Raising Watsons

Here we are again, building more furniture from ikea. who knew that we were actually building a train. Tucker figured out right away which side was the locomotive and took the pilot’s seat.

When I asked where my seat was, I was informed that it was certainly NOT in the front and I could sit in the back!

Easter festivities commenced last weekend.

Ben and I had Good Friday off work so we dyed eggs with Tucker. He really enjoyed splashing the eggs into the colored water, but that only lasted for a few minutes until he became obsessed with eating the eggs. (We thank a growth spurt for his non-stop eating and frequent night wakings!)

We were lucky enough to catch a quick picture of the “Tucker” egg before it was gobbled up.  Lil man has a very strong sense of possession and understood quite quickly that Tuckers egg was for Tuckers immediate consumption.

The finished product minus a few broken and/or eaten.

Easter morning started with a quick (plastic) egg hunt around the living room.  Most of the eggs were filled with toys and yogurt covered blueberries.  The blueberries were a huge hit.   While Mom changed Tucker, Dad wheeled out Tucker’s birthday Easter present,  which included a Flintstonesesque firetruck from grandma.  All contents within the firetruck were immediately discarded: bunny, Easter pail and toys.  Time to drive!

Well, the yogurt covered blueberries did make it.  Asking Tucker to choose between a snack or the firetruck proved too much so we had to allow driving under the berry influence.

Days, even weeks, later the firetruck still proves to be a favorite toy.  Perfect as an escape vehicle (below stealing Moms rosemary from the lamb roast) or just a casual drive around the house.

We’ve been using Instragram a lot lately and I realized that none of those photos are getting documented here.  So, a quick recap of the past couple months Instagrammed.

Ice cream and roller derby.  Tucker did NOT want to share any of that ice cream with Mom.

Only looks like we applied a 1970’s filter and darkened Tuckers hair, but this is actually Mom and (Great) Uncle Mike in 1979.

Swings with Aunt Cathy.

Dad too this photo and Mom stole it and posted on Instagram.  Downside of the shared photo stream, I guess.  That and being TOO SLOW!

Loves Dad’s headphones.  Probably for the noise cancelling feature which doesn’t allow the “Put the headphones back, please!” to get through.

sleepy lil man.

We cuddle every night during The Muppet show.

“I built this chair” -Tucker Watson

We’ve been hitting the beach a lot more for sunsets during the off season.  We like California.