Playset

Ever since we moved last Spring, we've wanted to get the kids a playset.  So after some shopping around, we decided to build one.  Our families chipped in to help and we ended up with one magnificent playset for the kids!  

Madeline used her tools to help too.

We love how the fort area is 5 ft x 5ft.  A great size for them to play.

As you can see, they love it!

Zoo Trip

Our zoo passes expired at the end of April and thankfully we had time to take advantage of a nice day and get one more trip in this year.  (Instead of the zoo this summer, we'll be heading to Kings Island.)

Tumbling

My Mom's Group planned a private tumbling class a few weeks ago and I made sure we were there!  I knew the kids would love it and of course they did.

They both were whirlwinds of excitement running in all kinds of directions.  I was very glad for two things: 1) this was a private class and we knew all the mommies and kids  2) it was a relatively small place so it was slightly easier to keep track of them.

I love when Fia helps

Meet Harry

Harry came home from preschool recently with instructions to give him lots of water and sun.  In turn, he would grow lots of hair.  Madeline has been a good parent and checks on him almost everyday.  

His hair was getting a bit unruly so we decided to give him a trim.  Soon we'll find a permanent place in the yard for him.

Coloring Easter Eggs

You can't have Easter without Easter Eggs!  Madeline really got into it this year and did the coloring part mostly by herself while Fia was napping.  

Then it was time to complete the decorations with markers and stickers.

Easter at Andrea's Daycare

We made bunnies and had an egg hunt for snack time.  All in all, the kids had five egg hunts this Easter season.  Crazy!

Happy Easter!

Big Girl Fia

The past few weeks, Fia has really been feeling like a big girl.  For the longest time, she wasn't able to climb up on the kitchen chairs and therefore didn't pay them much attention.  Now she climbs on them constantly just so she can sit like everyone else.  The same goes for the couch.

Unfortunately, these new climbing skills have allowed her to traverse the gate we had at the bottom of the stairs.  Until we were able to improvise a new barrier, she climbed up them constantly! Whenever I would catch her, she would pretend to sleep on the stair, complete with a snoring sound for effect.  (Now that I think about it, I should get this on video.)  Anyway, hopefully we'll be able to get rid of the gate altogether soon enough, but this kid is Trouble with a capital T and I don't trust her upstairs alone.

She pretty much follows and does anything and everything that Madeline does now.  The other night at dinner, we were making letters out of french fries and having Madeline guess what letter it was.  Well, Fia had to chime in and give her take to.  Her answer was a bunch of gibberish, of course, but we all thought it was funny and cute that she wanted to play the game too.


With her physical abilities markedly improving, I figured it was finally time to give the poor kid a pillow to sleep on at night.  I mean, heck, she is 2 years old!  And when she plays on Madeline's bed, she is always laying on it.  So I was surprised when she was a little weirded out by having one of her own.  I guess sleeping for 2 years without one will do that.  When I went to check on her during the first night, I found her sleeping on the opposite side of the bed from her new pillow.  In the morning, it was thrown out of her crib onto the floor.  We have some progress to make on this front.


Some other Fia cuteness to make note of:
-  she LOVES dip!  If we have ketchup or something else out, she HAS to dip her food in it.  The other night for dinner she had a few bites of hotdog and handfuls of ketchup.
-  her new favorite show is Bubble Guppies, also known as "Buppies"