Daddy-In-Training

Xander loves his Teddy. He is so tender when caring for him. We constantly see him imitating us in his care for his "baby". It couldn't make me more proud as I watch him build the foundation of following in the footsteps of his wonderful daddy!

I think if we let him, Teddy would go EVERYWHERE that he goes.

Here is Xander calming Teddy down because he is "cryyyyyying."

And of course he is getting quite used to "wearing" Teddy. He usually goes for the pouch I made him.
But occasionally he requests to borrow one of my mei tai's! (How can I refuse such a request?!?!?)

Sometimes, my inventive little boy improvises...

Of course, not everything that he does with Teddy is "daddy-approved", but we're working on it. He just doesn't quite get that there are "mommy-only" things that he will never get to experience! ;)

FORTified - in color!

Well, we have now been in our house for over a year now. Since it appeared that our cardboard fort in the front room was going nowhere fast, we decided to give it an expansion and facelift a little over a month ago. Since I love matching colors and such we chose muted primary colors so it would coordinate with the Xander's easel.

It is amazing how the simplest of toys, oftentimes junk or trash -turned treasure, make for happy children.

Xander enjoyed helping his daddy paint.


And of course he LOVES the finished product, especially the new blue GARAGE! Every man/boy needs his own garage, right?