No Cats Were Harmed In the Making of These Videos

As many of you know, Clark and Wes are the best of friends. Just last night, Clark finally more or less, learned how to pick up the cat. The funny thing is that Wesley loves the attention. The second video shows you that Clark doesn't run away, but sits down and waits for Clark.

New Toy

A couple of weeks ago, I was telling Clint that although we are trying our hardest to not be a family that has a house full of toys, we do need more toys for Clark. He is getting older, and has jumped into the next age category of toys. Granted, I was a little early in the purchasing of some toys, like the Alphabet Train when he was 8 months old. (Rated for kids 18months+) But that is beside the point. We also have half or so of our toys over at my parents' house because there isn't a parent/kid friendly backyard, well not at his age anyways. It's great for kids like 7 and up that are much more independent that you can send off to "explore" the backyard(s).

So because we are sharing our toys with my parents and Clark is getting older, I've been on the hunt for something new. I discovered the Berlington Coat Factory a month or so ago too! They sell MUCH more then just coats. It really should be named the Berlington Home Factory or something like that. Not only do they sell coats, but they sell all sorts of clothes and some stores even have a Baby Depot. It's like a mini Babies-R-Us. This is especially important if you are like me and are boycotting B.R.U. because they bait and switch and are a little over priced. So the Baby Depot at Berlington has pretty much everything you need for a baby from cribs, to carseats, strollers, highchairs, feeding supplies and clothes. Just no diapers or actual food.

They also have a small toy section. Within this small toy section I found this:




I thought it was a reasonable price, and Clark and I love playing with it! Plus, it has lots of storage. Besides the two drawers, there is a shelf between the drawer and the top that holds his slowly growing collection of trucks.

I included this video because I think watching him hammer the little "nails" is totally adorable! But then again, I think everything he does is adorable!

Fun Trouble

Playing nice with Wesley:



Getting a little more aggressive:




Yep, that's right, he is sitting on the cat!


Lately Clark has been obsessed with Clint. He wants to do everything Clint does. Including wearing his shoes:




Clark has learned how to use the water sprayer and loves to water the plants, the house, the fence, US and the windows.

I love his tongue sticking out too!

Fireworks

Clint and I are really lucky to live so close to the lake and the firework display. We decided to watch the fireworks at the lake because we weren't sure how Clark was going to react.

At 8am July 3rd the city allows residents to place blankets/chairs to hold their spots around the lake. I went at 11am on the 4th to add another blanket to the two that the neighbors and us had put the day before. This is what I saw:





Clint's mom and grandma and my dad joined us for a BBQ. Delicious hotdogs and watermelon and yummy treats. As the night went on we were a little worried because it was only 8pm and Clark was getting very tired and cranky. Clint's mom had offered for us to put him to bed and to stay at the house while the rest of us went to watch fireworks, but it was important to us that Clark experience this. Even if we had to go home.
We decided to walked over to the lake and the sea of people and blankets. Clark instantly got in a better mood and had a wonderful time!
Clark with cookies crammed in his mouth.

The gang waiting for fireworks:






Clark getting ready to watch the fire works and watching them from my lap:


The only time Clark freaked out was when people started to cheer and yell after the National Anthem was sung. But as for the fire works, he thought they were amazing. When there was any pause in the show, the would tap his hands together and say "more!"
He stayed awake until right before we walked through the door, but by then it was 9:45:

I gave him a cookie in hopes that it would keep him awake, guess he had enough earlier that day. :)

The Cuteness That Gets Me Through The Day!

This last week I've been battling headaches/migraines. Especially the last two days. Yesterday I was sure I was dying. Maybe not really, but my head hurt so bad it hurt to breathe. But at least I have this wonderful little boy that never fails at putting a smile on my face and giving me a reason to thank Heavenly Father for him being in my family.







I also wanted to share how Clark really knows how to get messy when he is playing. Tonight we were playing with our neighbors and Clark always seems to swim in the media in which we are playing. Chalk, bubbles, dirt...tonight it was chalk and he had a rainbow of colors on his clothes and skin.