Boston Children's Museum

Today we spent a fun day at the Boston Children's Museum with our good friends Will and Livvy (and Mom). Daddy is away for the weekend so it is a great distraction for the kids. They LOVED it. We'll have to go back soon, we didn't get through the whole thing before everyone was too tired to stand!

On TV...COOL




Learning all sorts of interesting things..



We're off..


"Paige, could you like close your month when you eat" ..


Best buddies..


This is literally what they did when they walked in the door, too tired to stand!

Friday Fun Day -

Today, Angie took us to the Ocean Explorium in New Bedford. We loved it. Luke loved the touch tank. Paige loved going potty at the place...
Then she took us to lunch at Friendly's. How fun!!!

Breakfast Chat -

I may not have captured this verbatim but it is pretty close:
Luke: “Paige, did you hatch from an egg?”
Paige: “Yeah!”
Luke: “Paige, my favorite animal is a Cheetah. I like Cheetahs because they run really really fast and they are the fastest animal ever.”
Luke: “But Paige, what is your favorite animal?”
Paige: “I like a princess and a fairy”
Luke: “NO PAIGE! A-N-I-M-A-L!! What is your favorite ANIMAL?!!”
Paige: “Bunny rabbit”
Luke: “Cheetah’s eat bunny rabbits, Paige.”
Luke: “I like animals with dots”
Paige: “I like dogs too!”
Luke: “NO PAIGE, DOTS not DOGS!”
Paige: “I like dogs”
Luke: “I’m not talking about DOGS Paige, I like the cats with DOTS like a Cheetah.”
Paige: “Dogs”
Luke: “I only like the fire engine dogs because they have dots, that is the only one that I like, because they have the dots.”
Paige: “Yeah, dogs!”

A...B...C

Yearly Checkups

Somehow I failed to post when the kids had their 2 and 4 year checkups a few weeks ago. Of course, I didn't write down their stats and totally forget but will update this post when I get them from the Dr.

The 4 year old checkup is the most traumatic yet. They get 4 shots and a blood draw. Luke remained calm through the finger prick but as soon as they started sticking him with shots it was all over. Lucky for him, the nurse is quick and it was over in no time. By the time they got to the hall, Luke seemed to have forgotten as he awaited his sticker and lollipop.

Paige had no walk in the park either. She also had blood taken and 2 shots. I think the 4 year is more traumatic because they now remember and are much more aware of what is going on. Can't wait to see what happens next visit.

Here they are the morning of, completely unaware, as they make drawings for Dr. Jen -

UNDIES!!!

The day has finally come. Paige is very excited but I think I'm most excited of all. NO MORE DIAPERS!!! WOO HOO!!! Paige took to potty training so quickly. She just got it pretty much right away. She started wearing underwear during the day about a week ago. She has had a few accidents but overall is doing really great. Most of the time, she just goes on her own (on her little potty) poops and pees. She still has a diaper at night for now. After the last go around, I was ready for a long battle but this was one of the easiest parenting things I'd gone through yet!

And she is very excited about her princess undies. She shows everyone and anyone her undies (we need to work on that a bit) and also asks to see YOUR undies (also needs some fine tuning)

Here she is getting her new princess undies. She always picks them out in the morning. If you don't let her pick out just the right pair, she gets very upset. She also pulls her pants down 14 times a day to look and start conversations about them. "Mommy did you see my pretty undies" "My undies are so pretty" "I have undies on, Mommy, princess ones!"

Mini Courtney Love???

I'm not really sure what to say about these pictures, other than she is DEAD serious that she is lookin' fine. Totally into the accessories...all girl. I was going to post a picture of Country Love next to her because this is what I think of when I look at these pics but I didn't want to be too mean (and I couldn't find a good one online.he he!) I just keep thinking that going to a catholic school will be very good, she won't have a chance to scare her classmates with her...whatever this is...

Just Havin' Fun!

Luke is having a most observant day. First he says to me, "Mommy, I can't see my face!" He meant without looking in a mirror.
Then, he and Paige were in the bath and he says, "Paige, your tinky fell off"

Luke was building a skyscraper buiding with the blocks. Angie said, "are you making a building in New York City" Luke said, "No this is daddy's work building." I thought that was cute.


Just thought this picture of Paige coloring at the library was cute