Project 52 Continued

What to do on a rainy winter day? Finger paint in the bath tub! Lemme just say, clean up was a BREEZE!

Childhood favorites

Smelling corned beef and cabbage soon!

Don't these look soooo yummy?!

Spring is in the air!

We've definitely gotten hints that Spring is right around the corner. The sunny days lately, have allowed us to be able to enjoy being outside without wearing a ton of layers.  And looking around the yard, the flowers are enjoying the reprieve of the sun as well. Here are a few Project 52 photos.

Blooming

My beautiful tulips!







Just love spring flowers



Playing outside on a warm wintery-spring day :)



Even fruit looks good when it's sunny outside.





Photo Op

He hated touching the grass

Alec's Best Friend

Uncle Mike bought Alec an ET doll last summer. I hid it. It's a really ugly doll (sorry Mike) and I honestly thought it would frighten Alec. I saw the movie as a kid and quite frankly, it scared me. Anyway, the doll was tucked away in our guest room closet for months. Months, that is, until Alec recently discovered ET. Since then, ET has been by Alec's side. Alec shares his blankie, snacks and toys with ET. He loves playing chasing games with ET (this involves Mommy or Daddy moving ET so it appears like ET is chasing Alec). And I swear, this ugly doll has become Alec's new best friend. Thanks Mike ;)



I don't know if it's the head, creepy large blue eyes, or the robe that scares ME,
but apparently, this is a doll only a boy could adore.



Giving ET *hugs*



More hugs



Playing peek-a-boo

Sharing a snack

Alec signing "more" to tell me that ET would like more snacks :) I missed the shot
but before this was taken, Alec picked up ET and used ET's hands to sign "more"!!

Sunny Day, Sweeping the Clouds Away....

Some of these photos made their debut on facebook already but I can't help and repost them here because they are too cute :) I'm biased, I know. While I'm normally a winter lover, it was nice to get a sunny day so we could get  a break from being indoors. We got to take out a few new toys and Alec LOVED them. He cried when we had to go back inside. I'm not sure if he loved being outside simply because it was something different, or if he's going to be an outdoors-type-of-kid. Either way, I have a feeling that we're going to be spending A LOT of time outside this spring and summer. Better start stocking up on sunscreen and bug spray....



Silly Face



A serious driver :)



Love his hat. I bought it from Etsy.com and finally got a picture of him wearing it!
He reminds me of a teddy bear.



Looking at the ducks in our 'pond'

Photo Op

It's freezing here today. But that didn't stop Alec and I from a quick Shop Rite trip this morning to pick up some breakfast goodies for Grandma Dee & Papa Joe who are coming over tonight to babysit so Daddy & I can have a date night and go out to celebrate a friend's 30th birthday. On our way out, I opted to not put Alec in his puffy jacket, mittens and shoes and instead, I put him into a hand-me down snowsuit that we got when he was born. It was never used by the previous little boy and we got it with the tags still on (love those kinds of freebies!!). The soft chocolate brown and pale blue colors make this snowsuit so boy and I just love it. It doesn't hurt that it's super soft to the touch too--Alec appreciated that.

Our snow bunny

Sew, what's new?

Considering that the last time I operated, much less touched a sewing machine was in a Home Economics class in middle school (woot woot 7th grade!), I would say my homemade playroom valance isn't too shabby!
The window in the playroom was in desperate need of something and I finally got around to giving it a treatment. It isn't fancy or perfect by any means, but I can't help and feel that the room is a little more cheerful with the added touch of more primary colors :)

All boy theme & Alec's favorite: cars, trucks and choo choos!

Finished product