For a while, both kids were healthy for an extended period of time. This all ended when I went to Puerto Rico. After I left, I found out that Violet and Hayden both had a respiratory bug. Needless to say, they didn’t sleep very well. Hayden started getting better last week and is now pretty much back…
This morning was all about cleaning (and playing). We got the kitchen and family room all cleaned up with some dumping of toys throughout. In addition to picking things up, Violet was helping do laundry. She put clothes in the washer and dryer and helped to hang them as well. After hanging and buttoning several…
Since the kids have been sick, they have been watching TV at night and resting on the couch. Tonight, they were feeling better so we left the TV off. They were playing bounce on the big yellow ball and golf. After Hayden went to bed, Violet and I decided to bead. She made a necklace…
Sometimes, I realize that I cannot anticipate every conversation with a three-year old. Here’s a summary from the other day while driving home from daycare: Violet: Is glass fragile? Me: Yes Violet: How fragile? Me: Well, if you drop it, it could break. Violet: Are the car windows made of glass? Me: (starting to grasp…
I’ll just start off saying that the kids love this ‘holiday’! Violet has been looking forward to it for a while, and Hayden, well, he’s working on saying it. “Birfdaytines” is what he said all day at daycare – which sounds just as adorable as you would imagine it sounds. We decided to ‘celebrate’ Valentines…
I had every intention of blogging each day while Mike was in Puerto Rico so he could see all of the awesome things the kids were doing, but as you can see, that didn’t happen. As Mike said though, we were able to talk to him on the phone each day and the kids made…
Hayden’s obsession with vacuum cleaners has hit another level. My house has never been quite so well cleaned (at least the carpeted sections of the floor). He asks me to vacuum at least a couple hundred times a day – and if you think I’m exaggerating, check out the video below. This is just 20…
Libby’s attempt to read George Martin’s entire “Song of Ice and Fire” series (well, the first 4 released books, at least) in 14 days was unsuccessful. She got through two and a half of them but had to go to Barnes and Nobel to purchase the last two. While she was there, she got books…
The apple tree continues to grow (Part 1, Part 2). As can be seen from the picture on the right, the original apple tree now has a sibling. The proximity of the two trees with respect to one another is not ideal, but what do you expect when a three and a half year old…
