Lately

What have we been up to lately?

Watching it snow...

And snow...

Payton's new Saying: "Oh No!"

What do you do with all that snow? 

Make Ice-Cream!

And of course eat it!

Brrr! That's cold!

Then we got a haircut

And went from this....

To This...

So Much Better!!

And another favorite right now...

Reading Books! Payton loves to read books, he always has, but some days it seems like all we do!

Rock Star

Payton had his 15 month old well child check up today (he's really 16 months old but it's okay). I was really worried about this one, because I thought to myself, that he would be old enough at this point to kind of know what was going on and I was really worried about the vaccinations this time too, I thought he would really cry to the point that we wouldn't be able to calm him down, all in all I was expecting the worst!
But, this child totally ROCKED IT OUT!! He was totally cooperative with us, the nurses, the doctor, he let them check him over, even let them check his ears, which he's never done!! Then the vaccination time came and he cried but very quietly and we calmed him down in no time! Then, we had to go to the lab so he could get his finger pricked and I was all worried again, but guess what? No crying!! They blew some bubbles to distract him and it totally worked, he really didn't even notice the finger prick until they put the band-aid on and even then he just thought it was a sticker that he needed to take off! All the Doctors and Nurses kept saying that he was the best kid they had seen all day! That really gave my Mommy ego a boost!
I was just so amazed by him today!! This kid is a total ROCK STAR!

Oh, and by the way, in case you're wondering, He's totally perfect! Well, according to the Doctors and the Charts anyway. He's in the 86th percentile for his height & weight and is hitting all the major milestones. I'm so proud of him!!

Creativity

One of the things I really want to focus on in the New Year is coming with fun activities for us to do at home. So yesterday afternoon we did finger painting! But, instead of regular finger paint, we used pudding.  When I worked at the daycare we did this a few times with the younger kids and it was always a hit, and you don't have to worry about them eating it because it's edible! At first he didn't really know what to do with it:

So, I gave his a spoon because I thought then he could kind of push it around, but then he really just thought he was supposed to eat it:

I guess it was snack time, what did I expect?

After awhile he started getting the hang of it and using his hands more!

Then he got it on his chest, which he thought was funny so he did it again and again, good thing I stripped him down!

I think all in all it was a success! It got really messy towards the end! I wasn't able to keep the picture because there was so much pudding on it that it just became completely soggy and ended up ripping and getting really gross! You can see how into it he was!

This picture cracks me up! Look at his hand pointing at me!

Like I said, by then end it was a really gross mess but he had a lot of fun and we went straight to the bathtub when he was done!