Monday, March 17, 2014

The last days of winter...

Some time spent outside... on those lovely and rare warm winter days :)


Forget all the cool climbing equipment and tiddy rubber surfaces... Kieran prefers the woods every time!

Hanging pine cone bird feeders in the backyard- they were gone the next day!

Watching a coopers hawk in the backyard- thanks for the great binoculars Uncle Zack!
Casting animal footprints!

We love Runge- no matter what the weather there are always so many activities to keep us occupied :)

Playing with birds of prey puppets on Eagle Day.


Hiking the Runge trails...

And climbing fences!



Coloring an otter at a craft table in Runge.

Riding the turtle!

Building a life-sized eagle nest... yes, they are that big!

Watching a presentation about Missouri eagles...

Kieran was fascinated!

Kieran and cousin Jaqui playing in a giant tree stump at Runge...

Our little forest wizzard :)

Prepping the nursery... gotta get rid of the bed to make room for the crib! Kieran was very excited to be doing some "man" work... he told me to leave and do some "woman" work like cooking! Not sure where he gets this from, seeing as how daddy does most of the cooking ;)

Putting together the crib- which used to be Kieran's :)

Painting begins!

Kieran joined in on the fun... he was quite the little worker!

Painters get messy sometimes!


Mommy added a mural...

Thank you to Aunt Joyce for the great storage tower- it will come in handy for sure!


Kieran helped us fold and put away diapers and we showed him how to use them... just in case he ever wants to help with that too!


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Diapering Mr. Fox :)

Making a picture frame with daddy at a "Big Brother" class... for a photo of Kieran with the new baby :)

Looking at a new baby through the nursery window... Kieran was the most interested in the baby's belly button stump!

Ready for St. Patrick's day ;) Watch out Johnny Leprechaun- Kieran's got his green on!

Love his expression in this one- he looks a lot like a munchkin from the Wizard of Oz.
My breakfast date... one of our many snow days this winter- look at that face... what a little doll!

Mommy and Kieran at a Chinese restaurant...

Eating again on our way to get our new car in St. Louis...

Kieran's sculpture he made in the waiting area while daddy and I signed papers for our new Mazda 5- a mini-mini-van!

A little bath art- a great gift from the baby shower- just for big boy!