Tuesday, March 13, 2018

A Week Off

Starting out spring break right with popsicles and neighbors.

 
Happy birthday Isaiah! 

 
Back to the Science Spectrum for a day. 




 
Jennifer battling both Seth and Ollie at the same time in thumb wars. 
 
We saw a really cool Omni called Dream Big.  It was all about engineering.  It was my favorite Omni I've ever seen, and I think it was a great fit for Seth's interests as well.   
 
And tomorrow we go to Austin to explore and have fun for a few days!

Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Pre-Spring Break


It's the last week before our spring break, and it's not at all playing out as I expected. I thought I would be forcing kids to bed at bedtime, and dragging them out of bed in the morning, grumpy about school and homework and anything other than playing outside.
 
Buuuut.... Ollie is sick. It's his usual, every other month sore throat, fever, headache. Then, (also our usual) I take him in and all the swabs and tests come back negative. I think this has finally tipped the scale in the conversation with his doctor about getting his tonsils removed. Looks like it's gonna be an ice cream summer. (Who am I kidding? They are all ice cream summers. And winters.)  
 
We do have fun spring break plans, though!! We are taking a short trip to Austin next week and we are all pretty excited! Hopefully we can get all this sickness out of the way before then. I can't tell if it's my age or just general dorky personality but I get so excited about planning vacations these days, down to the snacks. 
 
And now on a completely unrelated note, here's a bunch more pictures of the cutest two-year old you ever did see.
 
Still trying to figure out how to put on his backpack by himself... 

 
Playing at the Science Spectrum a few weeks ago.
 
News Anchor!

 
Shoe love, the bigger the better.
 
Gah.
 
To the rescue!
 
Sarg
 
Mot bros, breakfast time! 
 
Nolan's favorite baby, he named his baby doll after her. He talks about her every day.

Saturday, March 3, 2018

Date Night!

Doors Hotel and Led Zepplin Experience
We really didn't know what we were getting ourselves into (Jon won the tickets.  (Of course he did.)) but this was actually a pretty funny and enjoyable evening. Love you, babe! 
 

 

 
 

Friday, March 2, 2018

Great Ideas: Ollie Addition

100 cup heart


 
Why yes, that is floss tied to a tooth and a also to a nerf bullet.  My favorite part about this picture is Seth's reaction to the whole ordeal.  
 
Spoiler:  It didn't work.  Tooth was not loose enough.  Ollie may be brave enough to try again... 

Thursday, March 1, 2018

Nolan, Our Birthday Boy!

We had so much fun celebrating Noey's birthday! We stuck candles in all of our meals (waffles, bananas, whatev) all weekend, just so we could sing again. Noey would sway to the tune and sing right along with us, trying to get all the "cha-cha-cha's" just the same as Ollie's.  He was a champ at blowing out candles, delighted to see the lighter every time I pulled it out. 
 
 
 
 
We decorated a corner of the basement for a Curious Nolan bday.
 
Beach balls and ball pit balls were the highlight of the party where we mostly just threw them at one another for a couple hours. 
 
Mimi and Momo came for the weekend and Mimi introduced Noey to noise-makers.


 
We had chocolate covered bananas just for Noey and George.
 
 
 
 
On to ice cream after nap.   
 
Complete with Juke Box lessons and dancing.
 
 
 
 Carrying around his present from Momo and Mimi and practicing blowing kisses. 

 
Nolan, I'm not sure it's possible for us to love you more.  You are simply a delight.  You are changing and talking more every day.  While we want you to stay our baby forever, can't wait to see what 2 holds!
 
 
Mom love.  A home made ball pit.