Etsyblogger Carnival: April Fave

This week Alice's Owl gave us 3 topics to chose from for our Etsyblogger carnival.

The Stress Awareness Month topic was great. But since I do not do this well enough for myself. So I will stick to reading this topic rather than writing about it.

The 2nd is our own creativity & muse. I don't usually know what mine is. Things just hit. I know, boring. Therefore that topic won't work.

Now the final topic. That one spoke to me. What our fave thing about April is.
The rain is okay since it is no longer snow. And the grass starts to green up. We get Spring for a couple days, always a plus. Although this year we may skip it altogether. But the real thing about April. The one thing I do look forward to. My son. My little one. Munchkin dude. Not so quiet Wyatt. It is his birthday this month. Tomorrow to be exact.

His journey to us was a rather rocky one. We knew we were in for some ups and downs. I was on bedrest for 6 months. Doesn't sound so bad at first. Lie around all day, get waited on hand and foot, do nothing but read and watch movies. That part wasn't so bad.

The standing on your feet for no more than 5 minutes at a time and as few times as possible all day. Moving your bedroom downstairs because you can't climb them. Achy hips from being on

your side 24/7. Weekly visits to the doctor. ..many of which were followed up by hospital stays overnight. Contractions from week 23 on. Those parts...not so much fun.

But it was all worth it.

So I want to wish him a Happy Birthday here with everyone....with some goodies he would love...

He wants to have his own sketchbook or journal. I think this one would be cute. I already use some of hers actually :)

Let Me Out notepad by Chicalookate

These need no explanation.....

Fun Lego Men Crayons by Scribblers Crayons

He is more of a cupcake kid than a cake kid. And these wrappers are very much him.

Fun cupcake wrappers by On Cupcake Moon

And because he needs a new blanket, there is this Monsters in My Closet quilt by Sweet Peas Garden.

Although, I do have it on my to do list with this Boogie Monster fabric...

And the creme de la creme...Death Star by Lego. He sooo wants this. Actually, we would all like it. But one click onto it will lead you to why it will never be :(

Kiddo's Toys

Santa was very good to my youngest this year. And yet, he still only got about a tenth of his list...go figure :P

It has been fun watching him play with everything. For a kid who can't sit still, he has been playing intensely. Building like a maniac. And coming up with some very creative "stories" for when the toys intermingle. This often involves "contraptions". What exactly his "contraptions" are, I have no idea. It seems to involve one object moving into another and sending that object moving onto another. Kind of like dominoes, but being carried. Oh, he got dominoes too...Spongebob.

Onto the goodies....

We have the Imaginext space shuttle. A huge hit. It has been exploring the vastness of out 800 sq ft first floor like it was the size of Jupiter.


Legos...so many. Here we have a Power Miners set. This took all morning to build. All by himself.


Star Wars Legos were in town as well.


They seem to have run over some clone buddies...


Lego Atlantis set. Um, yeah, not yet completed...but well kept in their own little bowl.


Under the tree here you can see his Wolf Mountain car set and Marble track thingy. The wolf howls...loudly.


But it is not quite as loud as Stinky here. Stinky was from Santa. He knew Wyatt wanted one way back in October when they were on sale at Target. Not that Santa shops at Target....nope, must have been the Target elf room up at the North Pole ;)


Poor Snoopy. Got all tuckered out with all the playtime. Nap time for him.

Too bad the little guy never tired out. I know I sure did!!!

Wordless Wednesday

Happy Easter

I think I may have the only kid who asks "Do I have to eat the candy?". Huh?!?! Um, okay...more for me :) He just wanted to play with the Lego Star Wars that the Easter bunny brought him.


Good thing I know my kid and made sure the "Easter bunny" did not bother to put too much sweet goodness in his basket.


Now my oldest...he'll gladly eat the candy for both of them. When asked what he wanted in his basket he simply said "Chocolate. Oh, and some chocolate. And maybe some chocolate on the side." I asked the bunny to throw in some Peeps too...gotta have some of those today.

He also got one of his fave shirts from Think Geek. It reads:

• Fluorine
• Uranium
• Carbon &
• Potassium