I was telling the kids it was time to get ready for their naps, and Rylee found her blanket and headed to bed, and this is what Nolan did. He got a couch pillow laid on the floor and pulled our rug over the top of him, and asked, "Can I sleep here Mommy??" I sadly had to inform him he was napping in his bed, but look at that smirk on his face he is so proud of himself!
Okay, so I need to find Summer school or something, because this little girl always wants to be doing something. A great back yard, a bedroom full of toys, and a toy room are just not enough it seems like, this girl wants to be on the go at all times. Every night before she goes to sleep she asks me where are we going tomorrow, and if I tell her we are just hanging out, she will tell me of somewhere we can go instead of just staying home. So, last week she suggested we go to the zoo because it was sunny, so we did. The two of them walked the entire time and I didn't even take a stroller, it was such a nice change. We had a great time exploring, except Nolan was scared most of the time of the new exhibit. Throughout the park they have robotic dinosaurs and Nolan was terrified of them, and would not walk past them. He would see one and make me carry him, and then as soon as it was out of his sight he would walk and act as though nothing had happened. We are loving the warm weather finally and hoping to do lots more fun things this Summer.
Nolan got a scooter from Caity for Christmas, and since we have had some great weather as of late he has really been trying to figure out how to make it work. He does really well with the scooting part, but not so great at the steering part. His favorite thing to do is just stand on it with both feet and have some body pull the scooter along! He and Rylee have had so much fun the last few days riding their bikes and scooters in the cul-de-sac out front, and we love that they have that space to play in now.
I know I have blogged about how much these two like each other, but truly they are best buddies. They have such a great time together, 95% of the time. The other 5% they are typical big sister/little brother relationship, but it really is so rare. If one of them is not around the other constantly asks where they are. In the mornings Rylee goes into Nolan's room and snuggles with him until he wakes up, she really doesn't wake him she lays there and rubs his back, it is so sweet. I hope as they grow older they can continue to be so close and such good friends.
Yesterday morning Matt and the kids let me stay in bed while they went to make breakfast. I enjoyed listening to the kids help make breakfast and help put items on the tray, but then I heard a disturbing crash of dishes. It comes to find out Daddy was getting Nolan out of time out and Rylee tried to carry the breakfast by herself and it did not turn out so well. She accidently folded one of the legs of the tray and it resulted in the food and syrup going across the floor. Daddy was cleaning up the syrup when I came out to check on how things were going. Rylee was devastated she had ruined my breakfast that they had all worked so hard on and she apologized lots of times. I still ate my bagel and drank my juice, and then Rylee and Daddy made up for my spoiled breakfast with a terrific BBQ dinner.
Nolan is the craziest little sleeper lately. He is great about going to bed and staying in his bed, but he doesn't like to go straight to sleep. When he is quiet and we go check on him we will find his lamp turned on, toys in his bed with him, clothes out of drawers, his pajamas off and him naked, and then today at nap time I found him like this. I honestly couldn't find him for a second and then I saw his little toes. I moved the pillows to make sure he was okay under all of them.
Last Thursday Nolan and I joined Rylee's preschool class on a field trip to the animal farm. It is a great time of year to go to the farm because there are so many baby animals. We so baby cows, horses, goats, sheep, bunnies, and many more. The highlight of the trip was of course the pony rides, both kids loved it.
The kids had a blast hunting for Easter Eggs in the backyard. Rylee was really funny and wanted to open every egg after she picked it up so she new what was in it, but she still went really fast. Nolan was not quite sure at first, but he caught onto what he was supposed to be doing pretty quick and managed to get a good amount of eggs too. They had so much fun that when they were done and we came inside Rylee asked me if the Easter Bunny was coming back. I told her no the Easter Bunny was not coming back, and she declared, "But, I wanted to thank him! I love the Easter Bunny!" It was so cute!
The kids were so excited to see if the Easter Bunny had come when they woke up, and the Easter Bunny still had to hide the eggs outside because it was supposed to rain last night. So, Daddy kept the kids in the room and got them dressed while the Easter Bunny hurried and hid easter eggs. My sister-in-laws family hides the kids easter baskets too, and I was mentioning that to Matt last night and he thought that was a cute idea, so we hid the baskets this year also.
The last few weeks have been filled with teaching the kids the rules of the new house. Things like we don't climb the stair case on the outside of the railing, don't touch the fireplace, don't play with the shutters, etc. The kids are doing great with everything and are very familiar with their new home, but Nolan learned a lesson the hard way our first day in the home. Nolan was coming down the stairs and stopped halfway down to talk to me and Caity, and the next thing we saw was is chubby little leg stuck in the railing. It didn't need any mayo or anything like that to get out, but it did take some wiggling and tugging by Caity to get that cute thigh out!
The last week I have spent decorating the kids rooms and getting us as settled as we can be, and we are mostly done. The kids rooms are done and they both love their rooms.
Nolan is my T.V. watcher, and if I let him he could watch cartoons all day I think. While we were packing he was watching a cartoon, and when I started his show he was on the couch, then when I came back in the room I found him lounging right in front of the T.V. He is such a cute, silly boy!
