A bit of Randomness

Life has been rolling right along lately.  We’ve gotten used to our new routine and we are enjoying the warmer temperatures.  Pat and I were able to go out to dinner for my birthday and then go to brunch with friends the next day too – all kid-free!  Easter weekend was fun, full of visits with friends and family, egg hunts and candy.   I’m in a walking cast now so I’m able to get around a little more easily, but it’s still been a challenge.  I won’t be able to drive for at least a few more weeks and I can’t overdo it or my foot starts to ache.  We are incredibly grateful to our families for all of the help they have given us lately.

I think Mitchell’s days with baby food are numbered.  We’ve given him tiny bites of so many things and now he’s starting to reject baby food unless with jazz it up

with something. He loved eat scrambled eggs the other night and he really seemed to enjoy the bites of avocado I gave him last night.  I then tried to feed him some baby food butternut squash and he turned his nose up.  So I added some tiny bits of broccoli to it and showed him.  Once he saw the broccoli, he would open his mouth.  He likes the change in texture and he likes to chew.  So far he hasn’t had a reaction to anything which thrills us!  We’re still being careful not to give him any honey or peanut butter.  I’d be very surprised if he had a peanut allergy though.  We eat it all the time and then kiss all over him and he’s fine. 

 Evie continues to amaze us with how smart she is (yes I know I’m biased – but she is really smart!).  She talks constantly and will tell me all about her day and what she did at the sitter’s house.  She soak up information like a sponge and we have to be very careful about what we say around her.  You may not think she’s listening, but she always is and she will repeat stuff that you said.  She still loves her books, but she watches a lot (probably too much) TV.   She has a list of shows that she likes and I have to say that I’m impressed at how fun and educational they are.  She loves the Octonauts and that show is really teaching her a lot about animals and sea life.  I can’t wait to take her back to the zoo this summer to see some of the things from the show!  She is learning so many news things each day.  She was telling us the other day how bee keepers wear a net on their head so that the bees can’t get in and how honey comes from the bee hive.  She is excited to be growing her own flower and she checks the flowerpot multiple times a day to see if it grew.  She loves sitting at her easel and being an artist, and of course she still loves dressing up like a princess.

We had a fun time last night after dinner.  Pat wasn’t feeling well so I tried to get the kids to leave him alone.  We built block walls and Mitch destroyed them.  Then we made a pillow road in the family room.  We took turns walking, and jumping on the road and giggled like crazy if we fell off.  I didn’t do much jumping, but Mitch and I had fun crawling down the road.  We then turned our pillow road into a pillow boat.  Evie kept ‘falling’ off the boat and saying “Save me Mama!” and I’d toss her a blanket and pull her back.  Crosby-shark got in on the fun too and we had fun hiding from him in our boat (under a blanket).  Mitch and Evie were giggling like crazy and I was glad that we were able to do something a little more ‘active’.  I like to take the kids to the park and on walks this time of year, but between the rain and my broken foot, I haven’t been able to do much.  I am very much looking forward to getting back to a little bit of normalcy.