My Independent Duo...

I took both Evan and Logan to the play area at the mall today.  Evan spent the whole time being silly of course.  He met a friend and said, "Do you know my name?", "It's Evan, silly dude.".  Then it was like he was holding court, a couple friends were just watching him as he talked and talked.  He introduced Logan and said, "This is my baby, Logan, he is 1.".  Then he played hopscotch and of course said, "1, 2, 3, 4, underpants!!!".  That boy is too silly.

Logan was all over the play area, he was smiling the whole time.  I think that Logan is taking on more of Evan's personality these days.  He is showing some of his independence. After he took a few steps a few days ago, I have been trying to see if he will do it again.  Well, as soon as his back was too me at the play area he took a couple steps again!  This is so like Evan, he won't do something if we ask him to do it.  It has to be his idea.

This evening Logan walked from the coffee table to the couch (about 3 or 4 steps).  Once he did it once you could tell he was excited and he tried a few more times.  His balance isn't quite there yet, but it is cute to see those first steps.

Frustrating Day.

Yesterday, Colin had soccer practice and his soccer end of the season party (even though they still have a couple games left).  The funniest part of the party was that a bunny rabbit came up and was watching the kids and then ran away.  Well, as we were getting in the car Evan says to me "Was that the Easter bunny or not?"

Today, I got extremely frustrating news.  I called the place we had booked for Evan's birthday party, because I never got a confirmation email from them, and I found out that they had double booked us!  I can't believe that I booked a month ago and nobody caught it.  So, now I am in mad panic to come up with an alternative plan and since we only have 1 1/2 weeks, most places are booked.  I also need to notify all the kids from his class once I do change the place.  Looks like we might have to do it at our house, which is not ideal since it is on the market and it is a pretty large group of kids/parents coming.  And, I will be out of town that day all the way up until a half hour or so before the party.

Anyway, I was hoping that this horrible news would be balanced out by some good news today...but, nothing so far.  Yesterday, we were told that the people who saw our house Saturday have us in their top two (along with another house in our neighborhood).  Unfortunately, their realtor doesn't know when they will make a decision, so we are still in a waiting game.  My hopes are not too high, because we have been through this before, but the waiting is very stressful.

Well, I gotta go do some research and see what I can come up with for Evan's party.   Ugh, it will be a busy next week or so trying to pull this together, I thought that we had everything covered.

Easter 2011!

Dennis and I are exhausted and can barely keep our eyes open after this fun filled weekend.  We will be heading to bed very early (especially since Dennis has a very early flight in the morning). 

The weekend started with Dennis taking Friday off.  We went to the mall and bowling.  Logan was fussy from not having a morning nap (after a day of only 1 nap, he seems to be back to his regular schedule of 2 naps).  So, I put Logan in the carrier and attempted to bowl with him, that definitely threw my game off, but it was fun.  Evan of course was over the bowling half way through, gotta love a 3 year olds attention span! 

Speaking of Evan.  When we were at the mall he saw a little person go by.  Never having seen one before he stopped and slowly watched her go past him.  Then he looked up at Dennis and I and said, "Awkward.".  It took everything we had to not laugh because the way he said it was so funny!  Luckily, she didn't hear or it would have been extremely embarrassing.  Needless to say, I had to talk to him about it.
 
Saturday we drove up to Northern VA for our nephew Alex's 4th birthday party.  After a fun party and naps the kids dyed Easter eggs and then Dennis and I went out on a date.  We had an amazing dinner while Julie and Phil watched the kids. 

Sunday we were woken up very early by Colin and Evan, they were so eager to see their Easter baskets.  Even Logan seemed to enjoy his.  This was followed by church, egg hunt, and lunch at Grammy's house.  Almost my entire Mom's side of the family was there so there were lots of kids!  The boys had a great Easter and I wish we could have another weekend day to recuperate. 

Outside Time and Logan's First Steps!

