Dancing at Dinner

Rexford frequently amuses us with dancing while he eats his dinner. Tonight was especially entertaining. I have no idea where he learned these moves, he just does them. We think it's pretty funny.

Coming in November 2008

Here's Rexford with his new shirt announcing the coming addition to our family! His new sibling will be arriving in early November. I'm sure he doesn't quite understand but when I asked him if he wanted to wear his big brother shirt, he said "baby."

Easter Fun with Papa

On Saturday my dad dyed eggs with Rexford and instead of orange, this time his body was blue. He had fun though and loved to pick the eggs up with his hands and drop them in the cups. He was very excited to see the eggs change colors. He also learned he could punch his finger through the egg when he pushed it into the egg carton. After dyeing the eggs, he enjoyed using the hose to clean off the patio and himself.

One of Rexford's new favorite things to do with Papa is look for lizards (not something I encourage). He never does this at home so maybe he thinks they only live at Papa's house. I prefer to believe that too. Yesterday he kept running around screaming, "lizard, where are you?" It was really cute so I had to try to capture it.

Orange Legs

Rexford and I decided to dye eggs today. I wanted to last year but he was a little too young so I thought this year would be fun. And it was fun, but very messy too. I decided to do it outside because I could just see dye all over our counter and floor. He was so excited and so happy when I put the pan on the ground and gave him the bowl of eggs. He grabbed the eggs and started dropping them in the colors. He then stirred all of them splashing dye everywhere. Then he ditched the spoons and decided it was more fun to reach his hands in and pull out the eggs. He particularly liked the orange one so he repeatedly took it out and dropped it in again. The colors were a little mixed up but he had fun so it didn't matter to me. Every time I open the fridge now he says "eggs" and gets a big smile and wants me to tell him what a good job he did and how great the eggs look. He's very proud and can't wait to show them to Daddy this afternoon!

Look, it turned orange!

Having so much fun making a mess

Arranging his finished eggs

Rexford's legs after the dye experience

Fun in the Sun

Yesterday was pretty hot so after a nice nap Rexford and I went out to play. He always wants to play with the water and since it was hot I let him.

Attempting to fill up his bucket

Crumbling Mommy's sand castle


Blowing bubbles

Watering the grass for Daddy

This scary toad popped out of the ground and totally freaked me out! We went inside shortly after he appeared.

Early Easter Fun

Rexford is really enjoying egg hunts this year and has quite a collection of eggs at home now. He had a fun Easter egg hunt with Grandma yesterday and let out a gasp every time he saw an egg. He also enjoyed opening the eggs to find all the fun stuff inside. They tried to dye a few eggs but Rexford plopped the eggs into the containers splashing dye everywhere. He doesn't really understand the word gentle yet. He was so tired after all the Easter fun that he fell asleep on the way home.

So Handsome

Here are my two men all ready for church today. They were wearing their matching blue shirts and yellow ties. Just thought they looked handsome!

Easter Egg Hunt

Rexford attended his first Easter Egg Hunt yesterday. I practiced a little at home because he had never been to one and I figured that he probably would have no clue what to do. He learned very quickly and had a great time finding lots of eggs. He had a basket full and was still gathering more!

Popsicles, Cell Phones, and Vacuums

I had never given Rexford a popsicle before because I never buy them and I just never thought about it. Friday my mom brought over some popsicles for Rexford and I gave him one. He didn't know what to do with it at first but he figured it out quickly and seemed to enjoy it! Here he is eating his first popsicle!

Rexford has my sister's old cell phone to play with around the house and he often walks around with it at his ear saying, "hello." Whenever I ask him who he is talking to he always says, "Aly" (his aunt). We were watching Rexford's cousin Ian last week so we had his car seat and Rexford kept sitting down in it and talking on his phone.

Rexford is just like his father-he loves to clean! Everyday he pulls the vacuum cleaner out of the closet and pushes it into another room. Then he stands there pushing the on/off switch and screams, "vacuum on" until we plug it in for him. Then he uses the attachment to clean the floor. He will do this forever if you let him!

Cheerios

I bought Rexford this Cheerios play book to entertain him at church and he loves it. Everyday he pulls it out and says "cheerios" and then points for me to go get the box of Cheerios for him. This morning, like most mornings lately, he wouldn't eat anything for breakfast so when he pulled the book out I was happy because then I knew he would eat something!

Following Rexford

Sometimes it is fun to just follow Rexford around the house and see where he goes. Here is what I found him doing one day last week.

Saying "cheese" on the table of course

Excited to get his hands on Daddy's books



Look at this!

Brushing up on religious ideas and grammar. Notice the visible diaper-these size 3T overalls will not stay buttoned because he is too tall!

Hair

Rexford's hair is usually combed and laying flat so I just thought this after bath look was kind of different and cute. He thought it was pretty funny when he looked in the mirror and he laughed at himself. He loves to mess up his hair after we comb it so maybe this is how he really wants it!