We had a great time celebrating Easter this year. The kids were spoiled with dying eggs twice, 3 egg hunts, and 4 Easter baskets. Lots of candy and fun!! Something new this year was a neighborhood egg hunt. A new neighbor organized the hunt with 4,000 eggs at our neighborhood park! The kids had a blast!
We took the kids to Kansas City for a quick get away this year. We had plans to stay three nights at the CoCo Keys water park hotel and visit Lego Land, the aquarium, Science City, and the Kaleidoscope. In three short words this turned out to be the Trip From Hell! Bad hotel rooms (because we had to move from one bad room to another) coupled with whiny and misbehaved children cut our trip short. The highlights were limited to our time at the aquarium and swimming in the hotel pool. The kids loved the slides at CoCo Keys, but it was overcrowded and a bit of a bad experience overall. Lowlights: bugs, cigarettes, hair, underwear, and bad housekeeping at the hotel. Plus, our whiny kids. We were so happy to be home after two days. ☺
Wow! Cole is another month older. Although he is a bit a shrimp in size, he is learning amd growing so much! He has a big personality in a tiny body. He is sweet, smart, and a bit mischievous too. Here's what hes been up to:
~ He is a whopping 23 pounds. He is slow to grow, but his charm and wit make up for it.
~ He still loves hockey. So much that he watches you tube videos and we have recorded games on TV.
~ He loves his sleep sacks still. We aren't sure how we are going t o get those away from him.
~ he is still in his crib and has yet to attempt to climb out. In fact, we haven't even moved the mattress to the lowest setting yet.
~ he hates getting his fingernails trimmed and it is always a fight.
~ he dances when he hears music.
~ he knows most of his colors and can count to 10 with help.
~ his vocabulary has exploded. He says the funniest things and always with exuberance!
~ he says YES! More than YEAH. He says "yeah. Sure. Sure. Sure." all the time.
~ he has started writing on the walls. He has definitely paid close attention to Harper!
~he has been going pee on the potty. Almost every day before his bath. Im aimimg for a summer potty training week. I cant wait to be diaper free!
~ he is a lover and gives the best hugs. He grabs your face when he gives kisses.
~ he has the best manners. He is always saying "scuse me" and "bess you."
Overall, he is just the sweetest little boy!!
Riley has been playing basketball through the YMCA for the past month. She has two of her good friends from school on her team which has been fun for her. The first four weeks they mostly worked on skills and drills. Riley is a good little dribbler and shooter. Since they've started playing more games it gets funnier and funnier to watch. At some point the coach told her to keep her hands up and to stay with the person she is guarding. So she is in constant defensive mode, unless it is her turn to dribble the ball up the court. It is both hillarious and cringe-worthy! I may have laughed myself into tears last week! She seems to really love it and hopefully the coach will tell her sometime soon about offense.
Harper still loves gymnastics! Every Friday she has a 45 minute class. Her favorite part is jumping on the trampoline. She also loves jumping into the pit and anything that involves sommersaults.
Time has seemed to slip away from me (maybe my mind too) and here we are two months after Cole's second birthday. It always amazes me to look back and see how much he has grown over a month (or two). He seems like such a big boy now! Heres what he's been up to:
* He weighs a whopping 23 pounds with his clothes on. He is wearing size 18month pants and 2t shirts. Most of his pants need to be rolled up.
* when we are home he is almost always running around without any clothes. It's a fight to get him dressed and keep him dressed!!
* he is hockey obsessed. We went to one Bucs game a couple months ago and now he plays around the house everyday and is constently yelling "hockey", "puck", and "goal." He is now even watching hockey trick shot videos...and he is two!!! I will say that he does seem to have some natural ability.
* he describes people as "funny" all the time.
* his vocabulary has shot through the roof! It is so fun to listen to him talk and hear random words we didn't know he knew.
* his favorite thing to say is "no, I not!"
* he loves gum. No matter how many times we tell him not to swallow it, he does. And he will always insist on more, more, more!
* He eats like a bird. We have the hardest time getting him to eat a meal. He want "canny!" all day long. He pulls chairs over to climb on the counters to find "canny" and gum.
*He is so handsome! Everywhere we go I hear how cute he is. I love hearing that! 😂
* he is such a big boy and sits in the chair by himself to get his haircut. One of the biggest struggles for me since having a boy after two girls is getting his hair cut before he's way shaggy.
* he loves his sisters and is always following them around. They love that he will play any character they tell him in their games. Usually he's the shark in "ocean" or the baby or daddy in house.
* he still loves his sleep sacks! Even if 2/3 of them are pink and flowery!
