Fun with cardboard boxes

In the past few weeks Drew's imaginative play has really started to take on a life of its own. He is starting to make up great stories and it is so fun to see what he will come up with next. I'm especially excited to see him using abstract objects to represent real-life things (stick = fishing pole, dog bowl = pond, snap beads = hose, train trailer = vacuum, etc.). As the post title suggests, we've also been having some fun with cardboard boxes. We had a big box left from some new patio furniture (which I love, by the way) and Russell cut out some windows and made the flaps into a door. Drew (and Maggie) love to play in it and Drew has affectionately called it his "Space Rock." As best we can tell it's a combination of spaceship and rocket. When you ask him where he's going, his most consistent answer is "Sn-onic to get a 'swich'" = Sonic to get a sandwich. It's so cute!


This past week we read a book about trucks (Trucks: Whizz! Zoom! Rumble!) and at the end there's a picture of a little boy in a truck that he made out of a cardboard box. Drew decided that he needed to make a truck too. I'm pretty proud of our results and he thinks it's pretty cool that he made a truck.

The beginnings of the truck

Of course, we needed a wheel
Then we painted it blue...

...like Daddy's truck

The finished product - ready to roll!

Josh - 5 months

Yesterday Josh turned 5 months old! This is such a fun age and I love watching him learn new things each day. He has recently found his toes and loves to grab them and play with them and put them in his mouth and slobber all over them! It's really cute (but hard to get a picture of - when he sees the camera he starts to smile and the toes come out). He still adores his big brother and loves to watch him. He makes lots of sounds and has started combining vowel-constanent sounds. He can roll from tummy to back and is so close to rolling from back to front. I think if he'd just kick his leg at the right time he'd have it. He can sit supported pretty well and is getting closer to independent sitting. He'll still slowly topple over or fold in half if you leave him propped for too long. He has beautiful blue eyes and it looks like his hair will be on the red side like mine. Unfortunately for him, that also means he got my fair skin. We both got sunburned this weekend at the park. (Nothing too bad, it's mostly just his cheeks and it's already starting to fade.) He nurses every 4 hours during the day and is sleeping all the way through the night! (He eats at 7:30pm and then goes to bed and doesn't have breakfast until 7:30am.) We haven't started any cereal or baby food yet, but will probably begin in the next couple of weeks. He has such a wonderful temperament and is such a joyful addition to our family! Now, how about some pictures of the cutest 5 month old I know!!

Are you ready for some FOOTBALL???

Go Texas Tech!!!