Hatch Tidbits

Thanks to Pinterest I made two easy & cheap toys for Steven. I was amazed at how entertaining he found these simple things. The first one was made of popsicle sticks with magnets. He loved making shapes, letters, rocket ships, whatever with them:

The second one was made from cut up sponges. These were used to build towers, tunnels for his cars and they were used liked dominoes:

Today we used Steven's "shaving" kit that he got for his birthday during bath time. He had a great time shaving his chin and chest. Ben enjoyed shaving pretty much his whole body.

I love that my boys love books. Lately they have been hanging out in Ben's room before nap time or after bath time and making a complete mess. But I let them because once they take down all the books, they "read" them. And I just love watching them study the pictures from the books and smile.

This past week we made green cookies in celebration of March. They have been enjoying them all week as noted below. 

I love all of Ben's silly phrases. With the toy above, he loves to say "Snap!" when the cars get in the snakes mouth. He also joins in Steven's competitiveness and will shout, "I beat you!" when we get to the top of the stairs (even when he clearly didn't beat him). Equally cute (although sometimes annoying) is his need to say "Ow" when anything hits something else- he crashes his car, "Ow!" His "baby" (aka his green bunny doll) falls, "Ow!" He drops his spoon "Ow!" It is truly his favorite word of the moment.