Pinterest

Well I am slightly addicted to pinterest and I try and do at least one thing that I have pinned a week. This week we made sidewalk paint! It was so easy!
1/4c cornstarch
1/4c cold water
Food coloring
That's it! I divided that between 3 small containers, so I made 3 colors. Dominik had a blast and so did I! I might try and incorporate it into some fancy kid photography some how (also another Pinterest idea).

Brooklyn is 6 months!

What a month it's been! We now have a crawler, a sitter, and a very good solid food eater!
Her favorite thing to crawl to is a wipes package. We can play fetch with her. It's pretty funny. She also loves to attack Dominik's Legos, and I'm pretty sure he doesn't love that! Haha.
As far as food goes, I am still breastfeeding her 4 times a day, but she also gets solids at breakfast (rice cereal), lunch (fruit and veggie) and dinner (fruit and veggie). Solids include carrots, peas, green beans, butternut squash, sweet potatoes, bananas, pears, and apples. I plan to try a new food each week!
Still no teeth, but drooling like crazy. She is becoming a better napper, even though morning naps are usually compromised since we are typically out and about. Oh well! As always she is super smiley and we've been able to get some great pictures!
She never really had too much of a problem adjusting to California and we look forward to taking her to the beach on a regular basis!

Dominik is 27 months!

As you can see from the picture, Dominik is still a Lego/Duplo fanatic!  He loves dumping the blocks out, building, and especially making "choo-choos."  Mom helped him with the "lego city" in the picture.  Dominik in the last month has come to love kicking a ball around!  Its so fun to be able to pass the soccer ball back and forth between us.  He actually "gets" it!  We still practice with his tee ball set every once in a while.  He has also taken a liking to digging in the dirt/garden area of the yard.  I will see him from the kitchen window sometimes just grab the shovel and go to town.

We went to the beach this past Saturday.  It was chilly, but a lot of fun.  Bruce surprised us and we went to Santa Monica Beach and Pier.  There was a lot of great people watching on the pier!  Dominik of course loved playing in the sand, he even let us bury him!  Good thing we had the sand toys we bought while we were in Florida. Some new things that Dominik is saying are:  c'mon, snack, apple, grape, bear, garage, draw, and of course others that I can't seem to remember.  He is still eating good.  I have been trying to get him to eat what I make Bruce and I for supper.  So far he has eaten ribs, chicken pot pie, tacos, and steak.  Somtimes it is still easier to give him something that he likes, rather than try and get him to try something new!

In the last week, I have been frustrated with trying to get Dominik into a story time here in CA.  You have to pre-register, so I called to do that for the session that begins at the end of the month.  Well, its full at all libraries. :(  I am on a waiting list that is 6 deep.  I'm keeping my fingers crossed that we get in, but it doesn't seem promising.  The next session of story time doesn't begin until JUNE!!  Anyways, so while I was frustrated, I remembered that I had downloaded some free printable books from Scholastic a while back.  So last week, we began working on numbers and letters!  We started with A and one.  On Mondays I introduce the letter and the number with a coloring sheet.  Throughout the week we will cook/bake things that begin with the letter, and then also make a handprint painting that I found on Pinterest.  I'm pretty excited.  The picture below is from our making Applesauce adventure.  He did such a good job helping me peel the apples! 

One last update, we are still working on potty training.  He seems to want to go a lot more, so I'm thinking one weekend soon we will try the 3 day potty training method to see if we can't get this kid outta diapers!  Wish us luck!