Fragile Girls

Dominic was climbing on Jon this evening.

"Oh, Dominic, don't climb on me."

"Why not, Daddy?"

"Because I'm fragile."

"Daddy, you aren't fragile. Only girls are fragile."

Pump It Up!

(I found this post in my drafts. It's a couple of weeks old, but I thought I'd post it anyway.)

Watching the safety video

We hadn’t been to Pump It Up in a while and the weather has been really hot. So I took the kids the other morning. Dominic is much braver now and will go on everything by himself. He didn’t even ask me to go with him so it was a bit harder keeping track of him since he was moving so fast between bouncy things. It's blurry, but I think you'll get the picture.

Caitlin is too small to bounce, but really enjoyed the little cars that they have there for the smaller kids. She also enjoyed watching everyone.

High Chair

We don’t have a ton of room in our little apartment so we pulled out the portable high chair and attached it to the table hoping to get rid of the larger high chair. Caitlin, for some reason, doesn’t like the large high chair either. I took several pictures of Caitlin in it because we moved into the apartment when Dominic was about this age. We used this high chair then and I wanted to compare. Amazing how much they look alike (at least to me).Our table has one post in the middle and isn’t as sturdy as I would like with the children. I usually put a chair underneath Caitlin so if the table tips over she won’t fall very far (you can see it in the picture). For some reason the chair had been moved one morning. I was finished with breakfast and was in the bathroom brushing my teeth. Dominic takes FOREVER to finish his meals and so I left Caitlin in the high chair to be entertained by her brother so I could brush in peace. I heard a crash and ran into the kitchen. Dominic had leaned on the table in front of her high chair and knocked the table over. The table fell on him and Caitlin fell out of her chair onto the floor. Both kids were scared and I ended up sitting on the floor with both of them in my lap, my mouth filled with tooth paste. I later found my tooth brush on the kitchen floor. Thankfully they weren’t hurt very much. Caitlin has a little bruise on her leg, but that’s it. Caitlin is now back in her large high chair. Dominic didn’t have an older sibling to lean on the table or move chairs so it worked for him, but I guess Caitlin will have to suffer in her big chair.

Mr. Ma'am

A little man came roaring up to me with a shiny red fire hat and sitting on a not so shiny fire truck. 

"What do you need sir?" "Are you sick or hurt?"

"Dominic, I'm a ma'am."

"Oh, yeah!" "What do you need mr. ma'am?"

Beach Day

We went to the beach this last weekend with some friends. We had been trying to go for several weekends, but the weather wouldn’t cooperate. The kids had a blast and Jon and I really enjoyed it as well. It was so relaxing. Our friends had some friends with a beach house on the sound side and we had a little cove to play in. The water was really shallow and so we didn’t have to worry about waves knocking kids over or the sand dropping off into the ocean.

All the men with the kids!

I sun screened everyone twice while we were there, but either missed the eyes both times or the kids wiped their eyes too much and rubbed the sunscreen off. Because when we got home, both kids had little tiny sunburns under their eyes. I felt terrible.

One of my friends brought a little swimming pool that we filled with ocean water and let the babies play in. It worked well and they looked so cute in their own little pool.

Dominic loved the idea of a picnic at the beach, but couldn’t grasp the concept of not touching the sand while holding his sandwich. It got a little crunchy at the end. =)

There was also a little inflatable boat that the kids had a ton of fun playing with. Caitlin even got a short ride in it. One kid would sit in the boat and the others would pull them around.

Pretty cool

Dominic had his six month check-up at the dentist on Monday and the assistant really enjoyed talking to Dominic.

"Dominic, your sister is so pretty. You are too!"

"Thanks, but I'm pretty cool."

Happy Anniversary!

Jon and I have been married for 13 wonderful years. I can't believe we've been married that long and yet in looking back it seems like we were just kids (oh wait - we were!). =) I've been blessed with an amazing husband and he's a wonderful dad to our kids as well. I couldn't ask for a better person to spend my life with.

Jon took off work today and we spent the day relaxing. We went shopping and then had a picnic at the park with the kids. Dominic really enjoyed having his Daddy home during the week and said he liked "annirsarys"

Dominic had fun riding his bike and feeding the ducks. I guess he wanted a better view of the ducks so he tried to climb the fence.