What we do after nap....

Here is another post inspired by sewliberated.typepad.com. What we do after nap. This was a nice calm activity. I took the blanket outside and we sat together and feed the ducks and birds. Darwin spent time looking at the trees, playing with his toys and trying to eat an orange, while mama worked on some crocheting for the store.

8 Months Today.....

You are  getting there. In 4 months you will be a year and I don't know where the time has gone. You are my favorite little man. I love you so much and would do anything for you. The last month has been a time of many discoveries and new learning experiences and I have enjoyed watching you learn something new everyday.

you sit so well by yourself/ you can stand holding on to furniture/ you can army crawl, but only when you want to / you have 7 teeth/ you still have not slept through the night/ you like sleeping on your mattress on the floor/ you love to bang on pots and pans/ you try to chew on wires (not safe, time to get baby proofing)/ you love splashing in the bathtub/ you are super observant of all the sounds around you/ you have been eating lots of solid food now/you tried blueberries,mango,pumpkin,plums,and much more/ you are still a skinny stringbean/ you make the cutiest sounds/ i think you have said ma/ you were an owl for halloween/ mommy took you trick or treating/ mommy ate all the candy of course/ you are always so happy and quiet/ love to chew on things even on mommy and daddy/ you like to give mommy bear hugs/ you like to pull daddys hair/ your hair is getting lighter/ yourr eyes are just like your dads/ u  try to feed yourself with the spoon/ you like making a mess like your mom/ you like to rip paper/ you laugh at all of daddys jokes/ you want mommy to carry you all the time/ you make me laugh daily/ you like to go out for walks/ you love the swings at the park/  you stil love your hats

You are such a big boy now. Can hardly remember when you were a newborn. I look forward to all the new things that we will learn and discover in the next few months.

What we do after nap...

This post is inspired by sewliberated.typepad.com. She was doing daily posts on what she does with her little ones when they wake from their nap. Well I wanted to share what my little one is doing this week when he wakes from his nap. I will let the pictures speek for themselve.

Make it Monday...Owl costume

I wanted my little one to be an owl for Halloween. I searched around for inspiration and found quite a bit of it on pinterest.com.  I crocheted Darwin's owl hat and loved the way it turned out. He liked it too. For the body I used a long sleeve brown turtleneck that I covered with different textures of fabric, cut into feather shapes. I then put him in brown leggings and crocheted little orange slippers for his feet. Overall I am satisfied. I think it came out very sweet. He will wear it tonight to walk around the neighborhood. We went to a Halloween event over the weekend and he wore it there too.

Happy Halloween Everyone!!!!!!!!!!!

Make it Monday...Fairy house

This weekend little man and I went to our local Waldorf school where they were having an event called " A Day of Enchantment". The kids all came in woodland themed costumes and built houses for the fairies. D was probanly the youngest one there helping mama build a fairy house. He wore his gnome costume and fit in perfectly. I even bought him the cutest knit kitten and a box of stockmar crayons for when he is a little older. Over all it was a fun day and we got to check out the beautiful and serene Waldorf classrooms.

Inspecting his materials

Mischievious little grin

Our finished fairy house. I am not too great of a fairy house builder but tried. We used a hollowed out gourd, some bamboo pieces, rocks, shells and pinecones as little trees.

Awesome idea. Hollowed out pumpkin for fairy or gnome house.

Want to make some of these for D

Sweet little kitchen area

More log blocks and rocks in baskets.

Shelf with wool knit animals, wooden toys and people.

Beautiful wool felt mermaid mural.

If you are interested in building your own fairy houses there are some great resourses out there. A very helpful book is called. Fairy Houses Everywhere....by Tracy Kane and Barry Kane

Enjoy!!!!!!!!!

Sensorial Basket

I saw this idea on the web somewhere (not sure where now) and knew I  had to do it right away. I picked D up a bag of gourds from the grocery store.  Each gourd with their own textures, some are bumpy, some smooth, some long and some small. I sat him down with this activity when he woke up from his nap and while I was folding laundry. He sat and took several of the gourds out and tried to eat them. It kept him busy for a good 15 mins.

Hum this one looks interesting

Maybe I will try to get this bumpy one

So many to choose from....

This is fun

This one already has a handle and is easy to grab

Fall Weekend with the little one

Had a very busy fall event weekend with my little guy. I know he is still young but never to young to start yearly traditions. On Saturday we went to our local green market where they have a fall festival throughout the month of October. Since, we live in Florida pumpkins don't grow here so they lay them out in a patch so it seems like they do. Darwin had fun sitting next to and trying to eat the pumpkins in the patch. He also enjoyed the music and loved dancing on the grass.

Trying to eat the pumpkin

 On Sunday me and the little one went to another family fall festival at Mounts Botanical Garden. It as a really nice event. The had butterfly, ladybug, bee displays. They also had some chickens, a turkey a bunny, as well as some retired grey hound dogs, which of course made the little one light up with a huge smile. I dressed him up as a garden gnome and he sure did get lots of attention. He really ejoyed his ride around the festival in the ergo carrier. We had a really nice time together just me and him.