My little crafty chef

This month is seriously dragging! We're on target for Daniel to be gone 3 out of the 4 weeks this month...grr. Kinda reminding me of what life was like when we lived in Jacksonville - but at least once October arrives we're *hopefully* back to our normal schedule! :) I had almost forgotten how much I hated the travel schedule.

Been trying out some tot school activities with Logan lately. It's been a little challenging since we have a little paper chewing, glue eating assistant (Blake!) along for the ride, but we've managed to do a few things. He especially loved making the initial painting with tape & canvas. Crafts are sometimes fun with a toddler - totally depends on the day! We made a train craft today at story time and he wouldn't stop talking about it until we hung it up on the fridge, lol!

Ever since we made cookies that one rainy day, Logan has been obsessed with all things cooking. He's always asking me if he can help, so last night I decided to let him make the pizza! He spread the sauce, sprinkled the cheese, and added the spinach, black beans, corn, ham, and tomatoes himself (yes, we do make odd pizzas around here ;)). He was so excited about his creation! Of course, this enthusiasm does come with a few problems - tonight I made him pasta, and there's really not too much a toddler can help with in that department...haha. He did help measure out the dry pasta and pour it in the pot (with my help) and then stir the sauce & cooked pasta together. What a good sous chef :)

Blake has finally reached that stage - you know, the one where they put EVERYTHING in their mouth! It gives me a panic attack daily, trying to figure out what the heck he has stuffed in his mouth. Today it has been an old cheerio, random sticker, and shoelace. Yuck. He is also in destructo mode. I'm pretty sure he could tear the entire play room apart if given free rein and an unsupervised ten minutes. That kid is fast. Good thing he's so cute ;) In other news, he has started eating puffs (hallelujah!) which makes dinner time a 100x easier.

A few pictures from our week: