First Car Wash

Well, maybe we should refer to it as "first cement wash" since Henry felt it needed a cleaning much more than the car. He of course had to give Bryn a couple pointers in technique since he figured it out first. She listened to his instructions and quickly ran over to Mary's car to give it good brush. The best part of the day was rolling up the pants like mommy and hosing down the feet!

Crossing the border

The Little's first trip to Minnesota for Jen and Shawn's wedding shower was a success!! We all survived the trip and had lots of fun meeting Shawn's Minnesota family. Henry especially loved the basket of goody gifts. Of course he assumed that they were all for him and didn't quite understand the one gift per person rule. Bryn had fun watching all the action around her and started practicing her dice throws with Grandma.

Nothing like some take -out burgers for dinner on the floor of the hotel!

Yippee, a pool!!!!

Ring-around-the-Rosie, pool style.

They both love to sit on the edge of a pool and then count to three and jump off. Any time Bryn wanted to do it again she would start chanting "One, two, one, two, one two." Here is Henry making a leap into Jay's arms.

Checking out the courtyard. Henry, thinking he's got his hands in his pockets!

Boy at work.

For whatever reason Henry got a kick out of "raking" the driveway.

Lewis and Clark Part Two

There is a pretty cool childrens park in our neighborhood that is part natural wonderland filled with geological formations that make for interesting exploring. Both Bryn and Henry are fascinated with pine cones, sticks, and most of all, rocks.

Wednesday playdate

The weather didn't exactly cooperate with our plans of an outdoor picnic with Aidyn and Hadley ,so us moms brought the picnic indoors instead. Still can't believe that all four actually sat still without being strapped in for most of the meal. Of course my two then had to scavenge the left-overs that their friends didn't swallow in time.

Thanks Bryn

So, we got a call from our nanny, Amber, yesterday afternoon that she couldn't work today since she was sick. So, after I called clinic to reschedule patients I told Bryn and Henry that I was going to stay at home with them today and that dad would go to work. Bryn, who had been snuggling on my lap, looked at me and said, "Daddee home, Mommee buh-bye."

Sweet pic of the week

Monday, Henry's favorite thing to do was to try to make his sister laugh. He was tickling, burping and tooting all at the same time. Needless to say, it worked. What a ham!

Quick kid

Bryn has developed the knack of slipping herself into her highchair in a matter of seconds. I have never seen how she finally gets planted in the chair itself since I am usually busy tending to Henry, Finn or the forever dirty kitchen floor. This particular time I could hear her groaning cause she couldn't figure out how to get that big shoe of hers under the rail. Nope, Henry doesn't see the fun in climbing in his. He waits (not patiently of course), till we hoist him in. Sometimes he is a dare devil and stands on the first rung.....

As a side note, you can see that the lapstrap is buckled underneath the chair. Both Henry and Bryn have this urge to keep that darn strap buckled at all times. As soon as they are lifted out of the chairs they either race to the other's chair or work on their own until it's buckled. Then they wipe their hands and leave it alone. A job well done, I guess.

I think we have all had enough of winter, so this past weekend we spent as much time outside as we possibly could. We biked over to Vilas Park and let Bryn and Henry do their thing. Bryn's "thing" is to climb up any staircase, ladder or climbing apparatus and then find her way to the nearest (or farthest) slide. She could do it all day, and the static electricity she generates is shocking. Henry's "thing" is to take off in search of ducks, geese or any wild animal. I think he inherited his dad's fear of heights, so he tends to stay off the play structures and keeps himself happy finding something to step off of. Funny little creature, they are!!

Al Gore is right.

How did we go from this .....

...........to this in one week's time? Can't say no to global warming anymore. Last week we were surprised with a good old snow storm. That didn't slow the littles down one bit. They were able to improvise with their sand toys quite quickly and had a jolly good time outside.

Gotta love washable paints

Trampoline fun!

How we spent Easter

We decided that since the weather was horrible, with highs in the 30's, we would take a little road trip to IKEA for our Easter. Our non-traditional Easter continued with a lunch of Swedish meatballs, red potatoes and lingonberry sauce. The car trip down and back made us rethink our idea of driving to Montana this summer. They both love to throw books, sippy cups and toys and see how mommy reacts. Great game........

To our surprise we ran into Pete, Sandra and the kiddos so we couldn't resist documenting with a picture or two as we waited to load our purchases into our cars.

Bryn and Henry love Orville (grandma and grandpa's dog) so when Henry and dad did some male bonding at Sentry Foods, we took the dogs for a walk. As you can see Bryn had to be in control of Orville's leash and she grunted every time he tried to stray off course and had to pull him back on track. We made it pretty far until she found a pine cone which she wanted to carry home instead of the leash.

Easter Egg Hunt

Boy, was it ever a chilly day for our neighborhood's annual Easter egg hunt. As we pulled up with the double baby jogger with seconds to spare until the guy with the mic said "GO", the rest of the older kids were seriously scanning the grass to plan their route. Henry, with Jay's help, did manage to find a few eggs to put in his basket, while Bryn just stood in one spot watching the chaos and trying to stay away from the Easter bunny. Sorry no pics of Bryn. I was holding her, trying to operate the video camera, and attempting to warm up my numb fingers.

"Wata"

Henry has some love affair with water. He jumps at the chance to dump over water dishes, dissemble full sippy cups, and just plain play with it. So, when they received their own watering cans from Grandma and Grandpa they both were pretty pumped, especially Henry. Had to put an end to the fun as the floor became the target instead of the plant.

Walking in the woods with Grandma

Of course this is before we got BOTH Grandpa and Grandma sick with a stomach virus. Sorry Bapa and Mama.