Tuesday, March 30, 2010

March 28-30: Parties, Playing, and Pillowcases!

On Sunday, we went to Sophie's birthday party. The kids had a blast :)

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Drama Queen!
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When we got home, we played outside and Uncle John and Kirsten came over for dinner! Mick loves to play with all the balls!
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We celebrated Uncle John's birthday! Of course Sara had to be center stage :)
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Mick LOVES his Parrain :)
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On Monday Sara found a pilllowcase I had made for her baby pillow. It is pink with Elmo. She really wanted to give it to Mick, but I don't think he is quite ready for a pillow (let alone a pink one!). So Sara decided it could be a blanket and tried to cover him up with it. You can tell how much he enjoyed it!

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Tuesday Sara had a friend over and I thought this was too cute :)
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Mike also trimmed our still-alive cherry tree! Hopefully it grows really tall!

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Saturday, March 27, 2010

March 27: Zippity Zoo Fest!

Today was Zippity Zoo Fest! It was a blast! Sara got her face painted- she asked for a castle, but I convinced her to get a heart. The volunteer was pretty thankful!


We fed the turtles and fish. Mick was a little distracted by all the monkeys calling!




Sara and Penny the Elephant:

We got to see a demonstration on how wool is turned into clothes. Sara was really intrigued!

She even was able to help a little:

Looking for prairie dogs:

Sara got to brush a goat:

And Mick enjoyed pointing at it:

Our last stop was the playground! Lots of fun :)


We hope you're enjoying your weekend too!

March 25-26: Here we come Easter :)

On Thursday, Sara had an Easter party at school. Since it had poured Thursday morning, we had the egg hunt in the gym. I was expecting Sara to grab as many eggs as she could find, but she did a great job of only getting twelve! :) She is getting so big!


Mick enjoyed watching the chaos! He is ready to go to school too!

Sara and her friend checking out their haul!

After the egg hunt, we went back to the classroom for some treats :)

Mick had a blast stalking the kids and playing with the toys!



When we got home, he checked out all of Sara's eggs and tried to sneak some candy!

Meanwhile, Sara packed for out upcoming trip to Houston for Easter. She mainly packed pjs, underwear, diapers (for Mick), and toys. So helpful!

Packing up Mick's suitcase:

On Friday, the kids and I ran by Old Navy to exchange some shorts for Mick. Sara was once again attached to the mannequins: She just loves them! She remembers when the employees took her picture with a Polaroid at the one in Boston! She is like an elephant- remembers everything! Here is a link to that picture.

Later on we played outside:

Mick kept getting out the bottles of water left over from his party and wanting me to open them so he could drink some water (aka pour water all over himself!):
Hope you had a great week too!

Sunday, March 21, 2010

March 20-21: Another weekend :)

We had a great weekend!! On Saturday, we hung out in our pjs all morning:







And then Sara and I planted some seeds (we'll see if they grow... )







Here are some videos. Mick is getting better with his exit strategy from the cozy coupe. He used to go head first out the window!










Later on, we went to the farmer's market downtown and then for a walk around. Sara enjoys pointing out all the flowers (these are mainly wildflowers.)



Mick eating the crusts from Sara's sandwiches. He has bad parents...



Sara and Huey



The capital



Later on, Sara and I planted some flowers in the window boxes on her play house. We'll see how they do!


Here's a little video of Mick being silly. He is always shaking his head no and smiling. Probably because we are always telling him "No, Mick, you can't play in the trash" or "No Mick, don't put your feet on the table" or "No Mick, don't climb on the chair and head dive off"



Sorry there aren't any pictures from Sunday- it was cold and yucky and we just hung out inside! Hope you had a great weekend too!

Saturday, March 20, 2010

March 15-19: Another week!

I can't believe another week has flown by! We were a little busy after our weekend. On Tuesday the kids and I all had checkups. Everyone is great! Mick weighs 21 pounds and 8 ounces and is 30.75 inches long and everything is great. I think this is the first time I've heard the doctor say his ears look "great"! Its about time! I can't believe he's getting so big. He will soon be as big as Sara- she was 29 pounds and 38 inches! I had a checkup too. We heard the baby's heartbeat and it seems to be doing well. It was moving all over- just like its siblings!

On Wednesday we celebrated St. Patrick's day with a trip to the zoo with Ryan. Mick loved feeding the fish. It was a little hard to take a picture and help him- maybe next time :)


The girls enjoyed petting the barn animals:



Mick loved looking at the fish in the little aquarium:


On Friday, we went to an Easter Egg Hunt with our playgroup. The kids were both very excited to hunt some eggs!



Mick was happy just to pick up one and shake it. He cracks me up!


Sara did a great job of only getting 12 eggs! Of course, she then helped Mick get his 12 since he was happy with just one :)


I tried to get a picture, but Mick kept taking the eggs out of Sara's basket. You can imagine how much she liked that...


After the egg hunt, we had to run some errands. While I was returning some stuff at the party store, Sara found this cut out and insisted I take her picture... so silly!

We ended our busy day with dinner at Reginelli's- yum pizza!

What a great week! Hope your's was good too!