Monday, April 4, 2016

Lego Convention

Max patiently waited for his birthday gift from us - The Lego Convention in Raleigh. They spent the day building, playing, seeing cool creations and meeting some awesome master builders.  Max said "IT WAS AWESOME!!!" Thanks Peter for remembering some pics!

Saturday, April 2, 2016

Museum of Life and Science

We totally lucked out with another gorgeous afternoon and decided to head to the Museum of Life and Science to check out the new(ish) playground - Hideaway Woods!  Let me tell you, it was a hit!!! It is like a giant treehouse with all these places to hide and climb, a stream to play in, oversized trees to climb on, and oversized stick structures (ART!) to run through. It was amazing and since it looked like it was going to storm, it was not crowded at all.  Of course we spent time inside touching everything possible - a giant space filled with wonderful opportunities to build, create and learn.  Such a fun afternoon!
 

Friday, April 1, 2016

NC Zoo

We picked an amazing day to visit the zoo.  It was cool when we arrived but warmed up quickly and we avoided the crowds.  Little did we know the entire zoo would fill to capacity later in the day - WOW! We started in North America and worked our way to Africa.  Alexander fell asleep in the baby backpack after the giraffes so Alex and I went back for the car giving the rest time to see more of Africa. We had a successful trip seeing lots of large animals including seals, bears, gorillas, puffins, elephants, lions, giraffes, zebras, Elk, had a picnic and played in the Garden and Friends playground.
The polar bear, Nikita, was by far the biggest hit! She was HUGE and having the best time swimming and doing somersaults in the water for the crowd! She was AMAZING! 

Thursday, March 31, 2016

20 Months

Alexander is 20 months old.  Oh, we love him dearly.  He is so much fun - saying more words, walking and trying to run, climbing, playing games, pretending, playing inside and outside and just being a part of our every day fun.
He is adding words daily. He just added Anna, "KAAA" and "Ma" (Max) to his repetoire. He repeats commands and directions and follows simple directions.
Alex is our climber for sure.  He climbs on the windowsills and up the bookcases! He stands on tables to dance. He climbs the ladder to the top bunk and into Anna's bunk and pretends to go to sleep!

Music is his thing.  It does not matter if he hears humming from Max, the radio, or the girls singing - he dances to it all. He hums and sings his own songs.
Alexander loves being around Kate, Max and Anna.  Whether we are going on errands or just playing around the house or outside, he wants to be where they are.  He is very content when he is around the action. Kate is very sweet about helping him be involved.

We find him focused on activities for longer periods of time.  He loves the furniture in the girls critter house. He loves a chance to play with Max's legos and thinks it is hilarious to pop off lego people's hats and hair. He likes doing projects like painting, stickers, and coloring. He plays with cars, trains, blocks and sets up tea parties.

Outside, he wanders around doing this and that.  Mostly playing in the dirt, drawing with chalk, collecting leaves or nerf bullets in pails and following the kids around.  He tries to move on bikes and loves any opportunity to get on a plasma car with someone.

Alexander is so affectionate.  He loves his stuffed animals and cuddles with them in the car and when he goes to bed.  He gives us all lots of hugs and kisses all day long.  He snuggles with Kate or Anna when we have our evening show before bed.  He just had a lot of love to share!

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Kelly Park

I am so glad Shannon and Hadley are back for good!!!  We can always count on Shannon to organize a play date! Carin was a trooper and added two extra kids to her car.  It was a fun group of eight kids - 7 & under at Kelly Park!