Poor kid has a dork mom

We started potty training in January- and Caelan had outgrown all of the underwear he had.  When kids get into larger sizes there are no more "cute" underwear.  So at the suggestion of a friend, I bought basic white underwear and decorated them.  What kiddo wouldn't want these huh???

Actually, they turned out pretty cute and we get lots of compliments on them.  I look forward to the next size up!  And he enjoys picking out a different pair each day.

 We have an ocean theme with a crab, penguin, whale and dolphin (on front)

His name with a turtle- in mine and Matt's favorite colors

A Farm theme- with the word "Moo" on the front

and a Jungle them with a giraffe on the front.

I also did one with the alphabet, one with Curious George written on it and a monkey and another pair with a whole bunch of random animals on it.

Where Else?

I mean.... why would we look anywhere besides inside the Mac truck for the remote control??  And I am sure we had looked for it for quite a while!

Miscellaneous- January

 Caelan and Daddy sharing hot chocolate

 "You want to tickle Daddy?"

Caelan will reach over and nudge Matt's hand and say that to him, then Matt digs into him and Caelan sqeals and giggles!

 then Matt will stop and Caelan reaches over and nudges him again.... this goes on over and over and over!

 Super sweet picture with Bear and Blanket- both very special and always within reach.  Below- he has covered up Brucie with his blanket-  the ever so tolerant cat that adores Caelan.

Bruce laying outside of Caelan's bedroom.  See?  Isn't that so sweet?  I love it.  Caelan was supposed to be taking a nap

 ..... but this is what all was going on instead.  He was behind the chair playing.  The room was wrecked and the firetruck is on the recliner.

 Things eventually get tossed out into the hallway.

Picnic and a Movie

We had gotten Caelan "Cars 2" for Christmas and decided to have a pizza "picnic" in the living room while watching it.  He thought this was all pretty cool.  He was really into the movie- entranced-  must have been good if he was letting his pizza get cold!  But the downside is- he hasn't liked it since then-  there were some scary parts in it.  So we just stick with the original.

Boards

My three sisters and I all had these red boards when we were younger-  about 18x24 in size, give or take and a nice deep red color, each with our own name in the upper left hand corner.  Over at my dad's, my sisters used to put their notes for Santa on them and Santa would leave our gifts next them.  That was every bit of 25-30 years ago.  And all four of us still have them.  Mine has been used for everything under the sun- they are awesome.  As I write- I am using it as a lapboard for my computer.

So Matt and I decided a while back we wanted to make some for the boys- Caelan, Solon and Luke.  And this Christmas we made all of our gifts for people so this was the year for the boards-  the thing was, it took a little bit longer than we anticipated!  So they were about a week or so late getting shipped down South.  And I didn't tell my sisters what was coming- but they both cried when their boys unwrapped these!

Matt cut the boards painted (many coats) of primer and paint.  I painted the names on them.  Caelan "signed" them with his handprint on the back of each one.

Priceless!!

Christmas Day 2011 - Home

He had a handful of things from us and one or two more from Grandma and Grandpa and opened a cool playdoh set from Aunt Ma-Mar, Uncle Jay and Solon.  But I think it will be obvious what his favorite was!

He LOVES the movie "Cars" and this is something Matt had got for him several months prior to Christmas (which is why we broke the "no cars" rule for Christmas).  This is the car hauler "Mac" and a few other characters from the movie.  Mac talks when you press his hat and then the cars can be loaded in the bottom or on top.  He spends a LOT of time with this toy!

Christmas 2011- Miscellaneous

Here are a few odds and ends from Christmas time-

Matt's mom had back surgery in October and was in a back brace for 12 weeks or so-  well she decided to decorate it for Christmas- it was really cute!  (and she was so close to being DONE with it!)

All the kids hanging out watching The Grinch before we ate and opened presents.

Keaton, Samuel, Grace, Bailey, Caelan, Erin)

Great picture of my two most favorite guys in the world!

He loved this little saxophone-  he really likes to play music or as he says "play in a band"

And below- he is just running all over with some cars he got.

Matt wrapped up Caelan in some wrapping paper-  complete with a bow on his head! Then he popped out

 Just some cute pics of him wearing his Christmas shirt, playing with a Santa hat

I LOVE this!  This is what he made at school for me for Christmas!!  Things like this I really appreciate his teachers for... super special, beyond words!