Birthday Weekend

Well this Saturday was my birthday. I'm the Big 30. We'll just leave it at that. We did have a fun weekend though. Saturday we went to Eddie's Baseball game for the afternoon. Alison was great she was a big crowd pleaser. She kept calling for daddy the whole game. I think she thought anyone with a purple uniform on was her daddy. It was really cute. Plus, I taught her to say "Go Cheverus" so she thought that was great when everyone laughed when she said it. It sounded more like "Go Sevis" so everyone got a big kick out of that. After the game the Plummer's came to the field and the girls had a blast running around the field and pounding on the benches. After the field we went to FlatBread for an Organic pizza birthday dinner. It was really good. Alison had a little bit of a tough time, I think the noise bothers her, cause she puts her hands over her ears and wants to be held. Very weird but this is the second time she ahas done this in a noicey restaurant. After that we went to cold stone for some yummy Ice cream, Eddie and I both got the birthday cake remix, it was so good. It was a great day.






















Sunday the Plummer's came out to the boro for a little more birthday celebrating. At lunch time Alison got her her first set of pigtails from Sarah, she looked so cute (see the pictures below). After lunch and naps the girls had a great time playing outside on the swing, slide and car . They really don't like waiting for each other to have a turn. Sharing is going to be quiet a feet for these two. After a yummy linner off the grill, we had some cake an ice cream. Great Birthday weekend spent with family and friends, Just what I wanted!






















Here are some other pictures of our little goofball Alison from the weekend










Here she is loving brushing her own teeth on her stool. She usually keeps the stool by the window in the living room so she can see, But one night she had the idea to use it in the bathroom to reach the sink. It's amazing when she makes connections like that all by her self.















Here she was watching Eddie cut his hair in the bathroom. After he was done she decided that taking off her pants and wearing them as a hat was a great idea, and ran around the house as we laughed like crazy. She is so funny.

Spring Cleaning in the Boro!

Well this weekend we spent most of our time at home doing some spring cleaning. Saturday Eddie had his Marathon Baseball game, for those of you who don't know, Eddie is the JV Baseball couch for Cheverus High School in Portland, and the Marathon game is when all the players from all the levels get pledges and play baseball from 10-4 to raise money for the program. So while Eddie was there Alison and I had fun at home doing a little yard work and a lot of playing. Since it was so nice out we spent most of the day outside. Washing the toy car was a big hit. Along with the swing, slide and her new love of rocks. This girl loves being outside, it's great! As for Sunday, we just hung out at home and did pretty much a full day of spring cleaning inside and out. Alison was really good at helping, she loves copying us. That reminds me of a funny story from Sunday. As we where eating lunch, Milo was outside barking so Eddie got up and yelled for the dog to come, so Alison does the same and yells "mymow come" and Eddie tells him to be quiet, and Alison does the same. Just as Eddie was shutting the door the dog barked again, so he opened the door and said shut your mouth and of course Alison does the same "mymow sut yo mout" I was the funniest thing. It was so hard not to laugh when you hear that come out of her, we didn't want her think it was funny to say that, all I could think of was her telling one of us to shut our mouth when we where talking to her. After that Eddie started to call her a little copy cat. She thought that was the funniest thing. So for the rest of lunch she just kept saying "I copy cat, I copy cat" and then give a big teethy spaghetti smile. It was so cute. Here are some pictures of our weekend.

Yes the thermometer does say 70 and we still have snow.

Another Fun Filled Weekend!

This weekend was busy like most. Saturday AM we went to a indoor kids consignment sale in Wells with the Plummer's. It was pretty good, we bought a bunch of clothes, books and shoes. It wasn't that big but still worth going. After the sale we took the girls (Alison and Payson) to the playground. They had a blast on the swings and running around on the way to the cars. After the sale and playground we headed back to the Plummer's house for some lunch and then outside in the yard to play for a little bit. They where so funny on the climbing toy. They would both stand up there and jump up and down, they thought it was so fun. It was really cute. Once they were done with that Alison introduced Payson to puddle stomping (always a big hit).











