Jennifer on Pinterest

Doing your own board/batten (I totally want to do this in our basement btw)

Source: granvillehouse.blogspot.com via Jennifer on Pinterest

And the great thing about it is that in addition to keeping the image of whatever you see/like, you can make notes regarding what caught your eye and also it keeps track of where the image originated. No more crazy bookmark bars!

You can find me here.  What have you been Pinning?

Max at 21 months

Max turned 21 months on the 2nd.
I'm tardy in posting all this. He was sick. I was sicker. We've been busy. Better late than never :)

His vocabulary is about the same as it was last month. He can say more words than he actually does.  He does however understand everything really well and follows commands. He's just more into doing things than he is with talking. He is really good with the 2 signs he knows- he ignores most other signs I've tried to teach him. I do need to be better about using them all the time- especially with please/thank-you. I did get him to say water (wawa) today.

He's gotten really good at going up and down the stairs. I still put the gate on the upstairs but that's mostly just to keep him out of the rooms up there (aside from his bedroom they're not baby-proofed). We took down the gate for the downstairs after I tidied it up a bit and so he can go down there whenever he wants to play. I've been working on converting the basement into a play/school room. He goes up/down like we do if he holds onto railing spindles or if he's holding our hand. Otherwise to go down, he just crawls or scoots on his bottom. Its cute.

Max has finally started to take an interest in coloring- especially downstairs at his easel.

Sam and I have been working with him on the alphabet. I use the foam magnet letters and we practice sounds/words. So far, just about everything is a "D".

Example: We hold up the "M" and say the sounds and use it in a word. We ask Max what the letter is and he says "D" (dee). We hold up the "C" and say the letter/sounds and ask Max, he says "D". So between Sam and I we joke that instead of doing the alphabet, we're doing the "D's".
Although, yesterday he did run up to me while I was doing dishes and was carrying the "P" and the "B" and he told me both sounds -with the proper letters.  /proud
We only watch a couple things on TV and the one thing he did during a letter/sounds game with the letter "B" he ran over and started saying "B" (bee) and pointing at all the "B's". /proud

Here's a few pics to show what else he's been up to:

Max loves, loves, loves to try on our shoes.  He loves to try to put his own shoes on, but gets really frustrated so he moves to ours which are easier.

He really enjoys stacking and sorting things. The cat food is a favorite haunt.

He has mastered climbing up to and then going down the slide all by himself.

He loves trying to wash himself during his baths. He also has taken to trying to help pour the water over his head to rinse. He can do it pretty often. Once he's done, then he likes to stick the bucket on his head and chill out with it. Blackmail pics! :)

Family Pic

Here's a recent (July) and rare family pic!

Aren't my boys handsome? :) For those who don't know, my wonderful hubby Sam has lost over 130 lbs in the past year. Doesn't he look awesome!

Inundated

I have so much to post but no energy to type/post.

Max turned 21 months this past week- need to record his doings.

Got a bunch of great style tips & recipes via Pinterest.



Bad iPhone pic- but the idea for the outfit/color combos were from my new BFF, Pinterest.

If you haven't done so, sign up for it. It's awesomesauce!

I am inundated with clutter and crap.
I feel overwhelmed by it in fact- which I am ashamed to say. I take much pride in being organized. But post baby- things have just gone downhill. My goal for the week is to go thru the house and get it all sorted and put away.
I'm tired of it!!!

I need to find ideas for Max's 2nd birthday party. I've no idea what to do for it.

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