A Problem Solved

So a while ago I mentioned a problem we've been having with Tanner - he likes to stand up in his high chair regardless of how tight we make the seat belt or tight we make the tray. I was all for getting a new high chair that had shoulder straps. Nate, however, came up with a more creative solution . . .He found a pair of toy handcuffs, and shackles the poor kid at every meal. While I'm not sure how I feel about the solution, I have to admit, it does work. Tanner doesn't even try to stand up when he has the handcuffs on.

On the other hand, I came out of my room a couple of days after he started this and found Kiersten and Tanner playing. When I looked closer, I realized that Kiersten had the handcuffs out and was trying to cuff Tanner's feet together. When I asked her what she was doing she told me that she was playing with Tanner, but he wasn't staying still in the car while she was driving them somewhere so she was going to handcuff him so that he would stay still. Trying not to laugh, I explained to her that we don't handcuff people. She looked at me, and very seriously said, "But Mom, Daddy does." How can I argue with that?

Cookie Monster

We'd brought back a few chocolate Oreo-like cookies from Disneyland and decided to have them for our FHE treat. It was a rare treat for Kiersten, and even more rare for Tanner (usually Nate and I have dessert after we put them to bed!). I think he liked them. Nate's comment was that he figured we'd get some pretty good pictures of Tanner on his 1st Birthday (I have always been disappointed with Kiersten's pictures - there wasn't much of a mess.)

I'm not sure even a mother would want a kiss from this face!

Easter Pictures

I finally got Kiersten and Tanner in to have pictures taken of them in their Easter outfits. I figured that I'd kill two birds with one stone, and count these as Kiersten's 4-year-old pictures. I was pretty happy with how they turned out.