March Madness!

Happy March Madness everyone! We've been watching a lot of basketball around here lately so it's always on the mind. We had a fun week! This was a week when I really felt Kasper growing up. I tried to be aware of him more than usual because I feel these "baby" days just slipping away. This explains the number of photos I took of my boy this week. Spoiler alert - it's a lot.

Kasper has been more and more content to play in his toy corner by himself for longer periods of time. This has come in handy for dinner prep.

Wondering when the snow will finally melt.


While we haven't officially started potty training, Kasper has taken the lead on beginning the process. He is very good at going potty before his bath and after diaper changes. He doesn't tell us before he has to go. He goes about 4-5 times a day on the potty. As soon as he's done he jumps up and runs to the kitchen screaming "I DID IT!!!" while whooping and hollering and jumping up and down. I love the enthusiasm and we do our best to keep it up. Getting an M & M helps.

Discussing the number of chocolates he got

So proud


Do you not just die over the knobby knees and skinny legs?


Bothering the dog one morning


I had the day off Friday for Spring Break and enjoyed my free day to do anything I wanted. This included meeting my sister and FUTURE BROTHER-IN-LAW for lunch after their engagement! Friday night we met our friends for dinner at a Mpls restaurant we've been wanting to try while Grandma Sandra babysat. Kasper showed her how to play with the moving box. Haha! Still a favorite toy.



Yesterday afternoon was a lazy one. We ran a couple errands then played around until nap time.

Kasper and I took pictures of each other.






This is what most of Kasper's pictures look like off his camera.


Hahahahahahahaha! I laugh when I upload pictures from his camera.

Playing crow


Waiting for Papa to get the teddy bear




The big smiles are for when Papa walked in like this:








Trying to zip up his zipper. THOSE LEGS...



Potty try before nap (hence the paci).

Whoo Hoo!!!!

He'll kill me for this picture but I was on my knees taking the pictures and cheering so he went down on his knees as well. I can't get enough of those legs.


Going for the chocolates


After his nap, Kasper had some milk while I swooned over his eyelashes...

Then went outside to have an abenture with Papa. I think I heard that there are still 7 inches of snow on the ground. There are at least enough to make it hard for a toddler to walk across the yard.



Looking in a rabbit warren.




So much independent play lately.


I think it's about time for a professional haircut.


Today was kind of more of the same. I had to take his pjs off at breakfast because of a yogurt incident and wrapped him in a dish towel which of course he thought was hilarious and asked to look at it in a mirror. This kid is hilarious.






Hope everyone had a great weekend! Minnesota is out of the tournament as of tonight. Bummer. Maybe next year!

Happy St. Patty's Day!

Can you believe a year ago we had temps in the 80's?? I was looking back at pictures from this weekend a year ago and there was no snow (we're looking at another "plowable event" tonight), the grass was green, we were in short sleeves and for sure thinking spring. Anyway...

Let's start this week by giving a little love to poor, long suffering Lois. She was watching me eat something and was pleading with me with her eyes to share some. It was pretty cute.


(I shared my cereal)

I think Kasper went through some growth spurt in the last couple weeks. He just seems bigger.

This was before school one day. He had just woken up. I was pestering him with the camera. I asked for ONE smile...

"No camera"

"ONE smile?"

"Ummmmm...."

"CHEESE!"


We were having fun playing on our bed after school that day. Notice it's LIGHT out when we get home now!! It's great! One of Kasper's current favorite games is called "Playing Crow." You pick him up and throw him on the bed. The End. When he asks you to play crow, that's what you should do.

That is a 2T sweater. I put him in bigger clothes on principle although the best fitting ones are 18 month. He'll grow someday, right?



Here's the last picture I took playing on the bed. That microphone ended up cracking me right on the head. Someone has a little bit of a throwing problem. That someone ended up in timeout.



A couple pics from daycare this week:
- They learned about Asia this week and made an Asian conical hat as a craft. Love it.

- Painting!


I did a long run Saturday morning downstairs on the treadmill. (Can't wait until the weather is nicer to run outside!) Rob and Kasper entertained themselves upstairs. Looks like they had a fun time!





I tell ya - want to entertain a toddler for hours and weeks? Bring an old cardboard box into your house. Seriously.

Look at the hands coming out. Hahahahahaha!





We laid pretty low yesterday afternoon. For dinner, I met my friends Hillari and Erin for dinner. We studied abroad together in Spain and get together less often than we should. Love those girls and it's always wonderful to spend time with them.

Kasper had a bit of a runny nose yesterday and this morning he called me into his room at 4 am to ask me to blow his nose. Sure enough this morning he woke up with a cold. Poor guy. He felt crummy today.


Here's video Rob shot this morning. He caught Kasper tattling on someone. He does this all.the.time. Someone else always "did it". Haha! It's usually Lois.




He took a super long nap this afternoon, woke up, ran around an hour, then when I changed his diaper he asked if he could go back to sleep. We were pretty lucky this winter as far as colds go.

I actually sort of forgot it was St. Patrick's Day today until I tried to think of a title for this post. Oops! Hope everyone had a great weekend and a Happy St. Patty's Day!