Tonight we tried another type of cereal, Whole Wheat. I mixed it just with water to see if he would like it and he did!! I'm shocked!! Maybe I shouldn't be so shocked, Corin's favorite baby cereal was the Barley (which they don't make anymore) and he detested the Oatmeal! Since the Whole Wheat is a whole grain cereal at least it will keep him regular.
Yep, Declan is sporting a pink Bumbo!
Here's the story: So, Declan is not sitting up very will and I felt I needed something to help him with this, but didn't have the money to go purchase a Bumbo myself. I never bought one with Corin because I honestly never needed it. Sitting up in the corner of the couch and working with him on the floor he got it quickly and easily. I know, I shouldn't be comparing Declan to Corin or worrying, but I am. So, I asked a lady in our ward who has 6children, 5 boys and the youngest a little girl who is just a little younger than Corin. I asked Shelli on Sunday if she had one that I could borrow, she said she did and of course I could borrow it, but it was pink (she went all out when she had a little girl). I told her that was fine (you use what you can get when you don't have the money to purchase one) so after church we dropped by her house to pick it up. 
HIS TOES!! It was SO fun to watch him with his awestruck eyes looking at his toes and then grabbing them. 
I asked him to play specific instruments and he came up with how to play them all on his own. When he does do it on his own he will as well tell you exactly what instrument he is playing and they are fairly accurate. It's amazing what they pick up on and what peaks their interest. I may have a musician on my hands.
PLEASE Mom, no more!
Mixed with Pear Cereal makes it a little better, but I'm still not fond of peas.
Sorry these pictures aren't the greatest, my camera wasn't doing well taking pictures through glass. Above is the copper pots they use to cook the candy; corn syrup, water and sugar, that's all!!
They are making candy canes! They are SO good they don't have to weigh each cane to make sure they are 2oz, they just know. 
The block was then put on a machine to start making it into the correct shape and size for candy canes or swirl lollipops. 
They candy puller. He is putting vanilla flavoring on it. This piece of candy grew to 3x that size on the candy puller. We got to try some of this later on when we were watching them package it (vanilla stir sticks)
But he enjoyed eating the candy even more. When we went to see how the packaging is done (which is all by hand too) we got free samples of these yummy vanilla stir sticks that are for hot chocolate or tea, I think I could eat them by themselves.
Since my birthday falls on Sunday, we celebrated it today (and last night we went to dinner at Olive Garden). I chose to go to Lake Arbor park to feed the ducks (and geese too), have a picnic lunch and play. Basically something fun and simple we could do as a family. Corin had a blast throwing Cheerios into the lake and watch the ducks and geese get them.
It was funny to watch more ducks and geese come when they saw that others were getting food. Even when we walked to the lakeshore, they started swimming towards us, hoping to get something to eat.
We walked around to find more ducks, since where we stopped at the lakeshore had mostly geese and one duck. We did find plenty more and they were very excited to be fed.
Corin even got his little snack in of Cheerios. He said that he was a duck too and needed to eat some.
