Sewing Projects and Play

Islwyn had to show off the cool building he built out of blocks. Also, he is wearing a shirt I made him out of a men's shirt. I cut it out where the IU was and made it into a little t-shirt for him with white around the neck and edges.

Islwyn crying because he doesn't want to go inside and get ready for bed.
Enjoying his ice cream sunday!
Amund playing outside with is favorite ball.
A new outfit I made Amund for the summer. Vintage 1940's pattern.


Handsome Amund in the sunshine.

Books We're Loving

We wanted to update some of the books we have been reading lately.

Mr. Dog: The dog who belonged to himself.

Seriously one of the cutest books we have read in a long time. It is about a dog who belongs to himself, who meets a boy who belongs to himself and the things they do together. The little boy in the story looks suspiciously like another little boy that I know.... Also the illustrations are by Garth Williams.

Oliver Finds His Way by Phyllis Root. This story is about a little bear who likes to chase leaves, but one day he gets lost chasing a leaf--how does he find his way home? The illustrations are amazing in this story.

Another story we like by Phyllis Root is Soup for Supper. It is about a giant who tries to take an old woman's vegetables from her garden to make soup. At first they fight each other, but soon they overcome their differences and misunderstandings, and become friends. This story has a lot of funny parts to it that Islwyn really like. The old woman calls the giant all kinds of silly names like potato nose and carrots toes.

Soon I will be posting more pictures of the boys. They are looking forward to seeing their Nani and Grandad on Thursday!

Time with Dada

Here's our student on campus with Amund.

Playing dominoes with Dada.
Dada mid-sneeze.

Wiping off Amund's head after he sneezed all over him.....

Spring!

It is spring here in Indiana. Seventy degrees and sunny for 4 days in a row! I couldn't believe it. We have been busy. Here is Islwyn playing air hockey with some new friends at the seminary commons.

Playing out in our side yard (actually the church yard.
Picture day at school. Islwyn was all dressed up like this with a new haircut to get his pic taken at school for his first school picture and apparently he went totally hysterical and wouldn't let them take his picture. Just kept crying and crying. So I took a picture at home. He was riding his trike around the dining room.
Amund loves the swing.
Playing in the dirt is very serious work.



Amund loves his card from Great - Grandma and Pa.

Grandma and Grandpa's

We got to spend a couple of days at my Grandma and Grandpa's house. The boys had lots of fun.

Amund with Grandma and Grandpa.

Grandma with both boys.
The boys got to do lots of puzzles and games with Grandpa. Here they are doing a puzzle.
Islwyn found a new friend in his second cousin, they are almost exactly the same age and got to do lots of playing together. They were so proud of their candy cane shape they made out of pillows.

Amund with Grandpa during a card game.
Islwyn and Austin coloring.
Grandpa and Amund.
This little suit was my grandmother's dad's suit when he was Islwyn's age (in 1899). My grandma has it and we had Islwyn try it on to see how it looks. It is still in really nice condition and really did look cute on Islwyn!

Aunt Vicky and Uncle Al's

We spent a fun week in Minnesota visiting my family. Islwyn and Amund had never been there before and it has been about 4 years since Jonathan and I had visited. We had so much fun. We spent a couple days with my dad's sister and her husband and my cousins. Islwyn really found a new friend in my Aunt Vicky. He loved listening to her play the piano and he watched the strings....

Then he got to play a little bit....
He had to help her put her winter decorations away and put out the spring ones....
Amund got in on the action playing catch....
And also playing with Uncle Al.
Oh, and of course, Dada played his ukulele.

Someone Special is ONE!

I am still totally amazed that Amund is one already. I really feel like he was just born. But he really has grown up to be an amazing little boy. He is the happiest baby around, he is always smiling and laughing. He got to celebrate his birthday in Minnesota with all kinds of relatives. Here he is at Grandma and Grandpa Olson's. Grandma made him a super yummy chocolate cake. It was also my mom's birthday the day before, so she got the traditional angel food cake.

He also got cake the day before his birthday at Uncle Al and Aunt Vicky's house. An ice cream cake. Super yummy too. He had no trouble eating that cake.
Blowing the candles out with Minka. Wearing his birthday crown--"me and my ukulele."