We went up to see grandparents this weekend. After a great pancake breakfast at Paula and Ray’s, we packed up the kids and headed up to do some sledding. Violet and Hayden had a blast sledding with Grandpa Chuck. Since it was cold and VERY windy, we stayed inside for the afternoon. Hayden and Violet…
Hayden sure does love his routines. At night, he has to read Goodnight Moon while holding his blanket (kampy) after brushing his teeth and drinking a glass of water. Tonight, however, i could not find Goodnight Moon. He didn’t want anything else – at all – but certainly wanted his story. Since I’ve read the…
Hayden continues to set the table (See original). This morning Hayden wanted protein. He went into the corner cupboard and reached for the peanut butter. Since one isn’t enough, he went for a second. When he put it on the table, he proudly exclaimed “two pea bah” for two peanut butters. We now know the…
Today, Libby and I got a health screening at Stryker. Usually Libby and I do this over lunch, but this year, the timing didn’t work out so we did it at 5:30. Since we did it at 5:30, Violet and Hayden were in tow having fun at Stryker. To keep the kids quiet while we…
I got home from my swim to eat a bowl of cereal and found evidence of what I assume is Hayden setting the table. He helps Libby in the morning by going to the pantry and setting the table by grabbing random food. Today he obviously wanted fruit.
Fuji Apple Sprout It has been almost two weeks since we planted the seeds. Nothing has sprouted, so Libby and I were thinking about composting the dirt and “broken” seeds. We were hesitant to, however, since Violet has been checking them every day and asking us when they were going to sprout. The answer to…
After breakfast I was cleaning Hayden and he said with much urgency “Hapa-Ge-Ge”. In the language of Hayden, that means “I have to go pee”. After I cleaned him up, I rushed him to the bathroom, got his diaper off and sat him on the toilet. He started to pee and the stream went right…
Since we got several inches of snow yesterday and the plow went by the drive, I got on my winter clothes to go clear the drive. Since Libby was putting Hayden down and then going to work out, I decided to bundle Violet up so she could “help” shovel the drive as well. I grabbed…
With two young kids, there never seems to be more than moments of silence – and those times are generally when they are sleeping or eating (only when they get started eating, however). So, when there comes some time when I don’t hear either of them, it makes me nervous. There was one point the…
These kids are really awesome. Tonight, however, they hovered between the two extremes of being super cute and behaved and crazy, loud, or screaming. At one point, Violet is crying her little eyes out in time-out (for hitting one of the cats!) and Hayden will not leave her alone, yelling “s’ok, Bobby! s’ok!” and trying…
