Backyard

So today is the start day to get our backyard finished. I am so excited! No more mud and weeds. The start looks pretty good with how everything is set up. I did have to tell Steve that they tore up grass in the front yard to get everything in the back. The good news is, it will be replaced and all the low spots that Steve caused a few years back will be fixed.

Since we couldn't exactly play outside today, I took the kids to the zoo. Stevie has been asking e for a week now for giraffes. He was so excited when we went a few weeks ago and just wanted to go back. His favorite animal right now is defiantly a giraffe. I think the close second would be a monkey.

Stevie Helps Make Sandwiches

So this was one of my favorite pictures last week. Stevie helped make his PB&J for our trip to the zoo last week.

And Abbie is ready too.

Black Eyes Peas

In the car this morning, I heard Stevie repeating "I'm a bee, I'm a bee." He has been doing this for the last couple of days. For the life of me, I could not figure out where this came from. Well this morning I finally figured it out when the morning show I listen to on the radio actually played a song. I don't keep the radio too loud, but the song on was Black Eyed Peas' "Imma Be." I wasn't quite sure if that's really what he was saying, but sure enough on the way home another song came on. It wasn't the same song but to him it sounded the same, and once again I heard him in the back seat singing "I'm a bee, I'm a bee." So funny , but a good reminder to watch what we listen too.


These kiddos crack me up. Abbie is such an easy child. She is so happy and giggly. She was a little crabby this morning. Still wondering when the first tooth is coming in. She has been refusing her naps, so I guess her crabbiness is from the lack of napping. She almost mastered her roll yesterday. She was complete on her belly, except for her one arm. I'm sure she will master it soon.

Stevie is still not eating a lot. When he does like something, he devours it. He took a bite last night of "chicken" which was really pork chops. He even chewed it for a few bites before spitting it out. It felt like a victory. Today I gave him some yogurt to share with Daddy. Daddy didn't much yogurt because Stevie kept putting his head in the way so Steve couldn't get any yogurt. After they where finished, Stevie realized I still had some of my yogurt and raced over, climbed in my lap and did the same thing to me. Silly boy, now if I can get him to eat some more veggies.

Weekly Smiles

So Abbie is getting closer to rolling. I can't believe how big she is getting. She has been eating her rice cereal like a champ. I am so glad I am home to watch her grow. We did yoga again this week. It was some good bonding time for us. She smiles and laughs so much now. She really loves her brother. He keeps coming and giving her kisses and she just laughs. I am glad they get along right now.

Stevie has been keeping me busy this week. He keeps climbing on everything and getting lots of spankings to boot. I caught him pulling the kitchen chairs out and standing on the table. I have been trying to keep him occupied. We have gone swimming, to the zoo, played outside. He really likes our sensory tub with birdseed. Every time we are outside, he grabs his tub and drags it out to feed the birds. Our grass will have some interesting things growing.

Easter Time

So Easter was last weekend and we had a blast. The kids went on their first Easter egg hunt at the mall on Saturday. It was crazy busy and I doubt we will do it again, but it was a fun experience for Stevie. He kept picking up the eggs and putting them in other kids baskets. It was so nice of him to share. I did eventually get him to put some eggs in his own basket.

Sunday was Easter. We had a relaxing morning at home. Stevie went around and found some of the eggs the Easter Bunny left around the house. After he found a few he came in to wake us up. He even gave Abbie an egg to play with. We went to a friends house for Easter dinner. Once again we had an Easter egg hunt. Stevie finally got down what he was suppose to do. It was a nice relaxing day with friends.

Dinner didn't work out the way it was suppose to since my friend didn't read the directions about a ham taking two hours to warm up, but a chicken from the store solved the problem.

Easter Bunny and Paint Time

So we have had a busy week full of new things. Big milestone for Abbie is we started rice cereal on Monday. She was having more frequent night wakings so I thought I'd try to see if she last longer through the night. She loved her cereal and went back to sleeping. We are back on to our 4-5 wake up call instead of 12, 2 and 4 that she had started. Now that it has been a few days, the girl can't get enough. She is so demanding and I can't get that food into her mouth fast enough. I so hope she is not as picky as Stevie when she starts to eat more.

We also had a visit to the Easter Bunny and like any two year old, Stevie screamed the whole time. We don't like the Easter Bunny right now. Not to surprised since Santa was terrifying as well. The kids also had their first experience with Yoga. The gym has classes that are for each of their age groups. Abbie had a great time. We had good bonding time and she even stayed awake for the whole class. Stevie was a little uneasy. He had a good time running around and doing a couple of poses.


When we got home, I decided to try a new project that I read about on the No Time for Flash Cards blog. Stevie had fun messing with the paint. Some even made it onto the paper. After a while, it was just more fun to roll the trucks in the paint. Was a little messy, but I have to say that washable paint rocks!