10/23-10/29

 10/23--Holden loves dot-to-dot puzzles so I found him a whole book full of them. 

 10/24--Wes is NOT a binky boy but Holden sure loves trying to make him take one.  Wes was actually sucking on the binky as long as Holden was holding it for him :)

 10/25--Holden absolutely ADORES his brother.  He loves holding him, kissing him hugging him, talking in a high pitch voice to him, and more recently...trying to carry him!  He actually does a really good job of carrying him very short distances with me right beside. 

 10/26--We created a reading log for Holden to accomplish.  If he reads 20 hours he gets a Skylander--which is a big deal in our house!  Holden helped me come up with other incentive ideas along the road to the Skylander.  At 5 hours he gets a new hot wheels car, at 10 hours he gets an extra hour of Skylanders, and at 15 hours he gets a new snowglobe (not sure why he chose that?).  Holden loves to read but the reading along gives us that extra push to read daily at least for 30 minutes.

10/27--Love these 3 boys of mine.  This picture was taken right after dinner.

10/28--Kurt and Holden had a daddy/son date and went to see "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2."  They got some treats before the movie and when they got home Holden handed me a laffy taffy.  I love that remembers me and how much I love laffy taffy :)  The 2nd picture was taken while the boys were at the movies, Wes and I were enjoying our quiet time together.  I was trying to get him to smile--but no such luck :)

 10/29--Wes can put himself to sleep and I love it.  As I was cooking dinner tonight, he quietly dozed to sleep.  2nd picture--real life.  Puffy eyes and no makeup but celebrating our 2 month old!

starting back up 10/16-10/22

As part of a "challenge" I'm participating in with my sister in law, I have challenged myself to take a picture a day and upload them to the blog weekly.   I did this for an entire year back in 2009-2010 and I'm excited to start it up again.  It is so fun to see the old pictures and posts of Holden when he was little.  I also love remembering what our day to day life events were.  So, I will take daily pictures but only upload and blog about them every Tuesday night :) Here we go....

 10/16--Tummy time with Wes

 10/17- When Grandma was here helping with Wes, she bought Holden Skylanders.  And oh my, does this boy LOVE playing.  If we didn't set rules for the game, he would play all day every day.  Right now, we allow 3 times a week for a hour each day.  Holden can talk your ear off about Skylanders and it is absolutely adorable.

 10/18- Holden learned about the letter "C" at preschool.  On Friday, they had to bring a "C" sharing and Holden decided he wanted to bring his Christmas tree. 

 10/19- Happy and sad Westley.

 10/20- Oh, my poor Westley.  He has had a LOT of reflux and gas issues.  We have tried every trick and medicine in the book but not much is working. 

10/21- Picture courtesy of Holden.  He made a sign for a sleeping in Dad.  I love his handwriting :)

10/22- My two most handsome boys.  Holden ADORES his brother and gives him at least 50 kisses and hugs daily....seriously....no exaggeration.