I've gotten into a bad habit of not writing things down when my kids do or say something funny. So, unfortunately this is just a sampling of my entertaining days.
Yesterday, Megan got up before Jake and she and I were sitting on the couch while Darin did some yoga in the family room. He put his leg out during one various move and the ottoman was in the way, so his foot was on top of it. Megan hadn't said a word up to that point and out of her mouth came, "You're cheating." So matter of fact. Obviously, there's no sliding by on her watch.
Jake has been such a good sleeper (up until the last few days). Lately, his bedtime ritual consists of me sitting in the rocking chair with him in his room. We read one book and sing three songs. The play list is: Rock-a-bye Baby, Twinkle, Twinkle, and John Denver's Leaving on a Jet Plane. Yes, that's right. Don't ask me how that one came about. Well, I'll tell you anyway. Jake is really into planes and cars. We went through the usual two songs and then he kept saying "pame, pame"....which means plane to those of you not familiar with toddler talk. He was probably referring to a plane flying overhead, but I said, "You want me to sing a song about a plane?" and he said, "yeah, yeah". So, that was the only song with a plane that I could think of. And, I only knew one verse and the chorus, which I sang over and over for about a week -- eventually I looked up the lyrics online because he requests it all the time now. What have I done?!! If anyone has a suggestion for another song that involves a plane, I'm all ears.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Monday, June 23, 2008
Birthday Boy
Obviously, I didn't get around to posting an entry on the 13th. We've had a busy month. I didn't have a big birthday bash for the little guy. Jake just had a series of small celebrations. It started with cupcakes on Thursday (the 12th) at Debbie's house with all of the kids. Then we had our family celebration on Friday. I went to see my dad and crew on Saturday and then Darin's family came by on Sunday. Four mini parties in a row. He had a habit of eating half of the cupcake and then demolishing it. So, by the fourth day, we opted for birthday ice cream cones.
Like I said, this has been a busy month so far. Once the warm weather hit, it's like we have to fit in as much fun as possible! I started my golf league. The kids started swim lessons. Megan and I went to see Cirque Shanghai at Navy Pier. We've had birthday parties and baby showers, 5k events, a visit to the zoo, a visit from Aunt Jenny, doctors appointments, and other misc. fun.
More updates to follow.
Like I said, this has been a busy month so far. Once the warm weather hit, it's like we have to fit in as much fun as possible! I started my golf league. The kids started swim lessons. Megan and I went to see Cirque Shanghai at Navy Pier. We've had birthday parties and baby showers, 5k events, a visit to the zoo, a visit from Aunt Jenny, doctors appointments, and other misc. fun.
More updates to follow.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
June updates
Well, summer is here. Which means we've been on the go! Our calendar has been full with BBQ's, events, etc., etc. We've been trying to get out as much as possible - not that you can tell by the whiteness of Megan's skin in the adjacent photo. We're really good about the sunscreen :-) I have one funny story that I forgot to write about last month. We had gone out on a bike ride and when we got back, the kids and I ate lunch outside in the backyard. This was the middle of May, so it wasn't consistently warm yet. The clouds had moved in and it cooled off as we sat there. Megan then said, "I'm frickin freezin' out here". Hmmm - they hear everything, don't they?!
Jake is getting good at keeping up with his big sister. They've been using the sides of the sandbox as a balance beam and he's getting pretty good. It's funny to see the difference in boys and girls -- it's so stereotypical....she's good at the verbal skills and he's definitely more physically gifted. He'd got a good set of bruises on his legs - but it doesn't seem to slow him down.
Megan had her last day of preschool last Thursday. They had a nice little program (although it was 100 degrees in the school). She gets nervous performing in front of a crowd and broke into tears about halfway through the program when her teacher asked her to stand up. I think she felt like everyone was looking at her and she wasn't comfortable with that. Here's the graduation photo:
Jake's birthday is tomorrow, so I'll try to add a cake photo. He loves the Happy Birthday song. As a matter of fact, he adds a "cha, cha, cha" to the end of the song whenever anyone sings it. Until tomorrow.......
Jake is getting good at keeping up with his big sister. They've been using the sides of the sandbox as a balance beam and he's getting pretty good. It's funny to see the difference in boys and girls -- it's so stereotypical....she's good at the verbal skills and he's definitely more physically gifted. He'd got a good set of bruises on his legs - but it doesn't seem to slow him down.
Megan had her last day of preschool last Thursday. They had a nice little program (although it was 100 degrees in the school). She gets nervous performing in front of a crowd and broke into tears about halfway through the program when her teacher asked her to stand up. I think she felt like everyone was looking at her and she wasn't comfortable with that. Here's the graduation photo:
Jake's birthday is tomorrow, so I'll try to add a cake photo. He loves the Happy Birthday song. As a matter of fact, he adds a "cha, cha, cha" to the end of the song whenever anyone sings it. Until tomorrow.......
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