Finger painting for the first time (I cheated a little and gave them Color Wonder paints - wasn't quite up for the real deal!)....
Lathan
Lathan
Lathan
Lathan
Lauren
Logan
Logan
We went over the process repeatedly...
1) Dip Finger in Water
2) Dip Finger into the paint (this has to be the same finger you just wet - we forgot this a time or two!)
3) Put the SAME Finger that you Dipped in Water and Then in Paint onto the Paper.
Lauren trying a shortcut!
Overall a successful project!
Onto playtime...
A toy that has stood the test of time in our house - Leapfrog's Tad...the babies have always loved this toy.
Grammie bought the babies their first one back in the fall of '06. With its lights and two different settings of music (day and night) we always found a use for it, whether it be the car or putting the babies to sleep (which was his main purpose for the first few months). Once Grammie saw how popular the original Tad was, she went out and bought 2 more. I think the thought behind that was so that when they moved to their cribs they could each have one. As you all know, they still aren't in their own beds but we found other uses for our multiple Tad's! It cracks me up because in so many of our pictures we have "Tad Toes"! Anyway, once we moved into the new house we replaced the batteries of all of the babies old toys. They quickly rekindled their love for many of the oldies, Tad most of all!
Lathan on his tip toes, reaching for a Tad
Logan giving Tad his morning coffee
Lathan knows exactly what to push to get Tad to play his favorite song...
The Itsy Bitsy Spider!
Out Came the Sun!
And now for some vintage Tad photos...
9-30-06 Lauren and Tad
10-11-06 Lathan, Lauren and Tad Toes
10-19-06 Lathan and Tad Toes
10-31-06 Lauren, Logan and Tad
11-2-06 Tad even went to Texas Children's for Lathan's surgeries and was the ONLY thing (besides Morphine) that calmed him down in the recovery room!
11-25-06 Trio and Tad in the car
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Another favorite amongst the three...Daddy's Shoes!
Lathan
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Today we had a weigh in, the verdict...
Lathan, the youngest of the three weighed in at a hefty 29lbs!!! This means he's almost jumped into a new category for his age on his growth chart...the 75-90% (he's dangling on the 74% line!)
Lauren, a cool 22 lbs! (This puts her at 8% for her age, the highest she's EVER been is 9%) She's still longer than Logan though!
And Loggie Bear weighed in at a solid 25lbs! (He, too, is making his way into un-charted territory. He's dangling on 24%, just below the 25-50% mark! )
Weigh to grow little ones!
I love that they are getting their art time in. You are going to have 3 very creative artists on your hands!
ReplyDeleteStephanie, as always, GREAT babies and great pics!!!
ReplyDeleteI always look forward to your updates!
Michael P
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I really love jammies/outfit that the kids are wearing during art time. Too cute. Love the tribute to Tad. Bubs loved Tad too before he became obsessed with cars and tractors.
ReplyDeleteSo cute! It looks like you guys are always having so much fun! I still haven't been brave enough to try finger painting with Jackson!! :) One day...
ReplyDeleteI've said this before and I'll say it again. I'm sending my kids to your house, who needs preschool!? I think they'd have more fun at stephschool!
ReplyDeleteLOL to the previous comment - Stephschool! :-) I love it! You definitely have what it takes to be a homeschool momma! Now I think I'm going to run out and get a Tad for this new baby!!! I'm sold!!!
ReplyDeleteWTG babies gaining ground in the weight department. Lathan is heavier than Hunter now! (Hunter is 27 lbs!) That's a cool scale you got there too!
What fun! We can't wait to seeou thiseekend!
ReplyDeleteaww they are going to love art when they're older,
ReplyDeletelooking great as usual stephanie!!
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