After realizing they shared a common ground, Tommy showed Annalise the fine art of the gate-shake this afternoon. “Good thing Mommy & Daddy kept all of these outlet covers in place…” “…Well, if I can’t mess with the power outlets, I suppose I can rewire Daddy’s speakers.” Back at the bookshelf and already bored with the board books. [...]
Annalise is mobile! She’s still not doing the traditional, up-on-all-fours crawl, but she can get around the family room and kitchen just fine. Her first destination: the exit. She wriggled over to the baby gate and kept shaking it. It’s not that bad around here, chica! After she grew tired of clanging her tin cup against the [...]
Sunday we enjoyed a very lazy morning and lounged in jammies until nearly noon. We made a big, lingering breakfast. We started with Cheerios and ended with Chocolate Chip Cookies. Annalise chowed on favorites and new treats. She dined on baby-sized pancake pieces, quartered blueberries and egg yolk. She and I make a great team with eggs…I *try* to stick [...]
Strikes & Turkeys? More like Bumper Bowling and an occasional lucky Spare when three-year-olds are rolling the ball. Our neighbor, Mason, celebrated his third birthday at Red Rock Lanes near our house and much fun ensued. Tommy really gets into his Cheetos. I think he ate an entire bowl in lieu of the tasty pizza. (Sorry [...]
We’ve managed to get Tommy & Annalise on a semi-similar schedule for nighttime. We eat dinner around 5:30 then try to hit the tub by 6:15 or so. After a very splashy bath (they really like to egg each other on in the tub, as you’ll see in this video: Tommy & Annalise Splash…our pleas [...]
Wow. What an experience it is to teach a young child that diapers aren’t the only way to go. We decided it was time to pitch the Pull-ups over Fourth of July weekend and officially turn our kid into Captain Underpants. I found a program called 3 Day Potty Training and decided to give it [...]
Annalise continues to thrive in her happiness. Happy to be sitting unsupported… Happy to steal Mommy’s sunglasses… Happy to sit on Daddy’s lap…
Here Annalise smiles with our most favorite babysitter ever, Alecsa. The kids adore her and she does such a fantastic job taking care of them. I need to snap a picture of Tommy with her. I think she’s his first true love…he talks about her ALL the time and constantly asks to have her come [...]
Tommy’s attending summer day camp two mornings a week. He LOVES his teachers, Miss Gonzales and Ms. Lalli. Here he’s pictured with Miss Gonzales in the “Butterflies” classroom. Each morning starts out with splashing and water play, so he gears up with his crocs, shades and SPF 50 before heading out the door. Recently, Tommy [...]
