learning new things!

but first things first, otherwise i get lost if i post out of order. we'll start with yesterday...this is the outfit great-auntie mary sent to madison from montana! i promised to post a photo when she wore it... she's even wearing the pretty tights! thanks again aunt mary... it's adorable! :)

cole at grandma and grandpa's house yesterday afternoon- what a goof!

cole this morning; he was walking on his knees!! i hardly ever do it, and he's never tried it until now... first time and he did it perfectly! he thought he was big stuff. i love it when kids learn new things. unless...

...the new thing is this. yeah, in public too. it was one of those times where we should have told him that crayons don't belong in his nose but we were laughing too hard to say anything intelligible. thank goodness for camera phones... this one's a keeper. i can't figure out if he's a typical little boy (most likely) or if he's really a genius and is thinking outside the box (possibly but not likely). it could go either way... maybe it's both. whatever the case, the waitress at the oshkosh ihop may never be the same. (yes, duey, there's only one ihop in oshkosh...)

that's our boy...!

anyway, we decided to take advantage of kelvin's time being laid off and do stuff. like today: he wanted to go to hobby town so we went along and hit the outlet mall. i was hoping to find some really good deals on clothes (for the kids, nephew, new little ones, etc... i'm not to the point where i'm ready to get myself anything yet- maternity clothes are still my duds of choice. hear that, belly??) but didn't find anything. the children's place usually has super deals... today they had racks and racks of shirts and tops for $2. i looked, but didn't get anything because there were no bottoms! i looked all over- i guess there are lots of kids running around with pants and no shirts. but i did find my favorite scent at bath and body works... i LOVE the "sleep" aromatherapy. it's lavender and vanilla and it's absolutely dream! it was all about 75% off, so i stocked up on lotion and body spray. yum. so even though i didn't find anything for the kiddos the day wasn't a waste- we had fun just being out together!