NH trip- travel days

Day one of our trip was driving into the middle of CT.  I would have made it further but got caught in traffic for no apparent reason!  We stayed at the Raddison in Hartford, which had no central air and was hot as hell.  the only thing cold about the whole stay was the pool, which we swam in that afternoon before dinner.  Day two we zoomed!  We arrived at dino's house around 11ish.  We ate, unloaded the car, and then took the boys to the beach, which was just so fabulous.  Pictures below:

 Look at that hair!

Gmom dino and big guy making a bath tub

Here, hold this binky

little man after bath time but before evening nursing, gets to have his binky, which he is always thrilled about.  Total binky baby.  Anyway, when I lay him down on the boppy to nurse, I'll ask if he wants some milk, which he nods yes, then pops out his binky and hands it to me.  Like, here, hold this for me, will ya?  It makes me laugh every single night.

Back to Center

Still here.  Getting back to our center.  Individually and as a family. Lots to share and lots of pictures of the end of our summer.  Stay tuned.

Do this. Do that.

Little man is starting to follow directions and be helpful.  I love that about toddlers.  Some new moves are helping to clean up.  At least partially before deciding to dump out whatever we were cleaning up. Or putting his and big guy's lunch boxes into their school bag.  But the cutest one has been when he discovered a secret stash of single plastic bowls filled with apple jacks in the cupboard.  He held it up to me and I told him, "Go give it to big guy and he'll open it for you."  So, he shambles over to big guy, who then opens it.  Little man turns around, plops himself on the floor and shimmies  his booty into big guy's lap.  I look over and the two of them are sitting together eating apple jacks.  It was so freaking cute.

it's hot

Little man has this fascination with hot things, don't all little kids?  Anyway, there's a lot of talk about hot, being careful, blowing on food, saying ouchy, the usual.  However, a few days ago, little man started pursing his lips and blowing when I say something is hot.  In an attempt to cool it off and be helpful.  It's so incredibly precious. The first few blowing attempts are a bit filled with spit, but then he gets the hang of it.

Head nod

Over the weekend, little man started nodding his head yes or no to questions.  I first noticed it when I asked if he wanted something to snack on.  He vehemently nodded NO.  Which I thought was really cute.  Then I just started asking him random questions to think if he'd do it again. And he did.  And he started nodding YES. The yes is very deliberate and slow, whereas the no is very quick.  Guess which one he does more?

Dentist appointment

Last thursday the boys both had dentist appointments.  Big guy went first and had a great visit.  The two bottom teeth are the littlest bit loose, so within the next few months they should be falling out!  Tooth fairy here we come! No cavities.  Doing good work brushing and flossing- yes!  Toothpaste flavor choice was bubblegum.  Also, he had his first x-rays.  Very cool to see his baby teeth and then the big teeth right behind them.  Though the Dr told me that they look closer than they actually are!  Next up was little man who laid in my lap.  His teeth were looking good, too! Gums around the canines and molars were looking puffy.  He gave me a sympathetic look at the prospect of them all busting through.  We left with a bunch of toys, stickers, toothbrushes, floss, and toothpaste.  Overall, a great job by both boys!