Day 6 And 7

Day 6

"Am I done yet?"

"Hey, this stuff isn't so bad after all!"

Day 7!!!

"Here we go again!"

"I want more more MORE!"

Lovin' it!

Humpty Dumpty Performs In "Character Matters"

We sure enjoyed watching this Humpty Dumpty perform tonight! He did a great job! I wish they could do stuff like this more often, but I know with how much work is put into it and the school budget cuts, etc. it's just not possible.  Anyways, Nolan loved being a part of this.  He loves to perform in front of people, which amazes me since I've always been the opposite.  (Thanks Aunt Jeanna and Uncle Spence for coming to watch.  Nolan was so happy you came!) We got part of it on video, so I'll try and upload some for those who'd like to watch it.  If you'd like a copy of his play, let me know.  They'll be selling them soon and I'll pick up a few extra. 

Rice Cereal: Day 4

Every now and then, you gotta take these kind of pictures too! Day 4 of rice cereal: Still NOT lovin it!

Complainer Face

Arching The Back

"Now this is more like it!" How he loves that thumb!

Two More Things...

First thing.  Parker rolled over a couple days ago.  From belly to back.  He hates being on his belly, so this was no surprise.  In this picture, he'd already done it a couple times and was getting ready to do it again.  He's rolled over before this time, but I think on accident.

Second thing.  This picture below brings back memories of growing up.  I still remember sitting on the couch on a high stack of books during the summer with our squirt bottles.  Squirting ourselves to keep cool as we read.  Funny how this picture makes Annika look about as big as Nolan.  I'll give Nolan a little credit, he's still quite a bit bigger than Annika than this picture shows.  If you look closely, he's actually further back in the couch, so it makes them look about the same size.  :) 

Rice Cereal For Parker

This past week, Parker didn't sleep through the night as well as he has in the past. I'm not sure if it's because he's teething, or getting used to his new crib, or if he's going through a growth spurt and just plain hungry. SO, I woke up this morning, ready to start Parker on rice cereal.

I don't think he loved it! But, he ate a bit. We'll try some more tomorrow.

May The Fourth Be With You!

It's May!

I can't believe it's May! I am so happy to have warm weather again! Nolan is coming up on his last month of second grade.  He has lots of things going on this month.  Several field trips, including one to the zoo next week.  Also, he'll be in a school play soon.  He is Humpty Dumpty.  Can't wait to watch it! They performed one of the songs in front of the school board a couple weeks ago.  Cute! They didn't do a Christmas performance this year, they chose to do a play during the spring instead.  Also, he's getting excited to start his science project.  He's bounced around on a couple of ideas.  I'll blog about that later.  Also, at the end of the month, Nolan gets to go on a limo ride to Round Table Pizza.  He and one other kid were the only ones who earned it in their class this year.  Nolan's always reading.  His favorite series right now are The Hardy Boys.  I like how they had it set up this year.  Instead of a certain number of pages, it was a certain amount of minutes.  So that way instead of trying to read as many books with as few pages on them as possible, it doesn't matter, as long as you're reading for however many minutes.  I think he ended up reading over 16,000 minutes.  They also earned several prizes along the way to encourage them.

Annika has been busy being my little helper.  Here's kinda a gross story, but anyways...this morning Parker was in his bouncy/vibrator chair taking care of business.  He let out lots of gurgly sounding poop.  I was like, oh great, that sounded like a blowout, but I didn't think it would be too bad cuz I had just got done changing his diaper.  Anyways, I was going to wait a few minutes to make sure he was done.  So, I was trying to get a hold of Parker's Dr. cuz they still want to do an echo cardiogram or whatever even though we've been released from the VLCAD study.  So, Annika was trying to get my attention and I wasn't listening very well.  She was insistent that I change Parker NOW! That he was poopy and messy.  I kept telling her, yes, just a minute.  She wouldn't take that for an answer.  She goes off and gets a washcloth and goes over to Parker to wipe the chair.  THAT got my attention! Oh, OK, yes, he had indeed had an exploder and since Mommy wasn't doing anything about it, Annika was! He immediately was given a bath! :P

Also, Annika went to her first gymnastics class yesterday.  I was so happy she got to finally go! She's had to watch Nolan for 3 years and she needs her own special activity each week too.  She did so well.  Nolan had been preparing her for everything so she was ready.  She got knocked over 2 or 3 times, but she was tough and got right back up to finish what she was doing.  She talked about it all day, so fun for her!