Our Safari

Easton's nap yesterday ended up being a mere 45 minutes. So, I brought him into my bed and we watched a DVD we got at the library. Then he was rearing to go so what did we do?


A stuffed animal safari complete with TP roll binoculars! Before you go, "Wow! What an awesome idea she had!" I have to admit its from the toddler book in my side bar. I found some fun tips and ideas in there. Anyway, no matter whose ideas they were we had fun and played for quite a long time. Easton would wait in the hall while I hid and re-hid the "amohs". Good times...here's more:
Wanting the dog to use the binocs too:

Seeking out more hidden animals while wrangling a wild duck:

Standing above the rescued animals:

Chillin' in between safaris:

Unfortunate safari hat hair:


I even made a couple of fairly long videos from the hunt. Probably only family wants to watch these as they're quite lengthy. Click here and here.

After all that fun we waited for Daddy to come home and then it was off to swimming. Easton and Daddy worked on paddling as their skill du jour. We fed Easton some dinnery snacks and then got him ready for bed. As I rocked him he went through his evening in rewind for me. He told me: Jesus, Amen (we had just prayed, yes). Then he said, "Raisin, cracker, 'ummus, milk" (his dinner) and then he said, "Splash splash, Dada" (swimming lessons). How fun...love his little memory. And I love that he wanted to talk about his day. Sort of.

Jason and I waited till E was down before we had our Crock Potted din din in front of Survivor. J thinks we should make our solo meals a weekly thing. We'll see. I get pretty hungry. :)

This morning he and I made "muh das". That means muffins. And of course they were in festive muffin cups: autumn leaves.



And ate them with silly burp cloths on Easton's head.


My little ham.

We also started working on a Thanksgiving craft but it is more involved than I would have thought. So, we didn't finish it yet. But I did want to share this picture of Easton's toe:

That is still what his toe looks like after his September 26th block injury. Geesh. I think it looked better back then.

He went down soooo well for his nap. He was nice and cuddly and not silly while we rocked but he seemed unable to get comfy--someone's big ol' belly in the way, perhaps? Anyway, I put him down and he conked right out. Good boy. I'm hoping for more than yesterday's 45 minutes. I still need to shower and then we'll head out to return a book at the library, hit the grocery store for more pico de gallo ingredients (J's making quesadillas this weekend MMMM!), and we might try to finish up our craft. That'll do it for now so ta ta!