Weekend Recap

This past weekend was very busy but a very special one! We celebrated E's first birthday with us. The kids & I went with our friend Karen & her son to a park and a special greenhouse garden that has tons of butterflies from all over. They were so beautiful!!! However, E&R didn't quite know what to make of it and then when one extremely large butterfly landed squarely on E's forehead, that was the end of the greenhouse tour!

Then we played at the playground nearby and stopped at Burger King for lunch and got a bonus in the fact that they too had a playground. Later that day we visited with two sets of grandparents and ended up at Taco Bell for E's favorite bean/cheese burritos for her special dinner.

Daddy & I finally finished the basement play area this weekend so now we have tons of room for running and playing. The 3 of us tested it out last night and they had a GREAT time.

Some funny things: E&R love to play hide and seek. Only there's no counting and then seeking - it all runs in parallel. E runs away and hides somewhere while R chases after to go get her. Sometimes they pretend like they don't know where the other one went to. They entertain each other for at least 15 minutes doing that.

They are also doing a LOT better learning how to trade toys to share. Now when they both have a toy, E goes "here!" then they trade toys and continue on playing. They did so well doing that, they played for nearly 15 minutes in the car quietly without me interfering - I was quite proud.

Also, they have become quite adept at making faces at each other and causing the other to break out in laughter. This is cute except when it happens during nap time for several minutes and I have to go stand in between the cribs in order to give anyone a chance of sleeping! Speaking of which, E hardly slept a wink at both naps all weekend for mommy, so today at daycare she'll probably sleep 3 hours……..not fair!

Snappy Dappy!

We had a great weekend this past weekend!!!!
We went and played with our cousins Saturday morning and had a blast including 3 of the 4 of them riding around in the wagon and everyone chasing balls out in the yard. Then Grandma L came over Saturday evening so D and I could celebrate our anniversary - 5 years!!!

Sunday found Aunt Jamey and K coming over to play with us! We again had so much fun!!!!! We showed K all of our toys and then took her outside to chase balls and climb and slide which she loved.

Monday, D and I took off and still sent the kids to daycare so we could completely clean the basement out. 2 overflowing trashcans and assorted boxes and other trash out by the curb later, the basement is much cleaner and nicer. We're setting up a play area down there for the long, cold winter months when we can't go outside to let off steam. It is looking good!

Sunday, E came up to D and I and just said "snappy dappy!". Not sure what that meant or if it was to mean something other than what it sounded like....but it is catchy and now we're all saying it!