Happy Easter

I had big hopes for Easter.  I wanted to make each little a basket and hide eggs for them to hunt, but none of that happened.  Let’s face the facts they are 1 year 8 months and they will not remember any egg hunting or baskets.  So it really would have been for us not them, and I’m ok with not hiding eggs and making Easter baskets.  At daycare they had an Easter party and came home with eggs and baskets and candy AND that weekend we hid the eggs for practice.  Turns out Alexis is a star hunter while Max wanted to see just how many he could hold.  Aiden and Carolyn also picked them up, but would put them back on the ground in a different spot.     Then they discovered they could open them and jelly beans were all over the ground.  They ate some of them off the ground jelly beans covered in dirt and grass.  Yummy!

 

Nana sent them all really cute marshmallow frogs for Easter, and I still need to take a picture of them with them.  Hopefully I remember tomorrow! 

 

Today we went to the aquarium for something different to do.  The last time we went it was a huge success and everyone had a lot of fun.  This time…not so much.  We took them on leashes instead of in the strollers.

They aren’t use to walking with the leashes so they’d throw a fit at times because we wouldn’t let go of the tail.  Then they all wanted to go in different directions.  Maxwell wanted to go from animal to animal fast, and then go back to see everything slower.  The rest of the group focused on each area one time which was nice if I wasn’t the one holding the camera and Max.  HA!  So we didn’t get many shots in the aquarium like last time.  We switched kiddos from person to person because they would weave in and out of the crowd and tangle the tails.  They still had fun, and we’ll go back we just have to come up with a better plan of attack and practice more with the leashes. 

Daddy with Carolyn and Grandma with everyone else crossing the bridge.

Max and Carolyn

Max fell not long after this picture and was afraid to get too close to the glass from that point on.  He did better when he was standing on the floor, but anytime he was on a ledge he would get scared.

Aiden and Carolyn

Alexis wanted to be held the entire time, and was really fussy about the leash. 

Then we went outside and took some pictures with the frog.

Max wasn’t too sure about this guy. 

So I sat with him while Daddy took the pictures. 

Then he was OK.

Then it was time for me and C-Biscuit to take a picture.  Love her crazy faces!

Andy did a great job taking the pictures!

Aiden didn’t need me to sit with him, and Alexis was not interested at all.

Happy Easter everyone!

Twenty Months

Aiden is repeating more and more.  His favorite two words right now?  Tigger & Pooh.  He says all the Pooh characters are Tigger until you say the character name and then he says “Pooh”.  Very cute.  He also is understanding to say “please” when he wants something.  Andy was playing with them with his motorcycle helmet and Aiden threw his hands up and said “Please” to have Andy put it on his head.  He loved wearing the helmet.  His asthma and reflux are doing very well and he was sick a little in March, but it wasn’t too bad.  Nothing like last year at this time when we were pulling our hair out trying to figure out why he was coughing.  Aiden is our sweet heart that loves to give hugs.  Aiden will often give hugs to everyone….even if they don’t particularly want a hug.  He’s started throwing fits when something doesn’t go his way in the last few months.  We just distract and keep moving.  Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn’t.  He still loves balls, and I don’t see that obsession ever going away.  Aiden is a Daddy’s boy and loves playing with Andy.

 

Maxwell still isn’t talking.  Sometimes he’ll say a word or two, but he doesn’t talk like the others do.  All kids are different so we’re not really worried, but we’re still glad that they’re going to start speech therapy soon.  Max’s speech evaluation is actually this Friday, and I’m excited to see what they have to say.  I know he can say words, but he just doesn’t consistently.  Max is running and love loves love Mickey Mouse.  We had to get him his very own Mickey last month, and he loves it.    Max is still a Momma’s boy, but he is opening up to Andy more and more.  Max recently moved up into the toddler room at daycare with all the big toddlers.  He’s only been there for a few days, but seems to have adjusted well.  Max was sick for about a week and a half last month with a virus.  A whole lotta no fun, but he had a good attitude the whole time.

Alexis has been in the toddler room since the first week of April.  She adjusted very well being away from the others, but Max didn’t do so great adjusting to her being gone.  He cried when he would see her at first, but they all gathered together during play time when the toddler and extended nursery  play together.  Alexis has started saying “no”, and during our recent visit to the Easter bunny she cried “No, no, no, no” when she decided she was scared of him.  She’s climbing still, and running things.  She still is the momma of the group, and is very helpful.  She is saying more words, and is even calling for Toodles during The Mickey Mouse Club House episodes.  She enjoys running down the slides we have in the backyard, or jumping down halfway and running/falling the other half. 

Carolyn is still doing well, but has had an ear infection since having her tubes put in.  We have to go back for her follow up appointment soon.  She’s still in the extended nursery with Aiden until May when they will move up to the toddler room with Max and Alexis.  She is still running and climbing.  She really likes picking on her siblings.  The one thing she has to have at night is her Pink Seahorse that lights up and plays music/ocean sounds.  She enjoys putting her hands in her hair when she is eating so we’re trying to break that because it’s pretty disgusting.  She doesn’t seem to mind it though.  She loves peek a boo and is saying a few more words.  She’s been throwing fits, and has several looks that lets you know what she is screaming about.  It’s either excited, annoyed, mad, or wanting something.  She’s not big on jumping down the slide or off things like Alexis is due to the fact that she gets scared easily. 

Easter Bunny

Today we went to see the Easter Bunny!   When we first got there the Bunny was there, but soon walked down to either go to the bathroom or switch who was in the suit.  Waiting on the bunny…

Carolyn sat there for about three seconds and then decided that was more than enough time with him.  Alexis decided after about two minutes she wasn’t interested.  Max wasn’t sure, but sat there long enough for the pictures.  Aiden did not care where he was sitting.  I am not 100% sure he ever turned around and saw the bunny.  LOL 

This is what we got.  I’d say since no one is screaming we did pretty good!  Grandma held Alexis and I held Carolyn while the bunny held Max and Aiden.  Alexis held Cattie, Aiden held Pooh, Max held Mickey, and Carolyn held me.  LOL  Grandma tried to get me to sit like she was sitting, but since I wasn’t supposed to be holding Carolyn anyway I didn’t feel comfortable sitting on the floor.  I wish I had because it would have been so cute to have them all perfectly sitting.  haha!  oh well.  It is what it is.  Andy tried to get behind and play peek a boo but I think he was too far back for them to think he was funny.  Let’s not forget that big smelly bunny that was touching them. 

 

After we got home I tried to get them on the couch all smiling.

They weren’t really interested in that either, but they did want to play.

Playing with Daddy

Silly sisters

probably my favorite picture from the day.  Carolyn is a HOT mess.

Fun time with Max and Momma

Carolyn showing her sweet side.

A happy Maxwell is the BEST.

Aiden is CRAZY

Alexis the wild child.