Bloody Nose, Pasta dinner

Simon got his first bloody nose today. He was running around in socks playing as he does so often that it has been an accident waiting to happen. He went to stop and his feet just slipped all over and momentum kept his top half going a little too fast so he bopped his face smack on the ground. He sat up stunned and started to cry. Jenn gave him a snuggle and as he calmed down she noticed the trickle of blood. They tried icing it but apparently that doesn't work very well on toddlers. He was tough though and all was fine but bloody noses are scary. Poor kid.

To end on a much happier note. Here he is later in the afternoon eating a meatball and some pasta for dinner.

New Friends

Simon found a scrap of yarn on the floor and Jenn told him it was a little worm. He has spent the past 3 days or so throwing the worm in the air and then searching the ground for it. Who would have guessed that we could get hours of entertainment from a scrap of yarn?

Jenn and Simon have been hanging out with another nanny and her two little charges. Gabby (in the purple jacket) is three days older than Simon and lives at the end of our block across from the school. She has a 6 month old little sister, Cecelia, who mostly just leaves the big kids to play. Simon and Gabby are a good play-pairing as Simon is very much more vocal than Gabby (who says only 3 words) and Gabby is much more physical than Simon (she's also about 3 inches taller than him). Unfortunately they are moving away at the end of this week, so the almost daily play dates will end.  Jenn will just have to pick up more nannys! 

Synchronized Sliding

High Five!

Potty Training Update

We are taking potty training pretty casually but there has been some pretty awesome progress... Simon went pee in the potty! Twice! The first time was February 26th and the second was Friday, March 8th.  Jenn has been really great about remaining consistent and keeping up potty time without a lot of progress. For potty time Simon hangs out on the potty and reads for a while and every once in a while will stand up and check the potty to see if anything happened. He is pretty excited about the potty, especially flushing the big toilet, but doesn't 100% understand yet what it's all about.

No pictures for this post. Thought it was best for everyone.

5 pancakes

Simon ate 5 pancakes for breakfast this morning. AND a bowl of fruit and two pieces of sausage. I guess he was hungry?

Intense train cleaning

Today we had a very intense train cleaning session. In his fist is a napkin with a bit of water on it. Everything got cleaned this morning. Floor, trains, train table, hair, toes, etc. Even the stool got a cleaning top and bottom. 

Snow Man

Yesterday we got quite the snowstorm. They predicted 10 inches to start at 3am. At 7am there was no snow and I felt a little silly for working from home. By mid morning it seemed like just a light snow but it accumulated like crazy and snowed constantly for hours. I was so happy to be home so I could play!

Mid morning or so Simon came into my room to say hi and we watched the snow out of the window. This picture is a little dark, but look at how excited he was to see the snow out there! We planed a snow-play date after Simon's nap and I got some work done. 

Outside pictures and video after the jump.

Mini-Muffin Breakfast

Rarely on a week day do we all have breakfast together, but today was one of those mornings. Jenn came early so Alan and I could leave/start work at 7. As a result we had some family mini-carrot-muffin eating time around 6:45ish. 

More pictures after jump.