Innocent Until Proven Guilty

The Victim:

"Don't worry mom, I'm still happy!"

The Culprit:

*and although Joe loves Dora the girly, pink Dora blanket is not his, I was babysitting that day :)

Too Quiet

In my short couple of years being a mom I feel like I have learned a lot. One of the things I have learned is that quiet is not always a good thing, and sometimes can mean the exact opposite.

The other day Joe was a little on the grouchy side. I sent him downstairs to play while I was in the kitchen. I can hear him pretty well from our kitchen. I was so impressed with how well he was playing, especially because he hadn't been very easy to please that day, and then I realized that it was too quiet. So I came downstair to find this:

and Joe with a green sharpie in hand. There was also sharpie on our wall and Joe was in the process of coloring one of his trucks.

So I googled how to remove permanent marker from furniture and was happy to see people had already experimented with various methods of removal (what did people do before google?). So I tried overwriting on the sharpie with a dry erase marker. It worked! It may have also removed a little of the finish, but I was happy with the minimal damage it left.

Self Portraits

Joe loves the camera

I can't seem to keep it out of his reach

His favorite subject is himself

Maybe someday he'll be a great photographer

For now, I'll just get a good laugh from these :)

Little Troublemaker

Joe managed to get the canister off the vacuum and dump its entire contents on the floor.

But how get I get upset at this little troublemaker who happens to be my little helper?

Daddy's Little Helper

I wish I had pulled out the camera sooner. Joe was laying on the floor like is dad, helping him fix the kitchen sink. While organizing our basement Zach came across a new faucet and decided to install it. What he thought would be a 20 minute fix turned into a four hour project, including two trips to the hardware store. But Joe sure had a blast helping him!

Chessin' it up for the camera

He really likes daddy's tools

Helping daddy

Being a little trouble maker!

What a cutie!

My Little Helper

Joseph likes to help me do the laundry now

He climbed in all by himself. He is becoming quite the climber, and can climb onto our bed, our kitchen chairs (which are tall because we have a countertop height table), and pretty much anything else he sets his mind to climbing. You can see a lovely bruise on his forehead from his latest tumble. It seems like he doesn't go long without some sort of scrape or bruise!

Future Artist?

I didn't think it was possible to write on one's skin with a colored pencil.



Apparently I was wrong.