Crafts and cousins

For his birthday, Parker got some painting supplies. I have to admit, doing crafts really isn't my "thing" but I know how much he enjoys it so I'm trying to change my attitude. Plus, they actually have some really cool things now like super washable paints and Color Wonder products. If you don't know what Color Wonder is, it is markers/paints/etc that are clear and only turn to color on specific Color Wonder paper. In other words, if your little angel takes off with a marker and draws all over your house/walls/floors/furniture/belongings, it will never show up. Whoever came up with that idea is my idol. Seriously.

Painting with Color Wonder finger paints

Painting with what Parker called a "toothbrush"

He had a lot of fun

In other news, Sadie turned 5 months a few days ago and it seems like she is changing and learning new things every day. She has started grabbing just about everything and tries frantically to stuff it in her mouth. Here is a picture of her demonstrating the 'grab-and-stuff' technique.

And finally, Andrew was out of town on business for a couple of days and Stephanie was kind enough to watch the kiddos while I went to work. She and Cousin A also decided to spend the night, and after all the kids were in bed we had a good old-fashioned slumber party complete with chick flicks, brownies, staying up until 3 a.m, and chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast. Maybe not the smartest decision we ever made since we can no longer recover by sleeping until noon, but we made some great memories and proved that we aren't old ladies just yet. Below are a few pictures she snapped while I was at work. Thanks again, Steph!

Sweet Sadie Lady

Cousin A LOVES to kiss Sadie

Second generation BFF

Between aspens....gotta love Colorado!