Gymboree Craziness :)

This is from today at Gymboree! Simon is so independent and loves his class!

This video is from last week. Simon has always needed to hold someone's hand when jumping off things and we have been practicing the confidence to jump alone. This is what it looks like when he gained that confidence! So fun :)

S I M O N

This was this morning…I randomly asked Simon if he knew how to spell Simon…..and HE DID! We have been practicing his name a lot but WOW :) I was so proud I cried a tiny bit!

This video is from this time last year….(also one of my favorite videos EVER!)

The Interview (featuring Lillian)

Hey everyone! Stacey here (Tuesday/Thursday nanny). I'm a very lucky girl. SEE BELOW:

I interviewed Lillian today (since she's talking so much!) and here's the answers I've received:

Stacey: Lillian, what's your favorite color?

Lillian: babughlisdhasd

Stacey: Blue? Mine, too!

Stacey: Lillian, what's your favorite TV show?

Lillian: hadsuaysdbf

Stacey: Real Housewives? Come on, Lillian. You can do better than that.

Stacey: Lillian, who are your role models?

Lillian: dihfsiuhf eiruwefnsdf

Stacey: Emily and Alan? How specific!

Stacey: Lillian, if you could be friends with one celebrity who would it be?

Lillian: bedfiushdfiuh

Stacey: Beyonce. Good choice.

Wrapping Big Simon

Whenever we wrap Lillian, Simon asks if he could get into the wrap too. I actually had been meaning to try a new wrap where he's on my back. Since he wanted to do the front one so we tried it - as expected, he's too long! I didn't wrap the most elegant wrap since it was my first time, but we loved the idea of the back wrap. He liked being on my back and it was really easy to carry his weight. The only issue is once he's in the wrap it's not super easy to get him out so I don't think we'll be able to do it very often. 

Good for some snuggles!

Game night with Joseph and Vickie

Joseph and Vickie came over for a Game Night and to see the kids last night. The boys played blocks and with the doctor kit while the girls hung out on the couch and coo'd. Simon went to bed at 6 but Lillian decided she didn't want to sleep, she wanted to play! We let her join the game and she kept score. I won, as you'd expect since I'm the sole source of food for our little girl. 

Simon's First Independent Swimming Lesson

For Christmas Grandpa Bart and Grandma Kiki got Simon swimming lessons! Goldfish Swim School specializes in kids swimming lessons that actually teach the kids to swim (swimming lessons at most other places are about games to get the kids comfortable in the water). At 2.5 Simon can join a class that is with a parent or without a parent. We signed him up for no parent classes and Friday he had his first class!

When we got there, Simon got changed into his suit and we waited in the room until they called for his class time. I walked Simon into the pool area and he sat on the yellow foam turtle, soon joined by the other two people in his class (I didn't meet them but he told me later they were Jack and Mia). I headed out to sit behind the glass wall in the waiting room and he started class!

I paused as I walked out to take some pictures...
so this was taken in the first 2 minutes of class.
She is helping him extend his legs to kick.

Details about the class and more pictures after the jump...

Family dinner at DMK

We went out to dinner and it was a precursor of days to come... Simon sat on a booster chair and Lillian sat in a high chair. Lillian's not really ready to sit in a high chair yet, she doesn't sit up yet, but the high chairs were tiny at DMK and her winter outfit makes her body super stiff  so with an extra blanket to brace her she sat in the chair just perfectly. 

It was cold and snowy, but we took the train there and back. Simon loved the train ride (like always) and stood holding the bar like a commuter on the way home. 

Simon 2.5 years, Lillian 3 months

Is the train coming?

Lillian tucked in the wrap, safe and warm.