Grocery store adventure

Lesson

Funny face. Funny hat.

Hugo likes hats. He likes to steal his Pops' hat.

He likes to look at himself when he is wearing hats.

He has discovered the stove is a perfect place for him to do this since we don't have any mirrors on his level.

He doesn't seem distracted by the grime on the stove, does he? I was hesitant to post some of these pictures, because it shows the clutter & choas in my life right now. Some days it feels like nothing is clean or organized. I was inspired by my sister's recent blog post showing her cluttered counters & how the death of someone she knew put things into perspective for her. Watching my son play & seeing these pictures reminded me that kids seem to inherently know what is really important in life. While we are worrying over fingerprints & dirt they are exploring their fantastic universe & themselves. Our reflections all get smudged sometimes. If we could only learn how to see through the distorted view to what is truly there we might feel some of that magic.

Mahna Mahna

Hugo loves this Muppets video. We must play it over & over again, or He gets upset & repeats "Mahna Mahna" until we do. Clever fellow.

Chuck E. Cheese

Our family went to Chuck E. Cheese in Columbus on Friday night. There was quite a crowd. Lots of tots running around.

Say "cheese!"

Hugo got to steer in a safari game or "do do do" as he says.

Hugo & Pops contemplating on which game to play next. We were sad that they no longer had the ball pit, but we made up for it playing ski ball.

We played a lame water gun game. We thought it would be more challenging, but all it consisted of was squirting water in a hole.

We had more fun playing kiddie basketball.

Hugo wants to be like his cousin Noah & shoot the ball.

We didn't even make one single basket. Frown. We did get enough tickets from our other games to get a loopy straw & a lollipop though.

"Gee, I sure wish this ride didn't have to end."

Goodnight folks.

I heart you.

Happy Valentine's Day.

Flamingo love.

My cousin, Grace, with her funny lips lollipop.

I spent Valentine's with my cousins Grace & Noah. Here they are giving me a special Hugo Valentine's sandwich.

XOXO yummy chocolate chip cookies

Chocolate marshmallow pop. Thanks to Aunt Staci for this clever idea.

I'll test this thing out.

Chocolate with sprinkles is a bonus.

This goo is so much fun to eat.

And now for my next trick I will cram this marshmallow into my mouth.

Good to the last bite.

Aaaahhhh.........I'm satisfied.

Winter Wonderland

We had 13 inches of snow in Bloomington.

Our car was buried in the snow!

Then it warmed up a bit & some of the snow melted.

I was happy I got to play in the cold white powder.

I marched all around our house surveying the damage.

Cold caboose.

That snow is slick. Watch out!Soaking in the sunshine.

Get this dang snowsuit off me, Mum.

Twirling is tough to do with so many clothes on.

Hhhhhmmmm.......Now what?

The end.