Making a Present

Today Westley and I stirred up some fun that we will be giving away this Christmas.
For now, I have to keep what it is a secret :)

Christmas Drawings

Yesterday, Westley and Will both participated in some drawing with Dad.
Dad drew a Christmas tree on big paper and the boys helped add "ornaments" garland, and presents under the tree.
Their attention span (I'm referring to all three of them) was longer than I thought it would be.
Now we have a new Christmas Decoration

Dog Walking

Wednesday we babysat baby cousin Drew and dog Casey all day and night. To give Westley a little break from babies I agreed to go on a walk with him as he tried to walk Casey.

I found out this dog listens as well as Westley does sometimes.
I told Westley "see how it is frustrating when Casey won't listen and how we can't go as far cause she isn't behaving - that's how feel when you don't listen"
Not sure he got the moral of the story, but he liked holding the leash regardless.

Surprise Project

Today we made a little something with paint- but the project wasn't messy. It will be used as a Christmas gift, so I can't ruin the surprise!

Mailing Christmas Cards

Today I asked Westley to help me put the stamps and return address labels on all the Christmas card envelopes. To a kid it was as fun as playing with stickers. I think I had him help me last year, as I remember having to watch him carefully and help him get them in the right spots on every envelope. This year, he had it down all by himself, right side up and not too crooked. He was truly a good helper!

Whose Laundry?

Somehow our house got extra messy and we had more laundry than usual. I had to think of ways to keep the boys entertained while we tried to get on top of the household chores.
While folding laundry, I would hold up each article of clothing before folding it and say "Whose is this?" Westley did great at answering correctly and then thought it was pretty funny to be silly and answer wrong.
He participated through the whole basket of clothes.
Most of the clothes were Westley's so I joked with him that he wears too many clothes and that I'm going to start having him do his own laundry. He thought that was funny too. I was half serious about the latter.

Jack's Pond

Today I took Westley and Will to Jack's Pond where we met Jenny and Zephyr and Westley made friends with another little boy his age. The boy's played on the playground, rolled down the hill, and we took the walking trails to see the pond.  It was a peaceful place.

There is supposed to be a nature center there that is open on Saturdays, but it was closed just for today, so we will have to go back sometime to check that out.