Well, I am trying my hardest to keep Colin busy for his spring break.  Yesterday, he helped me clean the house for the showing.  Colin did a wonderful job babysitting Logan while I vacuumed the top two floors.  He really is great at watching him.  Then we headed out to the mall for lunch and then to Monkey Joe's (a bounce house).  Later in the day we spent some time outside enjoying the BEAUTIFUL weather! 

Logan is proving to be much less cautious than his brothers.  He surprised me by not being afraid of the grass at all.  I put a blanket down for him to play on and he just kept crawling right off it and all the way across the lawn.  He kept climbing up the deck stairs.  We might have our hands full with this little boy!

Today, Evan was home too, so we went for a long walk and then to the playground.  Colin and Evan rode their scooters and I pushed Logan in his new car that he got for his birthday.  He loved being in something other then his stroller.  After naps we had some more fun outside and then we had Movie Night!!  Ordering a pizza and letting them eat in front of the TV makes me the coolest Mom in the world to them.  I wonder how long it will take them to no longer think this is the best thing ever.

Update on the showing for anyone that was curious...the people liked our house, we are in their top 5 (whatever that means, they must have looked at a lot of houses).  However, now they are heading back to NY and they still have to sell their house.  So, sounds like they aren't in too much of a hurry.

On a happier note, the most exciting thing that happened today....Logan took 2 steps!!!  He still has some balancing to work on, but he was laughing and so excited that he took a step.

Colin's Spring Break

This week Colin is on Spring Break.  So, while Evan was at preschool, Colin, Logan and I went to the playground and went for a walk outside.  I am trying to think of things to do with Colin to keep him busy and make his Spring Break fun, but it is a bit tough since we have to plan around Logan also.  After all, Colin told me, "I can't write in my journal that all I did during break was sit in the house all day!"! 

On another note...Logan is clapping his hands now.  And, when we sit down to say the blessing before dinner, he puts his hands together!  I think that he thinks we are clapping when we fold our hands for prayer, because he gets a huge grin on his face too.

Well, Dennis is out of town and I got a call this evening that we have a showing tomorrow, so I have lots of cleaning to do as soon as I put these boys to bed...

A "Date" Weekend.

What a great weekend.  This weekend was all about bonding with our boys and taking them out on I guess you could call it "dates".  Dennis and Evan first went out to breakfast together on Saturday.  They went to a pancake house.  It rained all day, so once again soccer games were cancelled.  This allowed me time to get away and get a pedicure (I guess you could call that my own personal "date").

Saturday evening Dennis and Colin went to a Richmond Raiders arena football game.  They enjoyed being in the second row.  Colin also enjoyed getting to stay up late!  While they were gone Logan, Evan and I cuddled on the couch and watched Shrek.  Actually, Logan switched back and forth between playing with his toys and sitting with us.

Today, I got to take both Colin and Evan out to the movies.  We went and saw Rio in 3D.  This was the first time I had gone to the movies with them, usually Dennis takes them.  It was a great treat!  The weather was absolutely beautiful today, so we also spent some time outside playing and grilling.  I couldn't have asked for a better low key weekend.  It was just what we needed since Dennis travels this week and next to Indy and I am going to be out of town for at least part of the next five weekends!  We will take this family time when we can get it.

Play Date Fun

Evan, Logan and I enjoyed a play date today with a couple friends of ours.  We went to a playground and had a picnic lunch.  Evan was mostly fascinated with the pile of mulch in the parking lot, but when he wasn't asking if it was time for lunch, he had fun on the playground equipment too.  Logan loved the swing again.

I was so worn out after the play date and then playing soccer and "volleyball" with the boys outside after naps that I suggested we go out for Mexican after dinner. I love, love, love, this weather and could spend all day outside.  Unfortunately, it looks like we might be getting some storms tomorrow, so we really tried to enjoy it as much as we could.

Evan was pretty good today, he didn't leave his room during nap which was a plus.  However, I did find him hiding under his bed.  Baby steps I guess...