Fun with Play Doh

Alison has been asking for Play Doh lately, yet it's always difficult to do these kinds of activities with Christopher around (unfortunately, he eats everthing...markers, crayons, stickers...and I assumed play-doh, as well). But I broke down yesterday and got out some new jars of Play Doh (okay, not officially play doh - some generic "fun clay" from Dollar Tree!) and let the kids go at it. Christopher was well behaved and had fun for about five minutes before he started trying to eat it - a new record!

And seriously, could this little girl look any more like her daddy?

What the Peanuts have been up to.

Colds. Teething. Mommy laziness. All these things contribute to my sad lack of blog updates lately. My apologies to all who have been looking at a picture of Christopher picking his nose for the past three weeks.

What have we been up to? Well, some exciting - and not so exciting - things.

Alison's first full haircut this past weekend! It went, um...as I expected. Here is a very excited Alison leaving for her first big-girl haircut:

And here is a very not-so-excited Alison during her haircut. Many thanks to the extremely patient hairstylist:

We were able to enjoy some our neighbor's famous fried chicken last week:

And we also made another trip to the zoo. Christopher loved the fish:

and loved spending the day with his daddy:

We took a fun trip to the amusement park at the Mall of America. On the way there, Alison was super excited and talked about how she was going to ride the roller coaster! Well, she wouldn't even get on the carousel. Christopher, however, rode it four times with his dad and cried every time it was time to get off! The giraffe was his favorite:

Alison's amusement park excitement consisted of eating popcorn and drinking lemonade with mommy while watching Christopher on the carousel:

We've also been busting the train set out lately. It is a source of great fun for a few minutes, until Christopher, aka "the tornado" inevitably tears the track apart or sits on it.

And perhaps the biggest hit of the past few weeks - a trip to Cold Stone Creamery! The kids were giddy from the sugar high and loved it. We even exercised some self-restraint and saved some ice cream to keep in the freezer for dessert the following night. The kids were so happy to see their beloved Cold Stone leftovers!

Christopher's Parlor Trick...I'm So Proud

As is the case with any mom, I like to think my lil' guy is pretty smart. Christopher talks a lot, likes to interact with other people, repeats tons of words if you ask him to, and the list goes on and on.

I've been working on the names for body parts with him lately. He's picking up on things quite quickly.

However, here is his response to the question: "Christopher, where is your nose?"



It's all cute until he follows it up with this: