Singing in the Rain!

We might as well take advantage of this crappy weather and try out Cam's new raincoat and boots!




I think he likes them!

Hunting for Easter Eggs!

Today we had an Easter Egg Hunt in the backyard for the kids. Our group dwindled down to just two but they had a great time! They needed a little help with direction but I think that was because they were so excited! I thought they'd fight over one or the other having more eggs but they didn't they did great. After they hunted for eggs and played they had a picnic lunch of pizza on the deck.




Cam showing off his basket of goodies!
Next year Arianna will get to play too!

Wow!

Arianna now (a little over 6 1/2mths):

Cameron at exactly 6 months:
She is so tiny! At 6mths she was 13lbs 2oz and 24 3/4" at 6mths he was 17lbs 11oz(!) and 26 3/8". WOW!!! He was able to sit up at that point and she is not. He loved eating solids, she hates them. It's so interesting to see the differences between the two of them!

AND...here Cam is today, because there was no way he was not getting in it:

We Did It, We Did It!

As Dora would say! Yesterday Cam, Arianna and I went to Ikea to get Cam's table for the playroom. I was very nervous thinking about going by myself and luckily Dianna was online when I was considering this. She, being so much braver than I, said she and the boys would meet us there. Perfect!

Cam and Elijah stayed in the strollers until we got up to the kid section. Then it was like animals being let out of the cages. The went nuts! Luckily it wasn't too crowded but there were a few parents/kids there. Cam kept running away from the play area and he would not listen to me. Dianna told me to say to him "tell him if he doesn't stay near you someone will take him." I called him over, got down to his level (SuperNanny style) and told him "If you don't stay close to Mommy someone will steal you away from Mommy." He looked at me then ran. That didn't work as well as we had hoped. The color decision for the table/chairs didn't take too long then we walked around a bit to get some other stuff. I wanted to pick up a cheap potty in the hopes that Cam would some day use it. When I asked Cam what color he wanted he said "pink!" I could just picture Steve's face if I came home with a pink potty for Cam. I asked Cam "are you sure you want a pink potty." "Pink!" Then I think he ran away so I knew he didn't care too much. Dianna was laughing, I figured if I did get the pink one I could use it later for Arianna, but I could picture the look on Steve's face. I think Cam came back over so I asked again. I think at this point Elijah, who had chosen green, said "green" and Cam had said he then wanted green, so green it was! Crisis averted!

We went downstairs to look for some other stuff and at this point Cam was done, he wanted out and a lollipop wouldn't even fix it. We quickly went to pick up the table/chairs from the warehouse (thank God for Dianna's stroller) and paid. When we were outside loading up the car Cam kept running down towards the automatic doors. The "someone will steal you" failed again.

I was exhausted when we left! But it was a very successful trip! I couldn't have done it by myself so thank you Dianna!

Lesson learned today: Cam may actually prefer to go live with someone else!

Rub A Dub Dub!

Even though it is staying lighter out later there just doesn't seem to be enough time in the day to get everything done. I started dinner while Cam and Ari were napping but they both needed baths tonight and I wanted to shower myself. Why is it that a Mom's personal hygiene seems to come second to her children? That's just not right! We've been taking walks at night to get some fresh air and so I could get some exercise but that wasn't going to happen tonight.

To save some time and to see if I could do it...I decided to put both kids in the tub together. Since Arianna can't sit up on her own I put her tub in the big tub. Cam thought it was great! He was so excited!
I never did get to shower...

Arianna's First Taste of Food!

How do you think it went?





When she realized she wasn't getting any more...

Fun With Cousins!

Today two of my cousins came over to hang out, visit with Arianna and do some painting! My cousin Kim is an awesome painter so I wanted her to do something on Arianna's wall. I put up a decal of Arianna's name and it just looked lost on the wall so I asked Kim to add something around it. Since she and Sabrina are both on Spring Break it was the perfect time. We decided to match the flowers that are on Arianna's sheets. I did not want something babyish that we would have to paint over in a few years.
When she got to this point I knew if she made the 3 top dots into flowers it would be too much so here's the "finished" product.After stepping back and debating a little we decided the 3 dots had to go. I didn't like the way it looked. Luckily we had the left over wall paint from almost 3yrs ago in the basement! Much better! Here's the "real" finished product and a view of how it looks in her room. If you click on the picture you can see the detail she put into each flower.Thank you Kim and Sabrina! We have to get together more often!