28 September 2012

Bed Time Stories

Westin doesn't sit and listen to books very well. He is getting better the older he gets but he still isn't in love with them like ALL of his cousins.

This night he did really well and was cuddling so i needed to document it.


Then he went on to much more fun things. 





Jump & Slide


Every once in a while we will get a coupon to go to a bounce house for cheap. 

February 7th

Westin loves these places but isn't quite big enough to crawl over them himself and me being 8 months pregnant at the time was a little bit too big for some things. He finally got the hang of going up the ladder and down the slide and I was able to sit on a bench at the bottom and watch them.

It was a rainy day so my hair was a little bit more wild then usual.



Favorite Things


Some of Westin's favorite things are out doors. I think its like that for most kids. 

If we go to the park he begs me to take his golf club. 

February 2


He loves to ride his bike and especially loves when his friends join him.
All these kids live in our neighoborhood and were born within 7 months of each other.



Trains are also starting to hold a special place in his heart.


Ever since he was potty trained Westin has found a love for marshmallows.  Everything he does he feels he deserves a marshmallow. We love them too since its special to him AND "Westin friendly"

Westin loves fruit, bananas are still his favorite but he likes grapes, apples, pears, and watermelon



Frozen Yogurt is another favorite, but this one is a family favorite. I think going to yogurt was a special treat for him being potty trained. He always gets the Hawaiian punch with gummy bears on top.






Play Group


Play group happens twice a week for 2 hours each time. As the year went on it got harder to entertain the boys and to keep all 6 of them locked up in our house but it was well worth the 5 weeks of not doing it. 
We had a few crazy things happen, like paint spilling all over our back patio and little drops getting brought back through the house. I was also able to get things done most days, like cleaning the bathrooms.

My view through most of it was this, a bunch of blonde heads.


I definitely recommend play group with 2-3 year olds!


We Lost Our Diapers


We did it! Well, Westin did it. We took the plunge and decided to cut out the diapers for good. It was the worst thing ever as we were going through it but once we got past the messy part it was the best decision ever!


We sure had a hard time with it, I'll spare every one the details but we had our ups and downs. 

We played a lot of basketball.


Watched a lot of movies. While holding hands.



We stayed in our underwear for days and ate a lot of marshmallows.



 


Oh, Another Beach Day


January 28th was another beach day. This time with the Bairs and Daddy.













Beach Day


On January 26 we went to the beach! It seems that some of our best beach days are in the middle of winter



A big Day for Westin, he learned how to put his flip flops on.




We also enjoy some evening beach activities. We attempted to fly a kite but with barely any wind (very uncommon for here) we were unsuccessful.