Friday we found ourselves at Thompson Park, which is a park we had visited several times early last spring but hadn’t visited again in over a year. Their play area is fun and all, but the real attraction is the big pond down the hill which is usually fully stocked with ducks and geese of all shapes and sizes. Read the rest of this entry »
The weekend of the 11th and 12th centered largely around two 1st birthday parties – Clark’s and Elizabeth’s. First up was Clark’s event at Laurel Park, one of the girls’ favorite destinations. Once we had said hello to the birthday boy, it was immediately time to head down to the pond to feed the ducks. Read the rest of this entry »
On Thursday I spent quite a bit of time purging our toys from all of their various locales around the house – Scarlett’s room, Victoria’s closet (and no, I don’t know how they got there either), the living room, the kitchen, the playroom. It was definitely needed and I ended up getting rid of a lot of junky items that add up over the course of 6 months, and also pulled aside about half of the remaining toys and hid them in our bedroom. Now, the idea is that in a few months I can purge again and bring these “new” old toys back out (and put some of the current ones away) and they’ll actually get some play time. We’ll see how all of that goes 
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Saturday morning started off nice and leisurely as we mostly hung out around the house. Scarlett has become ever more interested in books and is especially in love with the “Critter” series. The stories all follow one Critter-boy and his family and are written in very toddler-friendly sentences. After reading through one only a few time, she can fill in the gaps:
All of these videos were taken on Sunday, March 22nd:
Scarlett tells the ducks to “Come and get it!” at Sweetwater Park: Read the rest of this entry »
Sunday morning the girls and Jim headed to church sans Mommy – very strange for everyone involved! Scarlett had on one of my (and her) favorite new skirts PLUS she let me curl her hair…I wasn’t permitted to put a bow in her hair, but it still looked pretty cute. Read the rest of this entry »
Friday was one of those great days where if someone asks, “What did you do today?” you could answer, “Not much of anything, but it was pretty fun!” Victoria had a projectile vomiting spell right after her morning bottle, and so I decided to keep the day low-key just to be safe. While she took a long nap during the morning (probably to rest up for the epic throw-ups that were to come), Scarlett and I just lounged around for a change – she had her usual 3-course breakfast (some of Grammie’s cereal, followed by an entire bowl of oatmeal, then later a bit of fruit) and we spent a solid 30 minutes watching video clips on YouTube. At first her scope was really limited and she just wanted to watch the videos of her or Sissy over and over. Then she became obsessed with this one particular video of her friend Olivia’s 2nd birthday party that we missed due to our nasty virus… she would watch it 5x a day at least! “See Livvy, see Livvy!” became her chant if I even glanced at the computer. Now however, she has realized that she can think of almost anything out there (cat, dog, horse, etc.) and I can find a cute or funny clip of it on YouTube. Her two favorites right now are the sneezing baby panda and one she’s termed “mean cat” and she will watch them over and over.