We then went in for naps which ended up being a fight since they both have different ways of going down. When Alison is over tired she has to cry herself to sleep for a few minutes so every time Alison cried, Payson would wake up and then Payson would cry and wake Alison back up. I just don't get how they do this at daycare when they are in the same room. Crazy kids. After nap the girls had a lovely outdoor snack on the Plummer's back deck, it was beautiful outside.



























Since it was so nice out, when the girls finished their snack we took the girls for a wagon ride on the Mountain Division trail. Which was a great way to enjoy the weather and to let the dogs run free, which they definitely needed. We ended Saturday with a very yummy grilled dinner, thanks Plummer's :)

Sunday we headed back to Windham for Owen's Birthday Party (Owen is the son of our Daycare provider, Nikki) He was turning 3 and they had a indoor soccer party at the high school. Alison and Payson showed up with their shin gaurds and all (which we got at the consignment sale). Alison had a blast running back and forth in the gym chasing the soccer ball and just being silly. Unfortunately I forgot my camera, but it was a lot of fun. Nikki made all the kids special t-shirts with their names on them, like jerseys and they each received a soccer ball to take home. Alison also loved seeing the new babies. Three of the families at daycare just had babies all within a few weeks of each other and Alison is at a stage now where she just adores babies real or not. It's really cute to see her with her dolls, she's like a little mommy. After the party we headed back home for lunch and to start to clean out the basement. We are finally on a mission to put our finished basement to use. Alison also helped me with the laundry. She loves pulling the clothes of the table once I've folded them and throughing them on the ground and then proceeds to climb on the table and take their spot. She is such a stinker, and she knows it.

On a stinkyer note, We also wanted to share that Alison is starting to use the potty! Not all the time but she is starting to make the connection. We have been putting her on the toilet before bath each night for a while now and every once in a while she would pee, but Wednesday night she pooped, I couldn't believe it, last night she pooped again and then this am as I was changing her diaper she said "I poop" which she has been saying for about a week now after she poops in her diaper, but this am she said it before so I brought her and and sure enough she pooped. Sorry to tell you the whole story but this is very exciting for us, after changing god knows how many diapers over the last 18 months, there looks to be a end in sight.

So that's it for now! I'm off to Yoga in a little bit. Hopefully I don't fall asleep again this week.

Spring is here! (Yes we still have snow)

Well we are starting to get rid of some of our snow. We have close to 3 feet left, but it is melting so hopefully it will all be gone by May. The weather is starting to get warmer so we are spending a lot of time outside, not that we didn't before, but now we stay out for longer periods of time and Alison loves it. We went for a walk on Saturday and the mud and splashing in the puddles was big hit again this weekend. She is becoming quite the little character these days, and very independent. She wants to only walk by her self outside, lucky our road hardly gets any traffic and it's so quiet you can hear a car coming well in advance. Plus, it's a dirt road so there is plenty of mud and puddles these days which is great for Alison but not so good for driving.




























On Sunday we met up with the Plummer's and the Hanisko's at the playground. It was a little colder than we had expected but the little ones seemed to have a good time anyways. The big seat swings were a big hit for all of them. Alison actually was closed to falling asleep. They enjoyed the slides as well. It was great to see everyone again after being in VT for the last two weekends.






























After the playground we went back to the Plummer's house for lunch and nap (well Payson took a nap, Alison wanted nothing to do with one since she didn't wake up until 9:30, and that was because I had to wake her up). But after nap, the girls (Payson and Alison) had fun jumping in Payson's crib. They have such a good time together, but sometimes they fight like siblings. These next couple years of "sharing wars" should be fun, all part of the adventure I guess! After that we all went outside to play. Who needs toys when you have stairs. These girls could climb stairs for hours.





















It was a great weekend once again, but they definitely go way to fast.