new words

Little man has been trying and saying so many new words the past week, it's really awesome to hear!  They include: light, peach, uh-oh, and green bean.

He's just so perfect

Tonight as I was nursing little man before bed, hubs quietly came down to give the thumbs up that big guy was asleep. Guess he wasn't quiet enough because little man heard him and looked over.  He put on a huge grin and said clear as a bell, "dada."  Then he said it about ten more times.  It was heart meltingly cute.

last weekend of summer

Labor day weekend was a four day weekend for the boys and I.  We decided to end summer with lots of adventures.  On friday, we went to longwood gardens for the morning.  It was absolutely gorgeous out and I made the abrupt decision to stop putting little man in a stroller. Just too much hassle for me.  I'd rather carry him, chase him, or let his wandering direct us.  Call me crazy.  Anyway, we wandered around longwood for a few hours.  Visited the conservatory.  Played in the kids fountains.  Saw the giant lily pads.  then we climbed the tree house and had a yummy lunch before heading in the car.  where they both stayed awake for the whole ride home!  WTF!  However, little man went right into his crib for naptime when we got home and slept for a long time!

Saturday, hubs was with us and suggested morris arboretum.  We packed up and went on another flower adventure.  We walked the trails, saw the trains, splashed in a fountain, saw the swans and had another yummy lunch.  it was absolutely delightful!  We spent the rest of the day napping and playing outside.

Sunday we went up to lancaster and visited dutch wonderland!  We had only been there a few times before and big guy was still little both visits. But we had a really good time.  WE spent the majority of the visit on dinosaur island, which is new and awesome.  The giant sand pits filled with shovels and paint brushes to move sand off of fake dinosaur skeletons is amazing and perfect for five year old and one year olds alike!  little man cried everytime we took a paint brush away!  Then we went on a little boat ride, followed by visiting the animatronic dinosaurs, and then drove a car around a track.  We had some delicious fast food.  Then headed over to the water park for some good old fashioned water splash time!  Which was awesome. We called it a day and headed over to grandma J's house to hang out and have dinner.

Monday we finally took it easy!  supermarket, laundry, and relaxing were on the menu!

School has started

Big guy has officially started Kindergarten!  It's so scary and exciting at the same time.  He and hubs had bus/Kindergarten orientation on tuesday.  Then big guy went to Kindergarten on thursday.  He has AM kindergarten and then goes to enrichment and then back to school for me to pick him up.  So, he gets to do two short bus rides a day, which have proven to be challenging for him.  The first day he and another boy got into a tussle.  The second day he and the same boy were jumping over seats.  There have been a lot of conversations about bus safety at home and in class.  But his K teacher is just delightful, as is his enrichment teacher. This week I have the welcome back picnic and open house! Public school and the next 13 years...

words of wisdom

this past weekend, big guy has been filled with wisdom.  Here are the best tidbits:

"Don't eat dog food."

"Don't eat poop."

"If you see a megalodon while you are swimming, don't try to eat it.  It'll bite your face off."

"Eating bricks will make you heavy and then you can't move."

Seems to have a lot to do with eating.  We ate like champs this weekend!!!  And luckily we didn't eat dog food, poop, bricks, or get eaten by a giant prehistoric shark!

Holy Crap

How I know it's time to put the parental controls on youtube...

I'm making dinner tonight and I hear big guy yelling "holy crap!" at his toys.  At first I thought I misheard, but then he kept saying it.  After I had a minor freak out about how that isn't a nice word to say, he looks at me and says, "But the guy on the video says it!" Perfectly logical.  Hello, parental controls!

Linvilla Orchards

Last friday I took the boys to linvilla orchards for some good farm fun.  We were there a few hours and barely covered half of the fun that you can do.  But we did get to pick some apples, which the boys devoured.  They both ate 3 apples while we were there.  And then we hopped on a tractor filled with hay and picked the biggest tomato I've ever seen, as well as some peppers.  We then ate a quick lunch before heading over to the playgroud area to burn off some energy.  We managed to get some fun farm related toys (small broom, tractor, farm puzzle that makes animal noises) and then get some cider and of course cider donuts.  mmmmm.  Overall, a great trip.  Both boys were in good spirits and had lots of fun! And the weather was perfect.  Warm, sunny, with a gentle breeze!

 apple eating- after I took this pic, I noticed the sign that said, no eating in the orchard.  oops

 hello, apple

 hayride to the veggie field

 happy apple eating face

 seriously, have you ever seen a tomato this big?

at the playgroud, filling up an old tire with yucky apples.  guess how many of those he tried to eat?