Treasure hunt

Here's our new activity for when we're sick of it being cold outside:

 

The more clues the better, and I kept them simple. ie: tv, front door, bathtub, etc. One day the treasure was a toy I had gotten earlier at the dollar store. Another day it was the ball he had asked me to help him find (it was behind the couch) and a dum dum.What an easy way to make a 2 year old really happy.

More on prayer

I already blogged about Calvin saying funny prayers like all toddlers tend to do, but I have to share today's gem.
I asked Calvin if he would say the prayer for dinner and he said he would help Paul say the prayer. (my college age brother)
Here's how it went:

Calvin: Heavenly Father, thank you Paul come over
Paul: Heavenly Father, thank you I was able to come over
Calvin: No. thank you Paul come over
Paul: oh. thank you Paul came over
Calvin: thank you Pauls here
Paul: thank you that Paul came here
Calvin: No. thank you Pauls hare.
Paul: uh, thank you Paul is here
Calvin: NO. Thank you Paul's HAIR (my eyes are open at this point and I see Calvin leaning over to Paul and pinching a clump of his hair. I instantly try to contain my laughter wondering how Paul is going to repeat this)
Paul: oh. (muffled laughter) Thank you for Paul's hair
Calvin: thank you Paul's ear
...repeat from Paul, and on to eyes and mouth before Calvin said he was done praying. I reminded him to bless the food and then we had dinner.

Imaginary

Calvin likes to play imagination games now. We pretend to be characters from his favorite cartoons, he pretends to be a teacher, etc. Today after lunch I told him we needed to wash his hands so he rubbed his hands together, smiled, and said, "all clean, see! I used pretend water!"
(as you can see from the picture Calvin insists on wearing basketball shorts quite often. In this case, over his Buzz Lightyear pajamas. During the day it is over his clothes. I want him to wear pants, he wants to wear shorts, so it's our compromise. win. win.)

Pancakes

Calvin is obsessed with pancakes. Since Saturday he decided he wants to eat them for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks. I've let him eat them for breakfast. When I was feeding Shelby yesterday I heard some pots clanking together and then something spraying for a long time. I yelled at Calvin to come upstairs and I asked him what he was doing he proudly said he was making pancakes. When I went downstairs there was about half a cup of Pam sprayed on a cooking sheet. I'm starting to consider letting him eat pancakes for breakfast lunch & dinner because it couldn't take more than a day or two before he was sick of them, right?

Shelby's blessing

Here are some pictures from Shelby's baby blessing, it was a fun evening:

Home Depot

Brandon took Calvin to Home Depot's free kids workshop today. Here is his race car creation: