One Minute

One minute doesn't usually seem like very much time.  However, give one minute of being unsupervised to Easton (Heaven forbid Mama go to the bathroom by herself or anything!) and you never know what you'll find!  This is the result of one of his most recent one minute activities...

 

 

 

 

The little stinker doesn't even attempt to look innocent!  He was very proud of what he was able to accomplish in one minute!

"Sometimes I think that there's a fine line between impressionistic and messy."  ~Lady Gaga

Obsession

Easton has a weird obsession with Jackson's cat bed.  He carries it around on his head, lays on it, and enjoys sitting in it.  All while chuckling to himself as if he knows a joke but doesn't want to share it with the rest of us!

 

 

 

 

"Without obsession, life is nothing."  ~John Waters

Yummy Yogurt

Easton enjoys yogurt.  Sometimes he enjoys it a little too much!

 

 



"Any food not fit to wear is not fit to eat." ~Jim Rosenthal

Camping Cousins

In February we all headed North for a "camping" trip.  Our cabin was wonderful, and everyone had a fun time.  The big boys went ice fishing while the girls & kiddos went swimming and shopping.  The kids also enjoyed a few movies and cartoons.  It was too bad it was cut short because of bad weather.

The cousins enjoyed camping out on the couch!

 

 

"If you're not in New York, you're camping out." ~Thomas Dewey

Scarlet Fever

A few weeks ago Easton finished a 10-day antibiotic for an ear infection on Friday night.  Late Saturday night he  spiked a temp.  We gave him some Tylenol and he went back to sleep.  We never saw the fever again.  Sunday night when we got him out of the tub, we noticed he had a few spots on his back.  We didn't think much of it since a variety of things can cause skin irritation, so we just decided we'd keep an eye on it.  Monday morning we looked at the spots again and they looked about the same.  Monday night Mike sent me a text while I was at negotiations and told me he thought the spots had gotten worse.  When I got home at 11:30 pm, Easton woke up and there was a full-blown rash covering his entire body.  About 12:15 am the rash began to itch, and Easton didn't sleep well after that.  Other than the itching that the rash caused, Easton acted completely normal (He looked terrible with the rash everywhere though)!  Tuesday morning I took him to the doctor.  The nurse and doctor both said it was a very impressive rash (not really what you want to hear from a Doctor or nurse!).  Turns out he had scarlet fever (strep with a rash), which he caught while he was on antibiotics (the doctor said she didn't know how he caught it while on medicine.)  They say a person can only get scarlet fever once in their life - I certainly hope that's true!

 

You can't see it as well in the first two pictures, but the rash looked like his leg does in the last picture, but it covered his entire body (including the palms of his hands and bottoms of his feet).  It's heartbreaking to watch your little one suffer with any illness, and this was no exception!

 

 

"I still have in my memory, almost agonizing impressions of a serious illness which I had when I was about eight years old.  Those about me called it scarlet fever, and its very name seemed to have a diabolical quality." ~Pierre Loti

 

 

 



Mike's Mini-Me

Xavier looks up to his daddy SO much!  He often asks, "Daddy what team do you want to win?" before deciding which team he wants to cheer for.  He wants to wear the same kind of clothes, do the same activities, eat the same foods, drink the same drinks, etc.  Not surprising, I found Xavier as a "Mini Mike" on the day of the last Indianapolis Colts football game (Mama's contribution was the beer for Mike and Root Beer for Xavier):

They both seemed to enjoy themselves immensely (except for the fact that the Colts lost).


"Breathtaking. I shall call him... Mini-Me." ~Dr. Evil

Shy

Xavier's typically not the slightest bit shy.  However, he is a great actor!

 

 

 

 

"Don't try to be what you're not.  If you're nervous, be nervous.  If you're shy, be shy.  It's cute." ~Adriana Lima

Small Space

One day I was fixing the roller track on one of the drawers in the kitchen.  Easton seized the opportunity to squeeze into the small space and see what the view from within the cupboards looked like.

 

 

 "Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again." ~Joseph Campbell

"Swimming"

The boys LOVE "swimming" in Gramma & Papa's big bathtub! 

 

 

 

"Every man has a right to a Saturday night bath." ~Lyndon B. Johnson

 

Snow what fun!

The boys were able to enjoy playing outside in the snow many times this winter. 

 

 

Taking a break to let Mama take a quick picture.

Poor Easton!  He wasn't a fan of sled rides!



 

 

"Snow provokes responses that reach right back to childhood." ~Andy Goldsworthy