February?

Phew...today was one of those days where there was a thick fog followed by gloomy yuck (where the clouds seemed to just build and build and build), until eventually they burst into a good hard rain.  Finally, the sun started to peek through (in more ways than one...it never ceases to amaze me how gracious and loving our heavenly Father is...and how He gives us what we need in His perfect time).  This afternoon was warm enough to be early May, and since naps were wonky, we went outside and had a summer afternoon...complete with popsicles (and a popsicle snatcher)...

 (Sad that the only green in the backyard right now is the insane weeds!)  You would have thought Nestle was on a leash the way he was walking so closely with Braddock and that "beautiful purple popsicle!"

Telling Nestle, "Nooo, thank you, Wessee!  This is Bwaddock's purple popsicle!"

We watched the airplanes come home...

and Braddock and Nestle discovered some ladybugs...

Braddock was very concerned that the lady bug was going to fall off the leaf, so he kept saying, "Oh, Wessee, be soft!  We don't want ladybug to fall down!"  (I was more afraid Nestle was going to inadvertently eat the poor little thing because purple popsicle juice was sloshing all over his little leaf and Nestle was on hardcore, self imposed cleanup duty.

I gave up on Abram's nap, and although he was definitely happier outside than he was fighting his nap in his crib, he was still not himself (the poor thing was seriously overtired having fought naps all day long)

Sleepy eyes...

Funny how much they fight sleep as babies...and as 'grown ups' we crave it!

Finally we busted out the water table...in February...but thank goodness it was warm enough!  I think Abram is going to be much like his brother in his intense love of being outdoors...Braddock decided that he was going to make pancakes (talking about dumping in his ingredients, and then dumping them in)

finally, tasting the 'water table pancakes'

Mr. Abram was in love with the splash and was singing and chatting away...

he practiced dropping in different things...the balls, cups, paintbrushes, and then started grabbing rocks from the flower bed and tossing them in to see what they would do...

BIG splash!  (These were happy sounds :)

Braddock enjoys watching Abram smile and laugh, and will do what he can to keep the happy feeling going

Abram was eating it up :)


Then Braddock decided he needed to water the grass, and then water himself...

Thankful for warm February days and happy afternoons..