This and That

The following pictures are over 2 months old, but deserve to be blogged about.

Forest has become quite the climber. He can easily get up onto his table, chairs, our dinning table, the coffee table, and one time somehow got out of his crib (we moved the crib down some and he has not attempted it since, I think he is still traumatized)

Forest has become a champ at puzzles. Although he does not put the colors on in the right order he can easily put the rings on the stand, and has become crazy fast at it.

Forest loves books, especially the book Tails by Matthew Van Fleet. Forest can turn all the pages to reveal the picture behind or he can slide the tabs out to move the tails of the animals. Forest will actually anticipate what's coming next and has his hand in the right place for the next challenge.

Anyways Forest is a smarty and that is that!

The Green Cast

Forest had his cast removed over a month ago but I never got around to blogging about it until now. So for those of you who did not get a chance to see Forest in his cast here is your opportunity.this picture was taken the day Forest got the cast. For the first few days the heavy cast just hung at his side.

Forest is such a model in this picture.

This picture was taken on one of the last days with the cast. If you clickity on the picture you will notice that the cast is signed all over but you don't have to clickity to notice that the cast is no longer a bright green :)

Good Luck

Tomorrow morning Bridger is taking his first section of the CPA. He has been studying non stop for the past couple weeks.

Send all your good luck vibes his way!

Wow, we really do look a lot alike!

camping

Last week we went camping (Forest's first time)! Forest loved being outside ALL day. He would explore around our campsite and neighboring sites. While putting up the tent Forest loved playing with the tent polls and although Forest will not wear hats he will wear the cover to the lantern for long periods of time. I think he looks pretty adorable, if I do say so.

Because of all the rain we put our tent in another tent to help keep us dry (it worked!) The larger tent we did not know how to put up and so we gave up, but no big deal it worked great and we slept snug all night!

Bridger's excellent fire making capabilities came in handy. We were able to cook our meals above the fire and warm up our cold hands. Every time Forest got near the fire he would say "HOT!" and would stay away - thank goodness!

We went on a nice walk/ hike around a pretty little lake called Lost Lake (not to be confused with Lost Lake near Hood River)

We are such a cute little family!

Although Forest had fun playing at the campsite, he was ready to go home and insisted on driving :)

Playing at the Park

Playing at the park is so much more fun now that Forest can actually play on the toys.

My Little Artist

Every Friday Forest has art class at a local recreation center. The art class has been really fun for both Forest and I! There are 6 stations for the kids to play/ create art at. The stations are: a clay table, a stamp table, a water coloring table, a water playing table, a toy area, and an easel area with paints. Forest LOVES all the stations and will wonder from one table to the next during class.

Uncle Seth and Aunt Lindsey were able to go to an art class while visiting. Uncle Seth did a great job helping Forest make a valentine for Bridger.

From week to week Forest has started eating less and less of the art materials. (thank goodness they use all safe paint and clay!)
By the end of art class Forest is ALWAYS covered in paint and a bath is more than necessary when we arrive home. In this picture the paint actually leaked through his shirt and stained his belly!

We have TONS of fun at art class and have TONS of clean up too!

Let Us Pray

Forest's new favorite activity is praying. Throughout the day Forest will randomly fold his arms, look at me, bow his head, and wait for me to say a prayer. At the end he will say "men" or something that sounds close to "men". It is adorable! His frequent praying has encouraged me to find more things to be thankful for in each of our prayers in the day.

P.S. Forest LOVES the power cords to our cell phones, and although I hide them from him he quickly finds them and wears them. Some days it is just too big of a fight to try and take them away.