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Sunday, January 30, 2011
Friday, January 28, 2011
Thank You Sunshine
YAY, it was a nice enough day to enjoy our bikes, balls, birds, dogs, sidewalk chalk and neighbors. I am looking forward to more warm days and fewer gray gloomy days. I really can not complain since my parents, living in Connecticut, required three snow plows to get out of their driveway yesterday!
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Note: The kids are obsessed with their helmets. Max wore his all morning, in the car, through lunch, and I had to bargain to get it off for nap time. He was quick to find it in his cubbie after his nap and wore it the rest of the afternoon! Kate is slightly less obsessed, she only wears it when she leaves the house!
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Great Weather
The kids have been spoiled by Mimi and Pop Pop yet again! Mimi and Pop Pop are on their way to visit friends at the beach so they decided to make an overnight stop in Cary to spend time with Max and Kate. They were in heaven, and so was I!
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Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Playing with Anna
We had a super fun play date with our neighbor Anna. We went to Hopper's House and played in the moon sand pit, with the trains, trucks, dress-up clothes, and kitchen, we tossed balls into the basketball hoop, we bopped around in the bounce houses and flew down the slides, we attempted to rock climb, and enjoyed a relaxing snack side-by-side.
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The kids asked to go "nigh-nigh" on the way home!!!
Monday, January 17, 2011
Marbles
Peter had the morning off so we took the kids to Marbles. It was our first time and we all had a blast!
Sports Car
Sports Car
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Mail Carrier
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Boat
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Bus
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NICU
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Ambulance
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Grocery
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Water Table
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Ship
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Submarine
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Arts & Crafts
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Soccer
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There is so much more...
Sunday, January 16, 2011
P is for Popcorn
I have so many memories that include popcorn as a child. I remember sitting on the counter with my Dad and the air popper and watching the kernels whirling around and checking the butter dish. I remember my parents going on dates and knowing that we got to sit on "the mat", watch a movie, and eat all the popcorn. I remember sitting on my grandparents red counter while my Aunt Sue would pop the corn we would share on the white sofa on the front porch. I remember my first movie date with Peter and he insisted on popcorn, something I would have never done, and I think we have gotten popcorn ever since...
So maybe this is the start of popcorn memories for our family!
So maybe this is the start of popcorn memories for our family!
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Thursday, January 13, 2011
'Noonles'
Max and Kate are obsessed with noodles - they eat them, "cook" them for Baby and Me, and create art! YAY for Noodles!
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To The Point
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Mommy: Max what are you doing?
Max: Pop Pop!
Mommy: Are you helping Pop Pop?
Max: Yeah, Yeah!
Shhh...
Kate said to me, "Mama. Baby sleeping. Picture?"
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I got the camera out and she snuggled her head on my shoulder and watched me take a picture of her baby. I showed her the picture and she said, "Good".
Sunday, January 9, 2011
My Mechanics
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Thursday, January 6, 2011
23 Months
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Kate is our drama queen. She has a lot to say and loves to copy all the words and phrases she hears. I feel like I have an echo most of the day. She has decided to call us Mommy and Daddy instead of Mama and Dadda (excuse me). My favorite phrases are "Oh Max" and "a mess". She told Daddy "Mommy. A Mess." when he got home one night because I had spilled something on the floor. She loves to be read to and her favorite book is Igher, Igher (Higher, Higher) which has about four words that she has memorized and reads aloud in her crib. Her pretend play is hilarious, she creates cars to buckle her friends into and take to school. She feeds us mato(tomato) soup and noodles for her baby. She tends to her baby's needs by changing her, putting her on the potty, giving her medicine, listening to her tummy, and giving her shots. If I ask her to sing she busts out with ABCD,...G,...MM,..P,...T, ......YAY! or Twinkle Twinkle, star, up above, like a diamond, sky...
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Max is our independent thinker. He likes playing with Kate and other kids but is just as content with working on something by himself - like stacking legos and blocks, doing a puzzle, hiding in a cabinet with cars, or organizing the trains. He is in love with Elmo. He pretends with all his new toys - kitchen, train, doctor kit, baby kit, workshop, and cars. He has sound effects for water, trains, the hammer, and pouring things. He thinks it is funny to give Kate's baby a bottle. Max will throw balls overhand endlessly when we are outside. He has added a lot of new words and a few phrases, seems to understand much more than he says, and demonstrates an understanding of opposites (i.e. up/down, in/out, yes/no, open/close, hot/cold). He is quick to say please, thank you, sorry and will go straight to 'time-out' if told to do so. He gets really excited when people come to the house and runs around in circles. He enjoys a good book especially when he can back his tucus into your lap (love that) and point and name things on the pages.
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Our days are filled with adorable and hilarious moments!
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Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Oh Geez...
Yesterday, the kids were "helping" me fold laundry by playing in the bathroom when I hear 'click' as they locked themselves into the toilet closet... You know I could not find one of the five million keys they put above the doors to save my life. Fortunately, I had a contractor at the house and he kindly offered to help get the kids out. I am pretty sure they had the best time ever since all we heard was giggling and all we saw was toilet paper EVERYWHERE!
Sweetest Neighbors
We have the sweetest neighbor girls! Kate and Max call them the "girls" collectively. Kate can say a version of all their names, Max sticks with "girls". This weekend we spent a couple hours playing in their backyard - they have a trampoline! Then they came over and spent a couple hours in our playroom and had lunch together. So much fun!!!
Juliana read books
Juliana read books
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Tons of fun in the tent (aka tree house)
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Stacking and demolishing blocks with Gabrielle and Juliana
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Max and Kayla doing crafts
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