Meatheads for dinner

For dinner we headed over to meatheads. Got a few pictures of the cutest kids around. 

Friday At the Park

Friday Jenn called in sick so I stayed home with the kids. We went to a new park after Lillian's morning nap. In addition to a huge grassy field, there were a bunch of baseball diamonds. The one closest to us had a high school aged boy practicing pitching for about an hour. Simon watched quite intently most of the time. So intently, that as we were leaving one of the guys walked up to me and gave me his business card. Apparently he's the baseball coach at Lane Tech and also gives private lessons on the side. He usually coaches kindergarden and up, but said Simon had more focus than many of his kindergardeners. 

Is it crazy that I'm considering doing some lessons for Simon? He loves it so much and picks up everything we tell him so fast - shouldn't we get someone who really knows what to teach to show him? Not enough to make it not fun, just one or two... Now, in the comments, please stop the crazy mom.

Run free!

Happy baby.

She's ready to play kickball with Simon.

Watching (and pretending to bat for) the boy doing pitching practice.

He climbed about 2 feet off the ground and dropped a few times.

Lilly the Mimic

For a few weeks now, when you growl at Lilly she will growl back at you.  She and I have done that so much that now she will often greet me with a growl when she first sees me.  This weekend I discovered that she's learned a new trick: if she hears you whistle, she'll try to whistle back.  She has no idea how to actually whistle though, so she just makes a high pitched noise to try and imitate the sound you made.

 

Auntie Colleen and Joe's House

Last Sunday I gave Alan a well deserved day off and took both kids out to Auntie Colleen and Joe's house. We admired their new furniture, got chipotle for a picnic in the courtyard and then walked to the park, which had a huge baseball diamond and a water-play area.

It was the first time Lillian really paid attention to Bailey-Dog and Lillian was not a big fan. Amazingly if she was on the ground when Bailey approached then Lillian was totally cool, but if you were holding her she made the most concerned noises and faces.

It was a great day! 

Lillian meeting Bailey-Dog. 

Chipotle Picnic!

Splash zone in the park.

Simons Dentist Appointment

On Saturday morning Simon had his 2nd Dentist appointment. We drove over and parked in the Jewel parking lot because it was both pouring rain and the street was blocked in front of the dentist because of a festival (otherwise we would have walked).  

We walked in right at 8am, which was appointment time, and were immediately brought back into the back room. There were three ladies who came in during our visit: Dr Ashley, Gina the hygienist and Claudia who had an unknown job description but stayed with us the whole time while the other two went in and out. My guess is that she is in charge of keeping kids at ease (and restraint if that became necessary). 

Claudia talked with Simon about how cool the chair was - it can turn into a bed! - which is the first thing he tells everyone about the dentist now. She showed him the TV on the ceiling and let him choose a show that she turned on.  A result of the show being on was that he became essentially non-responsive for the duration unless you said his name a couple times, but that wasn't terrible. Dr Ashley counted his teeth (20 as expected) and mentioned that he could start brushing with fluoride toothpaste once a day. 

Simon was totally awesome with the dentist checkup and the cleaning. So great he got a sticker and a token for a toy. The toy he chose was a bouncy ball. We have a strict no throwing in the house rule and most balls have been removed to avoid the temptation. Since he totally loved his new bouncy ball but I wasn't going to let him play outside (in the pouring rain) or in our house when we got to the stairwell down to parking at Jewel I told him to roll the ball down the steps. It bounced everywhere and was super funny. We proceeded to spend about 30 minutes in the stairwell, he laughed SO hard and was great about stopping as soon as someone came in and most importantly not going outside even if the ball rolled outside. I took a quick video.

Dinkels Friday morning

On Friday morning I took the kids to Dinkel's before Jenn arrived. Lillian totally loves riding in the car and Simon is a pro at tricycle pedaling. We got down there with no issues, all had a breakfast sandwich (egg and fresh made bread) and got back with no issues. Lillian even shared some of my egg and Simon was so excited she was eating breakfast with us that he helped me feed her some egg pieces.

It was a great morning. 

Us walking down the sidewalk.

Ready to drive!

Feeding Lillian egg.

She loved it.

Driving home.

Lillian eating ...

We gave Lillian some mashed sweet potatoes and pureed peas in little piles so she could practice using her hands to eat. She LOVED it and was intense about shoving it all in as fast as she could. When the easy handfuls were eaten she started spreading the rest around. We helped out a bit with the spoon a few times, though I'm not sure she really needed the help. She had a ton of fun.

Within minutes she had eaten the bulk of the food. 

When hands stopped working, she just started licking the tray.

She had so much food plastered to her outfit, even some on her eye lids!