Pouts and Puppets

Saturday morning I had some errands and appointments to take care of, so Daddy was on Baby Duty. And, as usual, he broke out the camera for some fun pictures of kiddos. Most of the pictures broke down into two categories: Pouts and Puppets. Well, really, Muppets, but it's not alliterative. First, the Pouts....

Colin is a fool for electronics. He loves remotes, phones, computers, cameras, garage door openers, you name it. If it has buttons, he loves it. Somehow he convinced Michael to let him push some buttons on the back of the camera (the nice, big, too-complicated for Mommy, D-SLR camera). However, that just whet his appetite for buttons and he wanted them ALL THE TIME! When he was not allowed to push the buttons, there were pouts, lots of pouts. What to do except document them, right?









So, so, so sad.


And for the Puppets? Well, I've reported on Muppet Face before, but it was very, very active on Saturday. Gillian is just a crazy, happy girl right now. It's pretty darn funny!









Oh, Bean wanted to cuddle with Daddy too.


And Colin got in one last pout at the end of the day after a fun time at Natalie's birthday party (that's why he's all spiffy).

Artists in Residence....

I have been meaning to break out the art supplies with Colin and Gillian for a while now, but really hadn't gotten up my nerve. They received some nice markers and paper for the birthday from Mrs. Kathy and family, and I had gotten them nice fat crayons and paper earlier. On Wednesday, I decided it was finally time!

I tapped some paper to the coffee table and got out two, fat crayons. I broke the crayons in half, since their hands are so little. They did show some interest, and liked it when I scribbled. Gillian eventually made some dot, dot, dots of her own. Colin mostly wanted to take the crayon and run (and then eat it). Hopefully with more exposure, they will be making some real masterpieces soon.

Colin was such a ham for the camera! You can see the beginnings of the nasty cold he has now...


Gillian doing her most recent funny facial expression, we call it "Muppet Face." She was really getting into the coloring!


This is Gillie's other common facial expression right now, the open mouth-stick out tongue face....


Orange crayons taste the best, apparently:


TADA!