spring break - circus

We had a pretty good time at the circus. Parts of it got a little long. The girls didn't see as many animals as they would have liked. It had more clowns trying to be funny and the girls are not quite old enough to get a lot of it. We got there early and got perfect seats right up front of one of the rings. The girls watched and waited for the elephants to come out. All Camille wanted to see was the "baby elephant." She asked the whole show and it never came. Oops. When it was time to go up to our seats Camille was not happy. She liked the seat she was in. We finally got her up to her seat with the promise of cotton candy which she has never had before but she thought it sounded good. I do not like cotton candy but thought while at the circus cotton candy is what you do! So after $12 dollars (yes I said $12 dollars, CRAZY) no one liked or ate the cotton candy. Durning intermission I took the girls up to go to the bathroom and to let them pick out something. Even with all the stuffed animals, light up junk and food they had not asked for one thing. They are so good. I told them each they could pick out something each. Av went right for this baby tiger stuff animal in a pink purse and did not waiver in her need for it. Camille looked and looked and finally went straight for the snow cone in an elephant thing. Of course she went right for the ice. Flavored ice. She had no idea what it was but she knew she wanted it and she loved it. After the circus we walked to have pizza and then to the park. It was a great family day!!

gym

I've been going to the gym on Tuesdays and Thursdays when I don't have the girls. Taking a muscle blast class and I love it. E on the other hand does not. He seems to hate the day care there. This past Thursday I guess the workers there had had enough and came and got me out of class. Oops!!!! He is just not used to being away from me. They said he was hungry (the catch all phrase when a bfeed baby is crying and will not stop). No he was not hungry, I had just fed him. It was a trick he was playing and it worked!!! As soon as he saw me he gave me the biggest smile behind the paci he had in his mouth. Everett 1, mommy 0 but just wait. I will win in the long run!!!

E will be 6 months in 5 days!!!

he has 1 tooth

eating oatmeal, rice cereal, green beans, peas, carrots, sweet potatoes, mashed up bananas and real applesauce. one meal a day. he eats a whole bowl of the cereal and half a jar of baby food. gone are the less stinky spoiled milk poos. starting to hit the rotten egg poo stage. (sure you wanted to hear that much about poo)

close to sitting and crawling (he's doing these 2 things at the same time bc i NEVER work on sitting or sit him up. i am so busy i put him on the floor and walk away. he spends sooooo much time on the floor. has worked in getting him very strong though)

sleeps 12 hours a night w 2 feedings

sleeps on his belly or his side

loves his paci (not the happiest about that but i will take what i can get right now) He was up at 530 the other night. I put the paci in and went back to sleep. When I heard him at 815 I went in and he still had the paci. I find that amazing for some reason.

he knows his name

has red hair and bright blue eyes that do not look like they are changing. big big smile. loves to smile at anyone who will talk to him

is VERY ticklish

loves toys. they really entertain him. way better than girls ever did

is all over the place. i put him on the floor in one spot and come back and he is all the way on the other side of the room. gets himself under c's crib and the coffee table a lot. on his belly he spins himself 360 degrees. he is everywhere!!! time so make sure the small stuff is picked up.

loves his stuffed dog in his bed he will lay in there and play with it for 30 minutes (really he loves the tag on the back of it and it is a tag doggie but the fake tags don't do it for him)

E says, "look what I can do"

He's not crawling yet but is soooo close. He gets up there and rocks back and forth. Last night he shuffled his knees too. He is figuring it out. Look out world here he comes!!!

Stella for the day

Stella spent the day with us bc her big bro got his tonsils out. We had a blast. Made cookies which ensued a bath afterwards, played a lot of dress up and watched girly movies. Everett for sure can't wait until Jackson gets better to get him out of the mess of girls he spent the day with.

pictures

The second pic is another sleeping pic. Sleeping the same way Camille sleeps.

3rd pic is Camille after a BBQ sauce explosion. She was NOT happy and John and I could not stop laughing long enough to wipe her up.

The one of E in the high chair is him with almost a whole toy in his mouth.

That's his first time in a swing below. He really liked it. Squealed, laughed and talked the whole time.



The pic of the shoes is Av and "Maddie Rose" wearing the same shoes. She loved it.

spring break

Spring break is next week. We are not really going anywhere but we have a lot of fun lined up!!! I can't wait. We are embracing the fact that it's perfect family time and have scheduled some really fun and neat stuff to do!! First up is the circus on Sat at 11am. Camille does not even know what a circus is but every day she asks if today is the day we are going to the circus. She is so excited to see "the animals." I can't wait to take her. We will go an hour early like they suggest so you can go down on the floor and see the animals closer. Then on Sunday we will get up early and head to the Indy zoo with Opa, Shellie and family. They have a special feeding the giraffe show that day so it will be perfect. That night we are spending the night in a hotel that has their rooms designed as train cars. We will see how that is. Then on Monday it's off to the children's museum. After that we will head home and have a normal week. J will actually be gone on Tues and Wed (boo hoo) but at least the weekend will have been long and fun (hopefully). My week will be easier though since it is spring break we take a much needed break from all the busy activities we do. Camille will actually still have school but the jury is out on whether that will help or be harder though. As much as the girls fight they do entertain each other. I think Av will miss her sister. We have schedule a playdate for Av on tues with her bff so that will help and they will not have little sister underfoot. I hope the weather is nice on Wed and we can head to our zoo. Nothing schedule for Thur (Av still does have horse though) and Fri yet. The following Sat we will be headed to Sesame Street Live which should be awesome too. I can't wait!!!!