Hungry and Sleepy?

We can always tell when the little dude is about to grow because he eats and eats and eats. We are guessing that the baby sleeps and sleeps when she's about to grow. She put herself to bed at 5p today, then woke up at 7:30 demanding dinner!

One Problem

The trouble with pretending to be asleep...

... is that you might end up taking an hour and a half long nap in the middle of the living room floor. What a goober.

Make Believe

The kids get a huge kick out of pretending to be asleep-- I don't really know why. It's hilarious, though, because they are SO bad at it. They giggle with every fake snore.

Tired Teddybear

The baby was a tired little teddybear tonight. We let the kids watch a Mickey Mouse Christmas movie this evening so they could calm down a bit after the holiday celebration at Eric's office (which was very kid-friendly!).

She's sound asleep now... if only the little dude could follow in her footsteps!

Quiet Evening

After a busy few weekends, we stayed in last night and I let the kids watch a little television before an early bedtime. Look at these two!

There's truth to this song after all...

Celebratory Dinner?

My grandparents had a celebratory dinner last weekend-- it was great to see the whole family together! We discovered that the baby loves mac'n'cheese. The little dude hates it with a passion (which is absurd, but whatever) so I don't ever make it any more. She demolished a bowl of it for lunch AND another one for dinner on Saturday. Wowza!

The little guy had a long day of candle making and swimming, and this is what he did after eating his sandwich.

What an angel.

More Softball

Eric had a softball tournament today-- they played three games in a row! We had a picnic lunch before the third game. The little guy never gets tired of watching his daddy play.

The baby, on the other hand, decided that if I wasn't going to take her nap time seriously, she'd have to do it herself.

Somebody's sleepy

My baby girl has been somewhat of a night owl the last few nights. I've been putting them to sleep and her brother has been falling asleep with no problem while she remains up standing in her crib, talking to herself, grabbing things off the changing table, and throwing her pacifier on the floor with great purpose. A funny aside: last night Emily put them to bed and the boy popped up and said he wasn't tired.

"Mom, I need to do some exercise so I can go to sleep."
"Huh?"
"I need to exercise so I will be tired and fall asleep. Can I?"
"Umm... sure."
(He literally does 2 pseudo-pushups with his pelvis on the floor and only lifting his shoulders. Kind of like doing "The worm". Then he hopped back in bed.)
"Thanks Mom!"
"You're welcome. Now go t..." He was asleep.

Anyway, my little sweet pea has been up late this week. Well, it all caught up with her tonight. She was not happy after we got home from school and she fussed all evening until she went to bed. Even then she fought it about as hard as she could and man, does she have some lungs. When she is tired, she is a lot like her mother!

I'm going to get it for that one. She did manage to stop crying for a few minutes sitting on her mommy's lap at the end of dinner. But I'll let you decide how she happy she was.

At least someone was having a good time. Nice face Stinker Pants.

Sleepy Babies

I had a meeting at work tonight, and I really felt bad about Eric having to take both kids to church by himself. I shouldn't have worried-- both kids fell asleep in the car and didn't wake up until after I got home, so they skipped church. I mean, how could you wake up this little guy?

After the baby woke up, I fixed her dinner and tried to take her picture. She was not amused (and wow-- she looks so much like my mom!).

Fire!

We visited some family this weekend and enjoyed a big outdoor fire on Saturday night. The little guy was a worker-man and helped everybody keep the fire stoked. 

The baby got to talk about baseball with her daddy and his uncle. 

By the end of the night, she was pooped!

Kitchen Helper

The little dude took helping in the kitchen to a whole new level tonight. He managed to slice an actual cantaloupe with his little pretend plastic knife!

Meanwhile, the baby can chew on her own feet-- so that's exciting. She can also still sleep in her yellow thing if we strap her in. We aren't ready to give that thing up...

Mama's Boy

When the little dude sleeps, he sleeps (just like me!). We went to a minor league baseball game the other night (for Eric's birthday) and the little guy crashed in the car on the way over. He slept until we got to our seats, but then woke up and enjoyed the game.

He really liked the fireworks after the game, too. It's funny, though, because he's still learning how to make conversation. If you asked a normal adult about the noise fireworks make, they'd say "Boom." At breakfast on Monday, the little dude was telling me about the fireworks that we all saw.

"The fireworks went Boom! Boom! Boom!  boomboomboomboom BOOM! *pause* Boom! Boom! Boom!"

... and he just kept going (Boom! Boom! BOOM!). He basically reenacted the entire display. I was dying trying not to laugh.

Happy Easter!

We went to a sunrise service this morning AND regular church. The little dude fell asleep so hard when we got home that Eric said "Christ has risen, but the little dude is dead." Seriously, he was sacked out on the wood floor!

After a nap (he was relocated to the couch), he had enough energy to do an Easter-egg hunt in our backyard. He had a blast! Plus, he had his doting aunt and uncle to help with his search (and to cuddle with the baby).

Here's a bonus photo of me and my handsome husband in our Easter finery.

Weekend!

This weekend, I hope you get to put your feet up and take a nap somewhere comfortable...

Sweetness

The little guy took a nap today (yay!) and, as a result, was quite cheerful tonight. We went out and bought pants for his upcoming ice-skating lessons. He's going to be a hockey player-- and he says he wants to be a goalie.

This is what he'll look like in his dorm room one day...

I also managed to get a picture of the little girl looking happy (as opposed to skeptical, worried, or judgmental).

Snuggles

This is what everyone else was doing when I braved the cold to go to work this morning...

I was sooooo jealous!

What?!?

The little guy was up late last night, up early this morning, and refused to nap today. Then he was fairly melodramatic at dinner. After he ate, he said "Now I want to go to bed!" So he went straight to bed... at 6:30pm! We had a ridiculously long evening, which meant we got to watch the season 2 finale of Sherlock. (It was AMAZING!!)

Naptime a few days ago...

Sleepyhead

The little guy did something tonight he hasn't done in a looooong time: he fell asleep on the way home from dinner and didn't wake up even though a change into pajamas and being put into bed. Wow-- he was tired!

This is from a rare nap last week.

Baby girl and her big brother played together the other night for the first time. She spat out her pacifier and it literally flew through the air. The boy started laughing and then stuck it back in her mouth. When she spit it out again, he laughed even harder and stuck it back in her mouth again. This went on for about 10 minutes... he was cracking up hysterically and she looked a little confused.

My brother is strange.

Dogs and Duckies

The little dude has been taking sleeping lessons from Sadie, apparently.

The corner on the landing is her sanctuary.

Here's what we found when we went up to bed last night:

He was in the hallway upstairs, waiting for Eric to get home (I think).

In other news, the little stinker has been asking for stuff by saying "Look! My computer says I can have poptarts for breakfast/more raisins/more orange juice/ice cream/etc." He holds up his little hand and points to an imaginary screen. Most of the time we say no, but sometimes it's so cute that he's hard to resist!

Naptime?

Among other ridiculous things, the little guy has started announcing that he's tired and is going to take a nap. He will get in bed for about 30 seconds and then parade around yelling "I'm awake now!" It's, um, awesome? The other day, he made up a bed for himself in the living room. This is him pretending to sleep:

He's got some work to do...