Play Dough

St Patrick's Day

Mustache

Buddies

We went to a little St Patrick's Day party hosted by the library.

Marshall invited a few of his buddies.  They were so nice to him!

Snow Canyon

 

 

Tractor

He got a new toy.

It's red... it makes noises... and the lights flash.

He's in heaven!

Crazy Sundays

Sunday are tough... Marshall's normal nap time is noon and that's the same time as our church.

I really don't want to miss church and I don't want him to miss it either because he loves nursery.

One week we tried putting him to down at 11am... he just played in his crib for an hour then we got him up to go to church.  He's always kind of whinny during sacrament meeting but once he goes to nursery he is happy and has fun playing.  So one week we tried to put him down at 3pm when we got home.  He cried for a little bit then went to sleep for an hour.  Then he woke up (and was still tired) and cried for almost 2 hours straight.  Actually he screamed bloody murder, we tried everything to cheer him up.  It was a nightmare!  So the next week we just kept him up and didn't give him a nap on Sunday and put him to bed at 6pm.  He slept for 14 hours that night.  So we decided that would just be the Sunday routine.  No nap and early bedtime.  

Last Sunday we put him in his highchair at 5pm to eat dinner so we could put him to bed early.  A few minutes later we found this.  I was shocked!!!  I know lots of kids fall asleep in their highchair.  But I'm not kidding Marshall doesn't sleep anywhere except his bed.  He doesn't fall asleep in our arms, he rarely sleeps in the car, he's always been a crib sleeper.  We laughed and laughed and couldn't help but record his bobble head.  We put him to bed at 5:30pm and he slept until 7:30am the next morning.  Wow Sundays are crazy.  But I really want all of us at church so we're just going to have to make it work!!

Marshall has started falling asleep in funny places.  It's so shocking because he has never done this!  He fell asleep on a four-wheeler ride with Mark.  And he fell asleep in the golf cart with Rob.  Really, this kid never ceases to surprise me!

Popcorn

One more singing video... I think this one is so cute!
We sing (and have a snack) every night before bed.
That's why he's always in pajamas and eating something.
Oh Marshall man you are adorable!!!!

Toy Storage

I don't buy tons of toys because #1 I'm a saver, #2 My house is small with no storage, and #3 I absolutely hate clutter!  But somehow it seems like Marshall has tons of stuff anyway.  Does anyone else have toy storage issues?  I really want to build something like this... and it would be perfect because I have a centered window just like this.

But I'm hesitant to block off a whole wall because my rooms are both fairly small and it wouldn't leave me many options for rearranging furniture when more little kiddos come along.  You know maybe put twin beds on each side of the window... Plus at this stage I really want Marshall to be able to get to all his toys and books so he can play with anything he wants.

I had some baskets under the changer that were cute, but it was hard for Marshall to get toys and books out of them.  So I moved them to the floor and put his trucks on the changer shelves.  I bought some little totes from walmart to store other gear.  I feel like the room is boring... and kind of "falsely" organized.  Does that make sense?

Marshall is a little OCD (I guess like his mom) and he's good about putting all his toys back where they go.  He puts the puzzles in the wicker basket and likes to have the balls together.  He even faces all the trucks going the same direction.  I guess he's my boy!

I'm going through this crazy organization/de-junking/re-decorating phase.  We cleaned out the garage last weekend and took a whole truck load of stuff to the dump.  We want to paint the ceilings in the house white, paint two walls in the house, build some shelves in our spare room closet, re-do the living room with new rug, pillows, curtains, and then by the time we accomplish all that it might be time to move Marshall into the other  room.  Wow okay we've got our work cut out for us.  If only there were more time (and money).

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