Plant A Flower Day

March 12 is National Plant a Flower day. Did you know that? I did not...until this year :) My friend decided to celebrate...and even though we celebrated on the 14th, the spirit of the day was there :) (Jennifer, I will refrain from saying that we celebrated on pi day...even though that is such an important day for math nerds like me. I thought you would appreciate the omission...oh wait...) We went over to Wendy's house where she had soil and sunflowers ready to be planted. This is her beautiful daughter, Rosemary.

'Got my pot! Ready to get dirty!'

'I know I've got some dirt in here somewhere...'

Eli didn't join in on the festivities. He found a magnet board with magnetic letters on it. That's where he played most of the time...so I planted his flower for him.

I think you missed your pot...

That's better :)

Planting a seed.

Seeds need water!

Leah and Xander chilled out in the pack 'n play together. They are destined to be buds :)

Once the flowers were planted the kids played on the play set.

We ate lunch...

...or tried to anyway :)

We had such a great time-Eli & Leah had fun playing, and I had a great time talking with all the moms. Can't wait to see if Eli's sunflower will actually grow :)

"Cousin! Come back!"

Yesterday we got to have a fun day with Isaac. Eli always loves having someone to play with, and Leah had fun watching them play together :) This is where Isaac spent the first 45 minutes...he loved playing with his car seat...or maybe he wanted to go home, who knows :)
Enjoying snack time :)

Now, when I said the boys played together...I really meant they played at the same time :) Eli is just starting to play with other kids and Isaac is still pretty much doing 'parallel play', but they played at the same time :) Eli got this little road mat from a friend, and he LOVES driving his cars on it-even if it's a bus that is way to big for it...I have to get to IKEA and get him a bigger mat...

My little handyman.

Eli was trying to teach Isaac his letters.

Isaac watched for a minute, then crawled away. Eli immediately said "COUSIN! Where are you GOING?!"

It cracked me up...Eli called Isaac 'cousin' all day long. I think he thinks that's Isaac's name. This morning when I showed Eli Isaac's pictures he squealed 'cousin!'...I tried to get him to say Isaac, but I think 'cousin' is easier to say.

Most of the day Isaac could be seen playing with this toy. Best.Toy.Ever. If you have a kid and don't have this toy, you gotta get it. Eli loved it when he was little and still loves it. He often has a hard time sharing it with his sister. He did really good sharing it with 'cousin' yesterday, though :)

Leah had fun having Isaac over too. Isaac was happy to help her bounce...

'Super Cousin'

So cute!

While Eli doesn't have a superman t-shirt, he didn't want to be left out of the 'superhero' club...so blankie became a cape...I think he's 'super handyman' here...

No superhero is complete without a thumb to suck on....

Super fun day with three super great kiddos!

Can't wait for cousin to come back!!

Assisted Sitting...

Lately Leah has been enjoying a new perspective...laying on the floor got boring...now she wants to sit :)

The weekend

Friday Edgar took the day off. I'm so glad he did. He's been working so hard lately, he deserved a day off. I had an eye appointment in the morning, and then went and got a pedicure while Edgar took care of the kids. It was a nice little break for me :) Then I remembered that I was suppose to make a cake for Edgar's grandfather, so I spent the afternoon baking-which is always fun. That evening we headed over to Abuelito's house for some cake. Leah snugglin' with Abuelito
I had to change Eli's shirt before we left...and he insisted that he wanted the shirt with the letters (the Alaska shirt) AND the orange shirt...he got his way :)

Eli loves the dogs at Abuelito's house.

The boys and the kids :)

Eli trying to help Abuelito blow out his candles.

We didn't stay late...the kids needed to go to bed. It was a nice evening seeing everyone.

On Saturday Eli wanted to paint...

He started painting on paper, but discovered it's more fun to paint on your arms...

...and your face. He had a blast, and I got the floor swept and another cake made...and got to talk to my sister without interruptions. Totally worth the mess.

I did take him outside and hose him down before putting him in the tub, though...THAT he didn't like. Apparently the water was too cold...

I'll leave you with a video of Leah laughing. Best.Sound.Ever.

Naptime, Playtime, Monster...and a 5 month old :)

The other day I went in to check on Eli, who had been sleeping for an unusually long time, and this is what I found:

When I checked on Leah, THIS is what I found:

Then I went back to Eli's room...and found this:

...and then they found each other:

Eli tried to climb into the crib...not a good idea.

Yesterday (the 28th) we went to a nearby park for some fun. I was so glad to get out of the house-I woke up SO cranky. Eli had peed through his diaper and left a very substantial puddle for me to step in in the hallway (how do you DO that when you are wearing a diaper?) and then wanted to play with mommy...all of this was at 6:30 am...and I was NOT in the mood to play. So by 10:00 I was ready for a distraction. The park did the trick!

Eli was having so much fun :)

He looks like such a big boy!

Loves the slide.

Leah was enjoying the straps in the stroller...this reminded me of the giraffes at the zoo...

She took a nice nap at the park while Eli played...and I chatted with friends. It was exactly what I needed to get me out of my rotten mood.

After discussing with Edgar, I think this is when we would say Leah is officially 5 months old. What do you do when she was born on the 30th, and there is no 30th in February? SO, yesterday Leah was 5 months old.

A little about what she can do at 5 months...

She can almost sit up, she can roll one way (back to belly) she says 'bababababa', she eats every 4 hours, she sleeps 12 hours at night (YAY!) I change her diaper about 9 times a day, she looks cute in everything, she smiles at anyone that will smile at her, she loves her brother and is always entertained by him, she likes to be held, she doesn't really like TV (at least not like Eli did at this age), she loves rattles, and her bug (pictured above), and when she cries really hard, if you get her naked, she'll stop.

That's all I can think of off the top of my head :) Of course, Eli just got up from his nap, so I'm a bit more distracted than I was 2 minutes ago...

And lastly, Leah is not afraid of monsters. Just sayin'