Pool Party!

So this weekend, we took the kids to a local Best Western Inn with friends of ours for a weekend pool party. Us and 3 other couples (9 kids under 3 1/2 years old) all got poolside rooms next to each other and let the kids play, swim, eat (way too many sweets), and have fun. Alex was a total fish. Usually he's terrified of the water, but he had an absolute blast. Here's some pictures from our "fun party" (Alex's terms). You'll notice of the pictures of Alex that he's not wearing swim trunks - only his swim diaper. He wore the trunks the first half of the evening, but then wanted them off because they were wet. Go figure kid - yes, that's our OCD son. So he spent the rest of the night in his swim diaper. Lauren enjoyed swimming too - she was kicking and splashing lots! The kids wore each other out and then slept great while their parents continued a great evening of fun. Alex woke up the next morning and was ready to put his swimsuit back on. We had a great time and can't wait for our next pool party!

Our playdate last week

So, many of you have wondered how I fill my days at home with Alex and Lauren. So I thought I'd shed some light on that. We have ECFE (early childhood family education) classes on Monday morning for Alex and Tuesday morning for Lauren. Then usually at least one or two other mornings, we have playdates with our friends from ECFE or mom's other friends from college. Here's a picture of our playdate last Thursday with our friends from Alex's ECFE class. I got such a kick out of this picture - 10 little ones sitting on the living room floor having a picnic lunch while their moms sat around the kitchen table and enjoyed adult conversation and good food. Alex is the one in the middle with the orange pants. Alex talked the whole way home about how he played with his friends and had so much fun at the "fun party!"

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter! Hope everyone had a great Easter. We did on this end. Drew and I and the kids spent it at Nana and Grandpa Vohs' house. We had a very nice day. All of Drew's sisters were there. We started the Easter weekend off by coloring Easter eggs - Alex had so much fun doing that. We bought a Easter egg dye kit with stuff in it from the movie, "Cars" (Alex's favorite), so he was very excited about coloring Easter eggs. So excited in fact, that he knocked over the whole cup of orange dye and it landed on Lauren! Her shirt and pants and now orange, but lucky for us, it didn't land on her head. She would have looked entertaining and church the next morning had it done so. Then Alex was excited to see that the Easter Bunny brought presents the next day in exchange for his eggs. He loved his presents, but he was slightly confused why the Easter Bunny brought Lauren a car, but didn't bring Alex a car. He mentioned it several times throughout the day - guess the Easter Bunny dropped the boat on that one! :) Lucky for us, the Easter Bunny also made an appearance at Nana and Grandpa's house and he got 4 cars there - so the Easter Bunny was forgiven! It was a very nice day, but since we got a foot of snow in the 3 days prior, it looked more like Xmas than Easter!

Grandma's Visit

Grandma Carol (otherwise known as "GaGa" by Alex) came and visited this last week. She came on Tuesday to go to the Bon Jovi concert with Kristin and I (yes - we are geeks), but spent a couple of days with the kids as well. We took the kids to the zoo on Wednesday morning before GaGa left for home and Alex loved showing her all the animals. It was a fun visit, but of course - way too short. Alex was excited to see his GaGa, but wondered why Papa couldn't come with her. The next day, he woke up and asked where GaGa was and I told him that she had to go home. He then preceeded to tell me that she had to go home to Papa! Such a smart little boy!