Dinosaur Park

Welcome Spring!

I'm not sure what's my favorite part - the sunshine, the warmth, the playing outside, the not having to wear coats...

Wednesday Mike took the day off work and we took Grace and Max to Dinosaur Park. Max has recently developed a fascination for Dinosaurs so I knew he would LOVE it. He calls them "Dinesors".

For Christmas Mike's mom bought him some shoes that have a Dinosaur on them and they have an eye that lights up when he walks. Max loves them - he wears them every day and gets angry when I try to put him in other shoes. He won't let me take them off at night and brings them to me first thing in the morning. They are really heavy shoes too - but they make him happy.
Look how grown up they are getting!

Grace kept saying they scared her and all she wanted to do was go and play or feed the ducks. I finally told her she just needed to relax and we'd get there. Max wasn't scared at all - he kept pointing his finger everywhere. I loved just watching him - his smile said it all!

Both of my kids could live at the play ground, Max is more fearless than Grace and didn't think twice about going down the big slide.

Grace and her pouty face - some times she wanted to smile and sometimes she'd be so happy until I said smile and she'd pout and cover her face. She really did have fun -

I love when Mike takes a day off in the middle of the week. It's fun just to hang out and not worry about what needs done before the weekend is over. I love these three so much!

Catching UP! a bit

This post is going to be filled with much randomness... Just a few things that make me smile and a few things I want to jot down for posterity...

This first picture is Max saying "Cheeeeessseee" He is actually in trouble here because he's learned how to open all of my cupboards. They are all child proofed but thanks to Grace he now can stick his finger in and unhinge the doors. He was opening up my pan cupboard when I caught him, he just says "Cheeesseee" and smiles.

Isn't it funny how kids can be entertained by the simplest things? Grace found this blue glitter ball under one her bed. She got the ball about a year ago and it's been missing for a few months. She's convinced it's a new ball and is so excited! She hasn't put it down in days.

Of course after I took a picture with Grace and a ball Max had to go find a ball for a picture. As long as it's his idea he'll let me take it! What a stink.

Grace keeps getting in the fridge for her own snacks. Which I really wouldn't mind except she leaves messes and keeps eating unwashed food. Yesterday she told me she was eating clean grapes. I said no, they haven't been washed, to which she told me the fridge washed them for her. (I don't have water in my fridge, or an ice maker...) What a good appliance I have.

The week Grace wore her pink and brown skirt we took her over to Grandma Ruth's to show her how cute she was. Several days since then she keeps asking to go to Grandma's to show her how cute she is. Mike says I've created a monster...

The other night Grace told me I had to wait to run to the grocery store until Phineus and Ferb was over - because she said.

One night I made dinner and Grace wouldn't eat, I told her she didn't get any treats unless she ate her dinner so we left her alone when we were done. Several minutes later she came in and told us Max had spilled her dinner all over the floor. I said no, Max was in with me the whole time. Two or three more times she blamed Max. Finally she said "Ok, then I'm sorry I spilled it. Can I have a snack?" Nope, and I held my guns.

Max has started talking more, he says; thank you, nack (snack), more, no, mine, uhhuh (with the cutest full body/head nod), jacket, car, train, bus, truck, tractor, boat, cow, Cassie, grandma, grandpa, Max, Gracie, Daisy, cheese, star and ball. He calls his blanket "nanny" and is completely attached to his two green fleece blankets.

The poor guy can't get a break - last winter it was constant ear infections. He had tubes last Max and has only had one ear infection since. But he has had a runny nose and an on again off again cough for months. This week he got really sick and was down Saturday night - Monday with a high fever and a really bad cough. The dr said it's viral and he just has to wait it out. By today his cough is worse but his fever is controllable with Motrin/Tylenol. He's much happier!

Max always surprises me - he's so strong, he can jump with both feet several inches off the ground, he can throw a ball pretty accurately. He's finally starting to sit down through a whole story, but he's a tease and he may just be doing this to bother his sister who usually gets reading time all to herself.

The kids are normal and watch the same movies over and over. Right now their favorites are UP!, Bolt, Toy Story 2, Bugs Life and Nemo. Thank goodness for Disney! They also love Curious George and Max will stop anything and run for the TV when he hears George come on. We watch Handy Manny, Imagination Movers and Mikey Mouse clubhouse pretty much everyday.

We are awaiting spring and thankful for anytime we get to spend outside!