Siblings That Play Together...

Sometimes Charlotte feels like sitting on her own as Nicholas plays outside. Other times she plays near him, but usually doing a different activity.

But today, she decided to join him in playing Stomp Rocket.

She managed to load it and stomp it herself (this was a first). The kids very politely took turns. It was a sight to see.

Water break...with my bottle which is as big as she is.

Then they moved on together to play t-ball. Again, totally fair turn taking and no drama whatsoever.

She had a great time playing with her brother. If only this continues for the rest of childhood and beyond!

Resident Diva

It's started already. 18 months old. This morning when I was getting Charlotte dressed, I pulled out something, and she looked at me and said - "No. Boo." She was only interested in wearing a blue dress. Luckily we had one that was clean and ready to go. But oh my. Fast forward to age 13 and it's just scary...

Sing Along!

A Monumental Weekend

My son eats a lot of different foods. I really shouldn't complain because I know it could be oh so much worse. But that boy has had a total mind block against eating sandwiches in any form, or anything that comes in a bun. Will he eat "turkey, cheese and bread" (otherwise known as a deconstructed turkey sandwich)? Of course. Will he eat a "beef patty" (bunless burger). Yes. But everything has to be carefully plated/deconstructed so as not to cause total freak-out. This weekend we had two major occurrences. On Saturday, we were at a church BBQ, and when I suggested he might want to eat his hot dog in a bun so his hands wouldn't get greasy (that was me trying to play off the fact that he really doesn't like getting messy), he said "Sure. That's a great idea". And he did eat the whole thing in a bun. Praise abounded. Then at the Spring Fair, he ate an entire hamburger with a bun. Was it peer pressure because Isabella was doing it? I doubt it. He's been totally immune to peer pressure which I'm sure I'll be glad about when he's in high school...but I'd love it if it got him to eat a sandwich! I know I shouldn't be so thrilled that he's ingested completely nutritionally devoid white flour buns...but it's the idea of them and the possibilities of future foods that is exciting. I have no idea what's come over him, but it is such a welcome change. We can only hope it continues!

LECC Spring Fair

We went to the Monster Mash Spring Fair this afternoon at Nicholas' school. I love the logo! They gave each child a little backpack with this monster on it when we checked in. There were cute monster themed carnival game booths (bean bag toss, lollipop tree, cake walk etc.) and a whole art project room that I apparently didn't photograph.

The kids' first stop? Why the bounce house of course! There were several to choose from, but this one was the most tame (and had the most visibility for parents).

They had fun bouncing together.

Nicholas was most definitely not interested in face painting. Neither was Charlotte, but she did want a hand painting.

This was a cute idea. They set up a water table with bubble solution and had lots of different wands.

Clearly Nicholas enjoyed them.

Charlotte passed on the bubbles, but was all over the petting zoo of course.

Ladue police and fire were there. What boy turns down pretending to drive a fire truck??

Nicholas thought it was especially cool to turn on the police sirens and flashers himself.

Charlotte was happy just watching Nicholas and the vehicles...but she wanted a hat.

A major highlight (the kids went twice!) - the pony rides.

She looks a little unsure...but she liked it.

The rain held off long enough for a concert with Nicholas' favorite local entertainer...Babaloo.

He sat next to his Cat class friend, Isabella, and ate his BBQ dinner.

After the concert, the kids played a bit in the playground. Had to include at least one picture with Charlotte smiling. I swear she's a very happy child!

What a blast we had at the Spring Fair. Between the two kids, we've got 4 more years at this school and as many Spring Fairs to come!

Peafowl Hunt

As the weather was so nice today, we hit the zoo after nap time for a quick visit.

It started out well...

Our second sighting of baby camels this year. They're so fuzzy and cute!

As opposed to the adult camels who are losing their winter coats. Yikes.

The live gorillas were nowhere to be found, but we did find this one instead.

And then we started the hunt...for peafowl. While I was in Oregon, Tom took the kids to the zoo, and all I heard about was how cool the peacock was that they found. So we went looking. And we found them! Nicholas did not actually pet this peahen. But he really wanted to.

Then we found this beauty! We hung out and watched it for a good 5 minutes as it foraged around next to our path.

And look. Our visit ended well too. Those are "nose kisses" from Nicholas. A big favorite of his these days.

You can't ask for more than great weather, great behavior, great family time....and peacocks.

Time for T-Ball

Nicholas started T-Ball today. It's a really informal instructional league through Parks and Rec of Brentwood. They don't even attempt to play scrimmages until the last two weeks. And from the way things went today...that's a good thing.

The all-important warm up.

He swings...

Is that a look of concentration or what??

Fielding practice. His friend Jack Gunther is standing behind him waiting for his turn.

The onlooking sister. Yes, she has multiple pairs of shades...and she loves them all.

That girl loves her Daddy.

So it may not be that intensive or really even that informative for Nicholas, but he's having fun. And he's four. I keep reminding my husband of that. We have years and years of sports ahead of us!